World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee has started a blog just in time for the 15th anniversary of his invention.Tim berners first remarks on how the Web took off as a publishing medium rather than one in which visitors not only read but also contributed information. Berners-Lee first proposed the Web in 1989 while developing… Continue reading Creator of World Wide Web Starts Blog
Sony’s ‘rootkit’ CDs
News.com reports Computer security companies had been predicting such exploit code in the wild for weeks, since an independent developer had exposed the presence of a “rootkit” tool on the Sony CDs. The rootkit technology hid the copy protection from view, but also left open a hole that could hide other software. Virus writers quickly… Continue reading Sony’s ‘rootkit’ CDs
Microsoft and Google Reach Settlement Over Employee
Microsoft Corperation and Google have reached a settlement in their legal battle over former Microsoft employee and now current Google employee Kai-Fu Lee. In a statement made by Microsoft and confirmed by Google the three parties had entered into a private agreement that resolves all issues to their mutual satisfaction. Google released a statement from… Continue reading Microsoft and Google Reach Settlement Over Employee
Google about the AOL announcement
Googleblog writes The recent announcement of the AOL partnership has been the source of a lot of rumors and misconceptions. We’d like to clear some of those up. – Biased results? No way. Providing great search is the core of what we do. Business partnerships will never compromise the integrity or objectivity of our search… Continue reading Google about the AOL announcement
San Francisco Geek Dinner
Wish I could have made this dinner would have loved to have picked your brain. Any other dinners planned anytime soon? Ashley