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Cloudy day: Google, Gmail sucking wind or down; Packets lost in key cities

Cloudy day: Google, Gmail sucking wind or down; Packets lost in key citiesRE: Cloudy day: Google, Gmail sucking wind or down; Packets lost in key citiesI can't function like this; I need Google! Thanks for reporting this news, it's nice to know it's not me, I guess.So lets see.....No downtime...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Inc., Cloudy day, Google Gmail, key city

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

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L.A. votes to "Go Google"; pressure shifts to Google and the cloud

Glad I don't live in L.A. Can you imagine the riots that will go on when Google has another one of their outages?yupLoverock, as always, is absolutely right. Unlike Google, Outlook and Exchange never, ever crash.Look, it's very simple. Microsoft is always best. Not matter what the application, Microsoft software...

Tags: E-mail, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Six tips to photographing beautiful sunsets

Sunsets are probably my favorite non-human subjects to photograph. Each one is different, yet beautiful in its own way. The sky is rich with colors and can change the entire landscape around it. But, if you're not careful, sunset and twilight photos can turn out dark, hiding details in the...

Tags: Sun, Sunset, Photograph, Sunsets, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-09-22

News to know: Gmail outage; VMWorld; Skype; Browsers; Steve Jobs; Google Wave

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Partly cloudy: Google's Gmail goes down; outage chronicled on Twitter Christopher Dawson: Oh sure...4 days in...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Canon PowerShot D10

The PowerShot D10 comes across as one of the company's Digital Elphs in a fat suit--albeit a very protective one. Unfortunately, it's a suit you can't take off at the end of the day as you would with one of Canon's waterproof housings. But again, the extra layer keeps it...

Tags: Monitors & displays, PowerShot D10, Canon Inc., Canon PowerShot D10, LCD, Canon PowerShot

Product reviews 2009-07-30

Cloud computing and open source face-off

Cloud computing remains one of the big topics in software this year despite considerable and ongoing concerns over lock-in, lack of control, and security. The siren song of ease-of-development, reduced costs, highly elastic scalability, and next-generation architectures has many in IT and in the Web community carefully weighing the...

Tags: Cloud, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Virtualization, Hardware, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2009-06-14

News to know: Google; Facebook; HP battery recall

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Apple eliminates CanSecWest Pwn2Own flaws Larry Dignan: Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities Sam Diaz: Google outage...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Battery, Twitter, Engineering, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-05-15

Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities

Updated: Here's how Google's outage unfolded on Thursday...  We're getting various reports via that Google services are down or at least sucking some serious wind. The service appears to be back as of noon-ish EDT in New York City. Google cites a "traffic jam" in Asia for...

Tags: Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Outage, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Oracle about to step up its SaaS efforts?

Update: Oracle is reportedly getting more aggressive about software as a service with plans to expand its on-demand lineup.  The Wall Street Journal and Reuters report that Oracle has been briefing analysts about its SaaS strategy. And apparently these plans go beyond simply buying NetSuite, which is...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Journal, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-01

GPL's cloudy future

One of the things about getting older is that you learn to ignore things until you have to do something about them. It's a learned efficiency, I suppose, rationing your increasingly precious time out to the unceasing demands upon it. I finally realized I have to do some serious thinking...

Tags: Software, GPL, Cloud Computing, Free Software Foundation, BSD, Free Software, Affero GPL, AGPL, Open Source, Jeremy Allison

Blog posts 2009-04-07

TomTom XL 330S

Entry-level GPS are a dime a dozen these days, but the TomTom XL 330S stands out for a couple of reasons. It updates the TomTom One XL with a better speaker and sleeker design, while keeping the things we loved about the One XL, including a spacious 4.3-inch touch screen...

Tags: GPS, Keyboards, TomTom, TomTom XL 330S

Product reviews 2009-03-25

SaaS delivers return *before* investment

SaaS delivers return *before* investmentBut is it SAAS that delivers?Sounds like a great win/win -- but the benefit is in the service, and the sales-pipeline expertise, surely, rather than in the SAAS part? What's to stop a non-SAAS vendor from doing exactly the same? LucidEra might argue that they can...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, traditional POC, POC, software-as-a-service, investment

Discussion threads 2008-12-21

News to know: Windows 7, Azure, SAP, Google book scans, RIM

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: A first look at Windows 7's pre-beta PDC release Mary-Jo Foley: Windows 7: What's coming for business users Larry Dignan: Windows 7: Will it...

Tags: Google Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Microsoft Windows 7, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-29

Cloudy views and more aaS

Cloudy views and more aaSSome good points, and one point not statedQuoting with comments:Put another way, Twitter seems to be getting better by the day as more applications are built around it and its growth accelerates. But hang on. This is a service that has no business model and I'm...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., aaS, collaboration, Microsoft SharePoint

Discussion threads 2008-10-28

Cloudy views and more aaS

Microsoft's entry into the so-called cloud computing space sparked off some collateral knock about posts between Tim O'Reilly and Nick Carr with Tim Bray and Stephen O'Grady joining in. At first blush each seems incredibly reasonable. When taken together they become as dense as some of...

Tags: Google Inc., Network Effect, Cloud Computing, Network, Microsoft Corp., Tim Bray, Tim, Stephen, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-28

The Future looks very Cloudy

I've just attended the one day, highly-focused executive 'Cloud Summit' conference. The Cloudâ€"used to describe everything from internet-based computing utilities to Software as a Service â€" was examined and its future impact explored within the highly appropriate venue of the Silicon Valley Computer History Museum. ...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Trend Micro Inc., Information Technology, Cloud, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-10-14

News to know: Google Chrome; CAPTCHA breaking; StatusHQ

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer? Ryan Naraine: Google Chrome, the security...

Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Linux, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Nokia 500 Auto Navigation

First announced at SEMA 2007, the Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system is finally hitting the streets. It's the second portable navigation device we've seen from the Finnish cell phone manufacturer (the first being the Nokia 330 Auto Navigation) and it's a big improvement over the 330. The design is a...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system, power button, Nokia Corp., Nokia 500, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation

Product reviews 2008-07-23

2009 Acura TSX

Photo gallery:2009 Acura TSXBecause of its solid and comfortable everyday driver demeanor, buyers of the new 2009 Acura TSX will probably opt for the five-speed automatic transmission, for ease of driving in traffic and urban settings. And that's unfortunate, because to appreciate Honda's capability to build truly efficient engines that...

Tags: Acura, Acura TSX

Product reviews 2008-07-03

ASUS R700t

While best known for its computer components and motherboards, Asus is branching out to all sorts of consumer electronics, including GPS. The Asus R700t is one of its first portable navigation devices, and we must admit we're pleasantly surprised. The slim device is easy to use and features some great...

Tags: Keyboards, GPS, Media players, display, ASUS R700t, ASUS

Product reviews 2008-06-04