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SEC Takes Down Terrorism List Web Site (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Bowing to pressure from a powerful congressman and companies with international operations, the Securities and Exchange Commission has taken down a Web site that listed businesses with interests in countries on a terrorism watch list. Europe approves $166 million for next-generation Web (Market Watch)
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - The so-called "semantic" Internet, or a Web smart enough to sift through information for users rather than leaving them to click through pages on their own, received a boost this week when the executive branch of the European Union approved a significant chunk of funding for a related research project. Facebook Buys Web-Desktop Unifier Parakey (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
Facebook, a social-networking site that has become andevelopment platform, announced Thursday that it purchased startup Parakey for an undisclosed amount. The company, started by Mozilla Firefox cofounders Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt, has been creating products to unify and integrate desktop applications and the Web. Social Security numbers exposed on state Web site (Austin American-Statesman)
A California businessman dug up Troy Aikman's Social Security number on the Texas Secretary of State's Web site to focus attention on the vulnerability of personal information on the site. Many jihadist Web sites hosted in U.S. (UPI)
Many anti-American jihadist Web sites are hosted by servers in the United States, an Israeli expert said this week. Insider: City loses its twang with new Web site (The Arizona Republic)
Scottsdale Councilman Tony Nelssen was among the first to complain when the city unveiled a brand-new Web site. Why Can't You Host Your Own Web Site? (AllBusiness via Yahoo! Finance)
Many businesses can and do host their own Web sites. In order to host your own site, however, you need to make special arrangements with an Internet service provider , and you also need the right hardware and software to do the job right. Proliferation of Web App Platforms (SYS-CON Media)
After writing a recent post about thinking outside the (browser) box, I started thinking about the rapid rate by which things are changing. A year ago, most web developers had to think about Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera, and perhaps WAP for mobile devices and widget development for one of more platforms. Today, we are afforded more possibility, but sometimes at the cost of more ... |
