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Is your medicine on the FDA list?

Is your medicine on the FDA list?Tysabri1) "Schlerosis" actually = "Sclerosis"2) The Tysabri/Melanoma story was available to all in February as the media picked it up from the NE Journal of Medicine. Google alerts is a great educational tool. There have been three known "bugs" with...

Tags: Federal government, Google Alerts, FDA, Tysabri

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

Sullivan takes me to the woodshed for a spankin'

In a post (see Yes, Google does alert you to new blog finds) that rips my coverage to shreds and then goes on to question whether my objectivity has been compromised by some personal vendetta against Google, SearchEngineWatch.com blogger Danny Sullivan says that I got it all wrong...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2005-09-23

Shouldn't Google Alerts include blogs?

Shouldn't Google Alerts include blogs?Cry me a riverDo you have nothing better to do than whine about what services a company doesn't offer and never claimed to offer?Why blame google for not constantly indexing billions of blogs, and blame the bloggers for not providing RSS or Atom feeds, which Google...

Tags: Blogging, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Google Inc., blog, Google Alerts

Discussion threads 2005-09-22

Shouldn't Google Alerts include blogs?

In an attempt to stay abreast of all things Windows Vista on the Web for our Vistulations blog, I've established a Google Alert to keep an eye on the Web. Or so I thought. Google's alerts, as it turns out, don't cover blogs. This is a bit confounding...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Blogging, Operating systems, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, blog, blogosphere, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Longhorn, Google Alerts

Blog posts 2005-09-22

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See what Google knows about you, kind of

Google has launched an all-in-one dashboard that attempts to show you what they know about you. It's basically an updated "Google Accounts" page that gives you more information than was available previously. The complete list of Google services that are participating in "Google Dashboard" include: ...

Tags: Google Inc., Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Document rental service brings "deep web" content to the mainstream

DeepDyve, a search engine that specializes in indexing the contents of documents published deep into a Web site, is announcing a Netflix-like service that allows users to "rent" documents such as medical journal articles on a per-use basis. The company says that there's a market of more...

Tags: Web, Article, DeepDyve Advisory Board, Channel Management, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Keyword Ranking Tool 1.0 (Windows)

Having a solid web presence is critical to online success but establishing that presence requires effective SEO efforts. But good search engine optimization requires frequent monitoring. Otherwise, the results of those efforts will be unknown. With the Keyword Ranking Tool, checking up on those efforts is as easy as checking...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine, Microsoft Windows, Tool, SEO Ranking Monitor, Search, Marketing Research, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-27

News to know: Windows 7; IBM; Sony; Apple

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. Ed Bott: Measuring Windows 7 performance Dancho Danchev: Click fraud facilitating Bahama botnet steals ad revenue from Google ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Sony Vaio, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, IBM Corp., Eaton, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Comcast to send infected PC alerts

Will they send infected Mac alerts, too?Just wonderin', you know?I hope they do it rightA good 5-6 years ago, I got e-mail from my ISP saying my computer was infected.I went and checked every computer I had. Went so far as scanning with a security tool that wasn't publicly available....

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Comcast Corp., infected-PC alert, infected-PC, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

A few companies to check out at CTIA

Greetings from San Diego, where I landed last night for a couple of days at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment conference. Before turning in last night, I took some time to sift through some of the pre-show pitches that were sitting in my inbox. If all goes well, I'll...

Tags: Mobile, Analytics, Compliance, CTIA, Textguard, Motally, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Planning, Marketing, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Mindjet takes on Cisco with Catalyst

Mindjet has released a new product called Catalyst that hopes to take the notion of the whiteboard into the digital realm but with a lot more bells and whistles. In doing so they are making a direct play against the like of Cisco's WebEx with aggressive...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Collaboration, Dennis Howlett, Enterprise Software, Groupware, Mindjet, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Exchange on Sprint HTC Hero is good, but nothing beats Windows Mobile

Do you know if the Hero lies about its capabilities like the iPhone?http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/09/24/urnidgns002570F3005978D88525763B005BCFED.DTLApple exposed all business users of the iPhone to a [b]major[/b] risk by [b]lying[/b] about the capabilities of the iPhone. Do you know if Android is more honest when it reports what it does and doesn't support?If you...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Smart phones, Operating systems, Mobile applications, Exchange Client, Sprint Communications, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Apple iPhone, High Tech Computer Corp., Sense UI, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Firefox Flash patch nudge working, but...

Second best alternativeOn Internet Explorer (Vista/7) Flash executes inside the sandbox. Thus a Flash exploit will still be faced with a significant barrier before its able to run code as the logged-in user.Not so on Firefox. There is no sandbox and Flash executes as the logged-in user. Any Flash...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, plug-in, Firefox Flash

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Review: How the iPhone 3GS stacks up as a corporate device

Iphone is Insecure!While the article does a good job identifying the superficial pros and cons of the iPhone, it completely ignores the fact that information on the device is totally insecure. See, e.g., Bypassing Passcode and Backup Encryption: and do a quick Google search for iPhone Security for scads more...

Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Part-of IT, Apple iPhone, keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Quake Warn 1.2 (Mobile)

Quake Warn application tracks all earthquakes with all magnitude and distances from the user location, and alerts the user of any earthquake, with a magnitude less than 3.5 in the region which the user can set. Quake warning features include list of earthquakes with Google map locations, complete with magnitude...

Tags: Mobile, Magnitude, Venkatramanan Krishnamani, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-01

Leaked upcoming BlackBerry OS screenshots reveal new features

News is spreading quickly within the underground BlackBerry community of a leak within Research in Motion, the company that makes the phone, of the latest BlackBerry operating system. Designed for the Curve, the new OS which has been rumored for some time could easily be the upcoming release for other...

Tags: Operating System, Media, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-15

Paglo SaaS offering provides means to harness untamed collection of log and IT resources data

Paglo, the IT management software-as-a-service SaaS company, recently announced a new low-cost service that allows companies to tackle the Herculean task of trying to winnow out a rapidly growing mountain of log data. With log data piling up in terabyte leaps and increasing regulatory pressure to maintain...

Tags: Security, Software-as-a-service, Performance, Information Technology, Service, Paglo Logs, Log Management Service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Performance Management, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-07-09

EyeWonder malware incident affects popular web sites

During the last couple of hours, visitors of popular and high trafficked web sites such as CNN, BBC, Washington Post, Gamespot, WorldOfWarcraft, Mashable, Chow.com, ITpro.co.uk, AndroidCommunity; Engadget and Chip.de, started reporting that parts of the web sites are unreachable due to malware warnings appearing through the EyeWonder interactive digital advertising...

Tags: Web, EyeWonder, Malware, Web Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-07-03

The Harsh Reality of Suburban Broadband, Part Deux

Goddamit! Why have I been offline for so long? As I explained in a previous article last summer about my broadband situation, my employer, like many large technology services companies, has elected to classify my work situation as "Home-Based", in that...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Broadband, Mike, Cable Guy, Modems, Cable, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Networking, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-26

MySpace Toolbar 1.0.67 (Mac)

Stay connected to MySpace and never type your email and password again! Add the MySpace Toolbar to your browser to share cool websites with your friends and get up-to-the-minute alerts for your comments, messages, and friend requests. You can also easily update your Mood and Status and receive friend activity...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, MySpace

Software downloads 2009-06-23