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Dumping Office for Google Apps
Google has a friend in Disney, and that could leave Microsoft screaming like a jilted lover. Pixar and Disney are among a number of companies that are thinking of dumping Office and Exchange for Google’s Apps for Your Domain. Why pay Microsoft a lot of money for client licenses and the headache of managing email and applications when Google will do it for a few dollars per person per month?Greg Brandeau of Disney said in Business Week that Pixar is “dying to use something like this.” They’re very close to signing a contract with Google. I guess Eric Schmidt won’t be able to say Google isn’t competing with Microsoft any more. The weather forecast from Microsoft’s H-Q calls for heated anger followed by random chair throwings. Duck!The Internet has been under attack, and some evidence suggests it started in South Korea. Three of the thirteen root servers managed by Ultra D-N-S were hammered by lots of data, but the servers continued to function. The Department of Homeland Security has been watching the attack, and they said:“There is no credible intelligence to suggest an imminent threat to the homeland or our computing systems at this time.”However, it has been reported that some of the servers being attacked happen to be operated by the Department of Defense. At this point it looks more like someone showing off than actually trying to take down those machines. Nice try, guys, but I can still get to YouTube without a problem. Don’t you script kiddies have to go home to Mommy soon?Facebook is coming to cable. The social networking site has a deal with Comcast to launch “The Facebook Diaries.” “American High” producer R-J Cutler will develop what Comcast hopes will be an edgy series that drives traffic to its Ziddio web site. In March, they will run a contest and request videos from people to create the Diaries.“We’re tapping into Facebook’s very large and very young demographic,” said Elizabeth Schimel, senior vice president of entertainment for Comcast Interactive...
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