White House Joins Digg Community

Digg has announced that the White House has joined the Digg community!

White House Joins Digg Community

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Comment on Sony Joins Android/iPhone E-book Reader Fray by Kate Davis

I've recently bought a Sony ebook reader because it is the only make available in the UK compatible with borrowing library ebooks, a feature that is not widely mentioned.

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Former Northrop Grumman CEO Ronald Sugar Joins Apple’s Board Of Directors

Apple is announcing a new board member today—Dr. Ronald Sugar, the former chairman of the board and CEO of the Northrop Grumman, a U.S. defense company. According to a release Dr. Sugar will serve as the Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee. Dr. Sugar was Chairman and CEO at Northrop Grumman from 2003 until his retirement in 2010. Prior to working for the defense company, he held positions at Litton Industries and TRW Inc., where he served as chief financial officer.

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Apple Joins OpenJDK To Open Source Mac OS X Java Technology

Apple just announced that it is joining Oracle's OpenJDK project to open source the Java technology for Mac OS X. OpenJDK is a free and open source implementation of the Java programming language. According to the release, Apple will "contribute most of the key components, tools and technology required for a Java SE 7 implementation on Mac OS X, including a 32-bit and 64-bit HotSpot-based Java virtual machine, class libraries, a networking stack and the foundation for a new graphical client." OpenJDK will open source Apple’s Java technology to developers.

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The British Royla Family Joins Facebook

After having explored Twitter, YouTube and Flickr, Britain's royal family now has a presence on Facebook.

Google Wave Creator Quits, Joins Facebook

srimadman found an interview with Wave creator Lars Rasmussen where he talks about his recent decision to join Facebook, leaving Google behind. Apparently getting personally pitched by Zuckerberg helped. He says "I've got a job description of 'come hang out with us for a while and we'll see what happens', which is a pretty exciting thing." The article talks about Big vs Small companies, and notes that about 20% of Facebook's staff are former Googlers.

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