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Everybody write about it, so do I, but I honestley dont know why, this is not the first time, and will not be the last time, Microsoft, need to put out updates to recover their own misstakes………..

Ten things that fixes a total of 34 deficiencies in Windows, Internet Explorer and Office. Three of those ranked as “critical” and the other seven considered “important.” All vulnerabilities can be exploited by malicious people who are out to take control of a computer. At least two of the ten demands that you restart your computer. Deficiencies exist in Windows 2000, Windows XP (32 and 64 bit), Windows Server 2003 (32 and 64 bit), Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit), Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2. All versions of Office that  currently provides support are include one or more deficiencies.

Wave is the name of a new mobile phone from Samsung that is worth attention for several reasons.

The phone is the first to be based on Samsung’s own operating system Bada. In the same time that phone is launces, they also launche their own application business Samsung Apps where you can download games, ebooks, and various utility functions to the phone.
Wave is equipped with a 3.3 inch super large AMOLED display at 800 x 400 pixels, 5 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 3.0, USB, WiFi, 2GB of internal memory and a processor at 1 Ghz.

Canon have sold 40 million EOS-cameras.

EOS stands for Electro Optical System, but is also the Greek name of the dawn goddess. The production of EOS, started in 1987 and total production is therefore now more than 40 million units, which EOS digital models stands for half, 20 million.

Here you can see the history of the  EOS system:

• 1987 produced the first EOS SLR – EOS 650 – Canon’s plant in Fukushima, Japan
• 1997, production of EOS cameras passed the 10 million copies.
• 2003 reached 20-million mark.
• 2007  Celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the EOS series, and also reached 30-million mark.
• 2009, The company’s 50 millionth EF lens was produced.
• 2010 April, Canon reached the current 40 million milestone.

Notable is that Canon sold in the first 10 years, 10 millions EOS-system between, 6 years after (2003) the reach 20 million, 4 years after (2007) reaching 30 millions. And only 3 years after that (2010) reach 40 million, so what will it take to reach 50 million? 2 years……or less?

This text is copied directley from SearchEngineLand

Is Google responsible for giving out bad directions through its Google Maps service?

We’re about to find out. After Googling walking directions for a trip in Park City, Utah, Lauren Rosenberg claims she was led onto a busy highway, where she was struck by a vehicle. She’s now suing Google for damages.

The case, Rosenberg v. Harwood, was filed in Utah, in the US District Court’s Central Division (Gary Price of ResourceShelf tipped us to it today). Harwood is Patrick Harwood, the person who actually hit Rosenberg, according to the suit. Both Harwood and Google are being sued in the same case, for damages “in excess of $100,000.”

Rosenberg used Google Maps on January 19, 2009, via her Blackberry, to get directions between 96 Daly Street, Park City, Utah and 1710 Prospector Avenue, Park City, Utah. Google provided these, telling her as part of the route to walk for about 1/2 mile along the calm-sounding “Deer Valley Drive.”

That’s an alternative name for that section of Utah State Route 224, a highway that lacks sidewalks, the case says. Rosenberg wasn’t warned about this, putting Google directly at fault in the accident, the case claims:
Defendant Google, through its “Google Maps” service provided Plaintiff Lauren Rosenberg with walking directions that led her out onto Deer valley Drive, a.k.a. State Route 224, a rural highway wit no sidewalks, and a roadway that exhibits motor vehicles traveling at high speeds, that is not reasonably safe for pedestrians.

The Defendant Google expects uses of the walking map site to rely on the accuracy of the walking directions given….

As a direct and proximate cause of Defendant Google’s careless, reckless, and negligent providing of unsafe directions, Plaintiff Laren Rosenberg was led onto a dangerous highway, and was thereby stricken by a motor vehicle…

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Despite the recent reports about safety on Facebook, which I think is a joke, and therefore refused to comment before.
Facebook is an open comunity, and all those that are stupid enough to posting private things may simply blame them self.

According to the new measurement data from Google, Facebook received 540 million visitors in April, which is equal to 35.2 percent of all people who surf the net in the same period. These users clicked together at 570 billion Facebook pages.
Facebook is thru this the most popular site in the world.

Google has stopped using Windows.
A security question, according to their press release

Google’s 10 000 employees worldwide will have their Windows computers being replaced by Linux or Mac computers.

The reason is the concern about safety and more hacker attacks that the company suffered from China.
- We do not run Windows anymore. It is a safety issue, “said an employee of Google to the newspaper.

Google has not commented on its policy, but as recently as January, employees use Windows on their laptops, but not on the desktop. Now require approval from the company’s IT manager to install Windows.
One reason is that Windows is known to be more easily attacked by viruses.
But another reason could be that the company want more people to use their own forthcoming operating system, OS Chrome.