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Paul Merrell

7Gbps WiFi Wireless Networking Hardware Could Launch in 2010 − ISPreview UK - 0 views

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wireless wifi networking 7gbps

shared by Paul Merrell on 11 May 10 - Cached
  • The Wireless Gigabit Alliance™ (WiGig), which seeks to advance the worldwide adoption and use of 60GHz wireless networking technology, has published a unified specification for its approach and opened an Adopter Program. The move means that WiGig members can now begin developing Wi-Fi (802.11) kit that delivers wireless networking speeds of 'up to' 7Gbps (Gigabits per second) over the unlicensed 60 GHz spectrum.
Gary Edwards

Microsoft's Cracked Windows: How The World's Technology Juggernaut Lost Its Buzz And Be... - 1 views

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microsoft huffpo

shared by Gary Edwards on 17 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Gary Edwards on 17 Dec 10
     
    Excellent article on the surprising decline and increasing irrelevance of Microsoft. excerpt: All of this has diminished the biggest number of all: After reaching a peak market capitalization of $642 billion in September 2000, Microsoft's worth has been sliced in half. These reversals have occurred even as Microsoft has spent astronomic sums on research and development--$8.7 billion in the last year alone. Microsoft has also lost ground in key areas in which the Redmond giant had viable contenders well before the competition. Microsoft saw the potential of television in the mid-1990s with WebTV, years before companies like Apple and Google took up the battle for the living room. In short, changing appetites of the marketplace, technological evolution and questionable decision-making inside Microsoft itself have combined to accomplish what antitrust regulators never did: rolling back the company's dominance and opening the terrain for newer, nimbler entrants.
Paul Merrell

Display Daily » Blog Archive » Google Sees Life in the Cloud w/o Windows - 0 views

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Google Chromebook

shared by Paul Merrell on 31 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • First impressions were startling, as the new device (sans any hard disc) finally delivered on the long promised "Instant-on" feature that has eluded Bill Gates and his army of engineers for decades. The remarkable demo also included an instant download of the almost 2K page Obama-Health care Act. The point here is 2K pages downloaded from the Internet with absolutely no delay.
  • But perhaps most troubling to Microsoft, they now must compete with the economics of free, as Google is offering its Open Source Chrome operating system (O/S) free to hardware manufacturers—taking dead aim at the core business model that sustains rival Microsoft. That’s give-away O/S, give-away browser, give-away video player technology all from Google. This can power literally hundreds of next generation devices, from netbooks to iPad tablet /EBR wannabe’s ready to hit the market.
Gary Edwards

Cognito Comics launches its first graphic novel for the iPad | VentureBeat - 0 views

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cognito-comics sports-illustrated immersive-content visual-documents iPAD-Apps

shared by Gary Edwards on 22 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Gary Edwards on 22 Dec 10
     
    Add this to the Sports Illustrated "immersive" magzine for the iPAD as clear indication that the entire idea of what a visual document is has changed dramatically.  Radically. excerpt: The coolest media experiences that I've seen on the iPad - Operation Ajax, a graphic novel created specifically for the device. At the time, the idea was still very much in development, but today the Operation Ajax application has gone live in Apple's App Store. The major startups in digital comics, ComiXology and Graphic.ly, have focused their energies on making deals with publishers to transfer existing comics to the iPad or other devices. Operation Ajax, on the other hand, was created with the iPad in mind, avoiding some of the issues that come with transferring from print (the iPad screen is slightly smaller than a standard comic book page, for starters), and also making the supplementary material that can't be delivered in print a natural extension of the experience.
Gary Edwards

Why a JavaScript hater thinks everyone needs to learn JavaScript in the next year - O'R... - 1 views

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JavaScript HTML+ Node.JS JQuery web-apps web-application-development

