Some time ago I pondered the concept of an Apple netbook. The idea naturally occured to many other people and since then there has been a great deal of discussion on the topic. Even Apple weighed in with Phil Schiller essentially saying that Apple aren’t interested in the netbook market because they don’t believe that [...]
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http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2009/07/lets-all-take-deep-breath-and-get-some.html People are starting to realize that Google is not their friend, and that all this “free stuff” from Google is not about a) philanthropy, or b) keeping Microsoft honest, but really about c) helping Google gain even more control over what you do on the Internet. See a nice piece by John Paczkowski here for an [...] Nine months after the release of the Chrome browser Google today announced the development of its Chrome OS. The announcement may have surprised many, but for those who watch the tech industry this was the next logical step for Google.
Facebook launched in 2004 and was originally only for use by students of Harvard University in the United States. It subsequently expanded to be open to the public and is, by most accounts, a storming success. According to data from Fastcompany.com Facebook has nearly 20 million active users and has over 30 billion page views [...] This via Daring Fireball. 280 Slides is an online presentation creator. It’s interface is pure Keynote. If you wanted a companion to Adobe’s online word processor Buzzword this would have to be it. An amazing piece of programming. It is in Beta and is free at the moment. The only question that really pops into my head is why [...] The safety of our children is a matter of concern for us all. While we feel quite able to maintain their physical safety we feel a great deal more uncertain about their safety online. This concern often stems from lack of knowledge and is fuelled by the sensationalist media. Parents are able to know where [...] It occurred to me the other day, while I was talking to a group of people who are defined by age, gender and occupation as decidedly non-techie that there is a whole side of the world that has little or no knowledge of or interest in the things that I take for granted everyday. To [...] In part one I discussed Google’s dominance of the internet search market, in part two I’ll look at some of the alternatives and what they offer. First let’s consider why we might use alternatives. Google is great if you are after quick information. Particularly if you are looking for a specific company, product or service. If [...] Given the ubiquity of the Google Search it is almost impossible to believe that there was ever a time when Google wasn’t the dominant search engine on the internet. The company that Larry Page and Sergey Brin started back in 1996 has grown to such a point that the word Google (derived from the mathematical [...] News and current affairs are fundamental needs built into the psyche of almost all of us. The need to know what is going on, if it affects us and how it affects others. I can imagine that when modern humans appeared on the scene early news was about the location of other tribes, land features and [...] |
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