Desperately seeking Google: Facebook’s open-hardware crusade is still missing its biggest player

July 17, 2012 10:30 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

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When Facebook decided to open-source the hardware that makes its data centers some of the most energy-efficient and innovative in the tech industry, others tech giants were eager to join in and open-source their Internet hardware as well. But not …

Microsoft isn’t leading the ‘Do Not Track’ revolution, it’s hurting it

June 7, 2012 8:27 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

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Microsoft is certainly doing a good job of painting itself as a consumer advocate in regards to the new “Do Not Track” browser option, but its unyielding stance might be doing more harm than good.

The DNT feature allows people …

Could Google+ be the first prominent open social network?

August 2, 2011 10:02 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Google+ has an incredible amount of buzz surrounding it at the moment. But one element the young network lacks is open standards compliance.

It’s not unique to Google+, as almost all social networks for that matter have this problem. But …