http://www.wddx.net/rss.cfm Internet and Tech Articles of Interest en-us Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 HandCoded by WDDX.NET 145 Check out the Bing Introductory video by Microsoft or read the Feature Smackdown from PC Magazine Bing vs Google vs Yahoo Some of the features Bing brings to the table are nice That Farecast Price Prediction thing on the travel search is pretty spiffy... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=255 8FEFD5DD-1517-53F1-659C80A4E3FB989D Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Search Engines Topsy is a new search engine that harvests Social Media The 30 million or so Twitter users are an army of little content-finding machines-- Tech Crunch From Topsys About page: Topsy is a new kind of search engine with a new way of looking at the Internet... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=254 7FE636C2-1517-53F1-6530F4030238A5CA Tue, 26 May 2009 22:20:00 -0400 Social Media Google has improved their Google Suggest tool which will now (among other things) will display Sponsored Ads http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=253 63DC7978-1517-53F1-658AAA7917C20AEB Thu, 21 May 2009 11:46:00 -0400 Google Web Development ComScore has released its worldwide numbers and the Twitter website had more than 32 million visitors according to TechCrunchCom To put that in growth into perspective Twitter has just passed Digg (23 million) LinkedIn (16 million) and the NYTimescom... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=252 6058895A-1517-53F1-659D6AB425B18D75 Wed, 20 May 2009 19:15:00 -0400 Google Social Media Yahoo Systemax recently announced that it acquired the Circuit City trademarks brand name and internet domain for $14 million Presently if you go to CircuitCityCom you will see the announcement of an imminent Re-Launch: On the main page is a Press Release... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=251 603BCE19-1517-53F1-65D4DC002A0ACBA8 Wed, 20 May 2009 19:00:00 -0400 Technology and the Home Another Press Release from Advantage Services today a WDDXNET partner It looks like their Web Development team is GROWING despite the recent economic downturn I keep telling people that there is no magic bullet Jim Sacks President of Advantage Services... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=250 5EA2CBF0-1517-53F1-65E6F0736133F320 Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Sprint announced their plan to launch the Palm Pre on June 6th today Sprint Chief Executive Dan Hesse stoked the hype early Tuesday saying he expects high demand Well have shortages for a while Hesse told analysts during an industry conference on Tuesday... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=243 5AD7BEC0-1517-53F1-65A26B72C78D5684 Tue, 19 May 2009 17:47:00 -0400 Palm Wireless Mobile Theres a new Search Engine in town called Wolfram Alpha but it wont help you find web pages that have the information you are looking for It wants to help you find the information Unlike Google which invites you to explore other websites with every... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=242 53A0F12F-1517-53F1-65F34453894FBCAE Mon, 18 May 2009 08:10:00 -0400 Wolfram Alfa Looks like a fun charter doesnt it? Advantage Services unveiled the Latitude Expedition website today with the tagline Charting New Territory http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=249 5B0F4AD8-1517-53F1-65BE98C06FAEE350 Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development The developers at Advantage Services rolled out the new Marine Response Alliance website today http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=247 5B072A7D-1517-53F1-659F9899FBA80C31 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development According to the e-mail I received this morning the new Turtle Mound Pointe website by Advantage Services is Turtle Approved! http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=248 5B0B0ABA-1517-53F1-654E574CA37C618C Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development Google has just launched a new tool called GOOGLE SIMILAR IMAGES With it you can search for an image and if you find one you like you might be able to click on a link beneath it labeled similar images for more of the same kind of thing From the TechCrunch... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=241 C9FB0031-1517-53F1-65AF02F6F6ACF30F Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:32:00 -0400 Google Graphics and Multimedia Google Labs unveiled a new tool yesterday called GOOGLE NEWS TIMELINE It lets you track a specific topic across multiple news sources with a nifty chronological timeline interface Go ahead and try it out! http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=240 C9D57868-1517-53F1-65FD6C9214DA01E9 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:56:00 -0400 Google Youve hooked your PC up to your television to watch streaming video on the internet right? Sometimes when we forget to record a show on the DVR we watch it on Hulu Well today Adobe unveiled a version of Flash that will let people stream that content... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=239 C3BF8299-1517-53F1-651420BA2D31B600 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:38:00 -0400 Adobe Technology and the Home The Lady Sheridan website was unveiled today by the developers over at Advantage Services Nice! http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=246 5B040A16-1517-53F1-65E5199F506CD639 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development I received another e-mail from the developers at Advantage Services today announcing the release of the Solar Power Industries website The website serves both English and Chinese customers! http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=245 5B00B7B1-1517-53F1-65C8D00DF74F7F5E Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development A new website unveiled by Advantage Services today: David Walters Yachts http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=244 5AFB23FA-1517-53F1-657EB056066150E1 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development Google has recently rebranded GrandCentral an online command center they acquired almost two years ago as Google Voice From the Official Blog: Weve just started to release a preview of Google Voice an application that helps you better manage your voice... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=238 FB468117-347A-5310-99D355B95610B45A Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:17:00 -0400 Google Google knows more about you than any organisation in human history It can give you a bird rsquo;s eye view of your house allow friends and family to track your every move through their mobile phones and through its search engine - knows your likes dislikes... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=237 F6A0AB7B-347A-5310-9DBD9F397988B3FF Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:40:00 -0400 Google Network Solutions is teaching staffers how to use Twitter and respond to client inquiries from the Twitterverse The Skittles website now directs visitors to Twitter searches for Skittles so they could see what people are saying about the candyDell made... