Googling GoogleWritten by Garett Rogers RSS Feed | 3 comments
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See what Google knows about you, kind of

Google has launched an all-in-one dashboard that attempts to show you what they know about you. It's basically an updated "Google Accounts" page that gives you more information than was available previously. The complete list of Google services that are participating in "Google Dashboard" include: Google Account Alerts Blogger Calendar...more

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Zero DayWritten by Ryan Naraine RSS Feed | 15 comments
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High-risk flaw dings Google Chrome

Google has pushed out a Chrome browser update to fix a pair of security vulnerabilities that expose uses to malicious hacker attacks. One of the flaws carry a "high-risk" rating because of the threat of arbitrary code execution.  [ SEE: Study: Silent patching best for securing browsers ] Vulnerability #1:...more

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Software as ServicesWritten by Phil Wainewright RSS Feed | 3 comments
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Microsoft cuts BPOS price to squeeze Lotus

IBM's Lotus unit, rather than Google, was the main target of Microsoft's price cuts to its online email and collaboration suite this week. But MS execs still happily turned their fire on Google in media briefings. more

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Managing L'unixWritten by Paul Murphy RSS Feed | 3 comments
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The real pros and cons of server virtualization

PC style virtualization, derived from IBM's zVM ideas and now supported in both AMD and Intel hardware, is a revenant of data processing's failure to adapt to the age of digital computing - an expensive, user punishing, detour into 1920s management ideas in pursuit of that period's holy grail: 100%...more

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Collaboration 2.0Written by Oliver Marks RSS Feed | 8 comments

The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology enthusiasts but in...more

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The ToyBoxWritten by Rachel King RSS Feed | 5 comments
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Peek releases $99 gadget just for Twitter

Dedicated Twitterers (Tweeters?) have a new option for posting their 140-character thoughts to the web: the TwitterPeek. Looking a tad like a very thin Blackberry, Peek's Twitter-friendly gadget features a QWERTY keyboard, color screen and click scroll wheel. Available only on Amazon.com for $99, users get the first six months of unlimited service free,...more

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ZDNet GovernmentWritten by Doug Hanchard RSS Feed | 23 comments
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Human x-ray machines: Coming soon to an airport near you

In the 1990 movie Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger runs through a security check point using x-ray technology. Today that technology is being installed around the world at airports, border check points, marine ports and high risk security environments such as court buildings.more

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Linux and Open SourceWritten by Dana Blankenhorn RSS Feed | 19 comments
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Why Google released Closure Tools

Anything Google can do to make Javascript more valuable to you is in its best interests, and the tools described on its blog today are pretty marvelous.more

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Storage BitsWritten by Robin Harris RSS Feed | 2 comments
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A 4 SSD array: Apricorn pt 2

Itching for bragging rights with the gamers next door? Want to edit uncompressed HD video without breaking the bank? I turbocharge Apricorn's internal PCI-e array card with 4 Intel X25-M SSDs. Yup, its fast! more

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Hardware 2.0Written by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes RSS Feed | 48 comments
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February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet Explorer

Mark this date in your diaries and on your calendars: February 2013. It's my best guess date based on the data I have for when Firefox's global market share will surpass that of Internet Explorer.more

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