shared by Gary Edwards on 07 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • some extremely important game-changers: jQuery, JSON, Node.js, and HTML5.
  • .js has the potential to revolutionize web development. It is a framework for building high performance web applications: applications that can respond very quickly and efficiently to a high volume of incoming requests.
  • Google has started a revolution in JavaScript performance.
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  • the number of JavaScript developers is huge.
  • HTML5 is about JavaScript
  • The power of HTML5 lies in what these tags allow you to create in JavaScript.
  • HTML5, then, isn't really a major advance in angle-bracket-based tagging; it's about enabling JavaScr
  • pt to do more powerful things
  • JavaScript has long been the workhorse for implementing dynamic features in HTML. But there have always been two problems: browser incompatibilities, and the awkwardness of working directly with the DOM. The JQuery library has elegantly solved both problems, and is the basis for modern client-side browser development.
  • The use of JavaScript has also exploded in databases.
  • document databases
  • for all three databases, a "document" means a JSON document, not a Word or Excel file.
  • JSON is really just a format for serializing JavaScript objects.
  • Web servers, rich web client libraries, HTML5, databases, even JavaScript-based languages: I see JavaScript everywhere.
  • Gary Edwards on 07 Jun 11
     
    OK, this article gets my vote as the most important read of the year.  We all know that the the Web is the future of both computing and communications/connectivity.  But wha tis the future of the Web?  Uber coder Mike Loukides says it's JavaScript, and what a compelling case he builds.  This is a must read.  Key concepts are diigo highlighted :) excerpt: JavaScript has "grown up." I'm sure there are many JavaScript developers who would take issue with that judgement, and argue that JavaScript has been a capable, mature, and under-appreciated language all along. They may be right, though you can write any program in any complete programming language, including awful things like BASIC. What makes a language useful is some combination of the language's expressiveness and the libraries and tools available. JavaScript clearly passed the expressiveness barrier a long time ago, even if the ceremony required for creating objects is distasteful. But recently, we've seen some extremely important game-changers: jQuery, JSON, Node.js, and HTML5. JavaScript may have been a perfectly adequate language in the past, but these changes (and a few others that I'll point out) have made JavaScript a language that is essential for every developer to know. If there's one language you need to learn in the next year, it's JavaScript. Insightful comment: HTML5 is a JavaScript API, introducing new elements but significantly redefining ALL elements as objects or classes.  Elements can be expressed with tags.  Or, you can use DOM JavaScripting to create elements. 
cecilia marie

Reliable Online Computer Repair - 3 views

My PC has been acting strange lately and I can no longer fix it on my own. I did everything I could but this time, I really need someone who can really fix my computer problem. I called Computer Pr...

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Rem PC

Why I Like Remote PC Support - 1 views

I really am impressed with remote PC support from Remote PC Support Now. Aside that it is very responsive and quick, remote PC support provides complete resolution to a wide variety of computer iss...

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Paul Merrell

Chrome extension enables remote computer control | Deep Tech - CNET News - 0 views

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Chrome remote desktop Google

shared by Paul Merrell on 09 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Months of work on "chromoting" have reached fruition with Google's release on Friday of a new Chrome extension to let a person on one computer remotely control another across the network. The Chrome Remote Desktop beta version, which arrived Friday, is a browser-based equivalent of remote desktop software for conventional operating systems. Such software is handy for IT administrators managing employees' machines, people taking care of their relatives' computers, or individuals getting access to their own machines from afar.
Gary Edwards

Constructing A SharePoint History: Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog - 0 views

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sharepoint msoffice moss msoffice-2010

shared by Gary Edwards on 08 Oct 09 - Cached
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  • it was clear customers wanted a more integrated and comprehensive solution from us. As just one example, they told us like they liked the WYSWIG HTML editing of SharePoint Team Services and the Web Part declarative and reusable editing of SharePoint Portal but wanted to use both models on the same site?
  • On the application side, we were hearing customers wanted Office to go beyond personal productivity to organizational productivity and we had to decide whether Microsoft would invest in content management, portals, unified communications, business intelligence and many other new scenarios.
  • we made sure SharePoint was an open platform and worked with vendors across the industry on a variety of integration approaches including published APIs and protocols.
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  • to enable customers to build business process integration and business intelligence portals, we added Excel Services and InfoPath Forms Services. Besides being exciting features, we gained invaluable learning for the team how to have an architecture that worked in the rich Office client and on the server with web access with high fidelity, round tripping, etc.
  • Gary Edwards on 08 Oct 09
     
    Wow.  Why fight over the editing of Wikiword when you can make up your own history?  The Microsoft Office - SharePoint Blog team is busy trying to reshape history from the inside out.   This bookmark is going to require a ton of highlights and comments.
Paul Merrell

AT&T Centennial Purchase Cleared by Antitrust Agency (Update1) - Bloomberg.com - 0 views

