Well… We are now just a few days from LinuxCon. For the unapprised, The Linux Foundation will be hosting this high-tech event from 21 to 23 of September in Portland.
The aim of this conference is to create awareness about open-source technologies. It would also serve as a platform for open-source people to meet and interconnect with each other. Read more…
Yesterday, Twitter released Twitter 101 for Business, a guide for getting started and establishing your business using Twitter. It covers all basics of Twitter, how to get started, terms, keywords, and includes case studies. Here is what Twitter says about their business guide:
Every day, millions of people use Twitter to create, discover and share ideas with others. Now, people are turning to Twitter as an effective way to reach out to businesses, too. From local stores to big brands, and from brick-and-mortar to internet-based or service sector, people are finding great value in the connections they make with businesses on Twitter.
Kazaa is back in music industry with a new business plan. Kazaa, the most popular file-sharing service was shutdown in 2006 as part of agreement with the music industry. Now they are launching a web-based legal music download service with the support of all four major labels. Read more…
Facebook continues to battle against cyber criminals, as they now launch “new verification procedures” to get rid of spammers. Yesterday on their blog, Facebook announced the new tool to Secure Compromised Accounts. Now, if you have ever had your Faceboook account taken over by someone to spam your friends, or if you have been the exclusive spam victim yourself, you should be happy to hear that Facebook is doing something about it. Read more…
Imageshack has been hacked by a movement called “anti-sec“. Imageshack is one the largest free image hosting portals. Millions of albums and pictures are currently residing on their server. Most of the images appearing on imageshack are replaced by anti-sec’s following message: Read more…
Finally Google did it!!! According to Google’s official blog today, there new operating system “Google Chrome OS” will be released in the 2nd half of 2010. Of course as expected, this operating system will be Open source and available later this year.
Earlier this year Microsoft were bringing “Bing” live and were doing good so far. But now Google has really entered into the software giant’s house. This operating system would be as light as Google Chrome is. This OS is said to be for those who live their lives on web. Read more…