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This is confusing. Microsoft is trying to court the newspaper industry and willing to pay them to remove their content from Google. Instead Microsoft wants the newspapers to post their stuff on Bing for a better user experience and paid content to enhance the newspapers financially. But on November 20, 2009 there was an opinion [...]

Microsoft and News Corp., the news company that runs the Wall Street Journal of the US and also The Sun of the UK, may be in the process of entering into a pact. But this pact has an unusual twist to it. Microsoft wants the news agencies to opt out of Google search and instead [...]

When Google made their announcement yesterday [Thursday November 20, 2009], included in their release statement was the fact that their new operating system would be open source. Some of you may not know what open source is. Basically the term means that creative works are shared by anyone and everyone, including modification of the code [...]

Google has officially announced that it needs developers, partners, and the open source community to get this operating system ready for use by next year. Google states that the new operating system will function entirely in a browser and that all application functions will be done online.
Here is what Google says will be great about [...]

For those who need additional space to store their stuff in the cloud, Google is offering 20GB of storage space for only $5 a year. On its blog it states that this amount of storage can hold up to 10,000 full resolution photos from a 5 megapixel camera. Google will also be offering additional storage [...]

Over at InfoWorld there is an article about who is making the switch over to Windows 7. It is no surprise that the bulk of those who are switching are Windows Vista users. It is also no surprise that those who are using Windows XP are still hanging onto to their older operating system.
InfoWorld makes [...]

Google has announced that it will be offering free Wi-Fi at 47 airports this holiday season. The freebie is a gift to all who can use it from Google, which has provided a listing of airports it has contracted with. The list of airports are:

Austin (AUS)
Baltimore (BWI)
Billings (BIL)
Boston (BOS)
Bozeman (BZN)
Buffalo (BUF)
Burbank (BUR)
Central Wisconsin (CWA)
Charlotte (CLT)
Des [...]

Rupert Murdoch was interviewed by one of his own news agencies recently when he visited Australia. During the interview Mr. Murdoch made mention that when his news organization goes to paid content, he will prevent Google from indexing his sites. Mr. Murdoch also states that:
Here’s how Murdoch replied when Speers asked why he hasn’t blocked [...]

I have been using two email programs since about 2003 on the personal computers that I own. I use Outlook 2003 for my personal emails and also for my MSN account through Microsoft. I also have used Outlook Express for my gmail account. I get Google alerts daily which accounts for the bulk of my [...]

The Los Angeles City Council has voted to go with Google for their email needs and also to use Google Apps. and more. L.A. will be the first major U.S. city to use Google over other rivals like Microsoft. This has been a hard fought win for the search giant, and if successful, could entice [...]

According to the CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, Android is getting ready to explode. Not blow up, but start to grow rapidly. The low cost, open source, fully featured, and ready to go operating system is going to take over the cell phone industry. Though his boasting may be overstated, could what he is saying [...]

Google is now looking at opening what they call ‘Google Edition’ in which they will be offering from 400,000 to 600,000 eBooks in the first half of 2010. You will not need to be connected to the Internet to read a book after it has been accessed once. This cloud of books will not be [...]

I doubt if there is anyone in email land who hasn’t mistakenly sent an email to the wrong recipient. When we receive the “Are you sure you meant to send this to me?” we feel stupid when we realize we didn’t. Google may have found a simple solution to this problem.
On their blog site they [...]

Microsoft is announcing that their Office 2010 Starter Edition will be ad supported and available for free. The catch is that the Starter Edition will only be offered on a new computer sale and not for a free download. The Starter Edition will only include Word and Excel and be stripped down versions of the [...]

The art of choosing a smart password has been lost for many who use the Internet. Some newbies assume that using their middle name, numbers from their home address, birth date, or other easy to remember password is enough to keep them safe. On the flip side we have those who use a complicated formula [...]

The folks over at Skype, the free VoIP company, are happy that AT&T has opened their 3G network for their clients to use. In a blog post, the Skype team states that its offering of an iPhone and iPod touch device application is now on 10% of the Apple products. The blog posting also states [...]

In what is being described as a ‘groundbreaking agreement’ by some, Verizon and Google are joining forces for a collaboration of a new network plus an Android platform.The joint ventures between the two companies may provide consumers with the leading edge for mobile applications, services and other devices. By combining the nations’ largest 3G network [...]

Samsung along with T-Mobile and introducing a Google Android powered phone coming our way just before the holidays. The joint venture includes a ‘cube’ operated system which is claimed to make using the phone easier.
According to a recent news article it states the following:
The sleek touch-screen phone is [...]

I recall that when I first read about Google’s Chrome Frame, my first thought was “why?” Why does Google care if Internet Explorer users can render a Web page correctly or not? Shouldn’t this be a concern of Microsoft and not Google? What impact will adding Chrome Frame pose if it were added to Internet [...]

Scalable Vector Graphics have the support of most of the major browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera. But few web sites currently support this feature. Google and others are going to try and change this. So why should we be interested in this feature?
SVG promises to change the way we view web sites:

Bitmap images, [...]