Forget those contentious TV ads where Apple and Microsoft mock each other’s operating systems. Think instead of unlikely marriages like Mary Matalin and James Carville, or Bill and Hillary Clinton. Think Microsoft and Apple. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Apple, Google, iphone, iTouch, Microsoft, search engine
You’ve probably heard the Google motto: “Don’t be evil.” But how many companies take their own, self-proclaimed philosophy seriously? Read the rest of this entry »
Everybody wants free WiFi, but it’s getting tougher and tougher to find. Read the rest of this entry »
Another reason to take employee computer monitoring seriously: Lawyers say IT pros could be on the hook for employees’ online behavior. Read the rest of this entry »
While his campaign managed their Internet activities almost flawlessly, now that Barack Obama’s in the White House his team’s stumbling a bit on the Web. Their most recent blunder: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: death panels, health care reform, obama, optimization, reality check, Web site
The dust-up between Google and Apple over the approval of an iPhone Google Voice app looks on the surface to be just another company-to-company flap. But in reality, it may be a lot more. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: FCC, Google Voice, Google. Apple, iphone
It may just have been the straw that broke the camel’s back: Seems some tech-stupid federal employee inadvertently shared the location of a safe house for First Lady Laura Bush. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: ban, congress, file-sharing, government, Laura Bush, P2P, peer-to-peer, safe house
In the search engine battle between Bing and Google, the folks from Microsoft scored a major victory this week. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Bing, Google, Microsoft, search tool, social networking, Twitter
Microsoft’s latest go at the search engine market’s been a respectable effort so far. But it seems the jury’s still out on whether or not Bing will actually challenge Google’s overwhelming lead in the cyberspace race. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Bing, Google, Microsoft, plug-in, search engine, Software, Yahoo
