More bad news for the browser that just won't die: Google will phase out support for Internet Explorer 6 over the course of 2010, starting with Google Docs and ending by dropping support for Google Calendar and Gmail.
Read more »Global Network Initiative
a group that includes Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and academic and human rights organizations, endorsed a code of ethics last year that commits companies to "respect, protect and advance user rights to freedom of expression and privacy". Organizers hope to recruit other companies, such as Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/
Read more »Microsoft search to be powered by open source
As The Register reports, Microsoft's new Kumo search technology is filled with open source and, in fact, the Kumo search team, formerly Powerset, "tr(ies) to use open-source software, if it is available."
In other words, open-source software appears to be the default choice for the Kumo team, not proprietary software. It looks like Microsoft's anti-open-source bubble really has burst.
Read more »Microsoft's Full Body Motion Controller Revealed?
Microsoft says that it will "completely transform how people think about home entertainment" at this year's E3. A newly rumored motion controller that detects "full body" movement may be what the company has planned.
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