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Gmail outage: Not enough reason to avoid the cloud

Gmail outage: Not enough reason to avoid the cloudAnd, Google has an army working 24x7 to keep it all working. When there isan outage, it is GOOGLE'S problem, NOT yours, and it gets fixed faster. Gmail is more reliable than any other email I have used - especially those supplied...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, e-mail, Google Gmail, Google Inc., outage

Discussion threads 2008-10-17

Gmail outage the latest cloud stumble; Where's the offline synching?

Gmail outage the latest cloud stumble; Where's the offline synching?Can't trust it yetWhile seeing the tech world lose their mind via Twitter due to the gmail outage, I agree that it shows the need to not rely on a single source for anything deemed "critial", whether it's cloud, hardware, software,...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Manufacturing, Google Gmail, outage, offline synching, Gmail outage, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

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CES 2009: Liveblogging Palm's press conference [day 3]

Scroll down for newest info -- wireless is spotty! PALM IS ALIVE AND WELL Here's the whole press conference, from start to finish: 1:36PM EST: I'm sitting in the second row of Palm's very crowded press conference in a large ballroom...

Tags: Card, Facebook, Phone, Palm Inc., Ed Colligan, Sheryl Sandberg, Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-08

Salesforce Outage - Klaatu Barada Nikto

As I'm sure half the known and 2/3 of the yet to be discovered universe is aware now, salesforce.com had an outage on January 6.  It was due to a memory allocation failure in the main servers and it whacked the failover to back up servers too.  ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Outage, Sales Force Management, Manufacturing, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-01-08

An interpretation of the cloud

An interpretation of the clouda questioncloud computing does not address the small machine computing side of the equation, it adresses the big machine side. Loud does not pretend to replace clients, but storage and application servers.So what is your point there ?The cloud is not for everyoneIf you are a...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, big machine

Discussion threads 2009-01-07

News to know: Macworld, CES preview, Windows 7

Macworld Coverage: Photos: Jobs fill-in touts media, MacBook updates Jason D. O'Grady: Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009 Sam Diaz: Apple's final Macworld: Schiller delivers but announcements disappoint Apple expands DRM-free music selection [video] Apple reveals...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Digital-rights Management, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Macworld, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Digital Media, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Gmail Notifr 0.3.1 (Mac)

Gmail Notifr is a free and Open source RubyCocoa Gmail notifier for Mac OS X. Check your gmail inbox at an interval and make your life more productive. Both normal gmail account and google hosted domain account are supported. Features: Support multiple accounts! (new!) Support Google hosted account. Check mail...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Apple Macintosh, Gmail Notifr, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Apple Mac OS, Open Source, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-01-07

How to: Add Gmail label/subfolder access to your Nokia Email accounts

Now that I have Nokia Email back up and running on my Nokia N85 I was looking at some of the new features, including subfolder support. I use Gmail as my primary email accounts and was disappointed to see I apparently could not use IMAP subfolders with my Gmail labels....

Tags: Google Gmail, Nokia Corp., Subfolder, E-mail, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Online Communications, Internet, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-01-06

SiteLauncher 0.9.3 (Windows)

SiteLauncher is an add-on for Firefox that gives you a super-quick way to to open your favorite Web sites using only your keyboard. One special hotkey brings up the Launcher shown right, followed by a unique key to launch a site. SiteLauncher is especially useful as a super-fast method for...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Hotkey, Web Site, DoneSmart, SiteLauncher, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet

Software downloads 2009-01-06

Outsourcing email, opening communications

Outsourcing email, opening communicationsRe: ChristmasActually, Christmas isn't quite over, yet.For email on cell phone there is Funambol, tooAs per the subject, you can get your email pushed to your phones and in sync with your desktop using Funambol. Take a look at http://my.funambol.com. It works on most phones out there...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, e-mail search, e-mail, Google Gmail, outsourcing

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

Outsourcing email, opening communications

OK, Christmas is over so put down the mince pie, fatty. It's time to get down to business, and this time I'm throwing myself in at the deep-end, in the salt-water connected to battery mains, swamped with sharks with lasers on their heads. At university, email can...

