IE captain flees Microsoft for Google

After 15 years of work on Internet Explorer (IE), browser architect Chris Wilson is leaving Microsoft for Google, reports The Register.

“As I reached the conclusion that I'd helped IE along as much as I could, I felt it was a good time to reassess where I ultimately want to go with my career, and I realised that I really needed to stretch my wings beyond Microsoft,” Wilson said in a blog post. In November, after a month off, he will join Google's Fremont, Washington, office as a developer advocate.

Wilson joined Microsoft's IE team in 1995, just as the original browser wars began. He was eventually dubbed the IE platform architect. And as of mid-2009, he was the principal program manager of the Open Web Platform in Microsoft's developer division, working for the team that built the Chakra Javascript engine for IE9, currently in beta.

Nokia handsets are more popular than the Apple iPhone as a platform for mobile advertising, states Computing.

This is according to research from InMobi. The Nokia operating system (OS) claimed more than 25% of the global mobile advertising market in July 2010. The Symbian open source OS had 22% of the market, while the Apple iPhone OS was on just 8%.

In terms of advertisement impressions, Nokia had more than five billion impressions in July, while Symbian had almost 4.5 billion and Apple 1.7 billion. In fourth place was the Android OS with just over 2% of the global share and a little more than 450 million impressions.

The Canadian privacy commissioner is happy with changes made by Facebook, following an investigation of the Web site's policies last year, notes BBC.

Jennifer Stoddart said the social network had “vastly improved” the sharing of personal information with third-party developers. She believes that Facebook now provides users “with clear information” about privacy policies.

In May, the social network made wide-ranging changes to its site. These changes came about partly as a result of pressure from privacy commissioners and campaigners around the world.

Music legend Sir Paul McCartney has teamed up with a technology giant to digitise his entire library, reports BBC News.

The project, with Hewlett-Packard, includes music, artwork, photographs, paintings and videos collected over several decades in the business.

It will span McCartney's career from the Beatles to Wings to his solo years. "I've always been interested in creative ideas and new ways of reaching people, so this is really exciting for me," said McCartney.