For the first time, Gmail users will be able to participate in a public beta testing of new features. Google is notoriously secretive about newly developed products and services, and they limit public beta testing to those products under the ...
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Intellipedia, the dynamic cross-agency repository of intelligence information, celebrated its second anniversary this year. Functioning much like the familiar Wikipedia online encyclopedia program, Intellipedia helps Department of Defense, CIA, FBI, and other intelligence agencies search for and contribute to subjects ...
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Many state governments are taking the lead on renewable energy by contracting with clean sources to supply their power grids. California is one of the most progressive, mandating that at least 20 percent of their power be supplied by renewable ...
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Wedding photo albums used to be comprised of professional shots taken by the photographer. Then came disposable cameras and event coordinators everywhere started placing these little cardboard quick-snaps on each table for candid shots. More recently, people have started using ...
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Today is the end of an era. Bill Gates is spending his last day at Microsoft, nearly thirty years after founding the software company. Anyone who has touched a computer has been influenced by his vision for personal technology. He ...
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Many creative companies struggle with traditional corporate hierarchies, org charts, and workflow. How do you best harness the power of innovative employees, and keep your process organized without stifling their talent? While many innovators, such as Apple, are notoriously top-down ...
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Nothing is more frustrating, (and unsafe), than trying to navigate a website for directions or information while driving. Yet, it is usually while we are in our cars that we really need to know where something is or how to ...
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The Summer Olympic games in Beijing will be different from previous contests. Unlike Olympics before, people will be able to download Olympics coverage right to their own mobile phone. On
Yahoo.com there is a link that reads "...
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In an increased effort to boost adoption of their Silverlight development platform, Microsoft will support the use of Python and Ruby programming languages for client-side development. Announced in late May at the RailsConf conference in Portland, Oregon, John Lam (lead ...
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PBS's decision to place some of its programming on Hulu has caused murmuring among commercial-free purists. In a slow shift towards moving program accessibility to modern technological venues, episodes of Nova, Carrier, Wired Science, Design e2, and Scientific America Frontiers ...
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Many of us have experienced the "glasses phenomenon": you're completely out of ideas for where they might be, when a laughing colleague, friend, or family member points out that your spectacles are already on your face. As our brains age, ...
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While Ebay markets its services to professional sellers and buyers, another internet startup is attempting to get back to the roots of Ebay's success. The idea that "one man's trash is another man's treasure" is the foundation of ...
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The sky is green in Dubai. The Middle East country continues to construct defined skyscrapers to fill its sky line. Most of these wonderful structures are large and tall, but a number of them are also meeting green building standards....
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Some revolutions happen with a roar. The transition from broadcasting television via analog to digital airwaves on February 17, 2009 should happen with more of a whimper. According to the General Accounting Office, the FCC, and local trade publication reports, ...
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In an unsurprising move on Tuesday, Nokia announced that it would buy out the stakeholders of Symbian for $410 million. Nokia already owns 48% of the UK-based mobile software company, and the deal will result in a new direction for ...
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Mashups have been around for years, but many businesses are still unfamiliar with the technology and hesitant to put them to use. However, these Web 2.0 applications can give almost any company an in-depth, comprehensive look at their sales data, ...
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The longstanding leader in document sharing software is now making it easier to enhance and share your photos online. Adobe's Photoshop Express offers a simplified version of the industry standard desktop publishing (DTP) package, Photoshop, for web-based image management. “Photoshop ...
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Web video advertising is in its infancy, and it's trying to find its feet with a number of different techniques and strategies. One recent announcement should help give "skins" the edge over other forms. CBS, in acquiring an online show ...
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In recent years, businesses have looked to the internet for market research outlets. Online polling has become a regular way for businesses to get to know their customers. It offers more advantages for companies than using the telephone to research ...
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Google recently launched a new, improved version of their website search service called Site Search. Previously called Custom Search Business Edition, Site Search allows businesses to use Google's advanced search capabilities on their own websites. The improved tool can help ...
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Have you ever had a well-intentioned friend who, in their attempts to help you, may have overstepped the lines of good taste? Such is the problem that most candidates are facing with the recent spate of advertisements being run by ...
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Many companies are jumping on the bandwagon of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools. The software companies use, whether online or on the desktop, can have a significant (though invisible) impact on how they are perceived by customers. While SaaS options ...
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Once seen as just a business tool, smartphones are gaining market share among all walks of life, especially women. A New York Time's
article reports that the number of women who owned a smartphone increased to one in three ...
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Talkibie has covered the concept of cloud computing in relation to its effects on
software and as a
technology base. In this regard, cloud computing, or using a remote network of decentralized machines to complete an individual user's ...
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Imagine surfing the
Hard Rock Cafe's memorabilia website and coming across a small thumbnail image of Louis Armstrong's trumpet or Cher's suede boots. You want to see the scuff on the toes and the wear and tear on ...
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It is amazing to think that even 10 years ago gas prices at some gas stations were still less than a dollar per gallon. Now we struggle to find gas prices under $4.00 a gallon. We all know that we ...
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Excited fans of Mozilla eagerly downloaded the open source company's new free browser,
Firefox 3, yesterday in massive numbers. The company encouraged users to participate in a potentially record-setting "Download Day", trying to set a Guinness World Record ...
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Taking to the skies will now be easier and much more chic, thanks to the first aircraft designed specifically for light sport aviation: The Icon A5. Marketed toward the well-to-do aviation enthusiast, the Icon A5 offers a fun, sleek way ...
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Many businesses are springing up all over the world that focus on renewable energy production. One of the most successful and innovative is
OpenHydro, an Irish company dedicated to harnessing the potential energy of the tides. With the ...
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When
Audiophiliac wrote "LP sales surpass CDs!", it was intended to be shocking, but definitely not truthful. Posted on April 1st, the story was the author's attempt to put a little spin on some wishful thinking that vinyl had ...
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