Oct 16, 2009 | Google, Internet, search
The Google Book initiative is a huge undertaking. Google is digitizing tens of millions of books and promising to make them available to the world forever. Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, wrote an impassioned editorial for the New York Times a few days ago,...
Oct 15, 2009 | Adobe, Google, Internet, search
Google has been introducing new features and services at a rapid pace for the last couple of months, presumably to stave off any defections to Microsoft’s search site Bing. There’s a new link in some Google search results that might save you some time! If your search...
Oct 14, 2009 | Google, search, security
McAfee released a study a few months ago that illustrates the importance of being careful online. Most malware is installed now when you visit a rigged web site that takes advantage of a weakness in your system. Perhaps it is able to install a virus or root kit...
Jul 9, 2009 | Google, Internet, Microsoft, photos, search
Bing is Microsoft’s new service for Internet searches. As I wrote last month, its search results are more or less comparable to Google and it has some nice design touches that can make it easier to use than Google. You may want to give it a look, especially if you’re...
May 28, 2009 | Google, Microsoft, search, web_services
It turns out that there is room to compete with Google. Two services have turned up that look like interesting alternatives for online searches.You know what it means to search for something in Google: put in a search term, get a list of results. Frequently the top...
May 26, 2009 | search, Vista
The tide of updates never stops. Today Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 2, which Vista users will see delivered through the Automatic Update system in the next few weeks. When it arrives through Automatic Updates, it’s not a huge file but it will take...
