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Googlers stump in N.H. for Paul

Googlers stump in N.H. for Paulwondering if google hires him backIf you have to put bread on the table you won't leave google for a political campaign with slim chances.So far I know that Paul is the only republican against the war, but I'm wondering what's his position on offshoring,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Paul, Googlers

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

Microsoft beware: Google to grab Seattle engineers

"Seattle is just very rich in engineering talent," Google lustfully acknowledges."We're running out of space in our other offices there, and we're continuing to grow," a spokesperson said. Solution? Expand in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, to make room for up to 240 more Googlers, "Seattle" Software Engineers, in particular.Google now has...

Tags: Microsoft, Google Software Applications, Google, Enterprise

Blog posts 2007-05-21

Google: Do you want to work there?

Google “perks” include stimulating coding quizzes in their high-tech washroom facilities (see “Google code testing is in the toilet”). Google is famously known for its “free lunch” perks, however (see “Google vs. Microsoft in Seattle”). Google’s lavish perks, along with a “college-like” atmosphere, helped win the company number one...

Tags: Google Inc., Googlers

Blog posts 2007-01-08

Googlers want to slim down OpenOffice

Googlers want to slim down OpenOfficeOO.o was supposed to be all JavaThat was Sun's grand plan. Now with version 2, that future vision is still, well in the future! WOuld an all-java OO.o be slow? Maybe, but it would be modular! WHich is what Google would LOVE to see. Can...

Tags: AJAX, Hewlett-Packard Co., OpenOffice.org, Googlers, OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2005-10-31

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Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer?

Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer?Splintering of non IE usersI suspect that this in fact will cause an immediate splintering of non IE users (causal users and ones that are anti-MS). Furthermore there is only so many OSS developers and now a bunch of them are basically replicating the Mozilla...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Google Chrome, Google Inc., IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari, IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2008-09-01

Google gains share again, should Microsoft give up?

Google gains share again, should Microsoft give up?Google and Search are ONE.Yin/yang, Google is search, search is Google, they are one, inseperable and harmonious. To tear them apart would rip the fabric of the universe.Google won when it became a verbSeriously, I'm surprised Google only has 62%. Like the...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

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

Ex-Googlers launch Cuil, but maybe too early?

Ex-Googlers launch Cuil, but maybe too early?Cuil vs. GoogleAccording to some of the most public and powerful media sources, that inevitably pump 'edited facts' into the minds of the general public, portray Cuil as being a dismil attempt to tackle google. "Google has become so synonymous with Internet search that...

Tags: SEARCH, Cuil.com, Ex-Googlers launch Cuil

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Ex-Googlers launch Cuil, but maybe too early?

One thing I read about too often is the next "Google Killer". When will people realize that this is almost an impossible thing to live up to -- trying is almost always a death wish and a huge waste of money. The last "Google Killer" I even remember...

Tags: Google Inc., Wikia Inc., Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Ready for real Indian medicine?

Ready for real Indian medicine?Reply from C.A. ChienDear Mr. Blankenhorn:Thanks for your note. To clarify: (1) I wanted to document my inventive system-design and inter-connection work on [i]Medical Onshoring[/i]; thus, the USPTO filing; (2) as to the "how," head to --http://tinyurl.com/6c4tj4" .. Covering the professional world (e.g., health care, computing),...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Medical Onshoring, health care

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Apple's open source sweet spot is the iPhone

When Matt mentioned last week that Googlers are spending their extra time noodling around with their Macs, I ignored it. Despite all the hype and the neat commercials, Macintosh market share remains anemic. The server market is virtually closed. It's an elite machine. But...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-09

GWT fireside chat

I'm still wading through all the notes I took at the Google I/O 2008 conference last week. If you want to see pictures, check out my flickr photoset (183 photos). While I was there, I went to two sessions called "fireside chats". Although there was no fire...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Web Toolkit, Google Web Toolkit 1.5, JS, Q., Q. Google Web Toolkit 1.5, Q. Model, Programming Languages, RPC, Development Tools, Java, Scripting Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Networking, Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Time for LiMo and Android to stop talking

Ed Burnette has a great piece out today in Dev Connection about Google's choice of Apache as the main license for its Android phone. Some pieces will use Eclipse, some GPL V.2, and there will likely be some proprietary bits as well, he writes. That's nice. ...

Tags: Phone, LiMo Foundation, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-02

Facebook is the new Google as exodus of top xooglers continues

The latest high-level executive to leave Google for Facebook is Elliott Schrage, who headed the corporate communications team. When the top person responsible for Google's messaging across all products and for its international policy leaves this points to a serious change within the company. Facebook has been...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Public Relations, Business Ethics, Recruitment & Selection, Team Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-05-07

Let's try this again - how about an XPhone?

Conceptual XPHONE 3G Design by Brandon Perlow After positing the notion that consummating a Microsoft and Yahoo! merger might result in the combination of the media player aspects of Zune and the online services of...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-16

52+5 reasons to go to Google I/O

On May 28th and 29th, Googlers from all over the world will converge on Moscone West for Google I/O, the company's largest ever developers conference. At last count, Google is sending 52 employees to speak at the San Francisco event, plus 5 more experts from outside the company. I'll be...

Tags: Google Inc., I/O, Python Community, Steve, Programming Languages, Performance Management, Scripting Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-04-09

The Google backlash at HIMSS

The gang at Modern Healthcare Online detected a notable backlash against Google during this week's HIMSS show. There was a "Little Red Hen" feeling about the complaints, an impression that hospitals have spent 40 years preparing this automation bill of fare but now the Googlers were going...

Tags: Cerner Corp., Google Inc., Siemens AG, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., McKesson, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-29

Yahoo! heroes instead of zeroes in stand against MSFT but not against Chinese repression

Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's offer smacks of a face saving attempt by its management and board to look heroic following its despicable behaviour in China. MSFT is very likely going to prevail with its acquisition since it seems to have the support of Yahoo's largest shareholders. Yahoo's...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., MSFT, Shi, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-02-17

Microsoft-Yahoo: Google ethics and the "monopoly pissing match"

As excitement heats up around Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo, Google feels threatened and has jumped into the fray, as reported by Dan Farber, ZDNet's editor in chief. Rightfully concerned about the impact the merger may have on its own core search business, Google is trying every trick in the...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Ethics, Wikipedia, Mergers & Acquisitions, Search, Regulations, Investment, Finance, Government, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-02-04

Ballmer's swan song

Take 1 flailing Internet company, add a 2nd flailing Internet company, and what do you get? A bigger flailing Internet company. Accentuate the positive The proposal isn't all bad. : It is an OK deal for Yahoo shareholders. Yahoo was trading above $30...

Tags: Google Inc., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet Company, Jerry, Certainty, Internet, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-02-01