Microsoft: We'll Sell 30 Million Phones in 18 Months

Microsoft has great expectations for Windows Phone 7.

With the Kin One and Two impressing approximately no one, the world is looking to Windows Phone 7 to see what Microsoft is really bringing to the table in terms of competition for Apple and Google.

The first WP7 consignment is due in the fall of this year. Ballmer says in time for the holidays but several reports suggest some manufacturers will get their ducks in a line in time for a September launch. Despite a launch that is no where close to the Windows Phone 7 announcement (which was back in March), Microsoft is extremely optimistic about the OS and how many phones the company will shift.

Microsoft is estimating they'll sell 30 million Windows Phone 7 devices by the end of 2011, or in the next 18 months. When you take away the three months between now and September, that gives Microsoft just 15 months to sell 30 million units. That's 2 million phones per month.

At a ReMix conference in France yesterday, Microsoft said it expects 40 percent of the phones sold in 2011 to be smartphones. This is compared with just 14 percent of phones this year. It seems the company believes that with this high number, the company believes it can shift 30 million devices by the end of 2011.

MobileTechWorld, which attended the conference, reminds us that to date, Apple has sold 51,234,000 iPhones.

HP Tries to Explain Why Printer Ink is So Expensive

It's a lot of money for a little liquid.

You've been able to buy an ink jet printer for close to a song these days, especially when they go on sale. But when the inexpensively priced printer stops printing things with the same sort of graphical fidelity as it did out of the box, things can get expensive from there.

That's the thing with ink jet printers – the hardware itself is cheap, but the ink refills will get you in the end. But have you ever asked yourself why the ink is so expensive? Sure, it may be the razor and blade model, but it's still an awful lot to pay for just 10 to 20 milliliters of liquid. In comparison, a Heinz ketchup dipping pack contains 27 ml of ketchup, while the older single packets held 9 ml.

The difference between ketchup in printer ink, however, is vast. HP claims that it spends $1 billion a year on ink research and development – that's some high-tech ink.

"These liquids are completely different from a technology standpoint," said Thom Brown, marketing manager at HP, in a Computerworld story.

HP's first ink jet printer in 1985 had 12 nozzles in the print head and fired droplets at a rate of 10,000 per second, which doesn't even compare to today's Photosmart ink jet that uses 3,900 nozzles that fire 122 million drops per second.

Still, that won't help consumers feel better about paying lots for a little ink cartridge. Computerworld suggests that it may help consumers decipher ink jet cartridge replacement value to list the liquid volume inside each cartridge.

Brown, however, said that doing so would just confuse the customer. "Each system has a different way it uses ink or the drop size is different. If you looked strictly at volume you wouldn't see those differences and it would be confusing to the customers."

To HP's credit, it does list the maximum page yield, but that's only for black and white text and it's from a non-standardized measurement.

For now, it seems that consumers will either have to look at more economical, aftermarket, but perhaps less satisfactory ink replacements. There's always laser too.

Unhappy AT&T Customer Shoots AT&T Employee

An AT&T customer yesterday entered a New York store and shot one employee before being shot dead by an off-duty police officer who happened to be in the store.

Abraham Dickan, 79, was a very unhappy AT&T customer. Dickan had reportedly been abusive and angry toward employees at the New York Mills store on several occasions before. He had even had police reports filed against him for brandished weapons at the staff there, though Lt. Troy Little says he had no priors.

Yesterday, Mr. Dickan entered the store with a .357 magnum in his hand, and a list containing the names of six employees he intended to shoot. The senior citizen shot at the first AT&T worker, Seth Turk, but was gunned down by an off-duty police officer. WKTV reports that Rome Police Officer Donald J. Moore saw and heard the gun and shot at Dickan right away.

Dickan was killed by Officer Moore's shots but Seth survived and was transported to St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica for surgery, where he remained Thursday evening in critical condition.

A letter was found on Dickan's person, which apparently showed he was upset by previous incidents at the store. He had been banned from the store (presumably after he waved a handgun around the first time), but no court order had been filed to keep him off the premises.

Mobilink Infinity Launches WiMAX Dongle in Karachi

Mobilink Infinity has introduced WiMAX dongle for its WiMAX broadband subscribers in Karachi. With WiMAX dongle, Mobilink Infinity subscribers will be able to enjoy the broadband internet while on the go.