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=236 EB749D24-347A-5310-9CB933761E38F1E6 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Social Media I received another announcement in my mail today from the website team over at Advantage Services unveiling the new Yacht Blue website: http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=234 8B0EE9DE-347A-5310-9661255108E3426B Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development Last week we blogged about Palms retirement of the Palm OS and the up and coming WebOS they will be introducing soom We already know that WebOS will support MultiTouch one of the more intuitive features of the iPhones operating system but now we learn... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=233 86147DBA-347A-5310-98DBDD43BE553CA0 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:12:00 -0400 Adobe Mobile Devices Palm VnuNet reports:By 1 January 2012 the majority of all new mobile phones will support a universal charging connector based on micro-USB and the majority of new chargers will meet the high-efficiency targets set out by the Open Mobile Terminal PlatformWhos... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=232 8602EDCB-347A-5310-9FD6BBD53A84B299 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mobile Devices Wireless Mobile Youve probably already read that Facebook Plans on Cashing in on Your Data but now their Terms of Service have changed and Facebook can keep your data and even sublicense it long after youve terminated your account with them Hmm http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=231 7F736F06-347A-5310-95EFDB7124EE64FE Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Social Media Epsons XPOSYS chip smaller than the head of a matchstick set for mass production in late 2009 will make GPS based location sensing ubiquitous Improved to more accurately determine your location while indoors and combined with technology like Skyhook... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=229 755204AD-347A-5310-94C801335B9B307A Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Hardware Social Media Wireless Mobile Redmond has announced that Dave Porter the 27 year retail veteran (with Wal-Mart creds) will be helping Microsoft to open their own brick-and-mortar Retail Stores John Biggs sort of mocks the idea over at CrunchGear but he also has the Redmond PressRelease... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=227 700887FA-347A-5310-9964D0D1D0B77040 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:23:00 -0400 Business Microsoft Palm is going to retire PalmOS but theyre unveiling a new Palm webOS to take its place complete with multitouch capabilities From Network World: Colligan brushed aside questions about speculation that Apple might file a lawsuit charging that the Pres... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=228 700C9CDF-347A-5310-98AF68ABE799DBBE Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Palm Wireless Mobile Thomas Clayburn of Information Week does his best to assure us that Google Latitude isnt really a privacy risk There are in other words real privacy risks out there but Latitude isnt one of them People are their own worst enemy when it comes to privacy... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=226 6B6CA51D-347A-5310-94E050B57D27D81D Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:56:00 -0400 Google Social Media Garmin and Asustek have teamed up to produce the Nuvifone M20 running Microsofts Windows Mobile 61 Professional KansasCityCom reports: The deal allows Garmin to expand further into the navigation market as the portable device market softens and thats... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=225 6B4BD6B7-347A-5310-99FB12ABCEC328A6 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Hardware Social Media Back in August we made a Wordle from all the words in our blogWe did it again Its kind of neat comparing the two http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=224 62B1462C-347A-5310-9260AD6E71578BC9 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:18:00 -0400 Interesting or Odd It looks like Mozilla was impressed enough with Ubiquity (we blogged about that back in August) to include it as a standard feature in Mozilla 32 or 40 whichever comes out next From PC Pro: Ubiquity allows users to type natural language phrases intothe... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=223 621F7FD7-347A-5310-9E24196475AEB8E3 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:37:00 -0400 Browsers Tamarac is the first Broward Municipality to tweet their public announcementsIn what is likely a first for a Broward municipality Tamarac City Hall will soon start sending Tweets on TwitterTwitter is a new online tool that limits messages to 140 characters... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=222 60600AA4-347A-5310-90F8E18FEB3B60FE Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Social Media John Borthwick wrote a fascinating article that was featured over at the Silicon Alley Insider one that deals with the relevancy of emerging social networks and how they are transforming the way we use technology today The Google team nailed this one... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=221 5D9637FB-347A-5310-990F490A1C5224FA Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Google Social Media Google just made 15 million books available to iPhone and Android users according to InformationWeekcomGoogle (NSDQ: GOOG) on Thursday granted users of Android mobile phones and Apples iPhone access to more than 15 million books for freeThey furtherreport:Googles... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=220 4C4B108E-347A-5310-97CEF8DCDB8CAD8C Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:53:00 -0400 Google Techrigy the developers of SM2 a Social Media Monitoring and Analytics Solution announced that their growing database has now recorded 1 Billion conversations harvested from Blogs Twitters Wikis Social Networks and User-Generated Content such as YouTube... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=219 4C2EB311-347A-5310-94D8FF1C73E4B5F2 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Social Media Web Development Sign up for Google Latitude and your phone will actually report your location to Google so you and your friends can see where each other are on Google MapsThe Earth Times addresses some of the privacy issuesSan Francisco - Google announced a new mapping... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=218 47D0DF19-347A-5310-93B67E36800B6834 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:00:00 -0400 Google Security Wireless Mobile Windows 7 will come in 6 different versions according to the End User blog:Windows 7 Starter (limited to three apps concurrently)Windows 7 Home Basic (for emerging markets)Windows 7 Home Premium (adds Aero Touch Media Center)Windows 7 Professional (Remote... