Facebook is at it again. The social network is tweaking the home pages of its 750 million users, much to the chagrin of some very vocal folks. The world's largest online social network is expected to announce even more changes on Thursday, when it holds its annual f8 conference in San Francisco for developers who create games and other applications for its site. The gathering follows a trickle of changes to Facebook in the past few of weeks. Some, such as larger photo displays and a feature that makes...
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Would Meg Whitman be up to running HP?
Meg Whitman is allegedly a top pick to be Hewlett-Packard's next CEO, but the to-do list is massive and it's unclear whether swapping leaders will make that much of a difference. Meg Whitman (Credit: cc Flickr/Max Morse) The larger questions revolve around whether HP has a board of directors problem, a leadership issue, or a questionable master plan, assuming it still has one. Perhaps it's all of the above. The to-do...
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Google Battles Charges Of Search Bias
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt defended his company at a Senate hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, by insisting that Google is not Microsoft and that Google continues to adhere to pro-competitive principles that serve consumers.Schmidt did not mention Microsoft by name. Rather he referred to an unnamed large technology company 20 years ago that faced regulatory intervention. He was alluding to U.S. v. Microsoft. "That company lost sight of what mattered and Washington stepped in," Schmidt said. He...
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Pope Benedict making first official visit to Germany
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The Pope was greeted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Christian Wulff Benedict XVI, the German head of the Roman Catholic Church, has begun his first official visit to his home country as Pope. After arriving in the capital Berlin, he called on Catholics disgusted by priests who had abused children not to abandon the Church. The visit may be one of his most...
Thursday, September 22, 2011
US suspects Pakistan's hand in Kabul embassy attack
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US officials say there is growing evidence that Pakistan's intelligence agency encouraged a Pakistan-based militant group, the Haqqani network, to carry out last week's attack on the US Embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan.The US and Pakistan have long been at odds over the links between Pakistan's intelligence agency and military, and Pakistani militant groups such as the Haqqani network. With the US preparing...
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Freed US hikers spend 1st day of freedom secluded with kin
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MUSCAT, Oman — Two Americans released from an Iranian prison were spending their first full day of freedom Thursday in seclusion with their families, after more than two years in custody accused as spies. Only on msnbc.com Libyan-American recalls horror in Gadhafi prison He swapped bombs for babies, death for diapers NASA: Doomed satellite won't fall on N. America ...
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