Mobilink Infinity WiMAX dongle gives its customer the freedom of getting connected to internet anywhere anytime. Infinity WiMAX dongle offers Plug & Play feature with maximum portability and mobility. Infinity WiMAX dongle is particularly useful during the power cuts, as it is power independent and does not requires external power.

Mobilink Infinity WiMAX dongle is offered in four different packages depending upon your monthly Internet usage and Internet speed requirements and it is currently available in Karachi only.

Tariff for Mobilink Infinity Dongle

• Additional Data rate will be Rs. 30 per 100 MB.
• WiMAX Dongle rental Rs.100 applies on all packages.
• Activation charges will be Rs.3,999 for all packages.

Terms and Conditions:

• WiMAX Dongle will remain the property of Mobilink.
• Refundable security deposit will be Rs.2,000 for Basic and Rs.2,500 for Optimum packages.
• Infinity voice services are not available with WiMAX dongle.
• The service is currently available in Karachi only.
• Mobilink Jazz customers will be charged Rs. 1 + tax for calls on 369.

Warner Bros. Accused of Pirating Anti-Pirating Tech

A Hollywood studio notorious for pursuing movie pirates is accused of pirating. The irony!

Now here's an ironic twist: a major Hollywood studio--one of many that have diligently pursued movie pirates for years under the MPAA's wing--is now accused of piracy. A complaint (pdf) filed in the court system states that Warner Bros. stole an anti-piracy technology patent from German company Medien Patent Verwaltung (MPV). The lawsuit also lists Technicolor and Deluxe in New York and Germany, and says that all three studios are infringing on patent 7,187,633 called "Motion Picture and Anti-Piracy Coding."

Microsoft: That's OK, We Still Make More Profits

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer not rattled by Apple's overtake.

This week's stock market showed that Apple had finally climbed over Microsoft to become the world's largest tech company in terms of market capitalization. While that sort of thing could worry Microsoft, CEO Steve Ballmer isn't worried at all.

"I will make more profits and certainly there is no technology company in the planet which is as profitable as we are," Ballmer said to the Wall Street Journal. "Stock markets will take care of the rest."

"We are executing very well," he said. "That's going to lead to great products and great success."

Now there's a rumor that Steve Ballmer will be joining his Steve-counterpart at Apple's WWDC on June 7 for some sort of announcement. Could there be enough room on the stage for such a bold, Steve duet?Apparently not.

NED Students Make Fuel-Efficient Car

WinMark is a group of 12 engineering students, who have made a car locally in Pakistan that can cover 80 Kilometers per liter.

WinMark is participating in Shell Eco-Marathon, the 25th global competition which will be held first time in Asia (Malaysia) in July 2010.

Earlier we have discussed PakWheelers, students from NUST and about their participation with hybrid car in Shell Eco Marathon for prototype category, here we come with another team of auto enthusiasts from NED University of Engineering & Technology.

WinMark team has showcased their car at Karachi which is complete and is ready to race in the marathon. They will be competing with world’s top notch cars in urban category.

For Urban category a car is supposed to have 4 tires along with all basic auto fundamentals unlike prototype cars, which can have even 3 tires or even 2 and least possible components to secure highest level of mileage per liter.

About Rs 1.4 million will be the estimated cost of the project, including car development cost (Rs 5 lac), travelling (Rs 4 lac), transportation (Rs 3.5 lac) and accommodation and miscellaneous (Rs 1.5 lac).

Apple, Dell, HP Comment on Foxconn Suicides

A lot of computer companies outsource work to Foxconn and given the recent news reports regarding the assembly plant, some of the bigger names are eager to make their opinions on the matter heard.

HP, Apple and Dell have all released statements offering condolences as well and say they are looking into the matter. Apple's Steve Dowling toldBloomberg that the Cupertino-based company was "saddened and upset" by the suicides.

"We are saddened and upset by the recent suicides at Foxconn. We're in direct contact with Foxconn senior management and we believe they are taking this matter very seriously. A team from Apple is independently evaluating the steps they are taking to address these tragic events and we will continue our ongoing inspections of the facilities where our products are made."

Dell has offered a similar statement and said the company expects Foxconn to employ the same standards Dell does in its own factory.

"We expect our suppliers to employ the same high standards we do in our own facilities. We enforce these standards through a variety of tools, including the Electronics Industry code of conduct, business reviews with suppliers, self-assessments and audits."

