What We're Reading 10/31/2011
USA Today: Facebook's new features remain unpopular
The more you use Facebook, the less likely you are to be concerned about privacy invasion.
That's the core finding of a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll telephone survey last week of more than 2,000 adults.
Inside TV: 'Happy Days' lawsuit: Fraud claim thrown out by judge
Back in April, members of the cast of Happy Days, including Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Don Most, Anson Williams, and the estate of the late Tom Bosley, filed a lawsuit against CBS, claiming that the network violated breach of contract and owed them for merchandising revenues that they had been cut out of. The $10 million suit claimed the stars of the sitcom “were guaranteed five percent of royalties profits if their images appeared on a product.”
Excite News: Report: Food labels need Energy Star-like ratings
Just as that Energy Star tag helps you choose your appliances, a new report says a rating symbol on the front of every soup can, cereal box and yogurt container could help hurried shoppers go home with the healthiest foods.
The Hill: FTC approves Google Buzz settlement
The Federal Trade Commission voted 4-0 to give final approval to its settlement with Google over the failed rollout of its Buzz social network last year.
CNET: Google, Facebook go retro in push to update 1986 privacy law
For a few hours on Capitol Hill yesterday evening, it was October 1986 again, complete with legwarmers, an Apple IIc, pop rocks, Duran Duran, and cell phones the size of a cat.
The companies sponsoring this night of nostalgia include Google and Facebook, which are hoping to visibly highlight how out-of-date a law enacted 25 years ago today has become in an age of cloud computing, gigabit networks, and terabyte storage.
