September 2nd, 2008

News to know: Google Chrome; CAPTCHA breaking; StatusHQ

Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:31 am

Categories: General, News to know

Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Linux, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:

Larry Dignan: Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer? Ryan Naraine: Google Chrome, the security tidbits

• Official Google Blog: A fresh take on the browser
• Garett Rogers: Google confirms new browser initiative, probably not a good idea
• Dennis Howlett: Ruminating on Chrome
• Google Blogoscoped: Google Chrome, Google’s Browser Project
• Kara Swisher: Google Ignites a New Browser War With Microsoft By Unveiling One of its Own This Week
• Here’s the Google Chrome Browser Comic Book: Hey Microsoft, Kaa-POW!!!
• Techmeme

Jason Perlow: The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War

Dancho Danchev: Inside India’s CAPTCHA solving economy

TechRepublic: Fixing a fine data mess

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: NetApplications Aug 08 data - Big gains for Firefox and iPhone

Mary Jo Foley: Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism

• A (Microsoft) Codename a day: Wringer

Paul Murphy: When Linux gets cited as a matter of course, it’s truly gone mainstream

• Dana Blankenhorn: Is open source labor or management?
• Where the Linux laptops live
• TechRepublic: Open Source Etiquette

Zack Whittaker: Windows Live Messenger 9: my new best friend

• Gallery: What’s new in Windows Live Messenger 9 (right)

Paul Murphy: Data center energy use

Dan Kusnetzky: The Launch of Virtual Computer, Inc.

Phil Wainewright: Google adds video to the virtual workplace

Dennis Howlett: The utility of Ubiquity

WSJ: Alcatel-Lucent Board Picks Chairman

Dennis Howlett: StatusHQ: another Twitter clone for enterprise

• Steve O’Hear: Live Feed: Facebook takes lifestreaming mainstream
• Jennifer Leggio: Cool Tools - What is your Twitter grade?
• StatusHQ - Microblogging for the enterprise?

Roland Piquepaille: Follow that robot!

• Eco-friendly explosives?
• Can computers sort data like humans?

Matthew Miller: Real live photos of the T-Mobile Google Android device surface

• MobileTechRoundup show #145, Traveling in Singapore, Nokia announcements, WiMAX features
• Some tips for the mobile phone buyer traveling abroad

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week (right)

Joe McKendrick: Another view: WOA vs. SOA debate a distraction?

• Debate rages over SOA’s ‘cloudy’ future 

Jason Perlow: My father, the casemodder

Dana Blankenhorn: Are we to have two Internets?

Heather Clancy: Green habits are learned young: Universities aggressive with recycling, energy-saving habits

• Actions speak louder than words and the message is disheartening

Ars Technica: Howell verdict: RIAA wins $40,850 P2P judgment

Giga Om: A Quick Guide to Netbooks

Phil Wainewright: Mashing up the client to the cloud

Images: Crowdsourcing for car design (right)

Dennis Howlett: Lawson success but no saas here

Dan Kusnetzky: On the road, computer sick, the Dell adventure begins again

Paul Murphy: Partnoy’s Complaint

JavaScript 2.0: Why Give Programmers Crutches?

Technologizer: Google’s Knol: So Far, Not So Good

Garett Rogers: Microsoft spends $486 million to compete with Google

• Google Earth to license new satellite imagery
• Sam Diaz: Google-Yahoo to Washington: We’re moving forward.

Web Strategy: Social Punishment: The “Bozo” FeatureKingsley-Hughes: Psystar files answer to Apple complaint - “M” word used enthusiastically

• SLI comes to the Intel X58