3 Important Facebook Updates Coming Soon  —  Here’s a quick look at some important Facebook updates that are expected to launch in 1Q 08:  —  1) Friend Lists Privacy Controls  —  A few weeks ago, Facebook took the first step toward enabling more efficient friend management with the release of Friend Lists.

Source:   Inside Facebook
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Network Solutions Holding Domain Names Ransom - We’re domain front-running so scammers don’t have to!  —  Network Solutions is under fire this week for domain “front running,” or for purchasing and holding certain domains after they’re searched for at the company’s website, thereby not letting anyone buy the domain at other registrars.

Source:   DSLreports - […]

Exciting Changes Coming Your Way  —  We think you’ll be happy to know about improvements we’re making to your Office Live Small Business service—especially since many of the suggestions came from customers like you.  (And we thank you for that!)  —  You’ll find enhancements across all three …

Source:   The Microsoft Office Live Small Business […]

MICROSOFT DEAL KING TO LAUNCH OWN FIRM  —  One of Microsoft’s chief deal architects is leaving the software giant to start his own firm.  —  Bruce Jaffe - currently vice president of corporate development for Microsoft - plans to vacate his post at the end of February.

Source:   New York Post
Author:   Peter Lauria
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Blu-ray could win high-def battle  —  HD DVD backers could switch sides soon  —  The two remaining studios backing HD DVD could switch sides soon, ending the high-def format war instantly.  —  Daily Variety has confirmed that Universal’s commitment to backing HD DVD exclusively has ended.

Source:   Variety
Link:   http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978760.html…

Americans turn to online videos  —  Online video sharing sites are reaping the benefits of the ongoing writers’ strike in the US.  —  According to net measurement firm Nielsen Online, some online video sites have doubled their audience since the strike began at the end of October.

Source:   BBC
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7180889.stm

Former OLPC C.T.O. Aims to Create $75 Laptop  —  A laptop under US$100 could reach desks if a new venture formed by former chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child, Mary Lou Jepsen, can deliver on its promises.  —  A “spin-out” from OLPC, the company, Pixel Qi is looking to create …

Source:   New […]

Increased use of video-sharing sites  —  48% of internet users have been to video-sharing sites such as YouTube and the daily traffic to such sites on a typical day has doubled in the past year.  The basic findings in a national phone survey that ended in December show:

Source:   Pew Internet
Author:   Lee Rainie
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The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry  —  The demo was not going well.  —  Again.  —  It was a late morning in the fall of 2006.  Almost a year earlier, Steve Jobs had tasked about 200 of Apple’s top engineers with creating the iPhone.

Source:   Wired News
Author:   Fred Vogelstein
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Wizzard Media: 1 Billion Downloads in 2007, Podcasting Far from Dead  —  Wizzard Media, owners of the Libsyn, Switchpod and Blast Podcast networks, will announce tomorrow that it passed the 1 billion download mark in 2007.  While online media consumption numbers are notoriously hard to verify, Wizzard’s have some serious merit.

Source:   ReadWriteWeb
Author:   Marshall […]