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Google adds HTTPS-only browsing to Chrome

Google adds HTTPS-only browsing to ChromelolWhat about sites using poor SSL encyption?Does Chrome block Google?I suggested using only secure Web connections on the Apache httpd user mailing list 2008-07-29. The limitations are bandwidth, virtual servers, and expectations. The bandwidth overhead for encrypted connections should have become irrelevant with...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SSL/TLS, Network security, Does Google, Google Inc., Chrome, Apache HTTPD, Apache Software Foundation, HTTPS Only, server

Discussion threads 2009-01-10

Does Google need a standards office pronto?

Does Google need a standards office pronto?More Bureaucracy PRONTO> In other words, Google needs http://standards.google.comDoesn't Google have Kinderplex for that purpose?Of course, Reggio Emilia now writes all standards in Italian...

Tags: Quality, standards office, Does Google

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Does Google really take privacy seriously?

Does Google really take privacy seriously?My recommendation:Until Google can give you additional information that would promote 'confidence' in the Web Mail interface,POP your email to a local email client with SSL.Don't even login into the web Gmail.Gmail Folks, change your passwords and make them 'strong'!Thanks.'No thanks' on the Google Toolbar...maybe...

Tags: SECURITY, YouTube Inc., Google Inc., privacy, DOES GOOGLE

Discussion threads 2007-09-30

Does Google play fair?

Does Google play fair?This is a politricks !A well known pattern used by politicians for many years…"Traffic redirection pattern: when any big problem comesGmail, create a small problem Tip and direct all people attention to new area, let the people forget the real issue"Kind rgrdssaravananRelated researchI did some research on...

Tags: E-mail providers, DOES GOOGLE

Discussion threads 2006-12-30

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Google Gmail keyboard - the Gboard

Google debuts the Gboard, a specialized mini-keyboard loaded with shortcuts for Google's Gmail service. It has an asking price of $19.99. Gmail has long had keyboard shortcuts, though learning them can be difficult. Enter the Gboard, a specialized mini-keyboard for Google's e-mail service. It debuts this Friday at an...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Gboard, Keyboards, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Peripherals, Internet, Google, Gmail, Josh Lowenstein CNET News

News items 2009-12-04

Powered by Google: The Public DNS

So, I'm currently using Google's newest service called "Public DNS". This experimental service was created with the intention of making the internet faster -- and you know what? Unless it's psychological, my internet seems to be a bit zippier. DNS is what makes using domain...

Tags: Google Inc., DNS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-12-03

Anti-SAP? Pfft!!

My Enterprise Advocates colleague Vinnie Mirchandani takes the high ground in a discussion about the forthcoming SAP Influencer Summit conference juxtaposed to the Sapience event. As is often the case, Vinnie addresses the issue square on. Here's a taster: I am presenting mostly on how to manage systems integration,...

Tags: SAP AG, Vinnie Mirchandani, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-12-03

Will Chrome netbooks really be competitive?

Acer, which last quarter overtook Dell to become the world's second-largest PC manufacturer, is known as an aggressive company. So it's little surprise that the company's chairman, J.T. Wang, vowed this week that Acer would be first to release a netbook using Google's Chrome OS sometime in the middle of...

Tags: Google Inc., Acer Inc., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-12-03

Ruby on Rails becomes latest open-source offering to run on Microsoft's Azure cloud

RE: Ruby on Rails becomes latest open-source offering to run on Microsoft's Azure cloudI still don't understand what in Azure is different for the better or worst than Amazon's or Rackspace's or other instant-server-on-demand cloud offerings.Interesting. Let's see if fellow ZDNet bloggers will acknowledge this..The more offerings, the better, as...

Tags: Blogging, Ruby on Rails, Ruby, dev, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Rackspace, Azure, open source, Google Inc., Microsoft Azure

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Comcast keeps promise, launches data usage meter

THERE SHOULD BE NOOOO CAP.PERIOD. If less than 1% are using that much bandwidth... WHO CARES?They are just trying to impose a limit on "UNLIMITED" service. They should be forced to stop calling it "UNLIMITED" if there is a 250GB cap and they should have had this in place...

