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Add videos of your business to Google Maps: Google's Local Business Center is a great place for businesses to get some free exposure. The few who are actually using this service are getting better exposure through Google Maps and even organic search results. When adding your listing, you have control over things like your address, photos...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Maps, Video, Google Local Business Center, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-04-15

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HP bidding for EDS; Deal would ramp up services: Updated: Hewlett-Packard is in talks to acquire Electronic Data Systems in a move that would reshape the technology services and outsourcing market. In a statement Monday, HP and EDS confirmed the talks, first reported by the Wall Street Journal: HP said: HP today...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Outsourcing, Operational Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Wiretaps up, terrorism prosecutions down: We have been told that our very safety, our "homeland security," is dependent on the federal government having extraordinary powers to snoop, listen and search without the traditional (pronounced "constitutional") checks provided by judicial review. One part of this equation works as advertised – the incursion...; Tags: Terrorism, Terrorism Prosecution, Homeland Security, Government, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-12
AMD rejiggers management; Forms central engineering group: AMD on Monday named a new head of its computing solutions group and created a central engineering unit to improve execution at the chipmaker. Among the moving parts: Randy Allen was promoted to lead the computing solutions group at AMD, which focuses on the...; Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Workstations, Processors, Human Resources, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
McAfee's HackerSafe: When all else fails, rebrand it!: Not to beat a dead horse, that's already been beaten to death time and time again, but... Update 05/12/08: Russ McRee has actually just posted a story about "Why PCI DSS is Doomed". Came across this page on McAfee's site about their "McAfee Secure", "McAfee...; Tags: Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-12

Microsoft Biz Unit Chief Jeff Raikes to head Gates Foundation: For all those wondering what Microsoft Business Division President Jeff Raikes would do once he retires from Microsoft in September, the uncertainty is over. Raikes is going to become the new CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Raikes is replacing another former...; Tags: Jeff Raikes, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-12
The physics of flocking in 3-D: You might think that bird watchers are only amateurs armed with binoculars. But biologists have also been studying flocks of birds for a long time. And now, they're helped by physicists, according to this New Scientist article about how European researchers are capturing flocks in 3-D. With a couple of...; Tags: 3D, Animal, Physicist, Handbook, Analysis, STARFLAG, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Microsoft adding 10,000 new datacenter servers a month: Today's trivia question: How big is Microsoft's back-end services infrastructure? Microsoft officials won't say how many servers total Microsoft has churning in its various datacenters. But Microsoft's corporate vice president of Global Foundation Services Debra Chrapaty is on record saying Microsoft is adding 10,000 new servers a...; Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Novell to Sun: Here's an offer you can't refuse: Last week, I blogged about the possible future of a unified UNIX GPLv3 operating system "mother distro" comprising the merged source code of the Solaris and Linux kernels (and presumably, the source code of other vendors as well) and related GNU stack with associated tools and applications. ...; Tags: Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., SCO Group Inc., GPLv3, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Sprint's inferno: Churn baby churn: Sprint Nextel said Monday that it has lost more than 1 million customers in the last year. Sprint, which has been busy of late with a WiMax joint venture with Clearwire and alleged takeover overtures from Deutsche Telekom, provided a healthy dose of its financial reality with...; Tags: Financial, Sprint Communications, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
AMD announces low-power quad-core chips: Advanced Micro Devices announced the availability of low-power quad-core Opteron processors this morning for servers. The new HE (high-efficiency) processors have a thermal envelope of 55 watts, compared to higher thermal envelopes of 105 watts or 75 watts for other AMD quad-core server processors. ...; Tags: Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Prices, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Google kicks off its Facebook ground war: Updated: Google on Monday outlined its Google Friend Connect, a service that promises to insert social features into any application and any site. Sound familiar? It is. MySpace has its friend connect service and Facebook has its version. Add it up and you have...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Site, Friend Connect, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Major career web sites hit by spammers attack: What is the future of spamming next to managed spamming appliances, like the ones already offered for use on demand? It's targeted spamming going beyond the segmentation of the already harvested emails on per country basis, and including other variables such as city of residence, employment history, education, spoken languages,...; Tags: Job, CAPTCHA, Web, Career, Spammer, Malware, Web Site, Spamming, Tool, Attack, E-mail, Spam, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Big memory cards keep getting cheaper; get the best deals at discount stores and online: The average price of 1GB or larger memory cards decreased 33 percent from 2006 to 2007, according to data released last week from the 2008 PMA U.S. Digital Imaging Survey. The survey indicates that the average price for 1GB and larger cards was $32 in 2007, down from $48 in...; Tags: Card, Memory Card, Janice Chen; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Official: Google's 'Friend Connect' brings social networking to the Long Tail: In case you didn't think Google wanted to be a big player on the Social Web -- Orkut, Google Talk and shared items in Google Reader aside -- the search giant revealed an ambitious new strategy today: 'Friend Connect' is a platform designed to help the 'long tail' of sites...; Tags: Long Tail, Google Inc., Network, Friend Connect, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Powerset's search: Does it deliver?: Powerset has rolled out its semantic search engine and has managed to get a ton of attention. The larger question for me: Does it deliver? And where does Powerset make the most sense? Powerset on Monday introduced its natural language search for Wikipedia content (Techmeme). This effort...; Tags: Google Inc., Enterprise Search, Web, Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Semantic Web, Channel Management, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Is wireless mesh a game-changer?: The biggest untold tech story of this decade has been the overturning of Moore's Law in the telecom sector. Despite technology breakthroughs in optical fiber, in optical switching, and in wireless transmission, you're still paying just as much for just as little bandwidth as you did a...; Tags: Dam, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Powerset shows semantic search solution: Beating the rush of press releases likely to flood inboxes during next week's Semantic Technology Conference, Powerset today announced the public availability of a service that adds a whole new dimension to searching for information from Wikipedia. Whilst much of the functionality unveiled today has been visible...; Tags: Natural Language Processing, Team, Xerox PARC, Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Introducing the User Interface Resource Center: Late last week effectiveUI rolled out the User Interface Resource Center as a place for developers and designers to get information about various RIA technologies. They interviewed people from Adobe, Microsoft, and independent developers on a variety of topics. There's obviously a heavy user interface focus and they dive into...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Rich Internet Application, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Facebook makes its own 'data portability' move, Google to follow?: Not to be outdone by MySpace's "Data Availability" initiative, Facebook announced on Friday its own data portability strategy dubbed "Facebook Connect". Described as "the next iteration of Facebook Platform" the new feature will allow users to "connect" their Facebook identity, friends and privacy to participating sites --...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Social Networking, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-12