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Google Maps to add bike maps, directions
Mar 10th
Google Maps is set to provide a new option for getting around town: biking directions.
The company plans to unveil what it called "the most requested addition to Google Maps" during the National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C. Google Maps users looking for directions between two points will now have the option of selecting "bicycling" from [...]
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Palm pushes WebOS plug-in kit
Mar 10th
Palm is hoping its new developer’s kit can lead to better games and richer apps for its smartphone users.
Palm announced on Tuesday that a public beta version of its new WebOS Plug-in Development Kit (PDK) is ready for developers to download via the company’s Developer Center Web site. The PDK lets programmers create plug-ins using [...]
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Google testing TV search
Mar 10th
Google is reportedly testing a new service with Dish Network that would let subscribers search via their TVs for shows and online video from sites like YouTube.
The new search service would run on Internet-connected set-top boxes loaded with Google software, according to The Wall Street Journal, and would let Dish’s satellite TV subscribers search for [...]
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Microsoft Fixes Eight Bugs, Warns Of IE Zero-Day
Mar 10th
Microsoft’s March patch day arrives as a mixed blessing for IT administrators. On the one hand, Microsoft is releasing only two security bulletins to address eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Microsoft Office.
In terms of severity, both bulletins are merely "important." They affect Windows Movie Maker and Microsoft Office Excel. All versions of Office are [...]
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Cisco Unveils Next Gen Carrier Router
Mar 10th
Cisco chief executive John Chambers’ prediction long ago that video one day would disrupt the Internet is nearly a reality. On Tuesday, the company announced a powerful router designed to help make that prediction come true.
With 100G networks still something of a Holy Grail in networking, Cisco believes its new CRS-3 router will represent [...]
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Microsoft Unveils MSN Redesign
Mar 10th
Microsoft on Tuesday formerly introduced a redesigned version of its MSN Web portal. The new site features a simplified design, tighter integration with social networks and a more prominent link to the company’s Bing search engine.
"The new MSN homepage cuts through the clutter with a clean, new design and offers search, news, local and [...]
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Avaya, Polycom Expand Video, Voice Partnership
Mar 10th
Avaya and Polycom announced Tuesday that they will expand their partnership to include the development and marketing of integrated video, voice and collaboration solutions.
The result will be a solution based on Avaya’s Aura Session Initiation Protocol, incorporating Polycom’s Open Collaboration Network strategy.
The expanded partnership follows Polycom’s recent hook up with Juniper to compete [...]
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80% Say Internet Access A Right
Mar 10th
Nearly four in five adults across 26 countries, including the United States, believe Internet access is a fundamental right, a survey released Monday showed.
Not surprisingly, a larger percentage of Internet users believe access is a right than non-Internet user, 87% versus 71%, the poll, conducted by GlobeScan for the BBC World Service, found. Countries [...]
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Google Launches the Google Apps Marketplace
Mar 10th
Today at the Google’s Campfire One event at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View the Internet search giant is launching its new app store for business, known as the Google Apps Marketplace.
Last week, we broke the story that Google Apps Marketplace would launch today, reporting that it would be an app store integrated within Google [...]
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Trust And Safety
Mar 10th
As Director of Twitter’s Trust and Safety team, a big part of my job is focused on the detection and prevention of spam and abuse. A couple weeks ago, Biz explained how Twitter users were being victimized by phishing scams spread primarily through links in Direct Messages. Basically, people click the link and bad things [...]
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