Court papers have told the world one fact that we already know: Facebook is not worth $15 billion. This ‘revelation’ comes when ConnectU is suing Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg for stealing their idea and code.
Welcome to Crystalline Blue, a.k.a the new TECHGEEK Design
TECHGEEK is pleased to announce that we have a brand new design and we have ditched the dreaded red colouring (as many have said – like Jay, Stewart, Kenny, among others) and brought on this new design.
Alcatel-Lucent appeals loss over MP3 patents
An appeals court argument over the patents relating to the MP3 file format between Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft is still continuing, even though a lower court jury overturned a previous judgement that saw Microsoft paying a $1.5 billion award to Alcatel-Lucent.
Judge sees that your privacy doesn’t matter in Google/Viacom lawsuit
As part of its $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube, Viacom had asked for the source code for all of its search functions on the YouTube site, its new "Video ID" program and databases containing all user information and every video hosted on YouTube, including all private videos and those removed.
Optus pricing revealed
Optus has revealed their pricing, following Telstra’s announcement of the pricing of the popular phone. The carrier is offering a couple of plans, but all are under a 24 month contract.
OMG: Google might not be the safest place for data
Google has confirmed that all of its US-based employees hired prior to 2006 after its data was stolen in a recent burglary in an external company, Colt Express Outsourcing Services.
The burglary, on the 26 May this year, also affected other clients, including CNET Networks – who had 6,500 of their employees’ details stolen. The data contained names, addresses and social security numbers, and Colt did not put protection on the information.
Though there is no evidence that the data is currently being misused, the information is sufficient enough to create fake accounts and identities. The company is also reported to be in financial difficulty and could not help those affected.
Google is offering all affected and former employees a free one-year credit monitoring service. A similar deal were offered to CNET Networks employees.
ISO makes PDF a standard
Joining the Office Open XML file document types, the International Organization for Standardization have made another popular type an international standard.
Adobe’s Portable Document Format, or the PDF, was announced as a standard on Wednesday morning, after Adobe passed the entire specifications over to the organization. It also looks like that there is no changes to the specifications.
The PDF format is a well known standard, thanks to the distribution of the Adobe’s own reader and other software that can open the files. As well, Apple and Google have integrated the file format, with Google allowing users to read the PDF as an HTML document.
DoJ to investigate partnership between Google and Yahoo
The Department of Justice in the US is now opening a formal investigation into the partnership between Google and Yahoo, the first and second place leaders in search. The investigation comes after the DoJ is fearing that it would reduce competition in the online advertising market.
Oh no – Microhoo still continues!
And you thought it would be dead because Yahoo has a partnership with Google. Well, you were wrong as The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft has been looking for partners that would help make a new bid for Yahoo’s search business.
Telstra reveals prices for iPhone
Telstra has become the first carrier in Australia to release the pricing for the next-generation of the iPhone – which will be out on Vodafone, Telstra and Optus on July 11.
TiVo comes to Australia – get ready for a battle
The battle of the DVRs has begun, with Seven bringing out the TiVo to compete with the Foxtel’s iQ – claiming it would help bypass pay-TV subscriptions – whatever that means.
Rumour Mill : Is Apple thinking of a iPhone slider?
CNET News.com and The Register are reporting that Apple could be making a slider phone version of their iPhone product, after Apple has shown off prototypes of an iPhone with a keyboard to wireless operators.
iTunes AU going to sell movies – in one month’s time
APC Magazine has confirmed that Apple will be rolling out movie sales on the Australian version of the iTunes store within the next month. However, it looks like that it would favour Perth-based internet service provider, iiNet.
eBay pushes ahead with controversial PayPal plan
eBay Australia has not ruled out taking court action to ensure its new payment policy is enforced, even though the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) released a draft proposal to revoke its immunity from anti-competitive sanctions if it enforces the policy last month.
CBS finishes CNET acquisition
CBS Corporation has finally finished their acquisition of CNET, bringing CNET.com, ZDNet, BNET, TechRepublic, GameSpot, GameFAQs, TV.com, Movietome, Chow, MP3.com, Search.com, Metacritic, UrbanBaby, MySimon and all of its international websites to the leadership of CBS Interactive.