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February 2007 - Posts

• 11:53 PM Tuesday, February 27, 2007
  Feb 27 Tue

  The top 100 search engines no one ever heard of

  That's right, the top 100...there are many more that didn't make the list. Entrepreneurs are trying everything they can think of to beat Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft Live. Here are some of the approaches and the companies that are trying. User Interface Read More...
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• 11:08 AM Tuesday, February 27, 2007
  Feb 27 Tue

  Who wrote Linux 2.6.2? Is Open Source really about source code?

  I found an interesting post on LWN.net that analyzed the Linux 2.6.2 source code to discover who contributed the most code and what company they work for. It struck me that the Linux development hierarchy is a lot like traditional software development. Read More...
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• 11:05 AM Tuesday, February 27, 2007
  Feb 27 Tue

  Ning versus Live Spaces and Yahoo Groups

  Ning , a social networking platform, has relaunched today with new features. Ning was founded by Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini. Marc was the founder of Netscape and LoudCloud so Ning warrants special attention. Mike Arrington at TechCrunch has come Read More...
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• 12:07 PM Saturday, February 24, 2007
  Feb 24 Sat

  Are Google Apps a productivity killer?

  Ed Sim, a venture capitalist, and big investor in SaaS software companies, says " G Office - What's the big deal? " Phil Windley at ZDnet says " Google Apps doesn't compete ". Ed Sim is a big proponent of Software as a Service, but he is also a constant Read More...
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• 09:44 AM Friday, February 23, 2007
  Feb 23 Fri

  Why Microsoft will not fall into the Innovators Dilemma

  Henry Blodget, the former Wall Street analyst says " Google paints bulls eye on Microsoft " While Larry Dignan at ZDnet says " Will you trust Google with your data?" Everyone is talking about Google Apps and how they are taking on Microsoft Outlook and Read More...
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• 08:02 AM Friday, February 23, 2007
  Feb 23 Fri

  Microsoft partners with Forbes, New York Times, and Seattle P-I

  Microsoft has announced NewsReaders for Forbes magazine, Hearst Corp's Seattle Post Intelligencer, Associated Newspapers, in addition to the previously available New York Times reader. The Hearst Corporation's Seattle Post Intelligencer has a reader available Read More...
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• 06:08 PM Sunday, February 11, 2007
  Feb 11 Sun

  Mark Cuban on The Future of Personal Computing

  Mark Cuban wrote another opus on the Future of Personal Computing . It is a fascinating review of the impact of games consoles, Google, applications in the cloud, and broadband. G ame consoles are becoming the multi-media center of the home for games, Read More...
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• 10:20 AM Friday, February 09, 2007
  Feb 09 Fri

  Powerset and Xerox PARC team up to beat Google

  Powerset, a natural language search engine startup announced a deal with Xerox PARC to acquire its Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology. VentureBeat has seen a demo and is very impressed. VentureBeat says " The technology, developed at Palo Alto Read More...
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• 08:23 AM Wednesday, February 07, 2007
  Feb 07 Wed

  Bill Gates and Steve Jobs agree - DRM is broken

  Steve Jobs " Thoughts on Music " has generated a huge response from the blog world . I wrote a post yesterday explaining Steve's long memo , how we got here, and why I think he is right. Bill Gates agrees ...DRM is broken. Reading through some of the Read More...
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• 06:52 PM Tuesday, February 06, 2007
  Feb 06 Tue

  Steve Jobs says DRM doesn't work and should be abolished

  Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, wrote a long open letter explaining the history of DRM (Digital Rights Management) and why Apple's iTunes store must sell DRM protected music that only plays on your iPod . Jobs basically blames the record labels and asks European Read More...
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• 11:24 AM Monday, February 05, 2007
  Feb 05 Mon

  Cell phones are the first screen in China

  Cell phones are often called "The Third Screen" after the TV and Computer screen. But in China the cell phone is the first screen of choice. The New York Times says " Internet Boom in China Is Built on Virtual Fun ". The NYT story is about Tencent, a Read More...
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• 10:38 AM Monday, February 05, 2007
  Feb 05 Mon

  Yahoo's Panama and Microsoft's AdCenter...the secret is the recipe

  Yahoo will launch its long anticipated Panama ad serving system today. The Panama system is similar to Google's AdSense and Microsoft's AdCenter. The key improvement is that ads will be placed based on expected Click Through rates (CTR) and revenue yield, Read More...
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• 04:37 PM Saturday, February 03, 2007
  Feb 03 Sat

  NASA, satellites, and researchers look for Jim Gray

  Jim Gray is a world renowned computer scientist and database software guru. He literally wrote the book on databases and transaction processing. Now the world's scientists are using satellites, NASA radar planes, and the best technology in the world to Read More...
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