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Amazon's A9 project picks up Sun OpenSolaris exec: After helping to get Sun's OpenSolaris onto its own two feet, Sun's director of marketing for the open source project Claire Giordano has announced via blog her departure to Amazon.com search subsidiary A9. Giordano was with Sun for 16 years and her departure is a reminder to me of...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Amazon A9, blog, Claire Giordano, OpenSolaris; Blog posts 2005-11-28
Amazon A9 takes it to the streets: Amazon A9 takes it to the streetsUm, then WHY go there?The mystery of going to new places and seeing new things now is reduced to going to new places. Why go to Egypt to see the pyramids, when you can see them in many different places and you don't have...; Tags: SEARCH, SECURITY, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon A9; Discussion threads 2005-08-16
PC Forum: Where in the world is search heading?: The final PC Forum panel had major search vendors and scientists sharing their views on search. The panel included Marissa Mayer, director of consumer product at Google (search, news, images, Froogle, local); Udi Manber, former Yahoo chief scientist and president of Amazon's A9...; Tags: Marissa Mayer, Udi Manber; Blog posts 2005-03-23
Bezos: A9 syndicates search: Bezos: A9 syndicates searchYa-AWN!Until metadata is added VOLUNTARILLY to all web data BY HUMANS, searching will never get much better.; Tags: Channel management, Amazon A9; Discussion threads 2005-03-16
Bezos: A9 syndicates search: At the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference today, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos introduced A9's OpenSearch, which he hopes will to do for search what RSS has done for content. OpenSearch lets users add searchable columns to the A9 search application and syndicate them via a few extensions to RSS. ...; Tags: Amazon A9, OpenSearch; Blog posts 2005-03-15

Vivisimo, Clusty, A9, AllTheWeb, Snap collectively get 7.1% of US Web users: For the week ending Oct. 30, 71% of US Web users went to the top 10 search engines, a 7% increase YTY, Hitwise reports. Collectively, five alternative search engines - Vivisimo, Clusty property of Vivisimo, a9 property of Amazon, Alltheweb (property of Yahoo!) and Snap - claimed only 10% of...; Tags: Vivisimo Inc., Amazon A9; Blog posts 2004-11-08
Amazon gets it right: I've long been a fan of Google, but it's often disheartening to see a parade of tools from Google Labs that are IE/Windows only. The Google Toolbar is IE-only, Google Compute and the Gmail Notifier are Windows-only though Gmail itself works wonderfully in Firefox on Linux, and the Google Desktop...; Tags: Amazon A9, A9 Toolbar, Amazon.com Inc.; Blog posts 2004-11-04
Amazon's A9 toolbar now available for Firefox: Amazon's A9 toolbar now available for FirefoxFans of A9??Will someone make the case to me for using A9 over Google? I see how the collapsible columns might be somewhat useful. However, to me, so much of Google's beauty is it simplicity. A9 doesn't seem to have that....; Tags: Amazon A9, toolbar, Amazon.com Inc., Mozilla Firefox; Discussion threads 2004-11-01
Amazon offers discount to A9 search users: Amazon offers discount to A9 search usersIE Only - is dumb!Given the fact that people are abandoning Internet Explorer like it's a sinking ship...If they don't remove the unfortunate browser dependency, they will never ever reach the ubiquity enjoyed by Google.It certainly isn't worth the risk of using IE for...; Tags: Web browsers, A9 Search, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Amazon A9, Amazon.com Inc.; Discussion threads 2004-09-18

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Sony Reader PRS-505 gets a major firmware upgrade: My Sony Reader is an excellent piece of hardware that I thoroughly enjoy using during my daily commute. I skipped the Amazon Kindle and bought the Sony Reader and have not been one bit sorry about this purchase I made last fall. I just saw on my favorite eBook site,...; Tags: Sony Corp., Firmware, Sony Reader, Firmware Upgrade, Sony Reader PRS-505, E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-24
2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel.": July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...; Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-24
News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA: Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIAGreat news!Back in the day, practical folks used to talk well about Volvos. They said that Volvos were safe, reliable, family cars. There were however not many takers. People instead swooned over sexier, more stylish cars. This is precisely...; Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Java development tools, Desktops, video game, video, game, CRM, Web browser, iTunes client, Entellium, Apple iTunes, Sun Java Studio Creator, desktop, rich Internet application; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings: Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...; Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-23
October Esquire magazine will use electronic ink: Earlier this month I mentioned how Hearst is embracing the mobile web by offering much of their content on mobile phones. Hearst is now going to bring a bit of mobile technology to print media with their usage of electronic ink in the October issue of Esquire. The electronic ink...; Tags: Electronic Ink, Mobile, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-23
The $200 web tablet ... dream on!: The $200 web tablet ... dream on!Reinventing the wheelIt's been done albeit not quite $200 but the technology has been here--The Nokia N800/810. I've got an 800. The 800 shares the same multi-core TI ARM processor as the 810, except the 810 has a slide out keyboard. ...; Tags: Notebooks, Channel management, Keyboards, Operating systems, OS 2008, web tablet, laptop computer, Web, Nokia Corp., Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
How to lose customers by not even trying: How to lose customers by not even tryingSpot onThere is nothing more infuriating than trying to use a site that has been designed for a single specific browser that isn't yours.I truly appreciate how difficult it can be to get sites working consistently across all browsers. But it is surely...; Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Web browsers, Hertz Corp., Web site, Web browser; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 Pro - headphones: Ultimate Ears has been a familiar name to musicians and other audio professionals for a decade, but in the past few years, the company has churned out a variety of headphones for several consumer lines that range in affordability. Earphones in its Metro.fi, Super.fi, and Triple.fi lines have gained a...; Tags: aperture, Y-cable, Ultimate Ears, Triple.fi 10, ear piece, headphone; Product reviews 2008-07-22
Homeschooling + marketing = great coffee?: Homeschooling + marketing = great coffee?Homeschooling does what public education can'tturn teachers loose to teach rather than toe the bureaucratic line.RE: Homeschooling marketing = great coffee?Chris, if you like *strong* coffee, check out Meth in SF on the web.Organic coffee?As part of my response to recent efforts to...; Tags: marketing, InfoWeek, Homeschooling, great coffee, recycling; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
S3 outage: time to double up: S3 outage: time to double upHaving to use two services can't be ...economical compared to taking care of your own data. Have these companies done any real studies comparing the cost of managing your own cloud compared to letting someone else manage it, especially when you have to use two...; Tags: Manufacturing, S3 Inc., outage; Discussion threads 2008-07-21