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AT&T ISP industry consolidation antitrust

shared by Paul Merrell on 13 Oct 09 - Cached
  • AT&T Inc.’s purchase of Centennial Communications Corp. was approved by the U.S. Justice Department on condition the combined company sells wireless assets in Louisiana and Mississippi. AT&T, based in Dallas, agreed to purchase Wall, New Jersey-based Centennial last November for $945 million. Centennial has wireless customers in Puerto Rico and rural areas in the Midwest and Southeast.
  • The deal still awaits approval by the Federal Communications Commission. Ruth Milkman, who heads the FCC’s wireless bureau, told a news conference today the agency will make a decision on the combination “very soon.” The Justice Department said it has cooperated with the FCC in reviewing the deal.
  • In recent months, the FCC has been asking the companies about their connections to America Movil, which has customers in Puerto Rico. AT&T and Centennial could have 49 percent of the mobile market in Puerto Rico by the end of 2009, and America Movil’s Claro could have 27 percent, according to an estimate by Jose Magana, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based analyst with Pyramid Research.
Paul Merrell

WebKit and why open standards matter | Open Source - InfoWorld - 0 views

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Webkit comparisons

shared by Paul Merrell on 09 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Last week I wrote about the benefits of open standards versus open source. I argued that open standards provide greater protection against vendor lock-in than open source alone. I was reminded of this conclusion when reading Peter-Paul Koch's analysis of WebKit implementations. Thanks to Palm's Dion Almaer for pointing out the analysis. Readers know WebKit as the open source Web browser engine used by several mobile and PC Web browsers, including Apple's Safari, Google's Chrome, Palm's WebOS, and the Android Web browser. In fact, Wikipedia lists 19 browsers based on the open source WebKit browser engine. As you read on, keep in mind there is no standard that vendors using WebKit must adhere to or claim certification against. A WebKit-based browser is, well, whatever the vendor wants it to be.
  • Imagine if there were a WebKit standard and a compliance test suite that vendors had to certify against to use the WebKit brand. Customers and developers would gain protection against vendor lock-in that open standards deliver to a much higher degree than open source alone. I'm not naive enough to think that open standards equal "write once, run anywhere." But even if a WebKit open standard could drive a 50 percent improvement in compatibility across WebKit-based browsers, that would be something to write home about.
Paul Merrell

Nokia Targets Web Developers -- Web Developer Tools -- InformationWeek - 0 views

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Nokia Webkit development tools

shared by Paul Merrell on 10 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Nokia on Tuesday introduced a set of developer tools that seeks to make it easier for Web developers to create widgets for mobile phones. Nokia released Web Runtime plug-ins for Microsoft's Visual Studio, Adobe's Dreamweaver, and Aptana Studio, enabling third parties to create mobile widgets using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, and other standard Web development code. The company said this should streamline the development process, as well as attract a new set of content creators who may not have mobile experience.
Paul Merrell

Christine A. Varney to Participate in Eighth Annual International Competition Network C... - 0 views

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antitrust policy Obama Administration

shared by Paul Merrell on 29 May 09 - Cached
  • Christine A. Varney, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department's Antitrust Division, will participate in the eighth annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Zurich, Switzerland, from June 3-5, 2009. At the conference, senior government antitrust officials, private-sector antitrust experts from around the world, and representatives from intergovernmental organizations will meet to discuss competition issues.
  • The ICN conference will focus on the recent accomplishments of its five substantive working groups which address: unilateral conduct, mergers, cartels, advocacy and competition policy implementation. Conference panels will include discussions on proposed Recommended Practices for Substantive Merger Analysis and the analysis of tying and discounting arrangements, and will promote the general exchange of views regarding competition law and policy among the participants. Members also will finalize work programs for the coming year.
  • In October 2001, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) joined with antitrust agencies from 13 other jurisdictions around the world (Australia, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Zambia) to create the ICN. The ICN now includes 107 member agencies from 96 jurisdictions. The goal of the ICN is to provide a forum for antitrust agencies to address antitrust enforcement and policy issues of common interest and formulate proposals for procedural and substantive convergence through a results-oriented agenda and structure.
  • Paul Merrell on 29 May 09
     
    Look for more Obama Administration antitrust policy announcements to flow from the June 3-5 conference announced here. This is the annual conference where antitrust policy changes can be announced to all competition regulators globally. The Obama Administration will not waste that opportunity.
Jackie Fields