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=217 470611E9-347A-5310-97BF477709B0033B Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Another website released today by the developers over at Advantage Services : Bright Watts a global leader in solar energy products http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=207 44C7E00A-347A-5310-95304DC918FF7C7E Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development The Verizon Hub a landline killer is now $199 with a contract reveals EngadgetSee for yourself by clicking here http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=205 36CADDD0-347A-5310-918E04E914B952CA Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:35:00 -0400 Verizon Wireless Mobile Verizon Wireless has completed the first phase of construction for its new $50 million dollar switching facility In West Broward the new facility will handle all of Verizons traffic for South Florida and is modeled after facilities in Orlando and JacksonvilleConstruction... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=204 36C15F41-347A-5310-9993535214D00411 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:30:00 -0400 Business Google Microsoft Verizon Wireless Mobile Struggling to make ends meet with advertising aloneFACEBOOK is planning to exploit the vast amount of personal information it holds on its 150 million members by creating one of the worlds largest market research databasesIn an attempt to finally cash... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=203 3463577F-347A-5310-92B5C64A6661C6A1 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Putting Flash on the iPhone isnt going to be as easy as they thought:The work at Adobe Systems toward getting its nearly ubiquitous Flash technology onto the Apple iPhone goes onand on and onSpeaking with the Bloomberg news service on the sidelines of... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=202 345E259F-347A-5310-9235BA4E184C68BE Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Adobe Apple Mobile Devices That was the title of the announcement I reeived today from Advantage Services introducing the new Quail Creek website http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=235 8B19072F-347A-5310-9625BDA745E25B59 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development Netflix reports a 45% rise in fourth quarter profits and is now reported to be budgeting $175 million for buying back its own stockIs this one of the companies that will be ruling after the reset?or is it destined to become a part of Microsoft? http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=201 183B4BE0-347A-5310-9E8496B96CDF2B68 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:12:00 -0400 Business Technology and the Home Engadget has the scoop on the new Western Digital 2TB (TeraByte) HDD (Hard Disk Drive) which sports a 32MB Cache and spins at 7200 RPMWestern Digital is indeed producing (and shipping) a standalone 2TB internal hard drive Available now for purchase from... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=200 1833F5A4-347A-5310-93DC06B3AE9C0F06 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:07:00 -0400 Apple Google Hardware A normally confident Steven A Ballmer chief executive of Microsoft expressed this very fear last week after announcing the companys first big reduction of its work force Our model is not for a quick rebound he said Our model is things go down and then... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=199 14F42C58-347A-5310-98C4B63E4F22CE5F Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Microsoft Recession For the first time since it began in 1975 Microsoft is cutting jobs because of a shrinking economyFrom BreitBartCom:Microsoft Corp said Thursday it is cutting 5000 jobs over the next 18 months?more than 5 percent of its work force?a sign of how badly... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=198 00185032-347A-5310-9C47D8243805EFCA Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Microsoft Recession MacWorld reports on the Entourage Beta released today:Microsoft released a public beta of Entourage for Exchange Web Services late Monday announcing the launch on the Microsoft Mac Business Units Office for Mac blogMore here from Go Ahead Mac My DayNo... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=197 F53A6BB3-347A-5310-93DB7619FAA200D9 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:02:00 -0400 Apple Microsoft Google introduces Preferred Sites Can anyone else read between the lines here? HmmmmmmmThe preferred sites feature lets you set your Google Web Search preferences so that your search results match your unique tastes and needs Fill in the sites yourely... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=196 F3F93A5A-347A-5310-98886E2C2DB1731E Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:17:00 -0400 Google Web Development Tech Publisher OReilly has slashed (14 % of its staff / 31 people) in an effort to get more with lessFrom Slashdot:According to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat geeky tech publisher OReilly Media has slashed 14% of its workforce or 31 people Founder and... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=195 F3F401E2-347A-5310-9484F4F477C174BA Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Recession Samsung and Toshiba have struck a deal with Intel and Yahoo to embed the Widget software application platform right into upcoming televisionsSoon there will be an ethernet jack in the back of your TV set With the recent arrival of Netflix StreamingMovies... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=194 EF5256DE-347A-5310-979E408855D8ED56 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:30:00 -0400 Web Development Yahoo I always read and consider customer reviews before making online purchases It kind of makes you wonder if any of them are real eh?Belkin Hired People to Write 5/5 Reviews of their Products on AmazonFrom Engadget:Remember how Michael Bayard a BelkinBusiness... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=193 EF1CACD2-347A-5310-9AB592118C54F43A Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Microsoft failed their appeal in the last case and now theres (16 Billion Eruos worth of) blood in the water These charges were sparked by a complaint from Opera Software and reaches all the way back to 1996From NetworkWorldCOM:Microsoft was formally... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=191 E632512F-347A-5310-90B5BFB882B3CC52 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Browsers Microsoft Have you visited Google Knol yet? Knol is Googles collaborative effort that has one goal: to help you share what you knowRecently the Google Blog announced that the 100000th Knol had been added to their databaseKnol is a free service from Google that... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=192 E67F4324-347A-5310-9C3743398327FBCA Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Google It looks like AMD is going to be reducing it work force and lowering salaries according to the Wall Street JournalSAN FRANCISCO--Advanced Micro Devices Inc said it will reduce its workforce by 1100 positions and impose temporary pay cuts on management... