Los Angeles-based MySpace has long provided users with a means to upload their own video clips, so user-generated video is covered. When it comes to offering movies and TV shows, MySpace could conceivably do more with Hulu, the successful video portal that News Corp. started with NBC Universal.

The waning prospects of MySpace, once the dominate social network, are pushing parent company News Corp. to make some startling moves.

The statements, made at the Alle

Facebook on Tuesday proposed a new version of its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities document, which acts as a terms of service for its users.

On top of that, the company is locking down sponsored status updates. These are user updates which have been paid for by an outside company, effectively turning users into marketing mouthpieces. What’s unclear, however, is how Facebook intends to police items that are not known advertising schemes, such as people’s personal businesses.

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In sum, forget the hype. While we think technology runs at breakneck speed, the reality is that technology adoption does not. It’s simply impossible, especially for enterprises, to adopt new technology at the pace at which it is developed and released.

Linux is now old hat and safe, which is precisely why the value of Linux skills has risen 50 percent in the job market. The same holds true for open source, generally: now that it’s old hat, enterprises can’t adopt

According to Apple, the iPhone 3.0.1 update released today improves the device’s memory handling, essentially fixing the exploit.

“We appreciate the information provided to us about SMS vulnerabilities which affect several mobile phone platforms,” Apple representative Tom Neumayr told CNET.

“This morning, less than 24 hours after a demonstration of this exploit,” Neumayr continued, “we’ve issued a free software update that eliminates the vulnerability from th

Wanschers writes:

To be fair, Wanschers describes himself as both a SharePoint and Drupal developer, so it’s natural that he use both (though his blog has exclusively covered SharePoint since its March 2009 launch). But for me it’s instructive that however much he may talk about SharePoint as a Web publishing tool, Drupal is what he actually uses to do the job.

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Baris Wanschers has posted a great review of 10 cool Web site

That’s hardly something to cheer about, given the small share of Linux in mobile personal computers.

Back to Sony. Its open-source credentials have been called into question due to its rootkit debacle and decision to restrict Linux on the PlayStation 3, but this new decision to preinstall Chrome should redeem it with the open-source community and give Sony a ready-made marketing machine.

The browser market, already competitive, just became even more so.

Is it time to make the leap to LED lights for the home? Perhaps, but only if you’re willing to make a return-on-investment calculation.

Because there is concern that manufacturers will overstate the efficiency benefits or light output, the Department of Energy has set up a “Lighting Facts” Web site and label to guide consumers. Lighting Facts lists the Pharox bulb bulb among those that perform as claimed.

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Pharox)

That dramatic drop in

An EVDO modem, such as the one pictured, should be the only gateway to the Internet used at a hacker conference.

• In addition to using updated security, application, and system software (antivirus in particular) and installing patches, use an operating system-level firewall.

I asked some security experts for suggestions on what they do to protect themselves at the events and here is what they said.

Do’s:
• Have mini

The as-yet-untitled book, which is due out from Wiley later this year, will explore how one comes into a large, existing organization and helps it thrive. Sinofsky has been trying out his writing touch with his Engineering Windows 7 blog.

With his first Windows release under his belt, Microsoft Windows Division President Steven Sinofsky is trying his hand as an author.

The online bookstore offers this summary of the book:

The tome will draw heavily on Sino

The service will automatically detect the request origin, meaning a Web or
mobile browser, or a mobile application so that developers don’t need to re-work their applications.

For customers, it means they’ll be able to make purchases on third-party mobile sites using the payment information in their Amazon accounts.

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With the
iPhone as leading generator of mobile application revenue, the big question is what Apple will