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Google needs better 'people skills'

By David Coursey, PC World (US)

Google's inability to deal with people issues - like [Buzz privacy] and [Nexus One] customer support - makes the company look technically sophisticated but socially inept.

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Hack NASA: it is said to be easy

It has been eight years since Gary McKinnon took a troll through the NASA and the US Department of Defence computer systems; with the US government subsequently determined to prosecute him.

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Wishful thinking on Web 2.0

At a recent Advertising 2.0 conference in San Francisco, Barry Diller - the chairman of Expedia and the CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp, an interactive commerce conglomerate - boldly predicted the internet will be a ”paid system” in three to five years.

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Wolfram Alpha - the new kid in town

With the heady rise of Google in this new millennium, and with the verb ‘to google’ entering the English language so easily, the company certainly looked like the giant killer in the world of ICT for the 2000s.

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Crap 'Friends'

A company supplies a service to the marketplace. However, some people through using the company’s product are getting severely reprimanded at their jobs and in the worst cases are being sacked.

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An Apple of an idea

The Woz has been eliminated from the US version of Dancing With The Stars. Yes, the creative genius behind Apple was ever so publically back in the spotlight and lasted through four episodes before getting the boot.

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It's good to share?

Gathering information on people dates back to when 'governments' discovered the power of recorded information (the written word) and the joys of taxation.

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