Further word from a spokesperson reveals Dell is also investigating the situation.

"Any reports of poor working conditions in Dell’s supply chain are investigated," Jess Blackburn, a spokesman for Dell, said in an email to Bloomberg. "We expect our suppliers to employ the same high standards we do."

HP is also investigating "the Foxconn practices that may be associated with these tragic events."

The news comes as reports suggest the number of suicides at the Foxconn factory has risen to 15.

Apple Passes Microsoft as Largest Tech Company

The little fruit company has climbed high.

While Microsoft may still rule the software world with its operating system and desktop software, the worlds most valuable technology company, at least when it comes down to the finances, is Apple.

According to the New York Times: In intraday trading shortly after 2:30 p.m., Apple shares rose 1.8 percent, which gave the company a value of $227.1 billion. Shares of Microsoft declined about 1 percent, giving the company a market capitalization of $226.3 billion.

This also gives Apple the second highest market capitalization among American companies. Only higher is Exxon Mobil, at $282 billion.

A venture capitalist call's Apple's rise from ashes of decades ago something remarkable. "It is the single most important turnaround that I have seen in Silicon Valley," said Jim Breyer.

NYT points to this as a sign of changing investor attitudes and the increased value of consumer tastes. While Microsoft's products still completely own businesses, Apple's products cater strongly to the consumer.

Google TV brings the web to your TV

Seemingly bored with its quest for total domination of the personal computer and smartphone, Google just announced its new and upcoming service called Google TV. Television is a huge ad market with 4 billion users around the globe using it actively and Google plans to revolutionize it.

The concept behind Google TV is to merge the web with your TV so you can enjoy all those videos available online on the largest and best screen in your home – the one of your TV set.Google have partnered with Sony and Logitech on this one. Sony have prepared the world’s first Google TV lineup. That should hit the US market this fall. The lineup includes both a standalone TV model and set top box-type unit incorporating a Blu-ray Disc drive.

Google’s other partners Logitech have been working on a companion box that brings Google TV to existing HDTV home entertainment systems. It should be compatible with any brand of HDTV currently available.

The final notable member at the Google party is Intel, who will be providing the CPUs to power all that hardware. Wait, does that mean there’s an Atom inside that Sony Bravia? Cool!

The future of gaming is now: the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M unveiled, meet world’s fastest notebook GPU

Gamers can now start dreaming of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M which was announced today and happens to be the fastest notebook GPU known to mankind. The GeForce GTX 480M GPU combines some of the most advanced technologies, which make it not only fast but also capable of delivering life-like gaming graphics.

According to NVIDIA, the GeForce GTX 480M is the first GPU to allow notebook users to really taste DirectX 11. Thanks to the integrated Tessellation engine the GTX 480M offers up to 5 times more performance than the competition.

This is the GPU to first bring the next-gen Cuda architecture (a.k.a. Fermi) to notebooks, which should dramatically speed up video transcoding, upscaling from standard to high definition as well as real-time movie clean-up.

Thanks to the 3D Vision and PhysX technologies the GeForce GTX 480M should also deliver mouthwatering realistic gaming graphics while the Verde direct notebook drivers will make sure that you get the most from your notebook.

The first notebook to feature the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M GPU will be made by Clevo, while more systems are expected to show up soon.

Qubee is Ready for Official Launch in Pakistan

Qubee, a UK-based Augere company is told as ready to launch its services officially in Pakistan. Since its soft launch in October 2009, Qubee has secured 1,500 WiMAX customers in Karachi.

In an interview with Daily Times, Mubashir Naqvi, Chief Executive Officer Qubee announced that company is going to officially launch its services in Pakistan – starting with Karachi this month while expanding its coverage to other major cities such as Islamabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi in next two to three months.

Mr. Naqvi said that Qubee has invested about $70 million in last calendar year and planned to invest another $25 million to $50 million next year, depending on its capital and operating expenses. The company has rolled out its infrastructure network in all major cities of the country. Its network support partners are internationally recognized for the provision of best wireless Internet services called WiMAX.

In the faster-than-expected competition among broadband operators, he added, only those companies will survive who are financially sound and equipped with latest technology. “The service charges also matter a lot, therefore, we do a lot of care about it and offer our services from Rs. 750 per month.”

