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Youtube now integrates your Google-managed account automatically

Georgiana — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:11:13 +0000

After searching on Google, even if not logged into YouTube, now you get in directly with the Google-managed account that you are using. Finally!

Ubuntu 9.04 (codenamed Jaunty Jackalope) announced

Georgiana — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:49:45 +0000

Tomorrow a new Ubuntu version will be released, 9.04. From the announced features, the ones I like most is the shipment of OpenOffice 3 (finally!) and a lot of feature enhancements to improve the user experience. The release nots are here.

Wayback Machine data center storing 85 billion web pages since 1996

Georgiana — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:16:01 +0000

ComputerWorld article.

Yahoo announces to anonymize data after 90 days

Georgiana — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:39:53 +0000

Yahoo! annnounces that all data collected will be anonymized after 3 months, from current 13 months. This is one of the first successful hits to Google, which “needs” data for 9 months, after cutting the previous period in two this September.

In our world of customized online services, responsible use of data is critical to establishing and maintaining user trust. [...] We know that our users expect relevant and compelling content and advertising when they visit Yahoo!, but they also want assurances that we are focused on protecting their privacy.

Anne Toth, Vice President of Policy and Head of Privacy.

It is mandatory that such companies respect our right to browse the internet as anonymous as possible, while using their services. There are better (but definitely more expensive) methods out there to make search results better.