Carriers running scared of Google (voice)
July 28, 2009
Apple Silences Google Voice On the iPhone | theappleblog.com
Carriers are running scared of Google entering their market with Google Voice. They are trying to block the Google Voice app for the iPhone but they don't seem to bother with the Android phones or the blackberries. Why is this?
As the Twitter security breach and Sarah Palin's email account show: passwords are evil!
July 16, 2009
Lessons from Twitter's security breach | news.cnet.com
Passwords are evil: they are either easy to guess or the password recovery service allows the hacker easy access, as was shown by the Twitter "security breach" and the break-in into Sarah Palin's yahoo email address. But there are companies out there solving this problem, one of them is a stealth start-up called FortKnock.
Why has Yahoo allowed themselves to become the RC Cola of search?
July 16, 2009
Chrome vs. Bing vs. You and Me | www.nytimes.com
Companies providing only Internet search do not have a long lifespan. Microsoft's main interest in acquiring Yahoo was not their Internet search technology but rather to use them in their fight against Google.
Twitter's Problem With the Google Cloud
July 15, 2009
Lessons from Twitter's security breach | news.cnet.com
Regardless of how careful a cloud provider is with security, all it takes is one or two persons with weak passwords to lead critical information. Although blameless, cloud computing in general and Google in particular are likely to suffer from this incident.
A Killer App for Cloud Computing?
July 14, 2009
IBM's Data-Crunching Cloud Plan | www.forbes.com
Cloud computing is already successful in the consumer and SMB market, but still has not penetrated the enterprise market. One or more killer apps could change that. IBM’s move to tie business analytics to the cloud could have a major impact on the SME market.
Less desktops being sold but more netbooks/laptops being sold, what is going on?
July 14, 2009
Desktop PC Sales Decline For the First Time Since 2001 | gizmodo.com
PC desktop sales in Q1 2009 declined 8.1% compared to Q1 2008. And this is not due to the recession because sales of notebook PCs (laptops and netbooks) are up 11.7% for the same quarter. So what is going on?
US and Europe joining to fight cyber crime?
July 13, 2009
U.S. and Europe Jointly Establish Cyber-Crime Force | online.wsj.com
From the headline in this article it sounds like the US and Europe are joining in a anti cyber crime task force. However if you read the details then it become clear that this is not really a giant project that will "prevent identity theft, computer hacking and other computer-based crime".
SharedBand: a UK start-up solving the main issues with using The Cloud: availability and capacity
July 13, 2009
SharedBand Service Plan Details | us.sharedband.com
There are two main problems with when using "The cloud": availability and capacity (bandwidth). Once your Internet connection goes down or slows to a trickle due to capacity limitations you will wish you never got rid of your local data and application. But help is on the way in the form of a UK start-up called SharedBand.
Here is why Google making its own operating system
July 10, 2009
Hardware makers support Google OS | news.bbc.co.uk
Google is doing everything possible to glue people's eyeballs to their web pages. In doing so they compete with Microsoft who is also trying to glue people's eyeballs to their web properties while at the same time trying to guarantee the survival of their desktop revenue.
Dell providing free consultancy to boost sales of their PowerVault DL2000
July 1, 2009
Dell puts customers on fast track to storage efficiency | www.nationmultimedia.com
The backup market is competitive and at the same time very sticky, meaning once customers buy a backup solution they will stick with it. This means that the only place for growth is in the SMB space where customers are shopping for price. De-duplication is a great cost savings features so very attractive to the SMB customer.
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