Google is apparently in the early stages of a research project that appears to aim as high as perhaps replacing the HTTP protocol, the fundamental technology that essentially makes the World Wide Web possible.

In a somewhat obscure post on the Chromium blog, the development branch of their ChromeChromeChrome browser, GoogleGoogleGoogle reveals they’ve been working on a new protocol dubbed SPDY for “SPeeDY� for its goal of making the web faster.
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Location is quickly becoming all the rage. Twitter has started to attach location to tweets (and a host of applications are expected to soon support the functionality), Foursquare has quickly expanded to new cities, and Loopt continues to expand to new platforms and carriers.

Now, WordPress (WordPress) is getting into the game, by letting bloggers automatically attach their location to individual blog posts. Doing so will also make your post searchable by location, so other users of WordPress.com can find blog posts from specific places.

Source: Mashable

Want to advertise to the friends of the people who are already fans of your company on Facebook? Now you can, thanks to the “friends of connections� targeting feature that was just rolled out by the social networking site.

According to a note posted to the Facebook Ads Page, the functionality allows you to “expand your audience reach by delivering your ads to the friends of people already connected with your Page, Application, Group or Event.� When those people see the ad, they’ll see that their friends are fans.

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Technology powerhouse Hewlett Packard (HP) has just announced that it has struck a deal to acquire 3Com, one of the world’s leading networking hardware and software companies, for a giant $2.7 billion price tag.

The deal, if it goes through, will bring HP into direct competition with Cisco and its networking business. 3com builds WiFi access points, networking switches, routers, and IP voice systems that countless businesses rely on every day. It also comes two years after a failed acquisition by Bain Capital.

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