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Google is still the world’s biggest ad-driven media company. And the vast majority of its ad revenue still comes from ads on Google sites, mostly Google Search. (via CHART OF THE DAY: In Case You Had Any Doubts About Where Google’s Revenue Comes From)

Apple’s iPhone business, which didn’t exist three years ago, now represents a whopping 40% of the company’s revenue, and has been the company’s biggest revenue generator for three quarters in a row. (via CHART OF THE DAY: In Case You Had Any Doubts About Where Apple’s Revenue Comes From)

Link: Botched McAfee update shutting down corporate XP machines worldwide — Engadget

We’re hearing from all over that a bad McAfee for Windows XP update is causing computers worldwide to shut down. Apparently DAT update 5958 deletes the svchost.exe file, which then triggers a false-positive in McAfee itself and sets off a chain of uncontrolled restarts and loss of networking functionality.

Link: Bechtolsheim Thinks New Box Changes the Game Again – Digits – WSJ

Arista’s new device is designed to send data between thousands of servers, for customers who demand extremely high computing performance. It has 384 ports–think of them like pipes for data–that connect to racks that each may have a stack of 48 servers. The ports send data at 10 gigabits per second, the current standard for high-end switching devices. A comparable Cisco device is about twice the size of the Arista device, draws 10 times the power and offers only 64 ports, the startup says. And it lists for about $10,000 per port, Bechtolsheim says, compared with a little above $1,000 per port for the new Arista 7500.

Link: TVNZ Ondemand available on PlayStation3

TVNZ ‘s Ondemand service is now available on the PlayStation3 console, making it easier for viewers to access catch-up TV in their living rooms.

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Link: 15 CSS Habits to Develop for Frustration-Free Coding – Noupe

It’s been said that the key to a civilization’s success is mastery of the food system. Unless a group of people can effectively control the basic needs for survival, they will never achieve greatness. Likewise, before CSS skills can be expanded to an advanced level, the basics must become instinct to any CSS coder. Develop these habits and you lay a solid foundation to apply advanced CSS techniques.

[…] without a doubt, Google’s Android software catalog is growing much faster—from 6,000 to 25,000 apps since the beginning of the year. Free phones, and aggressive courting of talented app makers, surely has something to do with it.

Android Tries Harder – Pogue’s Posts Blog – NYTimes.com

Let’s just put this out there: the Droid Incredible is the best Android device that you can purchase in America right now.

Droid Incredible review — Engadget

For 27 years, only one person could use Word at a time,” said Bailor, a Microsoft Word program manager. “It took a lot of really smart people a really long time to develop and deliver something different.

Microsoft Word 2010 Coauthoring Enables Multiple People to Work on a Document at the Same Time: Jonathan Bailor, a Microsoft Word program manager, worked with a team of problem-solvers at the company to bring an end to a 27-year-old issue: how to efficiently collaborate on documents. The resulting tool, coauthoring, will be available in Office 2010.