Nancy Scola / American Prospect:
Washington’s I.T. Guy — One man’s quest to liberate all government information — with or without the government’s help — Shortly after Barack Obama’s election, as progressive activists and Democratic operatives were jockeying for positions large and small within the new administration …
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Google music store could launch this fall — With the iTunes’ banner waving supremely over the digital music landscape, Google continues to build its own music service. — According to multiple music industry sources, Google could launch a music service that offers song downloads and streaming music as early as this fall.
Andrew Allemann / Domain Name Wire:
Yahoo Settles Lawsuit and Gets Flicker.com Domain Name — Yahoo now has Flicker.com for Flickr.com web site. — As Michael Berkens pointed out today, Yahoo now owns the domain name Flicker.com. — But this wasn’t your typical domain name sale. It was actually the culmination …
DeWitt Clinton:
More thoughts on URL shorteners. — What is a URL shortener? — You’ve all seen short URLs before — the links to tinyurl.com, bit.ly, wp.me, etc., recently popularized as a workaround to fit more content into smaller spaces, most notably within Twitter’s 140 character limits.
Ryan Tate / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple’s Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed (AAPL, T) — Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. They—and every other buyer of the wireless-enabled tablet …
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Apple’s Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed — Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. They—and every other buyer of the wireless-enabled tablet—could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking.
Audrey Watters / ReadWriteWeb:
[Updated] Google’s New Secure Search Might Force Schools to Block Google — Update: Google spokeperson Kat Eller contacted ReadWriteWeb with this statement: “We’re aware that encrypted search can create difficulties for some educational institutions using other Google services.
AppleInsider:
Apple releases Safari 5 with extensions, expanded HTML5 support — Apple on Monday released Safari 5, the latest version of its desktop Web browser, with a 30 percent performance increase, the addition of Bing search and secure sandboxed extensions, as well as support for more than a dozen new HTML5 technologies.
AppleInsider:
Apple releases Safari 5 with extensions, expanded HTML5 support — Apple on Monday released Safari 5, the latest version of its desktop Web browser, with a 30 percent performance increase, the addition of Bing search and secure sandboxed extensions, as well as support for more than a dozen new HTML5 technologies.
PR Newswire:
Apple Releases Safari 5 — Apple® today released Safari® 5, the latest version of the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser, featuring the new Safari Reader for reading articles on the web without distraction, a 30 percent performance increase over Safari 4 …