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=188 E1ECAA53-347A-5310-9A5B35A0600644E7 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Recession It looks like Circuit City wasnt able to find a buyer From BreitBartCOM:Bankrupt Circuit City Stores Inc the nations second-biggest consumer electronics retailer said Friday it failed to find a buyer and will liquidate its 567 US stores The closures... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=182 E13F2866-347A-5310-91EFAAED4C6937D8 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Recession Technology and the Home In just over a days time the infected PC count has hit 89 million according to DarkReadingCOMA rapidly spreading worm infection may be a tool for building out a major new botnet according to security researchers who have been watching the aggressiveConfickr/Downadup... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=184 E1B6ACB7-347A-5310-93D06224665A7F67 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Security A creative new worm takes advantage of a hole Microsoft patched in October of last yearToo bad people dont update their machines From InformationWeekCOM:What makes this worm interesting is the ability its creators have put in place to update all ofthe... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=183 E16C3F4F-347A-5310-962177445E8E8F12 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Security Its only a hundred people but according to The Times its the first time Google has dismissed staff that it had hired directlyChristmas bonuses were slashed as wellIn recent weeks Google also cut an unspecified number of contractors and temporary staff... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=189 E1F19B9F-347A-5310-9C8FED997EBCB6BF Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Google Recession Word on The Street has it that Microsoft is mulling work force reductions and might announce them as early as next weekFrom the Wall Street Journal:Microsoft Corp is seriously exploring significant work force reductions that could be announced as early... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=187 E1EA5978-347A-5310-9724237DB4C54A9D Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Microsoft Recession Its confirmed Motorola is going to cut 4000 more jobs as reports of their cellphone sales come in They sold a little less than half the phones that they did in Q4 2008 than they did in Q4 2007 http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=185 E1E166CF-347A-5310-922FE8F4280E3D47 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Recession Wireless Mobile Seagate after sliding profits for 2 quarters announced it will be eliminating 2950 positions and reducing CEO pay by 25% according to BloombergCOMProfit at Seagate which replaced its CEO two days ago has slid for two quarters as the recession crimpspersonal-computer... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=186 E1E66CBD-347A-5310-9DC89871798E9306 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business Recession The former CEO of Autodesk which recently cut 750 jobs after 4Q losses is going to be the new CEO of YahooYahoo has been pushed around by outsiders and needs to chart its own course incoming CEO Carol Bartz said Tuesday though she hasnt yet determined... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=190 E1FA35F7-347A-5310-91FFE288B0D84B57 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Business I liked the subject line for the Capstone Title mailer: is your website doing your business justice?Jim Sacks and his gang of developers over at Advantage Services: theyre a punny bunch huh? http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=208 44CE58C5-347A-5310-9530AFD43338D8DB Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development The Developers over at Advantage Services served up another website today http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=206 44BFE60B-347A-5310-978711EBB60558D0 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development The new HydroBlades is pretty snazzy you should take a peek Jim and the gang at Advantage Services is pretty proud of it http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=211 44D940FA-347A-5310-934BD2F1B03743D1 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development This advertisement was a cute take on the election coverage Advantage Services unveiled the new International Yacht Collection website: http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=212 44E10A43-347A-5310-96327F6680FACFE1 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development Thats the cacth phrase over on the new Fleet Advantage site unveiled today by Advantage Services Its All About IT http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=209 44D27ACA-347A-5310-90C26F04C23007D2 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development I liked this one: clean simple thematic - like most of the Advantage Services new website adverts In this one they are presenting Merrill Stevens http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=213 44E5A002-347A-5310-9BAF718CC777E780 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development The inside joke here is that whenever a Yacht Brokerage firm asks Advantage Services to build them a website they want it to be blue This time it was Merritt Yachts http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=214 44E994EB-347A-5310-93B4A7911B830E36 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development Jim Sacks and his team of developers (they call that office The Cave) unveiled the new Gilman Yachts website today http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=210 44D61AAD-347A-5310-9CE3B877A2E95953 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development Take a look at this video from Aza Raskin its about a Mozilla project in the early stages of development called Ubiquity: an experiment into connecting the Web with language If someone showed you The internet a few years from now theres a good change... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=181 05C6E019-347A-5310-9FC4BD3C8C9193FD Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Spam Advantage Services unveiled the new Paul Hanna website last night even as Tropical Storm Fay was passing through South Florida http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=180 DBA8F58B-347A-5310-9CF15A04FC5B1535 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development Palette Grabber is a Firefox add-on that will take the colors from a particular web page and assemble them into a palette for Photoshop Paint Shop Pro GIMP Flash Fireworks or OS X Interesting yes? http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=179 D3CA3E53-347A-5310-9B8B19C69A6708C3 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Browsers Web Development We unveiled our version of the Domain Name Suggestion Tool today on the WDDXNET website You can search for specific domain names or use keywords to cast a wider net The tool will look for the COM NET ORG and BIZ TLDs domains that are up for auction... