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Archive for April 16th, 2009

Facebook opens up vote on new terms of service (Steven Musil/CNET News)

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Steven Musil / CNET News:
Facebook opens up vote on new terms of service  —  Following Facebook’s privacy debacle earlier this year, the social-networking site is encouraging users to vote on whether a proposed terms of service culled from user feedback should replace the existing terms of service.

Voting Begins on Governing the Facebook Site (Mark Zuckerberg Yesterday/Facebook Blog)

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Mark Zuckerberg Yesterday / Facebook Blog:
Voting Begins on Governing the Facebook Site  —  Today, we take the next step in opening our site governance to everyone who uses Facebook with our first user vote.  Through an application developed by Wildfire Promotion Builder, you can now vote on which documents you want to serve as […]

Voting Begins on Governing the Facebook Site (Mark Zuckerberg Today/Facebook Blog)

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Mark Zuckerberg Today / Facebook Blog:
Voting Begins on Governing the Facebook Site  —  Today, we take the next step in opening our site governance to everyone who uses Facebook with our first user vote.  Through an application developed by Wildfire Promotion Builder, you can now vote on which documents you want to serve as […]

They’re gone! After outcry, Time Warner uncaps the tubes (Nate Anderson/Ars Technica)

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
They’re gone!  After outcry, Time Warner uncaps the tubes  —  After a public outcry and the attention of several members of Congress, Time Warner Cable has stopped its trial of Internet data caps, but not before making “metered billing” a tough sell for all other American ISPs.

Google bringing pay-per-view to YouTube (Stephen Shankland/CNET News)

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Google bringing pay-per-view to YouTube  —  So far, YouTube has been a free, advertising-supported service, but Google plans to build payment mechanisms into its video-sharing site.  —  “With respect to how it’ll get monetized, our first priority is on the advertising side.

National Geographic’s Infinite Photograph will mesmerize you (Josh Lowensohn/CNET News)

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:
National Geographic’s Infinite Photograph will mesmerize you  —  National Geographic has a fun new feature called the Infinite Photograph that takes over 300,000 photos collected from its archives and submitted by users, and turns them into a giant photo mosaic.

YouTube signs Sony, preps site for studio content (Greg Sandoval/CNET News)

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
YouTube signs Sony, preps site for studio content  —  Move over Hotforwords, Lonelygirl15, and all the other YouTube stars.  The video site is bringing in more professionally made content and plans to make it a marquee product.  —  The Internet’s largest video site on Thursday announced …

YouTube signs Sony, redesigns site for professional content (Greg Sandoval/CNET News)

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
YouTube signs Sony, redesigns site for professional content  —  Move over Hotforwords, lonelygirl15 and all the other YouTube stars.  The video site is bringing in more professionally made content and plans to make it a marquee product.  —  On Thursday, the Internet’s largest video site …

Google Shows a 3% Sequential Dip In Revenues: First One Ever (MG Siegler/TechCrunch)

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google Shows a 3% Sequential Dip In Revenues: First One Ever  —  Google has just announced its Q1 2009 results, and for the first time ever, there has been a dip.  Revenue fell 3% for the quarter versus the fourth quarter of 2008.  But, for the year, revenues were still up.

Cybercriminals create botnet using Mac computers (CBC News)

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

CBC News:
Cybercriminals create botnet using Mac computers  —  A piece of malicious software unwittingly shared over a peer-to-peer network in January was the key tool in what security researchers are saying was the first known attempt to create a botnet of Mac computers.