Google Plans Big Presence at Summer Political Conventions (4)
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John McCain says that he's learning how to use a computer after having sparked off a mini-scandal earlier this year over his admission that he's computer illiterate: He's apparently a quick study, because he's now adept enough to to use Google Reader, Google's news aggregation service. What's more, he's sharing his newfound capabilities with the world through a new website that Google unveiled Monday called Power Reader in Politics. Power Reader in Politics is one ...
L'armée veut "modérer" les blogs des militaires (3)
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The Future of the Desktop - ReadWriteWeb (112)
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If these trends continue, will the browser eventually swallow up or simply replace the desktop? Yes. In fact, it will probably happen very soon. There just isn't any reason to have a desktop outside the browser anymore.
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Felix Banuchi said:
food for thought...nova has some compelling ideas on the future of personal computing...
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Andy J said:
I like Nova
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jezarnold said:
I already find that search on my desktop is my most powerful tool. This will be linked to a more "me" concentration on the web, especially linked to two seperate "me's" - Work & personal.. I find with work, that the use of the corporate intranet, an internal Wikipedia and also team sharepoints is becoming more prevalent amongst my colleagues..
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Joshua said:
Too many underdeveloped metaphors. Take out the words that don't mean much, and you're not left with nearly as much...though still something very interesting.
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Matt said:
A decent, albeit long, article about shifting the desktop into the cloud. Have to say that I found the librarian analogy off-base, but not surprising.
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neal said:
Great article about the possible future of desktop computing. Kinda long, though.
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David said:
The best description of the future of personal computing that I've read so far.
The Future of the Desktop (141)
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Everything is moving to the cloud. As we enter the third decade of the Web we are seeing an increasing shift from native desktop applications towards Web-hosted clones that run in browsers. For example, a range of products such as Microsoft Office Live, Google Docs, Zoho, ThinkFree, DabbleDB, Basecamp, and many others now provide Web-based alternatives to the full range of familiar desktop office productivity apps. The same is true for an increasing range of ...
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Andy J said:
I like Nova
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Dedalus said:
A good and insightful read on future trends.
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David said:
The best description of the future of personal computing that I've read so far.
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Matt said:
A decent, albeit long, article about shifting the desktop into the cloud. Have to say that I found the librarian analogy off-base, but not surprising.
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neal said:
Great article about the possible future of desktop computing. Kinda long, though.
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Joshua said:
Too many underdeveloped metaphors. Take out the words that don't mean much, and you're not left with nearly as much...though still something very interesting.
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Felix Banuchi said:
food for thought...nova has some compelling ideas on the future of personal computing...
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Devlin D said:
Long post but well worth the read.
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MiramarMike said:
A lot to digest but well worth it
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Moah said:
Needs to read this in detail
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jezarnold said:
I already find that search on my desktop is my most powerful tool. This will be linked to a more "me" concentration on the web, especially linked to two seperate "me's" - Work & personal.. I find with work, that the use of the corporate intranet, an internal Wikipedia and also team sharepoints is becoming more prevalent amongst my colleagues..
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griflet said:
An ode to my late 2005 vision as I would discover in awe Google Earth ... The WebTop!!!
Google Pushes White Space, Says Free The AirWaves - GigaOM (6)
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Updated: Today, Google is launching a new advocacy campaign, Free The Airwaves, an effort by the company to get some traction around white spaces, the tiny slivers of spectrum that resides in the 700 MHz band spectrum vacated by analog television’s switch to digital transmissions. It even launched a lobbying web site, though the “supported by Google” text needs a magnifying glass to be found. Google has been lobbying hard to get this spectrum unlicensed ...
Follow what Obama, McCain and leading political commentators are reading (37)
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We're reading a lot about the candidates and the media this election season. But what are they reading? At google.com/powerreaders now you can track the news sites and blogs Barack Obama and John McCain read (from Drudge to The Daily Show) and follow articles catching the eyes of leading political journalists. Both the McCain and Obama presidential campaigns and leading political journalists are using Google Reader to keep up with their favorite new sites and ...
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anders.norgaard said:
I would love to have this for famous scientists (well, I am actually already reading the shared feeds of Pedro Beltrao and Lars Juhl Jensen)
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vasta said:
Now I have to try and share better stuff, just to prove that I'm more interesting than McCain. =)
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Andrew Louis said:
Obama and McCain have fake shares but those of the other contributors seem legit enough. Neat stuff.
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William said:
I suppose including Rick Klau would have been redundant ;-)
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slacy said:
This seems cool, as long as it pans out into interesting news...
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Hashim said:
Ignore the firehose of combined shared items. Click on the sharer's name and subscribe to the individual shared items feed.
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Haidong said:
sounds like a good idea. In fact, I want to know many people what they are reading, and even doing, to make them the people they are
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Bill said:
A nice thought, but really just another carefully controlled public relations face for the candidates. Now, if they had LOLDogs on there I might believe it...
