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Search the web visually with Viewzi

If you use the web a lot, you probably use Google a lot. It's a habit for you to plug in keywords and you can easily browse the search results page to find what you are looking for. But isn't that sort of... robotic? Dallas-based Viewzi is...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, View, Viewzi, Search Freak, Gallucci, iPhone Development, Corporate Communications, Channel Management, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-04

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Sergey Brin: Google Android, Chrome OS likely to converge

The concept makes a lot of senseIf you want access to your data everywhere and on every device, having a single platform may be the only way to go. Seamless ubiquity is the dream I guess, if you, the user, does not lose control. How they will be able to...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Smart phones, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, Google Android, Sergey Brin

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Psystar: Cocaine, car crashes and a chance to beat Apple

Monopoly Much?How has apple been able to get away with this? Microsoft gets sued for sending their browser with their operating system while not blocking anyone else's browsers on their systems. Apple does not allow anyone else to use their operating system on other hardware, not sure how...

Tags: Operating systems, car, Apple Inc., operating system, hackintosh, Psystar

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Cloud storage vs. flash storage: Security vs. simplicity

disagree on a pointi do like the ease of use that the cloud gives me, also the ability to access it anywhere ie Gmail, but personally I'd rather have a flashdrive (besides Gmail, I avoid the cloud like the plague, but maybe I'm just a security/privacy freak =p)[i]"Flash drives also...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Flash memory, storage, security, USB flash drive, Web site, Google Inc., malware

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Firefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorilla

Firefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorillaFirefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorillaFinally! It has been released. Now to download and install it. I'll be the first one at work with FF 3.5.Thank god I do not have the same attitudeRegarding your comment "I see no need...

Tags: Adrian, browser gorilla, Firefox 3.5, mid-sized browser gorilla, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Software ASA, Web browser, Well-Positioned

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

OK. We get it. Microsoft wants a search deal with Yahoo.

OK. We get it. Microsoft wants a search deal with Yahoo.Come on, the Microsoft search thing is a big deal, and there are ongoingdiscussions. He is right to report about this. But, Bartz will want to keep this private and out of the media and minimize the distraction. Actually, Bartz...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Yahoo! Inc., Bartz, Microsoft Corp., media

Discussion threads 2009-03-09

Gmail outage not a cloud deal-breaker

Gmail outage not a cloud deal-breakeryour right I personally was not affected but the few people I knew that were did't look at it as a bad thing they took the time to get cought up and get prepared for the bombardment they would get laterRE: Gmail outage not a...

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

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

News to know: Windows 7; Facebook and OpenID; Patch Tuesday preview

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: MS Tuesday heads-up: Critical IE, Exchange flaws Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 chiefs: We messed up ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Quality, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Business Operations

Blog posts 2009-02-06

Really, you're going to buy it for me?

While my oldest son wasn't a fan of the netbook form factor, my 15-year old has been using it all week to write final papers, put together a presentation, and take notes for his finals. He, like me, has small hands and is far more inclined to work sitting...

Tags: Netbook, Computer, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Productivity, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Apple's future: It's in the Touch

Apple's future: It's in the TouchIt's scary catchup timeBill Gates remarks on the Next 10 years of Digital Media NVTC speech http://tinyurl.com/97zbns Videohttp://www.nvtc.org/events/031308/TranscriptRemarksByBillGates.pdf Transcript"On that tablet we can touch the screen. We have a pen. We can write. We can have the handwriting be recognized and so...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, VOIP, Cellular phones, Apple iPod Touch, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, whiteboard, software

Discussion threads 2009-01-13

Google's great Christmas mystery

Google's great Christmas mysteryRE: Google's great Christmas mysteryCold fusion? One of them looks vaguely like Einstein.Doll Factory?Looks like grand-pa here is working his magic to produce gifts for the kid. I wonder if grand-pa is Google. LOL!RE: Google's great Christmas mysteryby looking at gears, it seems that Google is...

Tags: Geppetto, Google Inc., Christmas, private information

Discussion threads 2008-12-25

How do you get rid of tech junk?

How do you get rid of tech junk?Hehehe:-)dibs on your next future systemyeah!Donate itThere a number of websites if you do a quick Google search on where you can donate your old PC's to various charities and schools. You can also take it to a local Goodwill or Salvation...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, auction

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

Yahoo goes nuclear vs. Microsoft: Inks limited Google ad deal; Microsoft fires back

Update: Yahoo hit that big red button that could nuke any potential merger with Microsoft or at least raise the price: An ad deal with Google. As first reported in The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo has launched plans to carry search advertising from Google. The move is...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Google data watch: Enough with the overanalysis

ComScore's latest search data showing Google queries declined has caused concern and a good bit of overanalysis. But everyone needs to take a deep breath when it comes to analyzing every little Google twitch. Now it's clear everyone is trying to call Google's quarter, which will be...

Tags: ComScore Networks Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-20

New iPhone update will confuse and upset many Gmail users

New iPhone update will confuse and upset many Gmail usersWhy not Archive?I recently switched from gmail to dot.mac as an experiment, and what I miss most is the Archive function of GMail. Why wouldn't Google set GMail up to Archive e-mails deleted on an iPhone, rather than delete them?...

Tags: E-mail providers, Google Gmail, e-mail, NEW IPhone, Gmail Users

Discussion threads 2008-01-15

Drowning in an information sea

Drowning in an information seaNASA studyRemember that the main issue NASA had with releasing that study was that its results are meaningless, as the study failed to eliminate double- or triple- or more reporting of incidents. What's most embarrassing is that so much money was spent on a study with...

Tags: Government, Food & Beverage, information sea, meat, dairy, food, bureaucrat, pyramid, grain

Discussion threads 2007-12-06

Microsoft details search changes coming in Vista Service Pack 1

Microsoft details search changes coming in Vista Service Pack 1Can they make it more like Desktop Search 3.x?The Vista Search just doesn't impress me at all. Selecting a hit closes the search window and if you didn't choose correctly based on subject which is often redundant, you get to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Start Menu, Outlook 2007, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Vista Service Pack, Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-12

Court rules against TorrentSpy in hacking case

Court rules against TorrentSpy in hacking caseWell, does it keep the people who's e-mails were soldfrom suing both the seller and the buyer, not just the TorrentSpy company? As far as moral high ground, the MPAA and the RIAA have never really sat up there, always look lower, much...

Tags: Government, SECURITY, privacy, TorrentSpy, GOP, MPAA, RIAA, hacking

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

More on Linux vs Windows

More on Linux vs WindowsThe common user Desktop Inertia principle.The main reason why usually common Desktop users do not change is because they see no reason to do so.That is the simplest trick with Windows ... "catch" users when they buy the PC ... them they will have a natural...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, support community, IT Pro, Linux, LINUX IS, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-08-10

Google's three rules

Google's three ruleswhy not?why can't they just paste on ACID transactions?it'd probably take alittle work but some sort of transaction processor they can gut and use over their infrastructure seems a doable thing given the brains they've got there...Search vs. Enterprise AppsI think what Google does with their data centers...

Tags: Linux, Data centers, Programming languages, Network technology, programming language, SQL, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-25