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=178 D362416A-347A-5310-9CE063684350E5CC Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google Sharepoint WDDX.NET Microsoft Surface debuts in Sheraton Hotels Resorts in five US cities putting a virtual concierge and unique entertainment experiences at guests fingertips Microsoft Surface is a 30-inch display in a tablelike form factor that several guests can use... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=177 D12F0DA1-347A-5310-9C2ED7E649A8B00B Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft This highly anticipated release includes many new features that customers and ACT consultants were clamoring for including: simplified lookups fast access to previous contact lookups En masse e-mail attaching activity scheduling from e-mails and much... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=176 D128AD9F-347A-5310-9E456C675DE75A57 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 ACT by Sage MacDailyNewsCOM reported today that Apple inc has recently passed Google in market value Currently Apples market value stands at $157012662240 versus Googles $156392862560 For comparison they offer a list of selected current market values:? Microsoft... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=174 C199BDCD-347A-5310-90AD40EDFE3B77CF Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Apple Interesting or Odd Jonathan Feinberg created Wordle a Java based visualization that takes a pile of words and throws them at the screen until it fits Words that are repeated more often have larger font sizes Its pretty to look at and curiously illuminating Wordle isa... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=175 C1BE2B2C-347A-5310-95A21908F780292F Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google Interesting or Odd According to Pocket-Lint research from ClearMyMail in the UK shows a disturbing trend ClearMyMail says it blocked an average of 30846 spam emails per customer between April and June compared to just 8156 between January and March Dan Field managingdirector... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=173 B197BC59-347A-5310-95E51DE91F324540 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Spam Boing Boing has a assembled a collection of 101 classic computer ads including the first computer I learned to program on: http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=171 AE3A6D3A-347A-5310-93810FF45474E76C Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google Interesting or Odd As the predominant worldwide desktop Hackers have historically focused their efforts on exploiting vulnerabilities in the popular Microsoft Windows operating system Now that Apple is gaining the attention of the market PhysORG reports that theyre beginning... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=170 AE152B81-347A-5310-9900C69ACB9F844B Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Apple Security TechCrunch reports that Yahoo and Google are both letting you opt-out of of the ad targeting that they use on their websites At least Yahoo was honest enough to come out and say that the new policy was a direct response to Congressional scrutiny over... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=172 AE54204B-347A-5310-9637A10FF6082A6B Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google Security Yahoo Its not just Captcha that has fallen to the barbarian hordes virtually every technology that larger service providers have used to defend themselves has been exploited in some fashion Huge targets garner a huge amount of attention Tech World records... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=169 A28011F0-347A-5310-9EF868334831863E Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Browsers Google Microsoft Spam Yahoo Heres the latest advert from Advantage Services: presenting the new Sonic USA Boats website and its not blue! http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=215 44EE8175-347A-5310-995E039B85654DDA Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development Is pay-per-click advertising such as Google AdWords part of your marketing strategy? It is? (of course it is) Then youll love Googles new Insights for Search tool and extension of the Google Trends tool released in June Googles official blog reports:... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=168 9E68EBD6-347A-5310-906EE12F25AEABC7 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google Web Development In one of the most technologically ambitious online presentation Microsoft and NBC are teaming up to present more than 3000 hours of on-demand video and over 2200 hours of live coverage from ChinaFor people watching the Olympics NBC and Microsoft tout... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=167 9D5CAAE4-347A-5310-97693E5296B04584 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Interesting or Odd Microsoft InternetNews reports that Microsoft recently announced that it is releasing SQL Server 2008 to manufacturing The release has been delayed since February to make sure the code was solidMicrosoft highlighted a number of big changes: a streamlined upgrade... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=166 9D577C5F-347A-5310-9AB7F1C9ECC49A1E Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Internet search has become a part of daily life for many people to the point that it is challenging the dominance of Email Tech Crunch comments on a recent report released by the Pew Internet Project According to the study nearly 50% of internet users... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=165 9D503FD6-347A-5310-9419FE47764105DA Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Interesting or Odd Advantage Services announced the resurrection of the FYBAORG website today The advert was pretty clever I enjoyed seeing it in my inbox Click Here to check out their work on the FYBA website itself http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=164 964B6057-347A-5310-9FDB859B7F520BEA Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development A slimmer version of Apples 3G iPhone could be on the shelves in time for Christmas the UK PC Advisor tells us that an insider at Telefonica said via the Daily Mail that the iPhone Nano would be a pay-as-you-go device and would be launched (in the UK... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=162 8DE9D0A1-347A-5310-9686D6C7A6D22177 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Wireless Mobile Microsoft recently released a 14 page Vista performance tuning guide that focuses on performance improvements on a single computer but also takes a look at some of the tools used in enterprise environements to help make performance tuning manageableon... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=163 8DF67CFF-347A-5310-9B5EA5EBB875C556 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Businesses can now download a beta version of Alfresco Labs 3 a Content Management System that makes use of the sharepoint protocol published by MicrosoftSearchEnterpriseLinux reports:Alfresco was able to achieve full transparency with Microsoft Office... