Google's Wikipedia rival, Knol, goes publicOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by sajid 130 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: internet | Tags google, wikipedia, rival, knol, Search All Tags
A few months ago Google announced that they were testing a new product called Knol. Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics, written by people who know about those subjects. Today, we're making Knol available to everyone. read more »
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Social browser Flock wants to be fashionableOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 131 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: software | Tags social, browser, flock, fashionable, internet, Search All Tags
It's actually a pretty clever strategy by Flock: Build customized versions of the company's social browser, populated with vertically-targeted content from an array of partners' and in return expose Flock to those sites' communities. read more »
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Yang: Yahoo is progressing, despite lower profitsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by marthajoan 130 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: internet | Tags yang, yahoo, progressing, , profits, strategies, microsoft, ichan, Search All Tags
Despite a 19 percent decrease in profits for Yahoo's second quarter, CEO Jerry Yang discusses three strategies being used to boost Yahoo's fortunes. Although a long period of time is expected to pa read more »
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New search engine takes aim at GoogleOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by BINK.domeshot 126 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: internet | Tags new, search, engine, takes, aim, google, Search All Tags, ,
"There's a big new search engine launching Monday: Cuil. Developed and run by the husband-and-wife team of Stanford professor Tom Costello and former Google search architect Anna Patterson, it's pitched as bigger, faster, and better than Google's flagship search engine in pretty much every way." read more »
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Can Apple hope to defeat the “Attack of the Clones”?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by BINK.domeshot 126 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: software | Tags apple, mac clones, open tech, Search All Tags, , , , ,
The low-down from Adrian Kingsley-Hughes regarding the latest seller of Intel-based MAC clones, Open-Tech Inc. read more »
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'World's cheapest laptop' now availableOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by marthajoan 125 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: hardware | Tags worlds, cheapest, laptop, available, impulse, Search All Tags, , ,
"The Impulse NPX-9000 laptop has a 7-inch screen and comes with the Linux OS. It has a 400MHz processor, 128MB of RAM, 1GB of flash storage and an optional wireless networking dongle. It includes of read more »
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Local/Remote Comparison - Software Idea.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 125 days ago (http://informednetworker.com)
Category: software | Tags local, remote, comparison, winmerge, software, idea, Search All Tags, ,
Dave talks about the need for a local/remote (ftp) comparison utility for small businesses that don't use version control or for other reasons have a discontinuity between local and remote files. read more »
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Can Open-Source Mobile Platforms of Google and Symbian Compete with the iPhone?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by Lifeofpurpose87 124 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: network | Tags mobile, cell, google, iphone, symbian, android, software, Search All Tags,
Mobile executives at a Silicon Valley roundtable discussion throw down the gauntlet to Symbian, Android, and other software platforms to match the impact of the iPhone. read more »
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