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Computerworld Networking
October 15, 2008
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In this issue:
1. Q&A: Exchanging E-Mails With A Pirate
2. McCain protests YouTube's removal of his campaign videos
3. FTC, New Zealand hit one of world's largest spam operations
4. AOL-Yahoo merger: Remedy worse than the disease?
5. Adobe ships Flash Player 10
6. Vodafone give network neutrality a thumbs down
7. eBay may offer BI as a service to companies
8. Cisco CEO sees videoconferencing on planes within 18 months
9. Mozilla releases Firefox 3.1 Beta 1
Computerworld Blogs:
* Review: Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 no speed demon, lags behind Chrome
* Yahoo investors should call for Yang's head
* Bet it would have worked on Edgar's PC, though
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1. Q&A: Exchanging E-Mails With A Pirate
After a link to grisly photos of a child murder appeared on The Pirate Bay, the site -- known for letting users share files via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol -- was embroiled in another controversy. Here IDG News Service interviews one of the site's founders about the controversy, an upcoming conference and BitTorrent file sharing in general.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3753181/218081156/144783/2/
2. McCain protests YouTube's removal of his campaign videos
GOP presidential candidate John McCain asserts that YouTube acted too quickly to comply with unwarranted copyright infringement notices when it took down his campaign videos.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3753181/218081156/144784/2/
3. FTC, New Zealand hit one of world's largest spam operations
Government agencies in the U.S. and New Zealand say they have sued the people behind one of the world's largest spamming operations.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3753181/218081156/144785/2/
4. AOL-Yahoo merger: Remedy worse than the disease?
Industry experts caution that an AOL-Yahoo merger could create more problems than it solves.
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5. Adobe ships Flash Player 10
Adobe Systems is now shipping its Adobe Flash Player 10 browser plug-in, adding support for custom filters and special effects, native 3-D transformation and animation, advanced audio processing and GPU hardware acceleration.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3753181/218081156/144788/2/
6. Vodafone give network neutrality a thumbs down
Vodafone envisions two networks, one of which will be private and based on IP Exchange and will charge users for guaranteed quality of service.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3753181/218081156/144789/2/
7. eBay may offer BI as a service to companies
After success in providing self-service data marts for in-house business analysts, the company may follow a growing trend of hosting such easy-to-use services for outside customers.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3753181/218081156/144790/2/
8. Cisco CEO sees videoconferencing on planes within 18 months
At Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo 2008, Cisco CEO John Chambers predicted that the arrival of Internet access on planes will eventually lead to the availability of in-flight videoconferencing.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3753181/218081156/144791/2/
9. Mozilla releases Firefox 3.1 Beta 1
Mozilla has released Firefox 3.1 Beta 1, the first preview meant for the general public, but disabled one of its most-touted improvements -- the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine.
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Review: Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 no speed demon, lags behind Chrome
Something went horribly wrong between the alpha of Firefox (called Shiretoko) and the first real Firefox 3.1 beta. I'm not too impressed so far. Compared to Chrome, in testing my most frequently visited sites, Firefox 3.1 lags well behind Chrome. It seems Mozilla has not included beefed up JavaScript V8 support in this release, and it really shows.
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Yahoo investors should call for Yang's head
Yahoo investors have all the reason in the world to feel bitter today, as the company stock hovers at $12, and the Yahoo-Google ad deal has been put on hold because of widespread legal and business opposition. Not that many months ago, Microsoft offered $31 a share for the company. If I owned Yahoo stock, I'd be calling for Yang's head.
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http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3753181/218081156/144101/2/
Bet it would have worked on Edgar's PC, though
This company has what it calls a "best-shore" approach to help desk support. Translation: It's offshore -- and not really very helpful.
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