Business
Mozilla Raindrop to simplify social networking
What if you could Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Gmail, Flickr, and read Blogs all in one feed from one website?
That’s what the makers of Raindrop, from Mozilla Labs- makers of Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird free software, aim to accomplish with their new beta software. To take all the social sites in your life and create [...]
Firefox removes Microsoft add-ons from blocklist
According to a Firefox Development blog, Microsoft’s .NET Framework Assistant and Windows Presentation Foundation add-ons to Firefox would be removed from the block list. It should be automatically re-enabled for most users. Enterprise users will have to wait for a patch to unblock the Windows Presentation Foundation as well.
The .NET Framework Assistant caused quite a [...]
Firefox adds Microsoft add-ons to blocklist
Mozilla Firefox’s block list has added both the .NET Framework Assistant and the Windows Presentation Foundation with the reason being given that there is a remote code execution vulnerability. This is normal and should be universal to all Windows/Firefox users.
According to the bug report, the problem lies in the Windows operating system and is available [...]
Apple leaves U.S. Chamber
This week, Apple will be added to the list of businesses that have left the U.S. Chamber of Commerce due to the business group’s approach to climate policy.
The Chamber is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to hold a formal, “on-the-record” hearing giving the Chamber and other groups an opportunity to question EPA witnesses on the [...]
Oregon College Savings Funds Selects New Manager
The Oregon College Savings plan has changed its investment manager to TIAA-CREF after a Thursday meeting with state officials. This long-awaited switch from the previous manager, Oppenheimer Funds, is a relief for the state in an economically challenging time.
Treasurer Ben Westlund said in a Thursday press release that the firm’s low fees, flexibility in designing [...]
Russell Athletic Agreement
Though this news is old now, what with President Dave Frohnmayer’s having elected to retain Russell Athletic’s licensing agreement, the University’s General Counsel has granted my request for the company’s licensing agreement with the University.
The first part of the document — a stock University Licensing agreement with Russell’s name handwritten at the top in blue [...]
UO mentioned heavily in Guard
Sunday’s Register-Guard had three stories about the University of Oregon on its front page, including two about the difficulty of finding a job after college. One uses former ASUO Chief of Staff Jory Card’s experiences as its primary source material. Another, also by Sherri Buri McDonald, goes into detail about the depths of the panic [...]
PCC buys Willamette Building
The Portland Business Journal reported Friday that Portland Community College bought the University’s former Portland headquarters.
The University ran programs for its architecture and journalism schools out of the Willamette Building in downtown Portland until 2008, when it moved them to the iconic White Stag Building. The building also housed an outpost of the University of Oregon [...]
