NewsFactor NetworkTech News by NewsFactor Network (http://www.newsfactor.com).Google Data Take Aim at Web Surfers for Targeted Ads- July 1, 2008 Google, with its deep reservoir of data about online behavior, gathered by tracking hundreds of millions of computers, is for the first time testing ways to use some of that information to aim advertising at Web surfers who use its search engine. Ads that a person sees on one Google search may be influenced by what was searched a few minutes earlier. Searching for "scuba," then something else, and then "vacations" could pull up ads for diving trips, for example. This change in Google's...http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=60537 Fat and Slow: Windows OS Must Drop Some Weight- July 1, 2008 Microsoft Windows has put on a lot of weight over the years. Beginning as a thin veneer for older software code, it has become an obese monolith built on an ancient frame. Adding features, plugging security holes, fixing bugs, fixing the fixes that never worked properly, all while maintaining compatibility with older software and hardware -- is there anything Windows does not try to do Painfully visible are the inherent design deficiencies of a foundation that was never intended to support...http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=60539 Rock Band 2 To Include New Online Modes, Songs- July 1, 2008 Rock Band is ready for an encore. A sequel to the play-along music game that redefined the genre last year will be released first for the Xbox 360 in September, according to publisher MTV Games and developer Harmonix. Rock Band 2 will feature a new variety of instruments, online modes and songs, and will allow players to import their previously purchased Rock Band tunes. "With the original Rock Band, the focus was on innovation," Harmonix co-founder and CEO Alex Rigopulos told The Associated..http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=60540 |