Yes, Snippets, For Wednesday. Here. Now.

Read:

Fabook offering temporary logins for public computers,

and,

Checking your online status while driving == BAD IDEA

and – MORE.

Have fun, there is a Jab at Apple in there (again) and also news on Linux replacing Microsoft at the London Stock Exchange…

Facebook offers temporary log-ins for public computers

It may not be foolproof, but at least they are trying.

For some the biggest crisis they may face is someone hacking their facebook account, and then them not being able to gain access to it.

Enter a new tool for logging in from a public computer – it is telling that it works similarly to an online banking system…

Via BBC.co.uk

Drivers admit checking Facebook and Twitter on the move

Wow. I am as generally indifferent to the Oprah hype as the next dude, but I like her “no phone zone” initiative.

People should get behind that…

Learn about unsafe driving practices over at another BBC story…

Tweetdeck Android app gets full Market release

Oh. It is on like firecrackers.

It was on since the day that Android launched. Besides the cellphone carriers doing their level best to fragment and kill the platform through stupid practices, Android is going from strength to strength.

Tweetdeck has launched an Android port of their software – They have traditionally been iPhone only, and now the Android version has been released. Before the BlackBerry version.

Check it out over at ZDNet.co.uk

Microsoft tests search service

So Chinese Liu Xiaobo, who is in jail in China, wins the Nobel Peace prize. Chinese authorities places his wife under house arrest as a result of that, and Microsoft decides to celebrate that by test launching a Chinese search engine.

So Google takes a stand against Chinese tyranny by closing their offices in China, and Microsoft steps manfully into the gap.

Well done you sick corporate bastards.

Read about it at News24.com

Apple Patents Anti-Sexting Technology

Ooh, a proxy type tool for mobile phones. A great idea, methinks – all phones should have this so that parents can protect their children. Problem is that Apple has patented it, so only parents with the wherewithal to buy their kids iToys will be able to make use of this.

Well done US patent office. Well done.

Read the story at the Bay Area NBC

Steve Jobs lays down the law to artists on Ping

I would like to write a long riposte on the evils of Apple’s walled garden, but The Inquirer affords a much better read than whatever I can come up with right now…

Read It HERE

Linux is Gaining Popularity in Enterprise Computing

Well it makes sense, doesn’t it?

Cost alone should make people take a second glance at their current IT infrastructure, but there are other reasons why Linux is gaining popularity in enterprise deployments.

Have a read over at Crunchgear.com

London Stock Exchange completes first live Linux test

And to neatly emphasize above point, the London Stock Exchange is rolling out a Linux based platform. It replaces a microsoft.net based platform.

Oh the irony…

Via Networkedworld.com

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