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Google adds two new features to Gmail for Google Apps

Only a couple days after "the outage", Google has responded with a couple new Gmail features that I'm sure some users will be happy about. Before we get to the new features, I should mention that Google has apologized for the inconvenience caused by a problem with the "contacts...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Google Gmail, Gmail Feature, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-08-13

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Harden Facebook? Sure, but where to start?

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Paul F. Roberts You may have heard the news that everybody's favorite social network, Facebook, won a big legal settlement on Monday against spammers who were using the 100 million strong network to distribute what the...

Tags: Facebook, Application, Network, Attack, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Facebook Connect goes live; Tell your favorite Web site

The curtain has been officially raised on Facebook Connect, a feature that links partner Web sites with the profiles of Facebook members.Techmeme Everyday, Facebook looks more and more like a platform instead of just another social networking site. Now, using Facebook Connect, members can share information about...

Tags: Web, Facebook, Web Site, Curtain, Web Site Development, Social Networking, Web Technology, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-04

WebAlive: A Virtual World that Means Business

The campus with its tapered lawns, water fountains, and post-modern styled buildings, were typical of any professional campus. Only this wasn't just any campus. It was Nortel's virtual online campus in WebAlive, its new virtual world service. I was just given...

Tags: Virtual World, Nortel Networks Corp., WebAlive, Altadyn, LDAP Integration, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Where is Google's SMS feature?

About three weeks ago, Google pulled the plug on a brand new Gmail feature due to a bug. The SMS feature was initially launched with much buzz -- it was designed to allow you to send and receive responses to text messages. After pulling the feature,...

Tags: Google Inc., Google SMS, SMS, Feature, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, E-mail Providers, Telephony, Cloud Computing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Internet, Networking, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-12-04

The emerging case for open business methods

The Internet has been the genesis of countless useful business innovations over the last several decades. These include a globally unified e-mail network, the advent of search engines, the rise of rich user experiences and SaaS, and most recently cloud computing to name but a few. But perhaps...

Tags: Network, Industry, Business, Business Strategy, Business Method, Reasons Organization, Dave Bort, Internet, Strategy, Open Source, Management, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Microsoft to tweak 'compatibility view' with next IE 8 test build

Microsoft is planning to make further tweaks to the "compatibility view" feature in Internet Explorer IE 8 when it releases the next public test build in early 2009. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Web, Opera Software, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Site, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Schwartz: Three reasons you need JavaFX

In the run-up to today's launch of JavaFX, ZDNet sat down with Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz to get his thoughts on JavaFX, Flash, and the future of Java. [ Read: Sun launches JavaFX 1.0, and JavaFX Q&A ] [Ed] Q. Why did Sun create...

Tags: Developer, Java Platform, Sun Microsystems Inc., JCP, Audience, JavaFX, Ed, Jonathan, Microsoft Obviously, Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure program

Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure programI Think Obviously Not Windows-OnlyWell, I hope it was a case of the surveyors or researchers appropriately delimiting their sample. As to the ZDNet headline writers, perhaps, here, we meet our Dr. Pavlov.I was facilitating a skype roll-out at the office...

Tags: Operating systems, PC, insecure program, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Windows PC

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Should hospitals feature a rectory?

Should hospitals feature a rectory?I've never understood......the logic behind forcing residents to work such hours. Do they really think people who are sleep-deprived can make life-or-death decisions reliably? By all means, let's see more lawsuits.Saying it's a way for the hospitals to save money at least makes some sense (in...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, hospital

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Amazon iPhone app released

Amazon.com today released Amazon Mobile iTunes a free application for iPhone via the App Store. The world's largest e-commerce Web site was previously available as a Web application (m.amazon.com) but it lacked the sophistication of Amazon Mobile. The new iPhone app features the ability to search, compare...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Amazon.com Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Amazon launches iPhone app

Amazon on Wednesday said it launched an application on Apple's App Store to target the iPhone and iPod touch. The news comes as Apple's App Store is generating a good amount of buzz this holiday season Techmeme. Amazon said in a statement that it...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Amazon.com Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case study

Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case study1.48 Million?!Does the study actually list where this kind of money was saved? Because I honestly do not see it. There would have to be a HUGE difference in IT cost to account for that.RE: Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case studySounds...

Tags: ROI/TCO, Microsoft Corp., TCO, open source

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Should hospitals feature a rectory?

The committee estimates that spending $1.7 billion each year (less than .5% of the current Medicare budget) would save thousands of lives now lost to mistakes. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Hospital, Resident, Hand-offs, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Craving for that next cell phone hit

Craving for that next cell phone hitCraving for that next cell phone hitInteresting point about having to get all the numbers and re-enter them. With a GSM phone I believe you just take the SIM card out and pop it into another phone and keep all your contacts and...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, cell phone, phone

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Dimdim offers synchronized co-browsing in web conferencing upgrade

Dimdim has released an upgrade of its open source web conferencing software that features synchronized co-browsing, enhanced performance and greater scalability. The Boston-based company said the 4.5 version of its namesake software allows users to plug-in URLs and share web-based data and videos with other browser users...

Tags: Software, Web, Web Browser, Dimdim, Web Conferencing, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Web Browsers, Open Source, Internet, Marketing, Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware

Despite what blogs and Apple say, Macs will eventually have malwareWrong assumptions based on the negative Windows experiencesWindows has a lousy record for security, Microsoft should be ashamed and people in general should use something better. Thousands of different types of malware for Windows and virus-cleaning costs which are skyrocketing...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, blog, Apple Macintosh, malware, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Fort Knox, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

Avira AntiVir Personal 8

Avira's AntiVir Personal 8 comes highly rated by independent third-party antivirus experts, so we were eager to compare it with other antivirus products. While we can't complain about its high level of protection, there were several nitpicks about the application itself that set us back. For one thing, you pay...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, AntiVir, AntiVir Personal 8

Product reviews 2008-12-02

A 1968 computer demo that changed people's lives

Can a computer demo change people's lives? I've seen plenty in my time but none that moved me in any significant way. Yet 40 years ago, Doug Engelbart gave a demo that did change people's lives and changed the entire course of computer systems development. On Monday...

Tags: Mr., Collective Intelligence, Computer, Demo, Productivity, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Acoustic Research HDP100 HDMI Powerlink System

If you've paid to have your HDTV installed in any kind of permanent way, you know that the cost of installation can often overtake the cost of the television itself. Part of that installation cost involves wiring: running cables from your gear up to the TV, generally through walls. In...

Tags: TVs, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Acoustic Research HDP100, HDMI, HDMI-cable, cable, transmitter, back-panel

Product reviews 2008-12-02