GOOGLE LAUNCHES FUTURE SEARCH

Google Australia launched Gday today, a new search engine that allows users to search content on the internet before it is created. “Google spiders crawl publicly available web information and our index of historic, cached web content. Using a mashup of numerous...

SONIC & SATELLITE SERVICE

Sonoma County’s broadband coverage is spotty. Comcast and AT&T are not doing anything to expand cable and DSL service to new areas. There are too many areas with no good options. Random examples: most rural areas in West County; anywhere more than a mile or...

THE EBB AND FLOW OF MOVIES

Not to be missed – a demonstration of great technology used to present a huge amount of information in an enlightening way. The New York Times has an interactive chart titled “The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 – 2007,” a...

FRONTRUNNING

There is no end to the games played by bad guys and big companies alike at the expense of consumers and small businesses. You may run into the latest shenanigans if you try to register a domain name. The system is rigged. “Domain kiting” has been...

SEARS, SPYWARE & ONLINE PRIVACY

Sears has been caught installing spyware that silently tracks all Internet usage – including banking logins, e-mail, and all web sites visited – in the name of a nonexistent online “community,” with virtually no disclosure of the invasive...