Web 2.0 Security Concerns

Is Web 2.0 Safe? Robert McMillan. PC World. May 30, 2007.
As MySpace.com learned recently, sites that encourage users to submit data may be leaving themselves open hackers.

Google Maps Raising Privacy Concerns

Street-level Panoramas on Microsoft and Google Maps. AFP (via Yahoo! News). May 29, 2007.
Google and Microsoft are adding aerial and street-level views to their mapping products. Google Maps includes photographs of real people, raising concerns about invasion of privacy.

Anti-Spam Weapon Gains Approval

Promising Antispam Technique Gets Nod. Declan McCullagh. CNET News.com. May 23, 2007.
The Internet Engineering Task Force, a standards organization, has given preliminary approval to DomainKeys Identified Mail as a means of verifying the senders of e-mail messages. This could go a long way in identifying fraudulent e-mail.

Google News

Google Stands Firm Behind News Search Site. Juan Carlos Perez. IDG News Service. May 23, 2007.
Google product manager Nathan Stoll discusses issues concerning Google News, such as lawsuits by Agence France Presse and Copiepresse, in this interview.

Camera Phone Revolution

Camera Phone Pioneer Mulls Gadget Impact. May Wong. AP. May 19, 2007.
Philippe Kahn, inventor of the camera phone 10 years ago, reflects on the impact the devices have had on society, for better or worse.

Behind Microsoft's Patent Claims

Microsoft Patent Claims Hint at Internal Issues. Elizabeth Montalbano. IDG News Services. May 14, 2007.
Microsoft's claim of patent infringement by open source software may be an effort to intimidate distributors and users into adopting Windows Vista, according to some in the OS community.

Microsoft Claims Patent Infringement by Open Source

Microsoft Takes on the Free World. Roger Parloff. Fortune. May 13, 2007.
Microsoft is claiming that 235 of its patents are being infringed by open-source software, such as Open Office and Linux, and could demand royalty payments.

Deep Blue Anniversary

A Decade After Kasparov's Defeat, Deep Blue Coder Relives Victory. Robert Andrews. Wired. May 11, 2007.
Ten years ago, IBM's chess-playing supercomputer Deep Blue defeated champion Gary Kasparov in a highly publicized match. The computer's programmer, Murray Campbell, is interviewed in this article.

Encyclopedia of LIfe

Huge Online 'Encyclopedia of Life' Project Begins. AP. (via FOXNews.com). May 9, 2007.
Scientists are creating an online encyclopedia which will contain information on the earth's 1.8 million known species, adding new ones as they are discovered.

iGoogle

Personalize Searches with iGoogle. Reuters (via USATODAY.com). May 1, 2007.
Following the trend of social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook, and Flickr, Google is planning to allow users to personalize their search pages by share photos and other creative content.

iGoogle

Personalize Searches with iGoogle. Reuters (via USATODAY.com). May 1, 2007.
Following the trend of many social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook, and Flickr, Google is planning to allow users to personalize their search pages by share photos and other creative content.