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e9th writes:
Ars Technica reports that IBM has adopted Firefox as its company-wide browser.It will be installed on all new employee computers, and all 400,000 employees will be encouraged to use it. Speaking of encouraging Firefox use, IBM VP Bob Sutor blogs, 'We will continue to strongly encourage our vendors who have browser-based software to fully support Firefox.' I hope this means that if IBM can't navigate a vendor's site with Firefox, they'll just look elsewhere.
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e9th writes:
The Supreme Court, in a 9-0 ruling, has decided that government employers are entitled to examine all text messages sent with government provided devices, even if the employee has agreed to pay for any excess message charges out of his own pocket. While the ruling only applies to government employees (at all levels), it may give private sector employees something to think about when using employer-provided devices.
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e9th writes:
We know that Microsoft failed last February in its attempt to buy Yahoo. Now, Advertising Age reports that they've reached a deal. Instead of a buyout, the two will enter into a revenue sharing agreement, and Bing will become Yahoo's default browser. The meat of the AdAge article can be found here, in Yahoo News.
This may give Google something to worry about.
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e9th writes:
Despite a bump or two along the way, it seemed that compulsory ID cards were a done deal in the UK. Now the Financial Times is reporting that the scheme has been shelved.
Unfortunately, it seems that this was more a matter of convenience than of concern for citizens' privacy.
