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- Your guide to disabling SearchWiki
- SearchWiki is one of those features that should really have a built-in mechanism for disabling it. Many people are finding the new feature a bit annoying which makes me think that it's going to be a short-lived feature -- at least as a permanent default. In...
- Tags: Google Inc., SearchWiki, Web Browsers, Internet, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- Enterprises can leverage cloud models and manage transition risks using service governance, says HP
- Cloud and on-premises compute grids exploit breakthroughs in technology architecture and the confluence of new business models, this is clear. In times when every dollar counts more than ever, the enticements to experiment with cloud models is powerful. At the same time, there is very little margin for error. Adopting...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Business, Service, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Netbooks + Ubuntu: On fence about form factor; OS solid
- Last week, I bought a Dell Mini 9 preloaded with Ubuntu. The idea: Check out a netbook and take Ubuntu for a spin. The early reaction: Netbooks can be handy, but they can also cramp your hands with those dinky keyboards. And aside from some early problems with connecting to...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., WEP, Operating System, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Security, Security, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Google launches personalized searches via SearchWiki; Scale, data equals fine experiment
- Google has launched an effort it calls SearchWiki, which allows folks to customize searches and move results. An example: Say you disagree with a ranking of a result. You can move it up. You can also add notes to the result. And you can also remove results....
- Tags: Google Inc., Personalized Search, Productivity, Search, Engineering, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Virtual worlds: Not so Lively
- Google Labs has killed its virtual world experiment dubbed Lively in a mere five months. What does Google's move say about virtual worlds? While the death of Lively puns are unavoidable Techmeme, I've been pondering the virtual world thing for a few days. On Monday, I was...
- Tags: Virtual World, Avatar, Google Labs, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Google kills Lively
- A product called Lively was touted as a "second life killer" by some, but today it was officially put on the chopping block. At the end of December, this experiment will officially be terminated, and all employees that work on it will be assigned to other teams within the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Team Management, Management, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Twitterank Creator Speaks
- After my post yesterday afternoon about Twitterank, its creator Ryo Chijiiwa contacted me by email to ask if I'd like to hear his side of the story: I offered him a guest post. Over to Ryo: I blame the Family Guy. There I was in my...
- Tags: Password, Twitter, Twitterank, Security, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Facebook: Will you go for its latest ad plan?
- Facebook, which is reportedly being outhustled on ad sales by MySpace, is rolling out a new model to advertisers. The aim: Get you to interact with an ad. According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook introduced the ads in August and is now rolling it out to...
- Tags: Facebook, Advertisement, MySpace, Advertiser, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Despite weak economy, strong demand for community managers
- Looking for a new gig? Apparently the market is hot for community managers. Even though the job market seems to be pretty soft these days, the demand for community managers doesn't seem to be waning. According to ReadWriteWeb: It's a hot job. We only expect it...
- Tags: Job, Community Manager, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Realm Defender (zip)
- Welcome to the action-packed online RPG adventure game Realm Defender. Create your Hero - a knight or wizard and fight for fame and glory. Your Hero can join other online adventurers to explore the countryside, go on quests and defeat the monsters lurking everywhere. Hurry, the monsters are terrorizing the...
- Tags: Monster, Digital Bytes, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-11-07
- Obama won the election - not social media
- Obama won the election - not social mediaSocial Media DID WinSocial media certainly did win last night. The part it played in Barack Obama's win may have been overblown by some, but the social media presences both candidates had played a huge part in communicating the issues to a...
- Tags: Obama, social media
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- iPad ELN (zip)
- The key new concept in iPad is labelling or tagging: you can tag any part of your notes using common tags such as project, experiment, data, or tip. Tags make the notes easier to understand and manage. A major reason why paper is still the primary medium for storing experimental...
- Tags: Note, Cognium Systems, iPad ELN, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2008-11-04
- Linux: The Joe Sixpack Strategy
- Linux: The Joe Sixpack StrategyTruth in advertising.Given the seriousness of a decision to attempt Linux, people should be told that the software they bought won't work, their music won't play, and they'll have to rediscover everything they thought they knew about computing.Linux is a full (and perhaps full-time) commitment. ...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Linux: The Joe Sixpack Strategy
- On the surface, it would appear that a slowing economy might pave the way for increased Linux and Open Source software adoption by the unwashed masses, those who may want newer software than what their current XP system provides but don't want to pay the high...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., PC, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon: Prima Official eGuide (exe)
- The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon: Prima Official eGuide. Covers: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, WII and X-Box 360. Features: Detailed labeled maps of every environment. Location of every hidden Blue Spirit Gem revealed. Cheat codes unveiled. Locate every piece of armor for Spyro and Cynder. Tips...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Playstation, Prima Games, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-10-30
- HP Mini 1000 netbook gets reviewed early and often
- HP's first netbook, the 2133 Mini-note, was a favorite of reviewers because of its attractive aluminum design and great keyboard. So it's no surprise the follow-on, the Mini 1000, which HP announced earlier today, received extensive reviews coverage. As expected, the Mini 1000 line ends HP's brief...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mini 1000, Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Engineering, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- Online Office: Microsoft keeps promising while Google delivers
- Online Office: Microsoft keeps promising while Google deliversExcept...1) Google Docs is rubbish.2) Google. Home of the permanent Beta.Have you ever tried Google's PowerPoint wannabe?Anyone who has wouldn't define it as "delivered". FAR FROM THAT. The thing is a joke. I cannot even apply some effect to these Google slides....
- Tags: Google Inc., Online Office, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- Transcript: PDC08 Keynote – Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson
- Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet; Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething — and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...
- Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Google readying SearchWiki?
- Google outsources most of their translation needs to volunteers with their Google In Your Language tool. Some of the phrases Google is asking to be translated are pointing towards a feature Google alluded to back in August. "Here's an example of an experiment that lets you...
- Tags: Google Inc., Search Result, Search, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-10-26
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In this video we hear from Sudip Chahal, Principal Engineer with the Intel IT Enterprise Architecture Group, talking about a new white paper from IT@Intel, "Evaluating Two- and Four-Socket Server Virtualization Platforms."
