Google Local, in beta at http://local.google.com/, allows for Google searching relevant to addresses (only US for now). Googlism at http://www.googlism.com/index.htm is a strange, but fun, Google search tool. Type in your name, a product name, and more, to obtain a quick list of extraced quotes.
I am an AT&T Wireless customer, and have been for several years. Between my various phones, data plans, International callings plans, and more, I pay them thousands of dollars a year. And today I wanted to give them even more money. AT&T is rolling out EDGE over GPRS, it should provide data...
I'd known Chuck Boothroyd for several years. He was one of my very first ColdFusion students (back when I was teaching the FastTrack to ColdFusion class). He was a loyal and active member of the CF community. He attended events and conferences, and helped arrange user groups presentations. And he...
I am in LaGuardia airport, delayed because of the snow storm. I can handle that, and the fact that anywhere to buy food is closed. What ticks me off is no high-speed Internet access, and not enough phone lines for dial-up. Another airport that the 21st century passed by?
Several days ago I commented on the spam lawsuits, and noted that the real problem was one of supply and demand, that as long as users responded to spam the deluge would never let up. There is a story on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal that backs me up. As per the article, Mr. Orlando...
This is not a new one, but ... Need the definition of a word? Do a quick Google search in the form "define word".
Story in The Globe and Mail today (http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040315.gtonfolio0315/BNStory/Technology/) on a just announced product named Onfolio, a content aggregation application that runs inside of Internet Explorer. And who is Onfolio's founder? None other than J. J....
You've seen the Oracle ads: faster, cheaper ... and it "never breaks". Oracle servers never break, great. But I just noticed some fine print at the bottom of the ads, and I quote: "Note: 'Never breaks' inidicates that when a server goes down, your system keeps running." Well, I am so glad they...
Microsoft, AOL, EarthLink, and Yahoo filed six lawsuits today against hundreds of individuals accused of sending spam (in violation of the "can spam" legislation signed into law on January 1st, 2004). Story at...
In most English dictionaries, the words "patent" and "pathetic" end up on the same page. I've always found this to be somewhat telling. For years the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been routinely issuing patents so pathetic that they border on laughable. And I don't really fault the Patent...