Thursday, September 23, 2010

Tech News Today

Facebook Crashes, Rim to launch Ipad competitor?, More Verizon Iphone possibilities,  Internet Cries, Urban Farmers and Zookeepers everywhere are destroyed since they can’t get to their crops or their zoos. All that and more in today’s tech news

Facebook is broken, the world weeps as addicted farmers all over the world lose crops, world hunger ensues, and life as we know it…
Oh never mind, Farmville is not that important. Neither is Facebook. In related news in the last hour, US productivity is up 200%, the sun actually exists, and we don’t really care if you “like” this post or not…

Trust Zuckerberg? A 'Facebook's Down' Survival Guide
Forbes (blog) - Meghan Casserly but what we ultimately came up with over that beer is the (un)official “Forbes Facebook's Down Survival Guide.” And, no, afternoon beers are not a part of ...

Facebook may be down - but things looking up? - San Francisco Chronicle
Facebook Down Tweets: The Snappiest Twitter Reactions? - Huffington Post

Facebook Back Up After Second Outage in 24 Hours
PC World  - Update - 2:55PM PDT: Facebook appears to be back up--at least for us here in PCWorld's San Francisco offices. The Facebook Twitter feed notes, "Facebook may ...

Facebook outages reported; Qwest sees packet loss? - CNET
Facebook Experiencing Slowdowns On Its Website? - Wall Street Journal
Facebook Down (Again) for Some Users? - PC Magazine

Czech Republic suspends Google Street View
Czech officials denied Google authorization to continue capturing images for Street View. The officials cited citizen's privacy concerns. Google is working to answer the concerns. Existing Street View images are still available

RIM rumored to launch BlackBerry tablet
According to rumors, BlackBerry manufacturer RIM will launch a tablet computer soon. It will compete with Apple's iPad. Firm details are not known, but it might have a 7-inch screen. And it will be running a specially designed operating system

Google: Chrome Frame ready for prime time
A year after its public debut, Google's project to modernize old versions of Microsoft's browser sheds its beta label. But ultimately, IE9 probably will matter more

FCC plans high-speed connections to classrooms
The FCC is proposing that unused fiber-optic networks be assigned to schools. This would enable easier broadband access.

How the iPhone could get to Verizon
It's very likely the iPhone will make its way to Verizon at some point. But there are some technical, legal, and strategic barriers that need to be overcome

Internet marketer pays $5.2 million
Webloyalty has settled with customers for $5.2 million. Customers complained that the Internet marketer tricked them into signing up for discount clubs. Customers' billing information was borrowed from legitimate shopping Web sites

Note: Cross posted from nutzworld.com.

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