Archives: 2011 June
Google Basing Social Strategy on Sync, Search (PC Magazine)
June 28th, 2011, No Comments
Google executives gave a few more hints at the company's social strategy last week – and it looks like the company wants to forge contacts first, and then possibly relationships. In an interview, Shan Sinha, the group product manager for enterprise at Google, explained two problems that the company is working on: improving the relationships [...]
Best Buy Lists MacBook Airs as Out of Stock, Refresh Imminent? (PC Magazine)
June 28th, 2011, No Comments
On Monday, Best Buy online store for Apple MacBook Aires list as "unavailable", fueling speculation that Apple will launch a new generation of MacBook Air at any time. 9to5 Mac first noticed the change in BestBuy.com and believes that this is "the expression of a product upgrade." Best Buy now offers the MacBook Air only [...]
Star Wars Galaxies Shutting Down Dec. 15 (PC Magazine)
June 28th, 2011, No Comments
LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment announced last week it will close Star Wars Galaxies, effective December 15. "The closure of SWG is a very difficult decision, but SOE and LucasArts have mutually agreed that in late 2011 is the right time to end the game," the companies said in a note on the support forum [...]
Analysis: Tencent in steep climb to be China’s Facebook, Twitter (Reuters)
June 27th, 2011, No Comments
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings Ltd, the world's third largest Internet firm, aims to be China's Facebook, Twitter and Google — all rolled into one. While the company's market value has quadrupled to $50 billion over the past 2- years, its revenue and profit growth is expected to slow over the next few years, [...]
LulzSec member says group is ‘bored’ (AP)
June 27th, 2011, No Comments
NEW YORK – A member of a group of hackers sabotaged search advertising websites in the past two months and announced that solving said his group was disbanded under pressure from the FBI or hostile hackers. "We are unstoppable because we are afraid of law enforcement," the member said in an interview LulzSec with The [...]
China’s Baidu invests $306 mln in travel website (AFP)
June 27th, 2011, No Comments
Baidu in China is investing $ 306 million in travel site BEIJING (AFP) – Chinese search engine Baidu has agreed to invest $ 306 million in domestic travel Qunara site that seeks to cash in on the booming tourism market in China. Baidu dominates the Chinese market after Google search was removed after one year [...]
Google Responds to FTC Antitrust Investigation (Mashable)
June 27th, 2011, No Comments
One day, after the target of an FTC antitrust investigation, Google is publicly their case for why it is simply in search of its users and does not break federal law. "Yesterday, we received official notification from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it has initiated a review of our business," said Google Fellow and [...]
Nokia Phone 7 ‘Leak’ May Have Been Planned (NewsFactor)
June 27th, 2011, No Comments
Nokia and Microsoft's first collaboration generated a substantial amount of buzz this week after a video of the smartphone appeared on a Hungarian web site — the kind of buzz Windows Phone 7 will need to gain traction in the smartphone market. The device, code-named Sea Ray, was unveiled at a Nokia Connections event in [...]
LulzSec Posts Stolen Data from Arizona Lawman Site (NewsFactor)
June 27th, 2011, No Comments
Hackers have released a torrent of confidential data seized during an intrusion at the web site of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, including hundreds of private intelligence bulletins, training manuals, and personal e-mail correspondence of law-enforcement officials. The underground group LulzSec said it selected its latest target because of Arizona's recent passage of an [...]
Analysis: Do “leaderless” revolts contain seeds of own failure? (Reuters)
June 27th, 2011, No Comments
Demonstrators lift their arms as they protest near Spain's parliament in Madrid LONDON (Reuters) – From the streets of Cairo and Madrid to online forums and social media sites, "leaderless" protests are on the rise. But the very qualities that led to their short-term success may condemn them to failure in the long run. Activists [...]