Tags: MSN Hotmail, Google Gmail, Mobile, Outsourcing, University Email, Google Gmail Gmail, Gmail Service, E-mail, E-mail Providers, Online Communications, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-01-05

2009: The year in preview

2009: The year in previewApple should acquire Yahoo!I think Apple should acquire Yahoo!This would essentially create three strong companies (Google/Apple/Microsoft) with similar technology, service & talent ecosystems. Excellent for competition!It would benefit Apple because:- they would gain excellent web assets (Flickr, Yahoo Mail/News/Finance/Music/Video, ...), to integrate with their current Mac/iPhone...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Item 5, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

Gladinet Cloud Desktop 0.8.60 (Windows)

Gladinet Cloud Desktop GCD supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. This is the 32-bit package. GCD provides two versions in one package, the stand-alone version and standard version. The stand-alone version works on one PC. It mounts web storages as local folders. Users can access their web files in Windows...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, On-demand, Web Application, Gladinet, Gladinet Cloud Desktop, Cloud Computing, Managed Hosting, Channel Management, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-01-05

Windows Backup Software-to GMail 8.12.12 (Windows)

Windows Backup Software-to GMail is an easy, secure, and reliable way to automatically synchronize and back up your important files. Windows Backup Software-to GMail will back up and compress your directories into standard ZIP archives, and send them to your GMail. If you ever lose your work just go to...

Tags: Google Gmail, Software Download, Windows Backup Software-to GMail, Microsoft Windows, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Internet

Software downloads 2009-01-03

Android on netbooks is BIG money for Google

Android on netbooks is BIG money for GoogleDon't worry Steve...By the time you do understand it, it will be too late. Come to think of it, it's too late now.So how is that good for the user?The model presumes that, on a netbook, you are locked into an app...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Google Inc., app store

Discussion threads 2009-01-02

Top US Web sites accessed over mobile phones in October 2008

Rank Brand Audience, 000 1 Yahoo! Mail 15,249 2 Google Search 10,520 3 Gmail 9,511 4 Weather Channel 8,706 5 ESPN 7,610 6 MSN Hotmail 7,428 7 Google Maps 6,849 8 AOL Email 5,978...

Tags: Web, Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Web Site, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Web Site Development, Internet, Online Communications, NB

Blog posts 2009-01-02

Mjrz.net Personal Finance Manager 2.0.1 (Windows)

Mjrz.net is a free, open source Personal finance software application. It is designed for home and small business users with simple interface and fast user interaction. It is safe and secure with password based encryption for storing all financial data. Mjrz.net Personal Finance Manager is released under Apache Open source...

Tags: Bank, Password, Credit Card, Microsoft Windows, Small Business, Mjrz.net, Mjrz.net Personal Finance Manager, Financial Services, Sales Channel, Open Source, Sales

Software downloads 2009-01-01

Zune problems? All should be fine by Midnight

Zune problems? All should be fine by MidnightSo, by letting your kids and yourself... have an ear-splitting volume of music free day (and hopefully prolonging your hearing, which does NOT recover), Microsoft should be sued?Better I think to thank them for their ineptitude which lead, hopefully, to a day of...

Tags: Y2K, Microsoft Zune, Zune problem, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-31

Top US domains by traffic in October 2008

Rank Website Market Share 1. www.google.com 6.17% 2. mail.yahoo.com 4.7% 3. www.myspace.com 3.91% 4. www.yahoo.com 3.78% 5. mail.live.com 1.94% 6. www.ebay.com 1.56% 7. search.yahoo.com 1.49% 8. www.facebook.com 1.24% 9. www.msn.com 1.17% ...

Tags: Hitwise, Domain, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-12-31

Underwater Cloud Break

In my previous post I discussed how historically railways were the supply chain backbone of the US economy as was the case with many other nations 120 years ago. Globally the internet is remarkably similar today: although we tend to think of it...

Tags: UK Guardian Newspaper, Internet, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-12-30