With Redmond threatening to collect royalties from Linux users and distributors across the industry, claiming that the open-source operating system violates 235 of its patents, Google has thrown its considerable weight behind the Open Invention Network (OIN), a consortium of companies bent on protecting open-source software from legal attack.
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The designer of the above photo is Jason. He created that picture under the screen
name “modified_dangler” for a Fark.com photoshop contest
with the Theme “Google (or Google searches), 15 years in
the future”:
He won that contest with a a large margin, back in 2004. Unfortunatly his pisture host is gone now.
Here the link to the contest:
http://forums.fark.com/cgi
And here to the voting result:
http://forums.fark.com/cgi
[Thanx saufnase for the info]
Peter Fleischer, Google Global Privacy Counsel:In developing this policy, we spoke with various privacy advocates, regulators and others about how long they think the period should be. There is a wide spectrum of views on this – some think data should be preserved for longer, others think it should be anonymized almost immediately. We spent a great deal of time sorting this out and thought we’d explain some of the things that prompted us to decide on 18-24 months.”
What’s different?
We’ve redesigned the reporting interface for greater customization and collaboration. This should make it easier for businesses and website owners to find and share the data you need to make informed decisions. The new version presents data more clearly and in context, so you can look at a single report to gain insights rather than having to pull up several reports to understand what action to take.
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