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Google Apologizes for Buzz Privacy Issues

By David Coursey Google has responded to anger over its Buzz social network with an apology and second round of privacy-related changes. People who read this also read: People Who Like This Also Like Google Buzz: A Privacy Checklist 30530736 Google Buzz Criticized for Disclosing Gmail Contacts 30491320 The Buzz About Google Buzz 30456756 EPIC Files Privacy Complaint Against Google Buzz 30759636 Google Buzz Faces More Scrutiny Over Privacy 30781886 Google Responds to Buzz Privacy Issues. Again 30688868 The latest move replaces the controversial "auto-follow" feature with something Google calls "auto-suggest." Saturday's revision was the second major change to Buzz since the service was introduced last Tuesday . Since then, Google had been besieged by complaints that Buzz endangers user privacy.

WARNING: Google Buzz Has A Huge Privacy Flaw

Image: Kevin Steele GOOG Feb 26 2010, 05:20 PM EST 526.80 Change % Change +0.37 +0.07% Update 3: Here's the story of how panicking just enough may have saved Google's answer to Facebook and Twitter. Update 2: Google has made further changes that address most -- but not all -- of our concerns. Update 1: Google released some privacy fixes for Buzz. They're a nice start, but we don't think they go far enough. Read more here: Sorry, Google's Improvements To Buzz Don't Fix Privacy Flaw Earlier: There is a huge privacy flaw in Google's new Twitter/Facebook competitor, Google Buzz.

The Bhikkhuni Order: Can it be Re-established?

The Most Venerable Madihe Pannasiha Mahanayaka Thero At present there is a clamour for the re-stabilisation of the Bhikkhuni Order. As a preamble, some facts related to its establishment, later expansion and final extinction are given. This is for the careful consideration of the Maha Sangha and the Buddhist laity, who have equal responsibilities as regard the preservation of the Buddha Sasana. When during the time of the Buddha, Mahapajapati Gotami pleaded with Him to enter the Sasana, He put her off with these words: “Do not be interested O, Gothami about the entry of woman into my Order.” (Cullavagga). This request was turned down for the second and third time.

Taliban blow apart 2,000 years of Buddhist history

Deep in the heart of Afghanistan's once serene Bamiyan valley, the sound of gunfire and mortar explosions could be heard yesterday. Bearded men dressed in baggy salwar kameezes loaded and reloaded their rocket launchers under a clear azure sky. The Taliban fighters were busy - busy destroying two giant Buddhas carved into the hillside nearly 2,000 years ago, busy erasing all traces of a rich pre-Islamic past.

Top Religion Stories of the Decade

Faith News: The Stories That Shaped the Past 10 Years  By Omar Sacirbey The last 10 years in religion have been the most meaningful and turbulent since the 1960s, when America elected its first Catholic president, the Civil Rights Movement was being fought in the streets, and "Godless communism" was the enemy.