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RSS library in newsGoogle Books hit with fresh wave of criticism from Microsoft, Open Book Alliance
News Google plans to display portions of those books (rights-holders can specify how much Google is allowed to show) as part of the Google Book Search product and will also provide access to the books through public library... [09 Sep 2009]
Five critical Windows updates arrive on Microsoft's Patch Tuesday
News In addition, Microsoft said it is rereleasing a bulletin from last month to address an additional control found to be vulnerable to an issue with the Microsoft Active Template Library. Microsoft on Tuesday issued five... [09 Sep 2009]
Google seeks to appease Europe with digital books copyright deal
News The challenge for EU policymakers is to ensure a regulatory framework which paves the way for a rapid roll-out of services, similar to those made possible in the US by the recent settlement, to European consumers and to the European... [08 Sep 2009]
Amazon offers refund or redelivery for Kindle's deleted Orwell
News In July, Amazon received a torrent of criticism over its decision to delete copies of 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindles after it discovered that certain versions of those ebooks were added to the Kindle library by an... [07 Sep 2009]
Google Books beefs up privacy policy after criticism
News Under the new policy Google will not require book searchers to create a Google account if they are viewing pages of books online, browsing books through a university's institution subscription to the book service, or accessing the book... [04 Sep 2009]
Amazon steps up Google Books criticism with court filing
News And three library groups reiterated on Wednesday that while they do not oppose the settlement they wish to ensure "vigorous oversight" is enforced by the court. Amazon came out swinging on Tuesday against Google's... [03 Sep 2009]
Apple's Mac OS 'lagging behind Vista on security'
News Apple's Mac OS X security page makes reference to offering sandboxing, Library Randomisation, and Execute Disable, but there are no details. Friday's release of the new version of the Mac OS, dubbed Snow Leopard, could... [27 Aug 2009]
Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo! join fight against Google Books
News are joining with a few library associations to oppose the settlement, Peter Brantley, the Internet Archive's director, told The Wall Street Journal in an interview. Google is digitizing the works from many major... [21 Aug 2009]
PayPal goes plastic with debit cards aimed at students - and their parents
News PayPal on Tuesday introduced a new service for parents with kids who are in high school or college. Called Student Accounts, it centres on the use of a special PayPal-branded Mastercard debit card that's tied to a parent's PayPal accounts. [12 Aug 2009]
Security: Why Adobe could be the new Microsoft
News The company was the first third-party vendor to release a fix for software affected by a vulnerability in Microsoft's Active Template Library, which is used to build components for web applications and which was being... [07 Aug 2009]
Microsoft releases emergency patch to plug critical ActiveX hole
News The company released two security updates that deal with a vulnerability in Microsoft's Active Template Library, which is used to build components for web applications and which could be targeted to take control of the... [29 Jul 2009]
EU: Authors - we need you. What do you think of Google books?
News Google argues that the agreement will make millions of books hidden on library shelves more accessible and give publishers and authors a new opportunity to profit from them. European Union regulators want publishers and... [21 Jul 2009]
Olympics tickets to double as Tube tickets, cash?
News Post will publish its guidance on the subject, Technology for the Olympics, in the House of Commons Library in July, where it will be used to provide policy guidance for MPs. The London 2012 Olympics could be set to... [29 May 2009]
Mobile Firefox hits Windows Mobile 6
News The company also divulged that this Fennec build shares Firefox's memory management library, JeMalloc. On Friday, alpha 1 of Mozilla's mobile version of its Firefox browser - Fennec as it's been codenamed - arrived on... [18 May 2009]
Yahoo! opens up for future
News include a Java script library, a search API called Boss (build your own search service) and Yahoo! is putting it's faith in openness to attract more users to its online services and ultimately generate more revenue. [15 May 2009]
