Normally the domains big corporations fight for are pretty useless. Recently, however, Google filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum over a name that is very important for its brand protection: qoogle.com. The name is so important because the “q” looks very much like a “g.” A quick visit …
April, 2010
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7 April
Ubuntu providing home grown clouds
When one thinks of cloud computing in business terms, it is usually because he or she is considering a move to a cloud offering from Amazon or Google. But some organizations need to offer some cloud applications internally to their customers or employees. While those with large IT development staffs …
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2 April
Offering web-based email on your web server
These days, many email users rely on free services such as GMail or Yahoo! Mail for their messaging needs, but these services lack the customization that some business customers may want (i.e. myname@mydomain.com). For that, they have two options: setup cloud services with Google or another service provider, or use …
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1 April
Google changes name to Topeka
If you didn’t figure it out earlier, by now you probably know that today is April barl’s Day. In keeping with its tradition of pranks and cranks, Google “changed its name” to Topeka. Recall that some time ago, the American city of Topeka, Kansas, temporarily changed its name to Google …
March, 2010
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17 March
Microsoft says IE9 will support HTML5
Just as we predicted, Microsoft has announced that their latest incarnation of Internet Explorer, version 9, will included support for some HTML 5 elements, including video. Much to the chagrin of Mozilla and other open standard advocates, however, the new demo build of the browser only supports h.264 video, following …
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5 March
Microsoft may soon step up its HTML 5 game
Just days after we posted news about Google’s acquisitions that position it to make a large impact on HTML 5 video development, suspicion is floating around the tech world that Microsoft is planning a big announcement for Internet Explorer 9, the next installment of their declining browser. If Microsoft intends …
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3 March
American city changes name to Google, Kansas
Topeka, a city of 120,000 in America’s Midwest, has changed its official name to Google, Kansas. Before you update your maps, however, take note. The new name is only temporary and will revert back at the end of March. Topeka made the change in hopes of boosting its chances to …
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2 March
The HTML 5 video debate revisted
Website owners should always be concerned about the latest news and developments with the web browser wars and Web standards. Decisions made by these third parties can directly affect how your website is presented to your viewers and whether you need to make adjustments. Our original post centered around Apple …
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2 March
Google may be benefiting from typosquatting
A recent study conducted by researchers at Harvard reveals that Google may be earning as much as $500 million a year from typosquatting. How could this be so? Recall that typosquatting is the registration of misspelled domaina to siphon traffic from more popular websites. The study tracked the 3264 most …
February, 2010
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19 February
Google CEO: "[W]e can literally know everything if we want to"
These days, it seems like Google runs everything. From Google Desktop to Google Search to Google WiFi in some areas, the company is in a position to collect all sorts of data about its users. The fears of privacy advocates will not be put to rest any time soon, however. …