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=159 8513590D-347A-5310-90A8747035A5B066 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Sharepoint Seeking Alpha reports on Microsofts latest attempt to gain traction on search leaders Google and YahooThe new design notes Microsoft Live Search Official Blog features background images that will change frequently augmented with hotspots (high or special... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=158 849A48D9-347A-5310-9B651BA84FD8085A Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Scott Simon of NPR reports on a man whose last name made it difficult for him to upgrade his Internet serviceOne of the striking parts of this story is how much of the process took place in India http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=157 848E57FD-347A-5310-9542D23A46F0A152 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Interesting or Odd Advantage Services unveiled yet another new website this one for Joe Galluzzi They do nice work dont they? We enjoy working with them http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=155 7E4339BF-347A-5310-94EF4249E66E8511 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development Microsoft sets up a hidden camera and then tells people that say they dont like Vista that theyre getting a sneak preview of Mojave the next Microsoft Operating System Theyre floored They love it Thats when Microsoft tells them that theyve been had... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=156 7E6A3ADE-347A-5310-9E1097C7CDA74EA7 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google Interesting or Odd Microsoft Popular Mechanics tested 4 popular portable hard drives They dropped them on industrial carpet they dropped them on hard concrete they even ran one over with a Chevy TahoeThat one survivedRead the article and then go buy yourself a 250 GB ruggedized... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=153 7CD560CA-347A-5310-9E2E9FE57A2532B8 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Hardware Interesting or Odd Thats right With the new Sprint Airave all you need is a broadband connection to offer about 5000 square feet some rightous CDMA Sprint coverageHeres some info right from Sprint:What Is Sprint AIRAVE?? Sprint AIRAVE? is a device that creates a CDMAsignal... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=154 7CDE9FA0-347A-5310-9D4F2AD235A21588 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google Wireless Mobile iStock analyst reports that AT T has expanded their 3G network to more areas in South Florida: specifically Southwest Florida Bradenton and SarasotaWith the launch of the AT T 3G network in Southwest Florida and Sarasota and Bradenton the company now... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=152 7AA364D8-347A-5310-964D190F02BC7064 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 AT&T Wireless Mobile Arlene Satchell of the Sun-Sentinel reports that AT T has turned on television service in parts of Broward and Miami-Dade Counties The AT T U-verse website describes the service as 100% digitally delivered television that can record up to 4 shows at... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=151 7A8F0F5B-347A-5310-9ADB70951CA5E9F1 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 AT&T Technology and the Home Microsoft can read the writing on the wall At the pace Internet technology is developing there will one day no longer be a need for an Operating System like Windows a fat operating system that does not effectively leverage todays distributed networks... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=150 793B8B0D-347A-5310-9F124A966EF83555 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft George Dyson writes an interesting piece of fiction over at The Edge As an anonymous reader over at Slashdot said Its a piece that fiction magazines wouldnt publish because its too technical and technical publications wouldnt print because its too fictionalFrom... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=149 770C7A24-347A-5310-91EBCEB90D3B669A Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google Interesting or Odd LifeHacker wrote an article about a new FireFox add-on called Objection that helps you track down and remove (if you choose to) the Local Shared Objects (or Flash Cookies) that Flash puts on your computer http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=146 770AA5BE-347A-5310-9CECCFA4B66959BD Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Adobe Browsers Web Development Over on the TechRadar we learn that Microsoft is developing a new voice-activated service called LS4D Microsoft Live Search for DevicesLS4D will allow third parties to develop search applications that use the web allowing such things as voice activated... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=147 770B6BCE-347A-5310-9F0D842C10ACEB56 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Windows OneCare might come pre-installed on your next computer we read over on the vnunetThe deal covers 12 countries and includes hardware providers MDG Computers Canada LEO Gesellschaft fur Computer Kommunikation Wortmann Olidata Hyrican Informationsysteme... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=148 770BF5DF-347A-5310-948496CA7340F97D Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Security Information Week reports that Sprint faces a 73 million dollar judgement in a class action lawsuit focused on early termination fees The ruling could set a precedent for similar pending judgements against AT T and T-MobileVerizon Wireless settled early... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=145 719C878A-347A-5310-971F84B986C36D33 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Business Wireless Mobile Microsoft demod one of their research products recently the Sphere Like Surface the interface allows users to manipulate photos play games or watch videosIn the video below Hrvoje Benko of Microsoft Research demonstrates the sphere in action... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=139 719C701A-347A-5310-98DA7DA2D3D29FAB Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Interesting or Odd Microsoft The Reading Eagle reports that Billionaire T Boone Pickens called Yahoo management Pathetic sold all of his Yahoo holdingsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Billionaire investor T Boone Pickens has sold all of his holdings in Yahoo Inc in a pique over the way the... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=144 719C83A2-347A-5310-9C3BF9D5122B29F1 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Business Microsoft Yahoo Raising 33 Million dollars in venture capital from Greylock former Google employees Anna Patterson Russel Power and Louis Monier joined Tom Costello of IBM to create Cuil a new search engine that claims to have a larger index than even GoogleIt received... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=137 719C684A-347A-5310-9591CFCEA588B0F2 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Business Google According to a Chinese consulting firm China now has more Internet users than the United StatesInformationWeek reports:More people connect to the Internet in China than in any other country in the world a Chinese consulting and research firm announced... