e9th - Slashdot User

Submission + - Hadoop Creator Doug Cutting Leaving Yahoo!

Submitted by

e9th

on Monday August 10, 2009 @11:48PM

e9th writes: "The New York Times reports that Doug Cutting is leaving Yahoo! Cutting, the creator of Hadoop, will be joining Silicon Valley start-up Cloudera. His leaving Yahoo! makes sense, since Microsoft's Bing will be taking the place of Yahoo!'s own search engine, however Cutting states that he was in discussions with Cloudera before the Microsoft-Yahoo! deal was reached. The Register has a few more details."

Submission + - Microsoft and Yahoo Reach Deal (adage.com) 3

Submitted by e9th on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @09:51PM

e9th writes: We know that Microsoft failed last February in its attempt to buy Yahoo. Now, Advertising Age reports that they've reached a deal. Instead of a buyout, the two will enter into a revenue sharing agreement, and Bing will become Yahoo's default browser. The meat of the AdAge article can be found here, in Yahoo News.
This may give Google something to worry about.

Submission + - UK Compulsory ID Plan "Shelved"

Submitted by e9th on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @09:01PM

e9th writes: Despite a bump or two along the way, it seemed that compulsory ID cards were a done deal in the UK. Now the Financial Times is reporting that the scheme has been shelved.

Unfortunately, it seems that this was more a matter of convenience than of concern for citizens' privacy.

Submission + - Comedy Central buys 26 new Futurama episodes 1

Submitted by

e9th

on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @09:19PM

e9th writes: "TVWeek reports that 20th Century Fox TV and Comedy Central have officially struck a deal for 26 new episodes of Futurama, due to the strong ratings of its reruns and feature-length specials. Matt Groening is quoted as saying, 'We're thrilled Futurama is coming back. We now have only 25,766 episodes to make before we catch up with Bender and Fry in the year 3000.'"

Slashdot Top Deals