The University of California – Davis has stopped using Gmail for its 30,000-member staff and faculty body. The university was trying Gmail for faculty and staff with plans to roll out service to the entire campus. But school officials say this email system isn’t secure or private enough to meet their standards. CIO Peter Siegel, [...]

Last week we invited Greylock’s David Sze and Reid Hoffman into the studio for a chat about the state of the venture market, with its odd mix of soaring valuations and horrible returns. As it turned out, these two might be the worst guys in Silicon Valley to ask. I don’t say that because they [...]

Yale University was set to switch over its campus from using Horde Webmail to Gmail and its complement of services included in the Google Apps for Education package, but officials in the Information Technology Services division have announced they’re putting that move on hold. The gradual transition to Gmail would have been ongoing through the [...]

Amid class-action lawsuits over privacy and subsequent FTC inquiries, Netflix announced today that it will not be pursuing the next Netflix Prize. For more than three years, individuals competed to win the $1 million Netflix Prize, in the process improving the company’s algorithm for recommending movies to its users. When the results were first announced [...]

Google Street View, a Google Maps feature that lets users see images of streets and the surrounding areas, continues to generate controversy. Since its launch in May 2007, the feature has prompted questions about whether it constitutes an invasion of privacy, complaints about inappropriate images, and even a lawsuit. Aaron and Christine Boring vs. [...]

As we noted this morning, Google isn’t wasting any time in responding to user criticism about Buzz. Now they’ve rolled out another set of changes to further address Buzz’s privacy issues. The biggest change involves the automatic follow system: it’s now being switched to a suggestion model, where Google will present you with a list [...]

NewsFactor – Just three days after Google launched its answer to Facebook and Twitter, the search giant announced changes in Google Buzz to address some privacy concerns. View full post on Yahoo! News: Technology News

AP – In response to privacy concerns, Google says it has tweaked Buzz, the social hub it added to its e-mail service this week. View full post on Yahoo! News: Technology News

Driving related provisions in the state budget continue to raise concerns among residents, and they are items that don’t even play into the dollar amount being discussed in Madison. FOX 11′s Mark Leland reports.

Technological advancements in wireless communications have smoothened modern lifestyle and geared up the speed of contemporary lives. The most recent breakthrough in this segment is Apple iPhone which has opened up a new horizon in this segment. It is a true symbol of contemporary hi-tech versatile mobile phone with outstanding capability in every sphere of [...]