Perhaps Google may be over reaching a bit with it’s latest idea to potentially take on Microsoft
One of the good things about MS Office is that it is hosted on the individual comptuer, and that it doesn’t require an Internet connection to function.
Furthermore, MS Office doesn’t require one to store their data on the web (like Google Apps). The former is advantageous for many companies who would rather like to keep information confined to their corporate networks, either for security or regulatory reasons.
There’s a chance that Google could make a dent in MS’ armor, but in the big picture, it’s not much.
or perhaps pillory would be a better punishment:
US Internet ‘Spam King’ arrested
Let people hurl wads of (canned) spam at this guy in revenge….
(hmm….that title could have quite a few chapters)
Having fixed everything else that ails the State, the “bright-minds” of the State Senate have decided to pass legislation regarding “video game violence”
AP: Municipal Wi-Fi Networks Run Into Financial, Technical Trouble
While there is a novelty to Municipal Wi-Fi, the “cons” seem to outweigh the “pros”.
Slow speeds/low bandwith, no encryption, service costs to subscribers (and the local government).
For more takes onit, see the Slashdot take
Today marks the anniversary of what may have been the first piece of email spam.
Now19 years later…..
Wikipedia on CD-Rom
Part of the novelty/attraction to Wikipedia is that it’s a wiki, Static versus dynamic.
Plus the CD only has ~2000 articles for the price. How much does a Encyclopedia Britania CD go for these days?
Here’s another downside to public wifi–the inevitable lawsuits that’ll emerge when people have their data sniffed
Not to mention the potential health effects
Could it be HD-DVD going for the win?
Wal-Mart Begins Massive Push For HD DVD
(Factors do not apply in NYC as it is a Wal-Mart free zone)
The numerous reasons in favor of having municipal WiFi access are often heard (so there’s no reason to rehash them).
However, should tax-payer funded public WiFi be censored?
In Boston–they block certain sites, including Boing Boing
This begs the question–what other sites are blocked (besides pr0n sites–which are predictably blocked)?
Any guesses?
Anything having to do with the Yankees is probably on the list….
For more:
Slashdot
The Blackberry network was down!
I can only imagine what the chaos was like this morning on the subways during rush hour
With regards to the latest non-story story about purposively missing emails between Karl Rove, Gozales, the White House and the RNC…
Doesn’t it seem that this story would be better discussed over at a computer/tech-centric website, rather than being hashed about by political reporters and politicians who are technical luddites?
The tech crowd would be able to simply say if it was possible to “lose” the emails in question.
Of course, in getting an answer to the question, a reader would have to read through the flamewars about Windows vs. Unix/Linux servers and different mail applications, but still.
Are there any real computer geeks/nerds working in Government (aside from say at the NSA, NASA or DARPA) on the Federal or State levels?
Or perhaps there are some–but their voices get ignored.
First it was the loss of a $38 billion dollar file in Alaska, which had no reliable backup.
Then there’s this story:
Aides to Bush told not to destroy e-mails
If the campaign was smart (or listened to their IT people), they would have backups of all the emails, in case they were lost. That is, unless the aides are being told not to lose the backups.
In all, the latter is probably just the result of some silly political fishing expedition, but that’s another issue.
Computer technician accidentally wipes out info on Alaska’s $38 billion fund
Pehaps instead of building that “Bridge to nowhere”, Alaska should invest in some better digital backup media.
The Slashdot response
Pirates seem to be on the decline, but not at the hands of Ninjas.
Rather, it appears that the rise of P2P networks and other file sharing.
Nonetheless, the blanket vendors are still at the subway stop I use on a nightly basis. So business can’t be that bad.
Ironic perhaps, but with the NCAA Men’s Tournament starting on Thursday the 15th—it looks like web bandwith will be at a premium, since CBS is streaming all the games!
And I’d thought that it had totally disappeared.
Google Grabs Friendster Ad Deal
Looks like Friendster is still around after all….
Over the weekend,a minor kerfuffle of sorts, amongst some blogs on the Right about stories at the web site Digg being “dugg down” or marked as spam. (Also see LGF)
To be honest–I’ll admit that I do visit/read Digg. It’s quite an interesting site–both the concept behind it and the content it fosters.
I go to Digg for the Tech news. It appeals to my inner-geek. There’s often good stuff on the site.
(Note: no, I’m not a subscriber–just a “lurker”)
However, I don’t go to Digg for Political news and/or opinion–simply because what’s “news” is decided on the mob mentality.
An apt analogy would be the effects seen when a news site posts one of those web polls, e.g. about Israel or a similar hot topic and then word gets out and the polls are virtually bombarded.
Digg–it’s good at what it does–but I’ll stick to it for tech news.