Facebook Executive Discusses Beacon Brouhaha  —  Facebook does not appear to be conceding much ground on Beacon — the program that informs a person’s Facebook friends what he has purchased or posted on sites like Fandango.com, Yelp.com and NYTimes.com.  —  Earlier today I spoke …

Source:   Bits
Author:   Brad Stone
Link:   http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/facebook…

Official: Facebook Flips On Beacon  —  Reports surfaced yesterday, and now we have the official word from Facebook.  Users will now have to opt-in to share purchases via Beacon: … It seems like a win for users, although I’m sure the ramifications of this announcement will be dissected and considered in the hours and days […]

Leopard is the New Vista, and It’s Pissing Me Off  —  Before Apple makes any more smug OS-related attacks on Microsoft, it ought to take a good look in the mirror.  —  I’m not sure what ticks me off more about Leoptard (I can’t take credit for that nickname—some Brit coined it) …

Source:   PC […]

Spammers Giving Up?  Google Thinks So  —  Bill Gates was wildly optimistic when he said in 2004 that the problem of spam would be “solved” by 2006.  The volume of junk e-mail transmitted worldwide is still enormous.  But a remarkable trend is underfoot, according to Brad Taylor …

Source:   Wired News
Author:   Betsy Schiffman
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