Archive for December 18th, 2008

Government Of Indonesian Province Rejects Plan To Implant Microchips In Some HIV-Positive People (Medical News Today)

The parliament in the Indonesian province of Papua has rejected plans to implant microchips in some HIV-positive people following opposition from government officials, health care workers and advocates, the AP/Google.com reports.

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Firewalls failing to keep generation Facebook in check (Silicon.com)

Workers are increasingly using online applications like Facebook and Google Apps as collaboration tools. How can businesses keep the net generation happy at work while keeping confidential data from leaking out of the enterprise? It's a question Sean Whetstone, head of IT services for Reed Specialist Recruitment, is wrestling with. Whetstone told silicon.com his company is concerned about ...

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Yahoo outshines rivals on data privacy (Financial Times)

Yahoo has stepped up pressure on Google and Microsoft’s online privacy policies after announcing that it would remove personally identifiable information from its database after 90 days.

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

boo.com adds new Google Map functionality (eyefortravel.com)

Travel review site boo.com has added a new Google Map functionality, an advanced integration allowing several viewing options including satellite, hybrid and a 360 degree ground-level street perspective.

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Yahoo to delete your searches after 3 months (PC Advisor)

Spotlight now on Google and Microsoft Yahoo is to anonymise most of the data it collects about people's web searches after three months, a move that could put further pressure on competitors Google and Microsoft to do the same due to privacy concerns.

Thursday, December 18th, 2008