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Google suggests Texas(anti-trust) search concerns originate with Microsoft
From the iAre You Not Entertained? dept.:/ibr /
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has opened a probe into whether Google ranks its search listings with an eye toward nicking the competition, the company announced in a Friday blog post that suggested the concerns have a major sponsor: Microsoft. br /
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In question is whether the world's biggest search engine could be unfairly disadvantaging some companies by giving them a low ranking in free search listings and in paid ads that appear at the top of the page. That could make it tough for users to find those sites and might violate antitrust laws.br /
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Abbott's office asked for information about three companies who have publicly complained about Google, according to blog post by Don Harrison, the company's deputy general counsel. Harrison linked each of the companies to Microsoft.
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Google Releases Chrome 6
From the i4337 dept.:/ibr /
Google has released a new version of its Chrome browser and has included more than a dozen security fixes in the update. The new version, 6.0.472.53, was released two years to the day after the company pushed out the first version of Chrome.br /
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Google Chrome 6 includes patches for 14 total security vulnerabilities, including six high-priority flaws, and the company paid out a total of $4,337 in bug bounties to researchers who reported the vulnerabilities. A number of the flaws that didn't qualify for bug bounties were discovered by members of Google's internal security team.
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Android Fork Brings Froyo To 12 Smartphones
From the iRunner dept.:/ibr /
CyanogenMod has just been updated to version 6.0, bringing Android Open Source Project 2.2 (Froyo) to several devices. This fork includes enchantments to many of the built-in apps, Ad-hoc network connectivity, OpenVPN support, Bluetooth HID, Incognito browsing, extensive control over audio and UI elements
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Ksplice Now Free for Fedora Users
From the iNo Reboot Required dept.:/ibr /
Ksplice, the technology that allows Linux kernel updates without a reboot, is now free for users of the Fedora distribution. Using Ksplice is like âreplacing your carâs engine while speeding down the highwayâ, and it can potentially save your Linux systems from a lot of downtime. Since Fedora users often live on the bleeding edge of Linux development, Ksplice makes it even easier to do so, and without reboots!
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Palm Details webOS 2.0 Features
From the iAlso Running dept.:/ibr /
webOS 2.0 is due out later this year and Palm has dropped some serious details about what's coming in the new OS to us. In addition to lots of goodness for developers in the form of new APIs and a SDK Beta download available today, we have the details on some user-facing features. Here's the short version:br /
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Palm's multitasking 'card' metaphor is getting a refresh with Stacksbr /
Universal Search is getting majorly beefed up with 'Quick Actions,' will be opened to developers, and rebranded as Just Typebr /
Apps can have custom Touchstone at-a-glance views with Exhibitionbr /
Synergy is opening up to developersbr /
HTML5 and Javascript support is much improvedbr /
Hybrid PDK/SDK apps will be fully supported
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