Imaging America
I'm pleased to announce that we have acquired ImageAmerica, a company that builds high resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery. — Google Maps and Earth users are no strangers to Imag...
Why Feedburner is trouble
When Feedburner first came online I warned that there was danger in giving so much power to one company. They argued that they were just a little company, struggling to make a go of it, and no one sh...
Google Pushes for Rules to Aid Wireless Plans
If Google succeeds with federal regulators, it could change the way millions of Americans use their cellphones and how they connect to the Internet on their wireless devices. — In the Internet giant...
iPhone not to blame for Duke outage
So much for the theory iPhone designers were North Carolina fans. Cisco and Duke University are now absolving the iPhone of any blame for wireless network outages at the school, as was earlier allege...
One Pornographic Image Per Nigerian Child
While I've discounted the OLPC child pornography fears of others and we've explored adult OLPC XO uses, I haven't spoken about the potent mix of Internet access and the natural curiosity of children, ...
C.E.O. Libraries Reveal Keys to Success
Michael Moritz, the venture capitalist who built a personal $1.5 billion fortune discovering the likes of Google, YouTube, Yahoo and PayPal, and taking them public, may seem preternaturally in tune wi...
Africa, Offline: Waiting for the Web
ON a muggy day in Kigali in 2003, some of the highest-ranking officials in the Rwandan government, including President Paul Kagame, flanked an American businessman, Greg Wyler, as he boldly described ...
Should Newspapers Become Local Blog Networks?
Chicago Tribune just relaunched its website with, of course, more blogs — A LOT more blogs — news, entertainment, sports, living, business travel, with multiple blogs in each category. It struck me t...
Blue Badge
I'm going to work for Microsoft. There, I said it. I'm going to work for ScottGu's team in the Developer Division. — Someone once showed me a diagram that looked something like the one at right. ...
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
It's been a busy six months and MyBlogLog is integrating nicely into Yahoo. We're on better servers, we've grown the team and there are some exciting new features in the works. Dare I say that the f...
SimplyHired's Traffic Soars: But Is It Real?
For those of us who pay attention to these things, the recent rise in SimplyHired's traffic on Compete and Alexa was noteworthy. Since April, both services show a dramatic rise in traffic - see chart...
UPDATE: Cisco confirms its network caused Duke's iPhone flooding
5:54 p.m. ET update: Cisco confirmed that the networking problem Duke University experienced involving Cisco's wireless network and Apple's iPhone was caused by a Cisco network issue. Cisco says it h...
Res:// Protocol Local File Enumeration
Billy Rios has a nice writeup on how you can enumerate files using the Internet Explorer res:// protocol. To see the demo, click here using Internet Explorer. I've been toying with this for a while,...
Getting through the night with an LS800
A while ago I blogged about my friend Lee - who gave up smoking so he could buy an LS800. Last night Lee found a creative new use for his tablet that possibly saved his skin. There is a bit of a sto...
When Mobile Phones Aren't Truly Mobile
WIRELESS carriers in the United States are spiritual descendants of dear Ma Bell: they view total control over customers as their inherited birthright. — The younger generation — Verizon Wireless, S...
More features. One interface.
Last month, we added the first batch of feature enhancements to the new Google Analytics. Today, we're excited to announce that we're adding a few more of your most requested features. The following...
BlackBerry 8820 launching on AT&T next week?
July, or August? There have mumblings for a while, heck even an official press release, but now our good ole' insider information starts to surface again. It has been told to us that there is a high...
Blog tag: 5 things I'd like to see in Opera
Here at Opera we take our user's feedback very seriously. We scour the blogosphere and read the Opera Forums in search for feedback and suggestions from both existing and potential Opera users. — W...
Conserving Your Limited Attention
I couldn't agree more with Jeremy Zawodny: … When I hear someone complaining about all the feeds competing for their attention, I have to wonder why they don't just unsubscribe from most of them. Are...
Google Invests in 3G Startup
The femtocell market is hot. Following weeks of major carrier RFP news and vendor product and partnership announcements, the 3G home base station market stepped up another gear today as Google (Nasda...