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=138 719C6C32-347A-5310-978720E60223A753 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Interesting or Odd The Earth Times reports that Google has signed a letter of intent to buy Digg the social networking news site started by Kevin Rose in 2004San Francisco - Internet search leader Google has signed a letter of intent with Digg to purchase the social news... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=143 719C7FBA-347A-5310-9B6A39E522A1CD30 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google The Unofficial Google Operating System blog reports that Google Gears which currently supports Google Docs and the Google Reader will soon help you to use GMail and Google Calender offlineMobile Burn reports that GMail contacts will be supported by SyncML... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=142 719C7BD2-347A-5310-932761ACDBA5C2E4 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google A recent study by Roaring Penguin software has noted a disturbing trend: spammers are more frequently taking advantage of free e-mail providers such as Google Yahoo or Hotmail to avoid IP reputation based systemsRoaring Penguins data shows that overthe... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=141 719C77EA-347A-5310-9BB60A20CB7CE67C Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google Spam The latest advert from Jim and the gang over at Advantage Services taks a look at a number of websites:The websites listed include:King of Fans Denison Daves Shared Yachts Never Enough Heart Gallery Silver Lake Preserve Pure Bliss Echion USA Lace Yachts... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=216 44F397BE-347A-5310-9A6C270A01732367 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Advantage Services Web Development Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch shares a letter that Steven Balmer sent to Yahoos Board of Directors He calls it saber rattling a signal that they arent prepared to increase their offer and predicts a negotiated deal by April 17tha Forty Billion... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=136 719C6462-347A-5310-9A7B690511550B49 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Business Microsoft Yahoo Todays Information Week reports that Microsoft Surface will be coming to AT T stores this April The tabletop kiosks will use special optical tags to recognize selected cell phones to allow customers to explore device featuresMicrosofts multitouchSurface... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=134 719C5C92-347A-5310-9195D9C9D970D13F Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Jennifer LeClaire from NewsFactorCom reports on the Pwn to Own challenge at CanSecWest:Microsofts Vista Ultimate SP1 and Apple Incs MacBook Air have been hacked through applications with only Ubuntu unbreached in the Pwn to Own challenge at CanSecWest... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=135 719C607A-347A-5310-9CBB825D1073F06A Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Apple Browsers Microsoft Web Development In todays Information Week Thomas Claburn cites the recent study by Swiss Federal Institute of TechnologyIn 0-Day Patch Exposing Vendors (In)security Performance presented last week at the Black Hat conference in Amsterdam Stefan Frei Bernhard Tellenbach... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=133 719C58AA-347A-5310-948F6B6CF1ECCD81 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Apple Microsoft Security Adobe announced today that their long-awaited free web-version of Photoshop dubbed Adobe Photoshop Express is now available as a BetaMembers can edit and store up to 2 GB of images in their accountFrom InfoWorld:Photoshop Express allows users to store... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=131 719C50DA-347A-5310-92C33A891A8519E7 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Graphics and Multimedia Web Development From John Fontana over at NetworkWorld:Microsoft SharePoint taking business by stormVersatile Microsoft server may not be perfect but it is attracting interest as tool to address anything from collaboration to process managementMicrosofts SharePointServer... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=132 719C54C2-347A-5310-9D50E47F9A56A1BA Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Sharepoint Thats the question the c|net blog over at newscom is asking about todays announcement that Motorolla is going to split into two companies: one for its mobile-devices business and the other for its broadband and mobility-solutions businessMotorola said... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=130 719C4CF2-347A-5310-946D1C48F1239E8C Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Business Chrysler wants to make the car stereo a WiFi port Perhaps now you can see why Microsoft and Google are so interested in the opportunities WhiteSpace offers?The Washington Post reports:Chrysler the third-largest US automaker says it will be the first... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=128 719C4522-347A-5310-986EA487DABE3038 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Business According to InfoWorld we can expect to see Windows Service Pack 3 pretty soonTechARPcom a Malaysian Web site that nailed Vista SP1s release-to-manufacturing (RTM) date last month as well as its release to Windows Update last week said that Microsoft... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=129 719C490A-347A-5310-9F06E9B20F09B42E Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Microsoft isnt the only company who has already started staking out White Space as a bandwidth arena ripe for developmentFrom the Star Tribune:As Google has pointed out previously the vast majority of viable spectrum in this country simply goes unused... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=127 719C413A-347A-5310-929F8F19E0E5E47A Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google Microsoft The Proof is in the Pudding they say still this is the direction consumers want to go They dont want to be limited to a specific list of phones They want to be able to buy whatever phone they want and then choose any service they wantConsumer: Can... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=124 719C34F5-347A-5310-939F68EE4E682EA1 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Wireless Mobile From Information Week:Safari 31 which is available at no charge for Mac and Windows PCs through Apples Web site supports additional Web standards It also loads Web pages and runs JavaScript faster than previous versions On the standards front the upgrade... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=125 719C38DD-347A-5310-9F34576C2BA5070F Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Browsers A curious article over at Slashdot:Zone-H have recently posted the statistical breakdown of the collected website defacements from the last few years Surprisingly in 2007 more Linux servers suffered a successful attack than all versions of Windows combined... