sreesesr

July 16, 2009 at 2:56pm

Hey BOSE guy, I like your earbuds... 

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Velcrow

July 14, 2009 at 6:59am

"Power.com has accused Facebook of obstructing users from transferring their data in the fashion they see fit."

And? Facebook is a privately owned company, I don't feel they're obligated to transfer my data however the hell I want. In fact, they have the right not to transfer it to or from ANYONE. I prefer it that way. I really can't understand how Power.com plans to prove it's monopolistic. It's not like with energy, in which people basically need it to survive. Facebook is a luxury that can easily be challenged by anyone with free time or money. So unless they can prove that Facebook is actively deterring people from joining other completely independant sites (as opposed to a leach like Power.com), there's no case here. Being the most popular does not make them a monopoly.

Bryan Herbst

July 13, 2009 at 6:24pm

As much as I believe in open source, free media, and such... I cannot see how anyone in their right mind would think that it would be a good idea to store users' usernames and passwords for multiple social networking sites. This is just a major hacking waiting to happen. Never mind the fact that many of these users likely have one password for multiple sites, thus possibly granting malicious people access to other sites (such as banking sites).

As for the countersuit- This just reeks of them digging to find some way to get more money. I know that facebook has APIs and other such dev tools to assist sites in connecting with Facebook, and I wouldn't be surprised if facebook would have been willing to compromise with them to allow power.com users much of the same functionality.

Netram

July 13, 2009 at 6:18pm

Ban everyone with a social networking profile from the Internet. Case solved.