Online communities open but still limit movement
Online
social networking today is more about hanging out with friends behind
gated communities than exploring the World Wide Web: Visit another site
and you'll have to rebuild your profile from scratch. more Microsoft to shut down book scanning operations
Microsoft
Corp. is abandoning its effort to scan whole libraries and make their
contents searchable, a sign it may be getting choosier about the fights
it will pick with Google Inc. more Comcast trying to sell 46 outlying cable systems
Comcast
Corp. is trying to sell 46 smaller cable systems serving 400,000 to
500,000 subscribers as it seeks to improve efficiency by shedding
disparate operations. more Online communities open but still limit movement
Online
social networking today is more about hanging out with friends behind
gated communities than exploring the World Wide Web: Visit another site
and you'll have to rebuild your profile from scratch. more Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data
Google
Inc.'s online communities have little traction in the United States,
but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking
hierarchy. more