Mubashir Naqvi, who is former CEO of Ufone said that Qubee’s strategy is to share network with different telephony companies and penetrate in maximum parts of the country step by step with the shortest possible time. He intended to stretch coverage to all corners of the country.

He said the marketing model of the company is unique because we approach our targeted customers for saving their precious time instead they come to us.

Qubee sales agent will offer door-to-door service in the potential and literate areas of the city. Besides, four sales and service centre, the service promotion is also done through telesales and four to five thousands phone calls are made every day.

Mr. Naqvi’s proven track record in sales is for sure going to help Qubee in achieving its targets. However, it may not beat Wateen when it comes to unlimited bandwidth per month.

Steamworks Now Integrated into UDK

Epic as tossed Steamworks into the free version of Unreal Engine 3.

Back in March we learned that Epic Games had integrated Valve's Steamworks into Unreal Engine 3. This meant that all licensees suddenly had access to Valve's suite of services including product key authentication, copy protection, auto-updating, and more. Those options have now expanded into the free-to-use Unreal Development Kit (UDK).

In the latest release, Epic has made Steam the default system for handling all online services, including matchmaking, friends and server browsing. Epic has also incorporated numerous additions and improvements in the latest UDK build, offering the Scaleform GFX user interface (Flash-based), engine upgrades such as light shafts, exponential height fog, color grading and more. UDK also now supports running 64-bit binaries for the editor.

Launched late last year, UDK is the free edition of Epic's Unreal Engine 3. The release was slated for anyone interested in using 3D game engine technology, including game developers, students, hobbyists, researchers, creators of 3D visualizations and simulations, and digital filmmakers. Although there is no charge for non-commercial or educational use of the UDK, developers wishing to develop for commercial purposes are required to use the licensed version.

To download the latest build of UDK, head here. Minimum requirements include a 2.0+ GHz CPU, Windows XP SP2 or Vista, 2 GB or RAM, a SM3-compatible video card, and 3 GB of free HDD space. The current May build weighs a somewhat light 762 MB.

Apple iPhone HD/4G Ads to Show Video Chat?

Welcome back, front facing camera, you weren't of much use when you were on phones from 3 years ago.

It's no big secret that a new iPhone is on its way – especially not after the leaks found in both California and Vietnam. Now Apple appears to be shooting TV ads to promote the new device, according to Twitter updates from actors auditioning for the roles.

What's more, Engadget claims to have a source that tells them that one of the spots include a mother and daughter having a video chat using the front-facing camera on the new iPhone.

One of the commercials is supposedly being directed by Sam Mendes, of American Beauty fame. If Apple is putting that sort of talent (and money) behind the ads for a new iPhone, then we'll probably see it at the WWDC event on June 7.

LOST Finale Breaks BitTorrent Records

LOST has come to an end, and the final episodes are now clogging up the BitTorrent pipelines.

Sunday night ABC aired the final episode of LOST in North America. It was also shown in 59 countries either on the same night, or within 48 hours. It's speculated that ABC chose this schedule to reduce the amount of pirating so that fans could get the full impact of the ending without torrent-based spoilers hitting the Internet. Apparently that didn't work.

It seems that despite ABC's efforts, the final two episodes of LOST have shattered all previous BitTorrent records with close to a million downloads in the first 20 hours. In fact, at peak, more than 100,000 people were sharing a single torrent at the same time. Typically a single episode of LOST is downloaded just under 1.5 million times in its first appearance on BitTorrent. However the two final episodes--What They Died For and The End--are expected to reach four or five million downloads by the end of the week.

A large percentage of the downloads come from outside the United States, with 15-percent linked to Australian fans who couldn't wait for the season finale to air on Wednesday night. Anxious fans in other countries experiencing ABC's 48-hour delay also jumped on BitTorrent. Although some of us haven't seen the series conclusion, the controversy surrounding LOST's final hours is also a contributing factor to the record number of downloads on a global scale. There's no doubt that fans who missed the original ABC airings will flock to BitTorrent rather than wait for reruns of the episodes this summer.

Of course, for those who just can't bring themselves to load up BitTorrent, What They Died For and the first half of The End can be seen (with limited commercial interruptions) onlinehere.

Future of Facebook in Pakistan after May 31st

As per orders, PTA will update Lahore High Court regarding the situation on May 31^st, 2010 after which it will decide to lift the ban or otherwise to continue with it.

