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Yahoo Local revamped; vastly improved

Yahoo Local has been refreshed with a bolder look, more useful features and what appears to be better coverage of smaller areas.When I last reviewed Yahoo's search for my Life without Google series the local results were a hang up for me. While San Francisco and New York search was...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo Local, Local Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-08-15

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News to know: Intel's IDF; Google; Microsoft; Yahoo

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. Ryan Naraine: Critical iTunes flaw exposes Mac, Windows to hacker attacks Sam Diaz: Otellini at...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Cloud Computing, Data Centers, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Linux, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-23

News to know: Microsoft; Google; Dell; Robo-pills; Android;

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: A close-up look at the new Office Web Apps Gallery: Office Web Apps Technical Preview ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Smart Phones, Federal Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Are Google's 'Caffeine' search results more like Bing's?

It's hard to imagine big, bad search monopolist Google quaking in its boots over Bing (or even Bing+Yahoo). Yet just a couple of months after Microsoft launched Bing, Google announced it is tweaking its own search infrastructure. Google officials said on August 10 that the company is...

Tags: Google Inc., Search Result, Corporate Communications, Blogging, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Microsoft is switching from defense back to offense

Microsoft is switching from defense back to offenseThis is just a repeat of...Larry's "Edge" article. A huge waste of time and money?[i]I still think Bing was a huge waste of time and money[/i]Why? It has you talking. And Ed, And Christopher. And even Paul Murphy![i]drew praise from tech pundits and...

Tags: Corporate law, Office 2010, Bing, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Battling for the Mother Of All Monopolies...

Despite their motto 'Don't Be Evil', Google appear to be making a pretty good effort at attempting to own your online data and computing world, and all at a low, no up front cost to you. The latest Google product, an operating system, adds to the already formidable...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Internet, Web Browsers, Thin Clients, Hardware, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-08

News to know: Windows 7; Dell; IT salaries; Enterprise 2.0

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. Mary Jo Foley: One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different? Microsoft: Windows 7 Upgrade deal maxes out at 25...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Photograph, Salary, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Tomorrow's World

By now you will probably have digested the initial information about Google Wave, strategically announced on the same day as Microsoft's Bing search engine last week. Two not quite ready for prime time products - one open source, the other arguably a partially walled garden -...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Yahoo Search Monkey, Channel Management, Wiki, Productivity, Marketing, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-05-31

First look: Google Chrome 2.0 - Fast but lacking features

First look: Google Chrome 2.0 - Fast but lacking featuresSo it means that Google gets to user data faster...Faster spyware...WOWntChrome is a nice fast browserI especially like it when managing devices like printers that have Java based management consoles. I have never actually timed it out, but it does seem...

Tags: Web browsers, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Chrome, Google Inc., Google Chrome 2.0, Google Chrome, First Look

Discussion threads 2009-05-22

Google soft-launches public comments

Google soft-launches public commentsGoogle Squared Google Squared is so cool. Waiting to try it out. Looks very much like our vision at Cazoodle.At Cazoodle, our goal is enable ?data-aware? search, by understanding the structure of Web data. Try our current products in apartment rentals, local events, and online shopping.http://www.cazoodle.comRE: Google...

Tags: Wiki, SEARCH, public comment, Google Inc., Google Squared, Cazoodle

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

News to know: Windows 7; RIM; Botnet hijack; Amazon

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: What to expect from Windows 7. Gallery right Mary Jo Foley: So many Microsoft codenames, so little time... The...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Antitrust, AT&T Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Law, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Google wins floating data center patent

Google wins floating data center patentDoes it really make sense?Surely the economical and ecological cost of building and maintaining the ships to house all these would outwiegh the savings?Why collocate the data centres - we have extensive electrical grids to pump power from point of generation to point of use...

Tags: Data centers, Storage, data center, Google Inc., data center patent, patent

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

News to know: RSA, AMD; Yahoo; Windows 8; $200 'Mac'

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. RSA Conference: Tom Foremski: A conversation with Check Point's Gil Schwed Symantec CEO: The future of security [video] RSA chief calls for...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, RSA Security Inc., Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Sharepoint's DisneyWorld Style Strategy

Dennis Howlett thinks the promise of Enterprise 2.0 is years away and feels Dion Hinchcliffe's ROI value accrual model is more evangelizing hand waving than evidence of any substantial uptake. From my perspective I think we're at a point where many of the...

Tags: Strategy, Environment, Microsoft SharePoint, Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett, Business World, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-04-14

News to know: VMware; IE 8; Google; 3D Web

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. Sam Diaz: Facebook responds to redesign concerns; Changes are coming Mary Jo Foley: VMware picks up yet another former...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3D, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., VMware Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Twitter, Smart Phones, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Open Source, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Google Chrome on Mac? Here it is!

Google Chrome on Mac? Here it is!Who exactly would be "waiting patiently"? Now we are seeing the real "herd" in action. Allowing more and more of Google into your home. Yes, come on in Google, have a look around, and feel free to take every bit of information you...

Tags: INTERNET, Desktops, Spyware, adware & malware, Google Only, Apple Macintosh, Google Inc., Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-02-13

What if there were no Google? A lesson in monoculture

What if there were no Google? Now now, stop laughing -- seriously! What if Google and all of its products and services ceased to exist tomorrow? How would you operate? The Next Web's Devid Petherick asks that very question, and it's...

Tags: Google Inc., Monoculture, Next Web, Gchat Protocol, Microsoft Windows, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-03

Google iPhone interface is history

When it was launched, Google made a big deal about the iPhone interface for their iGoogle -- it actually looked really good, and worked just as well. Search Engine Land reports that Google started redirecting people to the old, and ugly, mobile iGoogle page on Thursday, which...

Tags: Google Inc., Mobile, iGoogle, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-01-20

Google rips off the band-aid, bad news all around

Google dropped a whole bunch of "bad news" on us today -- it reminds me of when you have to make that hard decision to either rip out one hair out at a time, or go for the gusto when ripping off a band-aid. Today, Google told...

Tags: Google Inc., Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-01-14

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Live and Let Die - Part 1

We're heading into the forecasting homestretch now. You've seen what I'm thinking 'sup for 2009 with this post, this post, and this post.  Now we move onto the final one or two or three (we'll see how long I can go writing each one before I get tired or sick...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., Vision, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sales, CRM, SDN, BPX, Marketing Functionality, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-10