Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Google's Ngram Viewer: Clever and addictive

iHumbug! 8 iPhone apps that Scrooge would love | 'Do not track' coming to Firefox 4

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Google's Ngram Viewer: Clever and addictive
Google never seems to stop surprising us with a constant stream of neat little projects that mine large datasets in interesting and unexpected ways. My topic today is yet another of these: Google's Ngram Viewer. Read More


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Load Balancers Are Dead!
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IT Guide to Managing Personal Devices in the Enterprise
You can't avoid it any longer: Developing a strategy for managing employees' personal mobile devices. Get this paper and learn how to create a more secure and manageable mobile enterprise. It's yours, compliments of Sybase. Read More

iHumbug! 8 iPhone apps that Scrooge would love
Whether they feature zombie elves or Justin Bieber, these apps are guaranteed to dampen holiday cheer. Read More

'Do not track' coming to Firefox 4
Hard on the heels of Microsoft's decision to offer "do not track" functionality in its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser comes word that Mozilla is planning a similar move for its Firefox 4. Read More

What if Google's hack attack warnings grab your site?
Google has begun adding warnings to its search result listings indicating if it believes a site has been hacked. In such an instance the words, "This site may be compromised," will appear under the site details. Users are still free to visit the site, but clicking the warning message will lead to a page explaining what can be done to keep safe. Read More


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mSpot puts your tunes in the cloud
If a big fluffy cloud of bits seems like the ideal place to store your media, then mSpot has you covered. Previously available for Android devices, mSpot last week launched an iOS client to let you listen to music you've stored on its service. Read More

Get clearer results with SearchPreview for Google
Google has just about every search option you could want in a search engine except one: the ability to see thumbnails of pages it returns in search results. Without being able to see thumbnails, it can be hard for you to decide at a glance which search result is most relevant. Read More

How the New York Times covered the election with Amazon
The New York Times cobbled together a Ruby application to run on Amazon to report on live election results. Read More


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Application Delivery 2.0 Handbook
This comprehensive handbook offers guidance on ensuring application delivery with a systematic approach. Read More

Star Trek anyone? US sets out to build photon-based optical networks
Raytheon BBN Technologies gets $2.1M to begin developing photon technology.  Read More

Apple to drop app downloads from site next month
Apple's move to stop offering applications from its Mac OS X download site the same day it opens the Mac App Store could leave some developers out in the cold. Read More

Will 2011 be the year of mobile malware?
Perhaps one of the most common predictions of the last six years has been that mobile malicious software will suddenly proliferate, driven by widespread adoption of smartphones with advanced OSes. None of those prognostications have really come to fruition, but it's likely that the coming year will bring a host of new malicious applications. Read More

Apple boots WikiLeaks app from iPhone store
Apple has pulled an iPhone app from the App Store that let users read secret U.S. diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks and follow the controversial organization's Twitter feed. Read More

Microsoft opens HTML5 Labs
Microsoft is debuting HTML5 Labs, a test and sandbox site for developers to experiment with early draft specifications of emerging HTML5-based technologies. Read More



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Best and worst celebrity technology moments of 2010
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Black Friday is gone, Cyber Monday is history, and Cyber Week is over, but the deals are still around--if you know where to look. The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and retailers are offering great computer discounts to fit everyone's budget. Take a look inside to find netbooks for $300, desktops with widescreen monitors for under $600, and 15-inch laptops starting at $400. Check it out.

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