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=123 719C30BF-347A-5310-9ED4079FC162074C Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Security From DigitalArtsOnline: The features were unwrapped during a media conference at Apples San Francisco headquarters last week where the company announced that iPhone users would soon have access to Microsofts Exchange ActiveSync a licensed data synchronization... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=122 719C2CD7-347A-5310-9F83B25B35BCBF8E Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Apple Wireless Mobile You really do have to take a look at Google SkyFrom Information Week:Google (NSDQ: GOOG) on Thursday said that Google Sky previously a star-viewing option in the Google Earth desktop application can now be viewed on its own in a Web browser Sky in Google... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=115 719C117F-347A-5310-9EB190B86EC09415 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google Interesting or Odd From the Reuters News network:NEW YORK (Reuters) - TiVo Inc said on Wednesday that it would deliver videos from Google Incs popular Web site YouTube directly to television screens via its digital video recordersTiVo said the service would be available... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=112 719C05B7-347A-5310-9B237C9DEF986DE1 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Business Information Week covers Googles acquisition of DoubleClickGoogle (NSDQ: GOOG) on Tuesday received approval from the European Commission and quickly announced the completion of its acquisition of Internet advertising company DoubleClick The decision ends... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=121 719C28EF-347A-5310-9D57BC0D787A8AB8 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Business Google From SearchSecurityCom:Microsoft released four critical security updates Tuesday to fix 12 vulnerabilities in various components of its widely used Office program including Excel and OutlookTim Rains communications chief for Microsoft Security Response... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=126 719C3CC5-347A-5310-94EA46DD6AAC9190 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Security People spend a lot more money on Hosted Messaging than our customers do From Infoweek:Having recently acquired messaging security company Postini Google (NSDQ: GOOG) now finds itself in the threat-prediction business And as is the case with just about... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=118 719C1D37-347A-5310-91039BAD526CC8F0 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google Spam If you advertise with Google Ad Words youll want to read this story in Information WeekLater this month Google (NSDQ: GOOG) plans to begin weighing Web page load time as a factor in assigning search keyword Quality Scores which influence ad placement... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=116 719C1567-347A-5310-92D952717B391844 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Google Web Development Hosted Services and Virtualization are only going to get more and more popular in the years to comeFrom Information Week:BOSTON - Sun Microsystems (NSDQ: JAVA) plans to introduce software and hardware to create virtual Windows and Linux personal computers... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=117 719C194F-347A-5310-94FD1E3B678CB7B5 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Business Microsoft Dean Hachamovitch the General Manager for Internet Explorer reveals that the IE team has made Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers available for download on his blogWhile anyone can download it this is a developer beta We released it at MIX fora... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=119 719C211F-347A-5310-960F6F3311EC4DE1 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Browsers Web Development another article from Information Week:With more companies looking to make critical information easily accessible to and shareable with employees Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) said Monday that it expects total sales of its SharePoint online collaboration software... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=120 719C2507-347A-5310-9CD35E9F6EBAF029 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Sharepoint The BBC News reports on how RSS feeds are changing the way we surf the web:The way people find websites blogs and other content they like on the net is changing While the majority still seek out sites of interest through search engines and keep addresses... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=113 719C09AF-347A-5310-9D01B62EEC1693FE Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Web Development Information Week reports on some of the things that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will disrupt Before you choose to apply the Service Pack this April make sure you review the most current information availableA major update to Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)s... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=114 719C0D97-347A-5310-95C75EEF93F3991D Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Security From ZDNet:Microsoft is planning to add a new opt-in super standards mode to Internet Explorer (IE) 8 - a move of which some developers are critical IE Platform Architect Chris Wilson shared the details of how Microsoft plans to provide the greater standards... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=111 719C01BF-347A-5310-92D53823828D99E9 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Web Development This would suprise most people:Secunia has found that the number of security bugs in the open source Red Hat Linux operating system and Firefox browsers far outstripped comparable products from Microsoft last year http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=109 719BF9EF-347A-5310-984321E74A54C874 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Browsers Microsoft Security The White Space between your digital TV Channels seems to be Prime Real Estate for some tech companiesThis exploration of the white spaces is part of the general-spectrum land rush that is taking place as American TV evolves As TV stations transition... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=110 719BFDD7-347A-5310-907F9CF17CBA62F7 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Business From VNUNET:Microsoft is reminding IT managers that the scheduled 12 February rollout of Windows Server Update Service will include an automatic upgrade to Internet Explorer 7 Companies wishing to remain with IE6 have been offered guidelines explaining... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=108 719BF607-347A-5310-9969DEF70087A6F1 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft Security an interesting article in the Houston Chornicles Tech BlogMicrosofts executives insist the company listens to its customers Many of those customers have indicated theyll skip Windows Vista and consider Windows 7 when it comes outTheir wish is apparently... http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=107 719BF21F-347A-5310-9DC7596E298CDD0A Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Microsoft