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Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policy

Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policyDon't trust GoogleGoogle has more information about more people, all over the world, than any government agency anywhere in the world. People worry about the Bush administration, but they should be worrying about Google.Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely.If you don't...

Tags: Absolute Power, Google Inc., Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Getting started with Google Web Toolkit (GWT)

Getting started with Google Web Toolkit GWTYes, EclipseNetBeans is fine, but I know Eclipse inside and out so it would take something really compelling that affects the work I'm doing to make me switch to something else.And don't even mention IDEA because even if I liked it, the reality is...

Tags: SEARCH, Web site development, Java development tools, Microsoft Corp., Absolute Power, Sun NetBeans, Google Inc., search engine, Google Web Toolkit

Discussion threads 2006-05-31

Inside Google Enterprise

Inside Google EnterpriseGoogle has become the worst search engineDear David and Dan, In recent search engine comparison tests, Google has been found to consistently put relevant search results low in page rankings, hiding them on page 3 or 4 of the results, while all the other search engines correctly put...

Tags: SEARCH, Web site development, Absolute Power, Google Inc., search engine

Discussion threads 2006-05-31

Google holding closed beta

Google holding closed betaWTF!;)Google has become the worst search engineIn recent search engine comparison tests, Google has been found to consistently put relevant search results low in page rankings, hiding them on page 3 or 4 of the results, while all the other search engines correctly put those same results...

Tags: SEARCH, Web site development, Absolute Power, Google Inc., search engine

Discussion threads 2006-05-29

FAQ: When Google is not your friend

FAQ: When Google is not your friendEncryptionIf that's so then it's important that we honest people start encrypting everything. A locked door doesn't mean you're trying to keep out the police because you're doing something nefarious.re: what about ZDNet blogs?What about them? There is a very obvious difference between a...

Tags: SECURITY, Absolute Power, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-02-03

Additional Resources

Apple begins shipping replacement iPhone chargers

Apple announced a recall of all of its ultracompact USB power adapter for iPhone pictured on 21 September 2008 because its metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating a risk of electric shock. iPhone Alley received word that a reader has received the replacement he...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Recall, Apple Inc., Strategy, Management, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Backgrounder extension for jailbroken iPhones

In a recent piece for Daring Fireball Jon Gruber writes: background processing is the one factor that unites the four dock apps. Phone, Mail, Safari, and iPod all continue running in the background; no other apps, including those from Apple, do... ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Application, Backgrounder Extension, Wiki, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Digital Music, Digital Media, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-07

BI Crystal Ball – Next Gen BI May Be Closer Than You Think

Most modern large enterprise Business Intelligence BI tools are very robust and feature rich these days. Up until a few years ago BI users could blame vendors for most of their BI ills. This is getting harder and harder to do. Many of the BI tools, especially the ones reviewed...

Tags: Application, User Empowerment, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Boris Evelson

Blog posts 2008-10-07

IT Dojo video: Five practical tips for choosing the right UPS

On the surface, choosing a UPS for your organization's server room may seem like a simple task, but like many IT tasks, the devil is in the details. In this IT Dojo video, Bill gives you five tips to help you choose the right uninterruptible power supply for your environment....

Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Information Technology, Video, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-07

News to know: AMD; iPhone security; Linux; SAP

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing. Techmeme Heather Clancy: The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Information Technology, SAP AG, RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Strategy, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-07

The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments

I realize Advanced Micro Devices has some news in the offing this week that likely will supersede the urgency of this blog's content, but I wanted to recount some high points from a conversation I had about two weeks ago with Larry Vertal, the company's senior strategist when it comes...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Larry Vertal, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-06

CEATEC Roundup: Sony's 0.3mm OLED display, Sharp's solar-power TV, Panasonic's LifeWall concept

While we all wait around until January for the Consumer Electronics Show, an event like CEATEC Japan can give us a taste of the future for home theater. And since ZDNet didn't offer to fly me over there to check it out first-hand (cough, next year, cough), I had to...

Tags: Sony Corp., 3D, Panasonic, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Sharp Corp., TV, Wall, Construction, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Welcome to the Data Cloud ?

'The Cloud' is increasingly prevalent in tech conversation these days. Stalwarts of the space such as Amazon and Salesforce go from strength to strength, whilst titans of an earlier model such as Larry Ellison and even Steve Ballmer now seek to appropriate the meme. New blogs like CloudAve play a...

Tags: Web, Data, UKOLN, Channel Management, Internet, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Why The Big Fuss Over Microblogs?

I microblog.Why? The truth is, I learn by doing and by speaking with others who do. So I dabble with Twitter, Plurk, Pownce, Spoink, Rakawa, Tumblr, Utterli, Yammer, FriendFeed, 12seconds, and probably a few others that I signed up for and forgot to use. I have found a nice collection...

Tags: Mobile, Fuss, Tool, Productivity, Web 2.0, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Gil Yehuda

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Large Hadron Collider computing grid launched

The Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid, which can draw on the computing power of more than 100,000 processors, was officially launched on Friday. One of the world's largest computing grids, capable of streaming the equivalent of three million DVDs a year, was officially launched on Friday....

Tags: CERN, Scientist, Grid, Large Hadron Collider, particle accelerator, physics, Nick Heath, silicon.com

News items 2008-10-06

News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple

 Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Forrester: There's really no such thing as "green IT"

News flash. In a recent report called "Is Green IT Your Emperor With No Clothes?," market research house Forrester is advising IT managers to forget about the notion that there's any such thing as TRULY green technology. Yes, folks, it's part of that green tech backlash that we've all been...

Tags: Asset, Green Technology, Information Technology, Green IT, Forrester Research Inc., Energy Consumption, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-05

EatSmart Diary (exe)

ESD comes with a core of built-in databases containing the basic foods and their nutrient values for 100 g of food. To these core foods have also been given predefined portion size weights. There is support for an external and fully user-customizable database into which you can move core foods...

Tags: Food, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2008-10-05

ZipBunch (zip)

ZipBunch is a compressing utility that helps place multiple files from various disks into one Zip file. It gives you the power to attach and send several files via e-mail at a time in the format of one zip file - a way to send them together. Never waste time...

Tags: Disk, File, Vwiner, ZipBunch, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-10-05

Hands-on review of the Logitech Squeezebox Boom

After seeing my mildly skeptical post about the release of its Squeezebox Boom Internet radio device, Logitech offered to send me a sample unit to review, promising me I'd be pleasantly surprised with the audio output from the compact unit. I've been testing it out over the last few weeks,...

Tags: Station, Radio, Logitech, Boom, Music Services, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Wireless, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-04