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December 2004 - Posts

There is a very lively debate between a blogger, Jason Calacanis and the CTO of Skweezer , a " Web portal that reformats Web pages, searches, and e-mail for handheld devices, such as PDA's, smartphones, and most XHTML-enabled cell phones." At the heart Read More...
BBC News "Former MTV host Adam Curry explains why "podcasts" are rapidly filling people's music player hard drives." Bad news is that either the /. effect seems to be nailing his server ...or BT seems to be having capacity issues in Guilford . Read More...
Mary Jo Foley has a 'scoop' at Microsoft Watch : "Microsoft is working on a skunk-works project that is code-named Bigtop, which is designed to allow developers to create a set of loosely coupled, distributed operating-systems components in a relatively Read More...
A survey of email marketers concludes that they still don't understand the potential of RSS as a marketing tool. Reported at WebProNews , a WordBiz report claims that although 74% of email marketers are 'familiar' with the term 'RSS', only about 37% had Read More...
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In a Seattle Times article , tech pundit Paul Andrews looks forward to 2005 ... "Year after year, the biggest technology trends are the ones no one predicts. So quickly does the field change that a blip on the radar can turn overnight into the asteroid Read More...
New York Times reports that China's largest PC manufacturer Lenovo (which purchased I.B.M's PC business) is moving its HQ to New York. "American multinational companies outsource manufacturing to China. Why can't a Chinese company outsource management Read More...
Ron Markezich, CIO at Microsoft, is interviewed by ZDNet's Dan Farber. ( Video, 22 minutes ) Markezich describes his role as an extension to the product development teams and explain what it's like to be an Alpha to Release to Market (RTM) enterprise Read More...
e-Week covers the misery . (The actual title of the article is 'Microsoft Bloggers Face Search Spam Pinch' , but I'm sure this is an error?...should be 'Microsoft Bloggers Face Blog Spam Pinch' ?) Read More...
Preston Gralla at O'Reilly asks 'Does Google Have Security Problems Like Microsoft?' "Why point the finger at Google? To show that Microsoft's security woes are not all of its own making. I've long said that one reason Microsoft software is targeted is Read More...
via Slashdot ... Just seen EPIC 2014 , a beautifully created Flash movie by Robin Sloan describing a possible online future. Speculation inlcudes a merger between Amazon and Google, Googlezon. Get your headphones out. Read More...
Via Darknet , Red Herring interviews MR Ciberski , founder of Cybersky TV. Cybersky promises to deliver live TV delivered over a P2P network: "German software engineers Guido Ciberski and Petra Bauersachs are promising to introduce software they call Read More...
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Time to share my predictions for 2005 ... allofmp3.com gets bigger (and adds an RSS feed) Podcasting buzzes to video content Bill Gates doesn't launch his blog (I hope I'm wrong) My wife starts her first blog (on http://spaces.msn.com , primarily for Read More...
Reuters just published a 'news' item,, more of an analysis than a news item...' Is Microsoft's Office Becoming More Like Windows? ' "...the company's broader strategy is to make Office must-have software by opening up its technologies and fostering a Read More...
Netcraft has posted 'Hosts Disable Movable Type as Comment Spam Slows Servers' . "Comment spam attacks on Movable Type weblogs are straining servers at web hosting companies, leading some providers to disable comments on the popular blogging tool. The Read More...
Dana VanDen Heuvel has been blogging the American Marketing Association's seminar on blogging in Seattle. He's posted Microsoft's Robert Scoble take on the difference between newsgroups and blogs , and his 5 reasons why blogging is hot . Read More...
Ars technica reports that the FCC has approved in-flight broadband. "In 12 to 18 months, you will be able to read Ars from the comfort of your airplane seat, as the Federal Communications Commission has voted to allow high-speed Internet connections on Read More...
As usual, a number of predictions for the coming year start emerging, here are some from around the web: Web Design Predictions 2004 2005 (Poynter.org) - " Minimalism is out; detail is in ." Swanni's 2005 TV Predictions (TVPredctions.com) - " A New Beginning Read More...