Tags: Backups, Cable, Comcast Corp., bandwidth user, data usage

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Are open source developers suffering?

Open Source tends to be anti-job.Open Source tends to be anti-job. Unless you fancy yourself as the next big advertiser."And one thing I can say for certain is that, while they all like to eat, most don?t measure their self-worth strictly on the bottom line."You don't need to measure yourself...

Tags: OS developer, open source, software, job

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Microsoft investigating 'black screen of death'

RE: Microsoft investigating 'black screen of death'Here we go...it's Vista all over again.It could...I don't know if this has happened in safe mode, it would be hard to test. But I don't believe there is anythign you can turn off or change to fix it either. From what I've seen,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Win 7, black screen, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

InfoWallet 1.02 (Windows)

InfoWallet provides storage for medical information and other personal information such as passwords and financial accounts with password protection and encryption (AES 128-, 192-, 256-bit; Blowfish 128-, 448-bit; TripleDES 192-bit). The software can be run from a USB flash drive without writing any information to the host computer. Among its...

Tags: Password, Microsoft Windows, InfoWallet, Internet

Software downloads 2009-12-01

HP Pavilion Zd8230us (Pentium 4 3.4GHz, 1GB RAM, 100GB HDD, XP Media Center)

Need something to do on Saturday Night? HP Provides! But not with servicePros: For the price, the features are nearly unmatched. Cons: That's assuming said features actually work consistently. Good luck if they don't.The Bottom Line: Don't buy this laptop. Great if it works, but if it doesn't it's a...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Pentium, hard drive, laptop computer, uBid, monitor, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, Rep

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Don't bother finding Tuvalu on a map. It may be gone soon.

Tuvalu vanishing under water - again?I'd first heard this prediction about Tuvalu nearly 20 years ago ...and I expect to hear it again in 20 years, unless 'global climate change' morphs back into 'global coolings' from the 1970's.It would be funny, if it weren't so sad.So what?What has Tuvalu given...

Tags: Climategate, Tuvalu

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Analyst: The iPhone's next carrier is likely T-Mobile, not Verizon

T-Mobile USA is GSM / T-Mobile needs...Both AT&T and T-Mobile USA are GSM, so no iPhone redesign would be necessary.T-Mobile USA needs iPhone more than Verizon, so Apple could negotiate a more favorable deal with the former.RE: Analyst: The iPhone's next carrier is likely T-Mobile, not VerizonI'm not a patent...

Tags: Smart phones, TMobile, Kinda, T-Mobile, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Is Turkey's search engine a backlash against US Internet firms?

Does the name "Quaero" ring a bell?We had a phrase for this approach in Web 1.0 - "walled gardens". Turns out they die from lack of sun.This seems to apply to nation/region/culture-centric search engines too. Remember the European Quaero project, launched with great fanfare by Chirac...

Tags: SEARCH, Internet, YouTube Inc., search engine, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

R&D bursts onto the Bangalore scene

now we know where the profits wentThey squeezed the American worker as much as they could and now the corporate crooks are giving the final kick.Well, if Windows Vista and the unresolved issues of Win7 are examples,not to mention the call centers, it's all about being cheap. It's...

Tags: R&D, H1B

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Open source is not about Wall Street

only M$ ia about wall street greedand yet it failed to deliver because of its flawed business model.The answer to the Golden Rule"My way or the highway," may work for proprietary, closed code, but with Open Source there is always a FORK in the road.MySQL can easily become OurSQL. Larry...

Tags: Databases, MySQL, open source, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Reinvigorating Microsoft's mobile strategy

MS should give up and go homeNobody wants Windows Mobile. It's declining share and the increasing share of competitors makes it also-ran.Many are not wanting Windows at all as evidenced by its declining market share.There is no reason for Windows on the mobile device given reliability and performance are...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, strategy, Microsoft Corp., phone, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-30