HTC G1 “Dream” Receives FCC Blessing; T-Mobile 3G Confirmed (2)
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T-Mobile customers, it’s finally your time in the sun. Sure you might have been neglected in the past but now it’s time to dry your eye. Forget about the Samsung T919, although it is pretty sexy; you’re about to get a sweet handset that the entire world is waiting to check out. Whether it goes by the name “Dream” or “G1″, HTC’s first Android device is now confirmed to be rocking a T-Mobile US-compatible 3G ...
A closer look at Clearwire’s spectrum (1)
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Ever since we put together our first Sidecut Report on WiMax and its comprehensive look at the impact of the New Clearwire deal on the U.S. market, we have been intrigued by the prospect of the 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings that Sprint and the old Clearwire brought to the table. So instead of just wondering about it, we spent some time asking questions and came up with a new product, something we are calling a ...
DSL, VoIP drive growth of IP communications in France (1)
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ARCEP, the French regulator, released the results of its quarterly survey on the electronic communications services market in France for Q1 2008. In the first quarter of 2008, fixed and mobile telephony services in France accounted for 54.2 billion traffic minutes, up 4% from the same period last year. They generated a total revenue of €10.7 billion, to which was added €2 billion for interconnection services and sales on the wholesale market between operators. The ...
IP-PBXs Aren't UC; Is that a Problem? (1)
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Last week, Jim Burton wrote a piece entitled, "UC: It's Not About Buying a New IP-PBX." I agree with Jim, which is usually the smart thing to do, but at least to me--Jim may disagree--his mantra doesn't mean that you shouldn't buy a new IP-PBX. It's just that the IP-PBX is not synonymous with Unified Communications.
Facebook Faces Class-Action Suit Over Beacon (1)
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A class-action suit filed in California charges Facebook and a handful of other companies, including Blockbuster, Fandango and Overstock, with violating online privacy and computer fraud laws related to Facebook's controversial Beacon system.
Delta Airlines to offer Wi-Fi on all domestic flights (1)
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One by one the airlines are offering Wi-Fi to passengers, now it’s Delta’s turn. They will have Wi-Fi service in all domestic flights by the end of the summer. The service costs $9.95 for flights three hours or shorter and $12.95 for longer flights. American Airlines and Virgin America have signed agreements with Air Cell, the Wi-Fi provider for Delta. Wi-Fi has always been popular with passengers stuck on long flights. Boeing Connexion used to ...
Massive expansion planned for 'no-work' database (1)
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Employers moot snitching on workplace bullies The operator of a new private database that allows big shops to share information on suspected dodgy staff is holding talks with major corporations to expand into other industries.…
Countdown to 4G: Who’s Doing What, When (17)
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As the iPhone has shown, carriers are going to have to upgrade their mobile networks to handle the increasing amount of data traffic that will come from users surfing social networks, YouTube and heaven knows what else while on the go. Just please don’t do it while driving. So for those reading about the promise of 4G networks such as LTE or mobile WiMAX, here’s a look at each carrier’s launch plans and when (or ...
Different IMs For Different Folks (38)
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Jeff LaPorte, co-founder and chief architect at EQO Communications, has come-up with an IM Map of the world using his company’s IM interconnect capability, showing each country seems to have a preference for a different IM network. For instance, 77.18 percent of Argentineans love MSN, followed by 9.99 percent who love GTalk. Mexicans (83.72 percent), Brazilians (77.18 percent) Dutch (65.41 percent), French (68.01 percent), Italians (60.45 percent) the Turks (75.6 percent) are all big MSN ...
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Dominik said:
gut zu wissen
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Seltoon said:
I would complete this survey telling that most Iranians use Yahoo!, but I personally use Gtalk and Yahoo!.
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Dave said:
Interesting, did not know this worldwide breakdown.
Chrysler's In-Car Wi-Fi Ready To Roll Aug. 25 (1)
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The hotspot will have a radius of about 100 feet, and it will deliver download speeds from 400 to 800 Kbps and average upload speeds of 400 Kbps.
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It doesn't matter whom I intend to vote for. I think I told you the story before. I was raised in a strict Irish Catholic family in an affluent Boston suburb. The dinner table was the place to talk politics and religion. It was our family mandate that we don't talk about it elsewhere. Skip to the next scene. Thirty or so years later (after my entrée into understanding politics and religion) I'm a media ...
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Talk about bleeding edge. Google Android might just be the software platform for developers. Venturebeat has a great post - actually Eric’s story trumps the NYTimes story imho. I posted on Broadband Developments blog (BroadDev.com) my views on how I see these kinds of strategic efforts killing the Unified Communications vendors effort to win the platform. More importantly is the advances in software that Google is developing. It is being architected as an operating system ...Contribute comment