Gizmodogate: Get a sense of humor folks  —  Gizmodo turns off a bunch of TVs at CES to liven the joint up and you’d think that their scribes lit Bill Gates on fire for the page views.  —  The angst over Gizmodo’s hilarious prank is borderline ridiculous:  — Judie Lipsett at Gear Diary calls the […]

UK gov’t report: Don’t upgrade to Vista  —  San Francisco - British schools should not upgrade to Microsoft’s Vista operating system and Office 2007 productivity suite, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) said in a report on the software.

Source:   InfoWorld
Author:   Peter Sayer
Link:   http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080111…

Facebook - Why Not Let Sleeping Dogs Lie?  —  Just as the press was getting bored with talking about the problems with Facebook’s new advertising platform, Beacon (first mentioned here on November 2), founder Mark Zuckerberg goes on 60 Minutes to stir everything back up again (the show will be on air this Sunday).

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Showdown Looms Over Pirated-Media Directory  —  Swedish Prosecutors Target Organizers of Pirate Bay, A Huge File-Sharing Guide  —  One of Hollywood’s biggest foes is about to be called on the carpet.  After years of steering Web surfers to free entertainment, the organizers of a massive directory …

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Link:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120001282486582581…

Steve Jobs’ Video Dreams  —  His magic has not extended to visual entertainment.  Hollywood and cable companies aim to keep it that way  —  At last year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, most of the 140,000 attendees were buzzing about the future of the cell phone—and how Apple Inc. …

Source:   Business Week
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MicroHoo?  YaBay?  No Deal!  —  Look, I love a good takeover rumor as much as the next gossipy reporter.  —  But all the incessant rumblings of Microsoft sniffing around to buy Yahoo or Yahoo merging with eBay are getting a tad ridiculous.  —  So, Deal or No Deal?  Um, no deal, Howie!

Source:   BoomTown
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Benchmark Bets on Ruby on Rails With $3.5 Million Investment in Engine Yard  —  Is Ruby on Rails the next Java?  Benchmark Capital thinks so.  It just invested $3.5 million in Engine Yard, taking its entire series A round.  Ruby on Rails is an increasingly popular Web application programming environment …

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Erick […]

Facebook Founder Says “Beacon” Needs Work  —  Also Tells 60 Minutes It’s Unlikely Company Will Go Public in 2008  —  (CBS) The controversial advertising device many accused of invading the privacy of Facebook users will eventually be a good tool, says Facebook founder and chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg.

Source:   CBS News
Link:   http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/10/60minutes…

Facebook To Add More Privacy Controls, Mass Messaging; Zuckerberg On ‘60 Minutes’  —  Facebook plans to release new features giving users more control over their privacy settings and messaging capabilities, according to its “What’s New” page.  Recently, Facebook added Friend Lists …

Source:   paidContent.org
Author:   Amanda Natividad
Link:   http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-new-facebook…

Bebo’s Platform Now Open for All Developers  —  Almost a month ago to the day, social network Bebo announced its developer platform.  Or rather, a clone of Facebook’s developer platform.  The idea was to copy Facebook’s platform so that developers wouldn’t have to relearn a new one and rebuild …

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Mark Hendrickson
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