“You don’t need to invent anything, you just have to do traditional research where you look at history and then compliment that with scientific research where you’re trying to do something new. That can lead to a lot in the business and technology sectors these days” – Bill Buxton
A chat with Microsoft Principal Researcher Bill Buxton, Part I
The latest changes around Facebook’s policies and now some malicious Facebook applications “stealing” and “sharing” user data made us formulate this question: Is Facebook getting too dangerous?
According to the Arstechnica site, it seem quite obvious that there are serious issues:
“Two malicious Facebook applications were caught scraping user data and spreading virally. The apps were quickly squashed, but the incident is raising new questions about the effectiveness of Facebook’s open-door developer requirements.
It’s all fun and games in social networking—until Facebook users’ personal data starts getting ripped off. A couple of malicious applications in the last week were briefly able to dupe users into helping them to spread virally, bringing Facebook’s low barriers for development entry and reactive vetting policies into question.”
Tags: facebook, facebook applications, social networks, privacy issues
“The PS4 will also continue to utilize the existing CELL architecture, rather than launch something brand new. Bravo, says me, because forcing developers to effectively pick up and move from their established country to Timbuktu every half a decade is a surefire way to cripple launch cycles and leave “un-anointed” third-party developers out in the cold. What’s more, a twice-powerful PS3 would almost certainly offer enough “oomph” to keep the plaudits coming from the hardcore faithful, while allowing Sony to more vigorously reach out to the Nintendo “casual” market with a steady stream of cheap-to-develop titles. The idea by 2011, presumably, would be to have a pinched and tweaked CELL SDK that absolutely purrs.” blogs.pcworld.com
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Tags: Playstation4, PS4, Sony, Cell processor
