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Rupert Murdoch’s $580 million MySpace purchase has outlived not only its utility, but has also finally hit its expiration date. That last step came with the announcement this afternoon that Owen Van Natta was stepping down as chief executive of the company. http://gigaom.com/2010/02/10/myspace-r-i-p/

MySpace, R.I.P – GigaOM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/17/AR2010021704052.html

Saving Money, Space, and Energy With Blade Virtualization - wash

In 1986, Attorney Nicholas Barrett founded Nicholas Barrett & Associates with just himself and an assistant running the business.

The Ars Technica Guide to I/O Virtualization

http://arstechnica.com/business/guides/2010/02/io-virtualization.ars Virtualization is a key enabling technology for the modern datacenter. Without virtualization, tricks like load balancing and multitenancy wouldn't be available from datacenters that use commodity x86 hardware to supply the on-demand compute cycles and networked storage that powers the current generation of cloud-based Web applications. Even though it has been used pervasively in datacenters for the past few years, virtualization isn't standing still.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/your-new-isp-google-launches-1gbps-fiber-to-the-home-trial.ars People have wondered for years what Google might be up to with all that dark fiber it had bought up around the country.

Your new ISP? Google launches 1Gbps fiber-to-the-home trial

Adobe - Flash Player : Settings Manager - Website Storage Settin

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html Note: The Settings Manager that you see above is not an image; it is the actual Settings Manager. Click the tabs to see different panels, and click the options in the panels to change your Adobe Flash Player settings.

Google May Offer Buzz Independently From Gmail

http://searchengineland.com/google-may-offer-buzz-indepently-from-gmail-36145 Google says it may allow people to participate in Google Buzz without having it integrated within Gmail, in addition to offering a combined Gmail service.

Thus far, I'm happy to see that Google Buzz and Gmail are connected. By separating the two, users may miss out on some of the technology on the back end that makes it so great. by waellerbe Jun 23

Broad New Hacking Attack Detected - WSJ.com

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704398804575071103834150536.html Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months in a coordinated global attack that exposed vast amounts of personal and corporate secrets to theft, according to a computer-security company that discovered the breach. A global hacking offensive has broken into U.S. companies and government agencies. Cyber attacks could soon be seen as a national security threat, WSJ executive editor Jerry Seib tells the News Hub.

40+ Websites with Awesome Backdrops

http://www.bestdesigntuts.com/40-websites-with-awesome-backdrops/ Posted by Admin on February 17th, 2010 Again, now it is time for some more inspiration. Inspiration is the mother of beautiful creation.
Oracle has officially put both legs on the cloud-computing bandwagon, recently launching a roughly 50-date global road show on the topic for developers and system administrators. The move stands in contrast to CEO Larry Ellison's well-publicized mocking of cloud computing, which he has deemed a rebranding and conflation of existing technologies. But it's not as if the ongoing tour wasn't telegraphed.

Oracle Launches Worldwide Cloud-computing Tour - PCWorld Busines

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/188903/oracle_launches_worldwide_cloudcomputing_tour.html
http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2010/02/18/50-css-and-javascript-techniques-for-layouts-forms-and-visual-effects/ Although CSS is generally considered a simple and straightforward language, sometimes it requires creativity, skill and a bit of experimentation. The good news is that designers and developers worldwide often face similar problems and choose to share their insights and workarounds with the wider community.

50 Useful Coding Techniques (CSS Layouts, Visual Effects and For

The Official Microsoft Blog – News and Perspectives from Microso

Back in November 2009, we introduced the Outlook Social Connector and announced our first partnership with LinkedIn .

Four Ways of Looking at Twitter - Research - Harvard Business Re

Data visualization is cool. It's also becoming ever more useful, as the vibrant online community of data visualizers (programmers, designers, artists, and statisticians — sometimes all in one person) grows and the tools to execute their visions improve.
The Dutch developers told BBC News the site was designed to prove a point about the dangers of sharing precise location information on the internet. "It started with me and a friend looking at our Twitter feeds and seeing more and more Foursquare posts," said Boy Van Amstel, one of PleaseRobMe's developers.

BBC News - PleaseRobMe website reveals dangers of social network

So you've had Google Buzz for a few days, and you're starting to figure out how you can fit Google's latest social media venture into you r digital life. Well, now it's time to take your Buzz experience to the next level, with a few power user tips that will let you add some pizzazz to your text, give you greater flexibility in how you send out buzzes, and take control of those annoying Buzz notifications hitting your inbox.

Google Buzz: 5 Tips for Power Users - PCWorld

Group Interview: Expert Advice For Students and Young Web Design

Our readers have requested that Smashing Magazine conduct an interview with industry leaders on issues that are relevant to students and those just starting off in their design career.