http://www.project142.org Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:02:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en But while Baidu leads now, there's a possibility that Google's strength in the "cloud computing" world may lead to gains in the long run. The question of why Baidu continues to outperform Google in the world's largest internet user-base has fueled much discussion. I explore business practices and cultural factors that ... http://www.project142.org/?p=388 Spitzer: Now I know why I always hated IT. "...what really snared Spitzer was a money laundering investigation that was flagged by suspicious activity reports (SARs) that banks have to file with the Treasury to surface everything from money laundering to terrorist activity. This network has been around for a ... http://www.project142.org/?p=386 Related: The many flavors of Twitter Message notifications pop up on top of your task bar (or below on Macs) and let you know which account the message is tied to. (Credit: CNET Networks) The latest build of Twirl is nice enough to let you plug in your log-ins from Jaiku and Pownce ... http://www.project142.org/?p=384 Facebook representatives could not immediately be reached for comment. But Woodlock's response was one of skepticism, especially considering that ConnectU had already signed the paperwork to settle the longstanding lawsuit. The three founders, who attended Harvard University alongside Zuckerberg, have been engaged in legal action against Facebook since 2004. Under an agreement ... http://www.project142.org/?p=382 Desktop types are always kicking their laptop counterparts around, stealing their lunch money, and making fun of their slow and undersized hard drives. Fujitsu, Hitachi, and Seagate have all recently announced 320GB 7,200rpm laptop hard drives, but Dell is the first to stick them in a consumer laptop, using the ... http://www.project142.org/?p=380 Last year VideoClix.TV demoed an early version of its creepy, yet intelligent video advertising technology in an episode of Revision3's Diggnation, the popular podcast starring Digg.com's Kevin Rose and co-host Alex Albrecht. The technology, which inserts clickable advertising in every element of the video, gives users a way to be ... http://www.project142.org/?p=378 Intel, of course, has long been a bellwether for the high-tech industry, along with other giants like Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Cisco and--dare I add to the list--Google. But for people who follow the tech economy, the chip giant's sales forecast is usually the single best gauge of how the industry ... http://www.project142.org/?p=376 Microsoft's model is perfect for the client/server model that it helped to pioneer. It is irrelevant for the web-enabled future that is being built even as I type. This new world looks more like Firefox: platform agnostic. It doesn't care if people run Windows. Neither should you. The technology has also ... http://www.project142.org/?p=374 - The explosion of user-generated content: every minute 10 hours of video are being uploaded to YouTube - The collection and the friction-less, platform-independent distribution of content as the next big challenge for media and communication companies Other companies have made this leap before him: Amazon, Netflix, Virgin Mobile, P&G, Dell, and ... http://www.project142.org/?p=372 Over at Laughing Squid this afternoon, I found a wonderful item about some ingenuity on the part of some obvious Dungeons & Dragons MIT students. In a tribute to Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons & Dragons, MIT students erected a huge 20-sided die on campus. (Credit: Eric Schmiedl) Apparently, according to The ... http://www.project142.org/?p=370