HuffingtonPost CTO to speak on Enterprise MySQL - 0 views

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CTO MySQL IT Management

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  • Jackie Fields on 10 Aug 09
     
    HuffingtonPost CTO to speak on Enterprise MySQL: Heavy-Traffic Management on Aug. 11 at the NYC MySQL Group http://www.meetup.com/mysqlnyc/calendar/10930810/
Paul Merrell

FCC Questions AT&T, Apple Over Google Voice App Ban - Technology News - redOrbit - 0 views

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Apple AT&T Google iPhone VOIP antitrust cartels

shared by Paul Merrell on 02 Aug 09 - No Cached
  • The FCC chairman sent “inquiry letters” to Apple and AT&T on Saturday in order to get answers as to why the companies disapproved of a voice application developed by Google for the iPhone."The Federal Communications Commission has a mission to foster a competitive wireless marketplace, protect and empower consumers, and promote innovation and investment," said FCC chairman Julius Genachowski.The letters involve Apple and AT&T’s latest decision to deny a Google Voice application from being offered on Apple’s App Store for the iPhone.
  • At this point, AT&T holds a contract with Apple making it the exclusive wireless carrier to offer the iPhone.
Paul Merrell

Firefox gets an early taste of 3D Web standard | Deep Tech - CNET News - 0 views

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WebGL Webkit

shared by Paul Merrell on 24 Sep 09 - Cached
  • A nascent technology called WebGL for bringing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics to the Web is getting a lot closer to reality. Last week, programmers began building WebGL into Firefox's nightly builds, the developer versions used to test the latest updates to the open-source browser. Also this month, programmers began building WebGL into WebKit, the project that's used in both Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome. Wolfire Games picked up on the WebKit move and offered a video of WebGL in action.
  • Even the company with the most to lose from that direction--Microsoft--is embracing it with a Web-based version of Office
  • Although Google is a WebGL supporter, it's also developing a higher-level 3D graphics technology called O3D for browsers. Google is working on building O3D into Chrome, but the fruits of that labor aren't yet available.
Paul Merrell

Sig.ma - Live views on the Web of Data - Sindice Blog - 0 views

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semantic web data aggregators RDF RDFa

shared by Paul Merrell on 27 Jul 09 - Cached
  • While Sig.ma is by no mean the first data aggregator for the Semantic Web, its contribution is to show that the sum is really bigger than the single parts and exciting possibilities lie in a holistic approach for automatic semistructured data discovery and consolidation. In Sig.ma, elements such as large scale semantic web indexing, logic reasoning, data aggregation heuristics, pragmatic ontology alignments and, last but not least, user interaction and refinement, all play together to provide entity descriptions which become live, embeddable data mash ups.
    • Paul Merrell
      Paul Merrell on 27 Jul 09
       
      Interesting experimental data aggregator for the Semantic Web. 7-minute video is well worth the watch.
Paul Merrell

Yahoo! to shed open source Exchange rival? * Channel Register - 0 views

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Zimbra Yehoo! Google Comcast

shared by Paul Merrell on 22 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Yahoo! may be shedding more mojo. According to All Things Digital, the web giant is looking to offload Zimbra, the open-source email and collaboration outfit it acquired just two years ago for $350m. Sources tell ATD that Comcast and Google are potential buyers.
  • According to the company, it's now powering more than 50 million paid mailboxes worldwide. Zimbra tech is also part of Yahoo!'s web-based Mail and Calendar tools for consumer Yahooligans. And by Yahoo!'s count, the Zimbra open source community is now 30,000-developers strong, driving more than 50,000 open source downloads a month.
Paul Merrell

Chromium Blog: Extensions Status: On the Runway, Getting Ready for Take-Off - 0 views

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Google Chrome extension

shared by Paul Merrell on 10 Sep 09 - No Cached
  • Good news for extension developers: as of today, extensions are turned on by default on Google Chrome's dev channel. Extensions are small pieces of software that developers can write to customize the way Google Chrome works. We've been working on enabling extensions for a while, but until now, they were hidden behind a developer flag. As of today, this is no longer true. If you're on the dev channel, you can try installing some of our sample extensions. Removing the flag is the first step in our launch process, and it means we're ready for a few more people to start using extensions-- the kind of adventurous people who populate the dev channel.
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