As we have repeatedly made clear, our hearts go out to the victim and his family. We are pleased that as a result of our cooperation the bullies in the video have been identified and punished. However, we feel that bringing this case to court is totally wrong. It’s akin to prosecuting mail service employees [...]

The software maker did put up some aggregate statistics, saying that of 140 participants, 94 percent rated Vista higher after seeing it, with none actually reducing their score. The participants’ average pre-Mojave rating for Vista was 4.4, with the average rating after seeing Vista as Mojave was 8.5.

“I wouldn’t touch the thing,” one said.

In [...]

Cisco expects to close the deal in the first half of 2009. Jabber’s 50 employees will join Cisco’s Collaboration Software Group.
Cisco Systems is bolstering its unified communications and collaboration portfolio with the purchase of a corporate instant-messaging company.
On Friday, the networking giant announced it will purchase Jabber, which uses an open-source IM and presence protocol [...]

But I don’t really think that is the issue. Personally, I haven’t had many problems accessing the data network from my iPhone in New York City. I have had dropped calls. But for the most part, whether I’m on Wi-Fi or AT&T’s 3G network, downloading e-mail or accessing the Web from my phone works pretty [...]

Also modified was a news release earlier this month with information about the law that takes effect in July that forbids people from talking on their cell phones while driving.
“I don’t think that it’s a joke to them, but they certainly want to send a message to the readers that they don’t [...]

Cape Wind lands another permit – CapeCodTimes.comMassive Cape Wind project just cleared an environmental review to add transmission lines, though it still faces opposition.
POET welcomes Iowa’s support for cellulosic ethanol – press releasePOET moving ahead in plans to make ethanol from corn cobs.
Wacky Cleantech Ideas: Electricity from the Seashore – Greentech Media: Green LightSnapshot of [...]

But according to sources who spoke to the IHT, Facebook first tried to acquire StudiVZ, which would have not only quelled the problem but also bought Facebook some major inroads in the German market. Parent company Georg von Holtzbrinck, however, wasn’t satisfied with what Facebook was willing to pay. The German publishing company had acquired [...]

Google's office in Tempe, Ariz., will be closing.
The closure is the latest of several: the company announced plans in July to close offices in Denver and Dallas.

Google will be shuttering its Arizona office on November 21, the company announced on Friday.
The office opened in 2006 on the campus of Arizona State [...]