Both the polls show that majority of internet users in the country are fine with the ban and they don’t have same kind of love for Facebook like before.

However, it is apparent that there are people who don’t support the ban – in fact they are against it as they translate it as internet censorship.

High ups are PTA foresee that ban will be lifted on May 31^st, 2010. However, at the same time they fear large scale protests from the public after the ban will be lifted.

They said that Facebook has removed the page for now but there is no guarantee that it will remain offline as Facebook hasn’t said anything officially – so LHC’s mood on May 31^stcan’t be determined as of today.

They said that if page remains offline for another week then there are good chances that LHC will offload the ban.

High ups at PTA said that even if Facebook is unbanned, authority may not lift the ban from Youtube. They said Youtube was contacted number of times in the past, but they are too careless to comply with blasphemy act of the country.

Political corners opine that few elements may use the situation. They said that Government may keep Facebook banned until it will lift it at right time. They say government can use Facebook for political purposes as a tool to divert the attention of masses from NRO cases in Supreme Court.

If unbanned, majority of internet users in Pakistan won’t love the Facebook like they used to before this incident. A question mark on Facebook’s ability to manage religious matters is leaving many minds confused to either use it again or not.

Some bloggers and webmasters have already taken down Facebook widgets from their websites and may never use them again.

Emergence of local social network will be on the rise, for some time, until they will vanish away due to lack of technical and online marketing expertise.

However there is no doubt that this is best time for enterprises to invest in social networking solutions, but only if their applications are solid, robust, feature rich and competitive.

AT&T Offers Unlock Codes for Almost All Devices

A class action lawsuit against AT&T has resulted in settlement that is likely to please many: AT&T will provide unlock codes for almost all pre-paid and post-paid devices sold after March 12 1999.

However, the customers crying loudest for this kind of arrangement are probably iPhone customers and unfortunately, they're not covered by the policy. According to the Consumerist, the policy requires post-paid customers to have completed a minimum of 90 days of active service. Pre-paid customers must provide a detailed receipt or other proof of purchase of the handset. Further, customers who own handsets for which AT&T has an exclusive sales arrangement with a manufacturer of less than 10 months will have to wait until the 10-month period expires before they can receive an unlocking code.

That sounds very reasonable, but because the AT&T/Apple sales agreement is more than 10 months (we may not know when it ends but it's been nearly three years to date), iPhone users are still pretty much stuck with AT&T.

Nayatel Offers New Packages, Upto 5 Mbps

Nayatel is offering new packages for home users with very catchy price tags.

Real attraction is unlimited downloads at 5 MB speed from 8:00 PM to 8:00 AM with 1 MB link during the day at Rs. 1,699. All this comes on Nayatel’s fiber, meaning that no dependency on copper wire resulting smooth speed without fulmination.

Please note that this service is available for Islamabad and Rawalpindi only.

Traiffs:

Upfront Charges:

Installation Charges: For Corporate Customers Installation: Rs. 6, 000 – For Home Customers Installation charges Rs.3, 000

Alcatel Optical Network Terminal (ONT): Rs. 24,000 to Rs. 25,0000 (Can be paid in monthly installments if agreed)

Online Retailer Makes Million-Dollar Pricing Mistake

A pricing error has forced an online retailer to honor weekend sales and lose more than $1 million.

Ever wondered what would happen if you accidentally marked almost all of your online products with the same pricetag no matter the original cost? That's what happened with 6pm.com, and the mistake has now cost the online retailer a huge wad of money. Apparently someone in the merchandising team set most of the prices at $49.99. The problem is that many products originally retailed for $1,000.

"When we figured out the mistake was happening, we had to shut down the site for a bit until we got the pricing problem fixed," said Aaron Magness, director of brand marketing and business development for parent company Zappos Development. "While we’re sure this was a great deal for customers, it was inadvertent, and we took a big loss selling so many items so far under cost."

Ultimately the company lost over $1.6 million from the pricing mistake, and 6pm.com has vowed to honor all purchases that took place within the time frame of the erroneous pricing. "We apologize to anyone that was confused and/or frustrated during out little hiccup, and thank you all for being such great customers," Magness added. There was no indication that the one responsible for the pricing error still had a job.

"Shop. Save. Smile," reads the company's logo. No doubt plenty of customers were smiling over the weekend.

