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New privacy features coming to Facebook Thursday 02nd of July 2009 05:30:21 PM PALO ALTO, Calif., July 2 (UPI) -- A Facebook official says the social networking Web site is implementing new privacy features to protect users in the United States and abroad. Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly said the new Publisher Privacy Control will allow Facebook users to decide exactly what posted information they want to share with their site... Read more	Facebook names new chief financial officer Monday 29th of June 2009 10:01:03 PM WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Facebook, the social networking website which has signed up more than 200 million members but has yet to make a profit, has named a new chief financial officer.David Ebersman, the former executive vice president and CFO of Genentech, the ... Read more
Google investigating China service outages Thursday 25th of June 2009 07:30:17 AM BEIJING (AFP) -- Google said on Thursday it was investigating recent cuts in its services in China as the government once again accused the US Internet giant of providing links to pornography in its Web searches."We understand that many users c... Read more	Google briefly cut off in China: state media Thursday 25th of June 2009 06:31:24 AM BEIJING (AFP) -- Google's main English-language website was inaccessible for more than two hours in China, state media reported, as Beijing continued to pressure the Internet giant to eliminate pornography.The outage occurred Wednesday night, th... Read more
China keeps up pressure on Google over porn Thursday 25th of June 2009 06:30:49 AM BEIJING (AFP) -- China kept the pressure on Google Thursday, accusing it again of illegally spreading pornographic content following reports the US giant's English-language website was inaccessible for hours."We have found that Google has spread a lot of por... Read more	Facebook available in Persian Friday 19th of June 2009 05:37:35 PM CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 19 (UPI) -- Facebook has released a beta version in Persian of its entire site, the social networking Internet site based in Cambridge, Mass., announced. Since the Iranian election last week, people around the world have increasingly been sharing news and information on Facebook about the results and its aftermath, Eric Kwan, a F... Read more
Persian added to Google Translate Friday 19th of June 2009 11:46:53 AM MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 19 (UPI) -- Search engine Google, based in California, added Persian to its Google Translate program, saying the language's addition was important, given events in Iran. We feel that launching Persian is particularly important now, given ongoing events in Iran, Franz Och, principal scientist for Google Translate, said on Goog... Read more	China admonishes Google over pornography Friday 19th of June 2009 10:25:34 AM BEIJING, June 19 (UPI) -- A Chinese government-backed Internet watchdog has sharply criticized Google Inc. for allowing access to pornography through its Web site. Some of Google China's online search business was suspended and the U.S. company was told to clear up what the government considered to be lewd information promptly. The China Internet ... Read more
MySpace cuts workforce by 30 percent Tuesday 16th of June 2009 07:15:28 PM NEW YORK, June 16 (UPI) -- Internet social networking site MySpace said it would cut 430 jobs, almost a third of its present workforce, to match current demand. Simply put, our staffing levels were bloated and hindered our ability to be an efficient and nimble, team-oriented company, Chief Executive Officer Owen Van Natta said. Our intent is to... Read more	Swahili Facebook Web site started Monday 15th of June 2009 04:45:55 PM PALO ALTO, Calif., June 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Internet social networking Web site Facebook now has a Swahili version, its promoters say. Developed by Swahili scholars with Facebook's permission, the new site opens up Facebook to more than 110 million people who speak the language, mostly in Africa, the BBC reported Monday. One of the project's developers... Read more
Yahoo! doesn't need Microsoft deal: CEO Wednesday 03rd of June 2009 05:25:46 PM NEW YORK (AFP) -- Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz played down speculation on Wednesday of an Internet search tie-up with Microsoft saying the Web pioneer did not need to make a deal with the software giant."Yahoo! doesn't have to do anything with Microsof... Read more	Yahoo! doesn't need Microsoft deal: CEO Wednesday 03rd of June 2009 05:25:31 PM NEW YORK (AFP) -- Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz played down speculation on Wednesday of an Internet search tie-up with Microsoft saying the Web pioneer did not need to make a deal with the software giant."Yahoo! doesn't have to do anything ... Read more
Teen charged over Facebook 'hit list' Tuesday 02nd of June 2009 08:06:11 AM VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 2 (UPI) -- Canadian police in Vancouver arrested an 18-year-old on weapons charges after classmates complained he posted a 117-name hit list on the Internet. Inspector Scott Thompson told a Monday news conference the investigation began Friday when six fellow students of the accused at Templeton High School came forward... Read more	Pakistan protests organized via Facebook Sunday 31st of May 2009 01:15:49 PM LAHORE, Pakistan, May 31 (UPI) -- An anti-militant protester in Pakistan says text messages and the social networking Web site Facebook are being used to organize demonstrations. Pakistan national Sadaffe Abid said she and her fellow protesters have organized two rallies in as many months to oppose the violent actions of the Taliban that have plagued their cou... Read more
BBC, Google may join for iPlayer shows Saturday 30th of May 2009 01:40:50 PM LONDON, May 30 (UPI) -- BBC is negotiating with Google to have episodes of the British broadcaster's TV series available through the BBC iPlayer, sources close to the talks say. The anonymous sources said BBC Director-General Mark Thompson and Google Chairman Eric Schmidt have been discussing a joint venture that would create an international version of the bro... Read more	Google wants developers to ride its Wave Thursday 28th of May 2009 11:10:33 PM by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Google encouraged software developers to ride into the future of email with a project called "Wave," which opens inboxes to text, video, pictures, maps and even social network feeds."Wave" expands the capabilities of em... Read more
Google introduces 'Google Wave' messaging Thursday 28th of May 2009 05:07:41 PM SAN FRANCISCO, May 28 (UPI) -- Internet giant Google blurred the lines between e-mail and instant messaging Thursday, introducing Google Wave at a San Francisco conference. The program, developed by Google Maps team engineers, allows multiple parties to join instant messaging sessions, by adding both typed content and graphics and scrolling back to revie... Read more	Bing Search Engine Thursday 28th of May 2009 05:00:57 PM CARLSBAD, Ca., May 28 (TOTI) -- Microsoft has recently announced Bing, their new search engine. Bing will replace Live Search. CEO Steve Ballmer made the announcement at The Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference on Thursday. Ballmer said they chose the name "Bing" because it could be used globally. The new search engine focuses tigh... Read more
Google Wave Thursday 28th of May 2009 03:18:50 PM MOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA., May 28 (TOTI) -- The Google Wave is here and it's already sweeping across the Internet like its' namesake. "One of the best times of my life was in 2005, just after the launch of Google Maps, when developers started doing crazy things with the APIs," said Lars Rasmussen, who heads the Google Maps team along with brother Jen. Read more	Yahoo! search worth 'boatloads of money': Bartz Wednesday 27th of May 2009 04:35:28 PM SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz said Wednesday that the pioneering Internet firm would be willing to sell its online search business to Microsoft but only for "boatloads of money."Bartz's comment came during an onstage interview at ... Read more