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Google's heavy hand

Alex Bosworth has an excellent post on the heavy hand of Google on the Web. The gist of the piece: search engine optimization SEO is evil--but don't blame the optimizers, blame the ecosystem that Google has created. Several years ago, Dan Geer argued the costs of...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Google Inc., Search Engine, Alex Bosworth, Bosworth, Search, Marketing Research, Marketing, Phil Windley

Blog posts 2007-10-29

Bosworth: Intelligent reaction, not intelligent design

Bosworth: Intelligent reaction, not intelligent designSounds like evolutionMaybe hyper-speed evolution! Things that work get better. Things that don't work die off. The way everything works in nature! Except for airline bankruptcies . . .Think about how evolution worksTrys millions of possible ideas out, almost all of which fail. You can't...

Tags: Intelligent Reaction, Bosworth, Intelligent Design

Discussion threads 2005-09-14

Additional Resources

Old English Dictionary 1.0 (Mobile)

Old English Dictionary is a dictionary with the text from the 1921 edition of Bosworth and Toller, which is in the public domain. There are over 54,000 entries. Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store, where you must continue the download process. You must...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-12-09

Microsoft increases Be Well prize fund by 50%

Microsoft has bumped the Be Well fund meant to jump-start HealthVault applications by 50%, to $4.5 million. It also named its judging panel. Most are names well-known only in the computing or medical industries, like Google-ex Adam Bosworth, longevity guru Mark Liponis, and medical dean Valerie Montgomery...

Tags: Panel, Microsoft Corp., Newt, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Press Day: Google Heath is now public

Today Google hosted their "factory tour" which was basically a chance for them to give the press a good idea of what they have been working on. It was heavy on the explanation of how Google's search results are becoming smarter, and more able to predict what a person...

Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-05-19

Kate Bosworth Sexy Screensaver 1.1 (Windows)

High quality Kate Bosworth Screensaver featuring over 25 high resolution pictures and wallpapers of her in tight outfits, skimpy bikinis and lingerie. Screensaver includes 40 configurable transition effects, and totally customizable timing, shuffling, and image resizing settings. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Sexy Free ScreenSavers, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-03-17

Google Health set to launch today

Google Health has been talked about for a long time -- the project was started by former Google employee, Adam Bosworth, but has been taken over by Marissa Mayer since his departure. The service has been long awaited, and heavily speculated about, but according to the AP, Google is...

Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Service, Google Health, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-02-21

Yang%3A+No+decisions+made+on+Microsoft+bid%3B+Tells+troops+to+stay+focused

Yang%3A+No+decisions+made+on+Microsoft+bid%3B+Tells+troops+to+stay+focusedPretty smart move. No matter how much he might hate MS, he knows that hehas to do what is right for shareholders, though that may not be best for employees. Well, really, the employees do not have to worry, they can move over to Google and other companies if/when that...

Tags: Workforce management, Financial accounting, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Yang, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Marissa Mayer promises Google Health soon

During the Web 2.0 summit, Marissa Mayer told the audience to expect Google Health early in 2008. Marissa has taken over the project started by Adam Bosworth -- an ex-Googler he recently joined Facebook who has spent much time talking to people about how Google will play a part...

Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Marissa, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Google mojo comes from open source management

Google is hot right now. Microsoft circa 1992 hot. Jim Cramer right recently  began pounding the table for Google stock at $600, and expects it to hit $1,000. It's already up to $625. Even at that price its market cap of $195 billion is...

Tags: Google Inc., Google News, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Blogger, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-11

Today's Debate: Is HIPAA killing medical automation?

The last time I mentioned HIPAA here, we had a nice little debate.I asked whether HIPAA should be scrapped. Most of you believed that it should be amended instead.Fair enough. But with the first HIPAA audits now going down starting at the hospital where my kids were born the level...

Tags: Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Dana Blankenhorn, HIPAA

Blog posts 2007-09-13

Screenshots of Google Health

Google Health has been rumored since March 19, 2006 when I noticed Adam Bosworth's title during the PC Forum conference. Today, Philipp Lenssen was sent some screenshots from a demo being circulated to health professionals and advisors. Some people (especially those who don't leave the house without a...

Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Google Health, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2007-08-14

Google, Microsoft and the glacial healthcare revolution

Google recently took a hit for a blog post by a salesperson who was evangelizing healthcare clients that the spending marketing funds Google ads could counter the negative publicity from Sicko. But Google's real interest in healthcare is more about its search and hosting businesses, as reported by Steve Lohr...

Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-08-14

Google set to simultaneously create and dominate a new market?

Adam Bosworth, Google's brains behind a Google service called "Google Health" that is still in development, has made several presentations about the healthcare industry and how Google may be working to improve it. The proposed service, though still a mystery, caught the attention of Vince Kuraitis back in June...

Tags: Google Health

Blog posts 2007-07-29

Google Developer Day? Next year Chicago

Google Developer Day is but hours away, but Google Engineering love is already in full promotional swing.Google touts the event as a worldwide engineering fest, but the world's software engineers are not all in agreement.SEE: Does Google play fair in Open Source? and Microsoft gains over Google in Holy LandWhile Google...

Tags: Enterprise, Google, Google Software Applications

Blog posts 2007-05-30

Google Universal Search $25,000 query in Jeopardy

Google Universal Search $25,000 query in JeopardyTechnical KnowledgeYour carping on Adam Bosworth's comments about "search as a fuzzy problem", "imprecision", and "educated guesses" displays a lack of technical knowledge about how search engines operate.[i]Every[/i] search engine does these things, unless they're the painfully-simple and blindingly incoherent free-text searches of yore,...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., search engine, knowledge

Discussion threads 2007-05-29

Google Universal Search $25,000 query in Jeopardy

Marissa Mayer's Universal Search assertions have a lot more riding on them now: $25,000!Is Google Universal Search in Jeopardy?"The best answer is still the best answer," Mayer confidently proclaimed upon unleashing Universal Search to the world just two weeks ago. While Mayer always says the right Googley things, she does not always...

Tags: Culture, Google, Google Software Applications, Social Web, Television, TV, User-Generated Content

Blog posts 2007-05-29

Google battles Microsoft for medical domination

Google vs. Microsoft? Some cavalierly portray the battle as merely a cat and mouse game over logoed tee-shirts!While inconsequential “gotcha” games and “litmus” tests are fun, and easy fodder for laughs, Microsoft vs. Google is a world-class competition with universal repercussions.How about the health care industry as a monumental case...

Tags: Google, Microsoft

Blog posts 2007-05-24

Google declares war on $2 trillion health care industry

The Google health care die has been cast, it is a $2 trillion dollar declaration of medical intent.Adam Bosworth, Google Vice preisdent Engineering,  is no longer content with "touch-feely" consumer reach-out campaigns to "learn" what the "health care consumer" wants, he is now doing what Google does best: Telling the world how...

Tags: Google

Blog posts 2007-05-24

How Microsoft beats Google in ad agency battle

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has a fantasy, a world wide advertising domination fantasy: “The long-term fantasy is we walk up to you and you give us, say, $10 million and we'll completely allocate it for you’ across different media and ad types.”Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer aims to have a $6...

Tags: Microsoft, Google, Advertising

Blog posts 2007-05-22