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iPhone 3.0, holograms and the shed birthplace of Silicon Valley
Photo Alternatives to Google's search engine were explored in this June photo story, including Microsoft's latest search effort Bing, Twitter and others. Click here to see all the pretenders to Google's throne. [03 Jul 2009]
Why Google's security arm doesn't have a war room
News Google's Gmail anti-spam efforts are separate from those of Postini, which Google acquired two years ago, although it follows similar computerised operations and the teams have started to integrate the... [02 Jul 2009]
Bing jumps on Twitter-mania with tweet index
News Both Google and Yahoo! Microsoft is trying to get a leg up in the real-time search wars by adding Twitter messages to search results. The software company's recently launched Bing will now surface results for certain... [02 Jul 2009]
Firefox 3.5: It's alive
News Firefox 3.5 has a range of new features, including a new JavaScript engine for faster web applications such as Google Docs; the ability to show video built into web pages without plug-ins; a private browsing mode; fancy... [01 Jul 2009]
How much SEO is too much?
Comment Google might like keywords repeating, I would like a readable page. Use the analytical tools available (Google Analytics, AdWords, Trends, Webmaster tools) to look at why people are coming to your site,... [01 Jul 2009]
Cisco to put Office rival in the cloud?
News Google sells Google Apps, an internet-based alternative to Microsoft Office that includes a spreadsheet, word processor and presentation software. Cisco Systems is considering offering web-based... [01 Jul 2009]
SIM-free Android in the shape of a Hero
News One is its lack of Google branding, while another is its use of a manufacturer-specific user interface - in this case, HTC's Sense. The HTC Hero will be made available SIM-free in the UK on 15 July, as shown by its... [30 Jun 2009]
Should Your Email Live In The Cloud? A Comparative Cost Analysis
White Paper When Google launched Google Apps Premier Edition for $50 per user per year, it raised the question, "How much should we be paying for email? But it's not just this eye-popping price that should trigger... [29 Jun 2009]
Should Your Email Live In The Cloud? An Infrastructure And Operations Analysis
White Paper Google's $50-per-user annual fee has set a new floor in email pricing and is driving organizations to look inward at their situation and then outside at the hosted and cloud offerings. There isn't much that hasn't... [29 Jun 2009]
Microsoft's Hohm wants to help you cut your gas bill
News There are other reasons Microsoft may be interested in energy, including the fact that its chief nemesis, Google, has also made a move in the arena. Microsoft's move into the energy monitoring business may sound like a... [25 Jun 2009]
Android's Hero edges a Flash ahead of iPhone
News The phone, one of several from HTC to use Google's open-source operating system, is scheduled to ship in Europe starting in July and in Asia and the US later in the year. HTC's new Android-based Hero phone will also come... [25 Jun 2009]
Bigtable: A Distributed Storage System for Structured Data
White Paper Many projects at Google store data in Bigtable, including web indexing, Google Earth, and Google Finance. Despite these varied demands, Bigtable has successfully provided a flexible,... [25 Jun 2009]
Quocirca's Straight Talking - The New Age of Web Ads
White Paper At the same time, the likes of Google and Yahoo! IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) is all the rage in the quadruple-play markets where telecommunications companies hope to sell landline, mobile, internet access and... [25 Jun 2009]
Efficient Web Services Response Caching by Selecting Optimal Data Representation
White Paper They have implemented a prototype of a response cache on Apache-Axis, and evaluated these optimization methods through experiments for Google Web services. This paper discusses the design for an efficient response cache... [25 Jun 2009]
PHP Hacks: Create Custom Google Maps
White Paper But the author always wanted something more interactive - and with the advent of Google Maps and its extensible API, he was able to use a combination of PHP and JavaScript to detail his hike up the mountain, using... [25 Jun 2009]
