With its recent purchase of Skype, will Microsoft be able to make Skype more secure for business users, and yet keep growing its attraction and usage among non-business users? “

 

http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/10/microsoft-officially-owns-skype.html?ana=e_pft 

 

Is it for geeks only? Perhaps for now, but it will be interesting to see if it can gain some market share from Facebook once the early adopters give way to the regular folks. Read more at: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-yo-momma-wont-use-google-and-why-that-thrills-me-to-no-end-2011-7.

Search Engine Land has a review up on Google+. Will it be the Facebook killer, or just another Google Wave? See: http://searchengineland.com/googles-facebook-competitor-the-google-social-network-finally-arrives-83401 for the complete article.

Think you're getting all of the information you need, just because you've created customized content delivery systems for yourself? Maybe not.



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Think your bank will protect you, or will cover your losses if your account gets hacked? Perhaps not. Read the Wired article about how a company lost 300,000 due to hackers transferring funds from their bank account.

Read the original article.

 

http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/05/microsoft-to-congress.html?ana=e_pft

 

 

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/microsoft-to-buy-skype-for-8-5-billion/?ref=business