Archive for November, 2009

Wikipedia: We’re Not Losing Contributors!

November 29th 2009 | Posted in Articles, News & Trends, Wikipedia, statistics

A recent report concluded that the number of contributors leaving Wikipedia had increased by 1,000% in one year. Craig thinks it’s nonsense, but could there be any truth in rumors of Wikipedia’s demise?

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  1. 5 Ways to Keep Tabs on Wikipedia
  2. Britannica Plans to Take On Wikipedia with Community Edits
  3. Book About Wikipedia Lands on Wikipedia

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Germany Considers Google Analytics Ban

November 27th 2009 | Posted in Analytics, Articles, Google, News & Trends, privacy

Could Google use Analytics to track individuals and build personal profiles? Officials in Germany have raised privacy concerns and are attempting to ban the system.

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  1. SaaS Yahoo! Web Analytics Surpasses Google
  2. Google Change Breaks Third-Party Analytics Tools
  3. Poll: Who Do You Trust More, Google or Facebook?

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Is Apple Creating Ad-Supported Devices?

November 21st 2009 | Posted in Apple, Articles, News & Trends, advert

A recently-filed patent from Apple describes a device that forces the user to view or listen to an advert. Are the company considering a move to ad-supported revenue streams?

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  1. Apple Claims All Things Apple Shaped
  2. Apple Bites Windows 7
  3. Can Closed Work for Apple This Time?

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Dish Network 2Q profit falls on climbing costs (AP)

November 17th 2009 | Posted in Technology News, technology

FILE - In this March 15, 2006 file photo, advertising adorns a service van outside a customer's home in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo. Dish Network Corp. said Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, that its second-quarter profit slid 81 percent on TiVo Inc. litigation costs and rising expenses, but the nation's second-largest satellite TV provider managed to add subscribers and maintain revenue.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)AP – Dish Network Corp. said Monday that its second-quarter profit slid 81 percent on TiVo Inc. litigation costs and rising expenses, but the nation’s second-largest satellite TV provider managed to add subscribers and maintain revenue.

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HP snags Web pioneer Andreessen for board (Reuters)

November 17th 2009 | Posted in Technology News, technology

Reuters – Hewlett-Packard Co named Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen, 38, to its board of directors, tapping one of the industry’s best known investors to help guide the world’s biggest PC maker.

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RIM launching new touchscreen BlackBerry Storm (Reuters)

November 17th 2009 | Posted in Technology News, technology

Reasearch in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie speaks during the annual general meeting of shareholders in Waterloo, Ontario in this July 14, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/ Mike CasseseReuters – BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is launching a new version of its touchscreen Storm smartphone, marking its latest move in the fight with Apple’s iPhone.

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Microsoft co-founder diagnosed with cancer (AFP)

November 16th 2009 | Posted in Technology News, technology

Billionaire Paul Allen (pictured), who founded the US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, has been diagnosed with cancer, technology blogs have reported.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AFP – Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, has been diagnosed with cancer, technology blogs have reported.

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Microsoft co-founder Allen treated for lymphoma (AP)

November 16th 2009 | Posted in Technology News, technology

This Friday, July 10, 2009 picture shows Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen at the annual Allen & Co.'s media summit in Sun Valley, Idaho . Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. In a memo sent to employees, the CEO of Allen's investment firm says the 56-year-old Allen received the diagnosis in Nov. 2009 and has begun chemotherapy. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP – Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy.

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Twitter to overhaul user list seen as partisan (AP)

November 16th 2009 | Posted in Technology News, business

AP – Social-networking site Twitter plans to end a service that links prominent message posters with new users, a service that was criticized in California because of perceived unfairness toward GOP gubernatorial candidates.

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The Future of Linux is Google (PC World)

November 16th 2009 | Posted in Technology News, technology

PC World – I used to think Ubuntu was destined to lead Linux into the mainstream, but now it’s looking much more like Google–not Canonical–will be the first Linux vendor to truly challenge Microsoft.

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