IMHO... Will adding copy-lock technology to CDs will help increase CD sales? Probably not. But some apparently think so. Will it help reduce illegal downloading of music? Probably not. But some hope so. Will it cause the law-abiding music buyers to buy Read More...
Steve Rubel informs us that Yahoo! has launched a Beta Video Search engine. "One notable enhancement is that Yahoo! is asking for consumers to submit their video enclosure RSS feeds. Yahoo is continuing to innovate in ways that complement and exceed what Read More...
ZDNet's Between the Lines : "Well, the week may have started with the announcement that Oracle would acquire PeopleSoft. However, Tim O’Reilly, founder and president of O’Reilly & Associates , has provocatively stated that " eBay will someday buy Read More...
Technology Review has an excellent in depth analysis on the Search market, ' What's Next for Google ' . Wirtten by Charles Ferguson, who was the founding CEO of Vermeer Technologies (remember High Stakes, No Prisoners ?)includes a interesting table that Read More...
Seth Godin has posted... "What are the one thousand teachable things that every third grader ought to start learning so she'll know them all before before she graduates from high school?" He has kicked off with 20 , that includes: 7. Evolution...14. Not Read More...
David Blunkett has just resigned, but with the Tories stating they'll be backing the the ID Cards proposal, ID cards should go ahead anyway. BBC: Blunkett quits as home secretary BBC: Conservative backing for ID cards Read More...
WebSideStory: " Firefox's Share of Browser Market Grows 34 Percent in One Month" "Firefox has made significant gains and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer’s usage share continues to fall in the United States. Between Nov. 5 and Dec. 3, Internet Explorer’s Read More...
Nice, simple, flash animation... Via Antenna : "Anyhow, Dean Allen has put together a concise, extremely clear explanation called What the Hell is the Fibonacci Series? ." Read More...
Via John Howard (IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft UK): "...a blogcast is a mini webcast (certainly under 10 minutes) delivered through a blog, concentrating on a very specific topic. No frills added. By building a series of these, we hope to be able to take Read More...
Forrester's Charlene Li provides a comparison of MSN and Google Desktop Search offerings . " Overall, I found MSN’s desktop search to be fast and complete, if somewhat complex to manage. I believe that both MSN and Google (as well as their future competitors) Read More...
MSN Desktop Search goes Beta, announced at MSN Search weblog ... Can be downloaded at http://beta.toolbar.msn.com If you have feedback, give it! Also, check out the interviews with the product teams over at Channel 9 . Read More...
FeedDemon's Nick Bradbury spots Adam Stiles' post 'How Google Search Works' ... "At its simplest, Google Suggest is javascript code that looks at what you are typing in the Google search box. When you press a key, GS phones home and passes the current Read More...
Further to my earlier posts, RSS Metrics & Reporting and FeedBurner answers my RSS metrics question ... Via Steve Rubel : " RSS Measurement Carries Benefits and Pitfalls Forrester analyst Charlene Li breaks down a new service from SyndicateIQ that Read More...
Tech Digest Award for Indespensible Mobile "the winner was pretty obvious to all of us. The Orange SPV C500 was a surprise when it was first announced - after all those big, ugly handsets we were expecting more of the same, but the C500 defied all expectation Read More...
In case you missed it, here is the announcement by Caltech who hold the record second year running at 101 gigs per second : "For the second consecutive year, the "High Energy Physics" team of physicists, computer scientists, and network engineers have Read More...
Thanks Chris, we're listening . Read More...
Nick Bradbury points to an article at kottke.org that includes interviews with developers of RSS newsreaders. "Given that people who use newsreaders are still of the early adopter sort who are used to blocking ads with Firefox or fast-forwarding through Read More...
I've played with the MSN Spaces beta and like it...particularly the photo album functionality.. Showed my wife my new MSN Space ....she wants one! Seattle Post Intelligencer - Microsoft sees blogs for the masses "The service isn't likely to appeal to Read More...
 
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