No iPads Allowed At Yankee Stadium

If you're a Yankees fan and you own a brand new iPad, your two great loves can never meet. Because though Apple and many who own describe the iPad as nothing short of 'revolutionary,' the stadium doesn't feel the same way.

The Yankees aren't buying into the iPad revolution; the stadium thinks of it as just another laptop. If you've been to Yankee Stadium, you probably know that laptops aren't allowed. This is because they apparently fall under the existing security policy that says laptop computers are prohibited.

IGN reader Brianna Wu recently smuggled hers into the stadium but only after being turned away by a member of security:

I'm at the game right now, watching them play the Red Sox. The security people told me it was not allowed and I was turned away at the gates.

Why on earth would they have this policy? Terrorism concerns? I couldn't get an answer. I snuck it in under my jacket.. I bring it to Fenway all the time and they don't care.

Scary.

Bri

Yes, Bri, it's very scary indeed. I nearly had to shut my eyes towards the end.

Some other things prohibited by the security policy:

• Any soft-sided bag larger than 16 inches by 16 inches by 8 inches, including diaper bags, backpacks and purses
• Briefcases, coolers and hard-sided bags and containers
• Glass, cans and plastic bottles
• Laser pens
• Video cameras
• Laptop computers
• Firearms or knives
• Beach balls, blow horns and all other distracting noisemakers
• Any other devices that may interfere with and/or distract any sports participant, other patron, audio or audio/visual telecast or recording of the game or any technology-related service provided in Yankee Stadium

HP Tablet Running Palm's WebOS Launching Q4?

HP's Slate PC is said to be launching in October and comments from a HP Taiwan exec suggest that it could run Palm's WebOS.

Digitimes reports that HP will launch a tablet running Palm's WebOS operating system this October. Citing Monty Wong, vice president of personal computing systems group at HP Taiwan, the website says the company will use WebOS for tablets and smartphones but not for netbooks. Wong says HP will reveal more details in July, after its acquisition of Palm has been signed and sealed.

The news comes after HP allegedly axed the Windows 7 version of its HP Slate. Originally scheduled for a June launch, it would appear that if not canceled, the device has been put on hold. Wong says the Slate will launch in October with "a wide range of software and application support" but failed to mention if it will run WebOS.

Who Wants to Manually Update for Android 2.2?

It's a good day for Nexus One users.

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If you're rocking an Android phone, you're probably disgustingly excited about Froyo/Android 2.2. If you can't wait to get your hands on it and have a Nexus One, you're in luck; there's a download link floating around the web promising to deliver you a nice big, cold dish of Froyo.

Google is Making the PAC-MAN Doodle Permanent

Happy Monday, guys.

That Google PAC-MAN doodle was incredible, right? Everyone had so much fun and despite most Doodles only sticking around for 24 hours, this one was in place from Friday to Sunday. We were sad to see it go but it turns out our tears were shed too soon. Google is keeping it!

That's right, google.com/pacman will now host the game that soaked up 98 percent of productivity this past Friday. Now you can play it whenever you like. Oh and for those of you wondering, it's not just the game, search is there too. So set your homepage to google.com/pacman and get next to no work done every day.

The Lamp With No Light Bulb

Why bother with bulbs, when the actual lamp does all the lighting?

If LED lights are bright enough to simulate daylight, why bother with bulbs at all? That's the obvious question asked by Japanese designer Tsutomu Mutoh. He recently shared a virtual mock-up of the Optone Dynamic LED Light.

Tsutomu's creation seems interesting not only because it's supposedly bright enough to light up a room. As an array of LED lights arranged in traditional lampshade configuration, the Optone can also cycle through the color spectrum. Why settle for boring monochromatic lamps, when your lighting can change color or theme on demand? Software also by Tsutomu allows the imagined control over the lamp's colorization.

End of Facebook Near? 60% Ready to Dump Site

Users are ready to abandon the social networking cruise ship thanks to recent security issues.
A recent poll conducted by Abingdon, U.K.-based Sophos questioned 1,600 Facebook users and discovered that privacy issues were pushing away over 60-percent of the social website's population. The number consists of 30-percent that are finding it highly likely that they will close their account due to the surrounding privacy issues, and an additional 30-percent saying it was a possibility. 16-percent have already packed up and moved out.