Comment Re: On learning smalltalk (Score 1) 343
Yes, but you really, really like smalltalk.
Comment Re:Wow, another paid-for article (Score 1) 343
I only stopped in to see what the user numbers are up to, haven't been here more than a handful of times since the AOL takeover.
Comment Re:Isn't this kinda backwards? (Score 1) 258
Pretty sure the first ARPANET nodes were UCLA and Stanford Research Institute, followed by UCSB and the U of Utah.
Comment Following the Breadcrumbs... (Score 1) 410
Motorola's next SuperDroid will be available in November.
Verizon has been quietly but massively ramping up retail sales positions in time for Christmas.
GoogleTV is slated for a November release.
I don't think the initial market for GoogleTV is going to be cable-over-broadband, if it ever was.
My prediction (if I'm not wrong about the hoax) is that Google will announce the initial offering of GoogleTv as a mobile service over the Verizon network on android powered devices. GoogleTV ® is still slated for a November release, and while it was initially (pre- the April court finding for Comcast) touted as a replacement for residential cable over broadband, I think that a deal with Verizon would show the actual target market (at least at first) is mobile devices, using the android framework. There is no established 'cable' in the mobile arena, the closest would be Apples' offerings and smaller one-offs like zulu -but they are no Comcast or Dish/DirectTV in terms of always-on, multichannel, live, scheduled, 'network' programming. Google would own the Verizon segment of the market, and I'm guessing there's a whole stack of patents to protect the T-mobile and AT&T segments for a while (as would lead time to market).
Having a deal closed ahead of time for guaranteed bandwidth would be crucial for the project to succeed, & after the April FCC-Comcast ruling they need to be first in line with at least one mobile carrier.
Verizon has been quietly but massively ramping up retail sales positions in time for Christmas.
GoogleTV is slated for a November release.
I don't think the initial market for GoogleTV is going to be cable-over-broadband, if it ever was.
My prediction (if I'm not wrong about the hoax) is that Google will announce the initial offering of GoogleTv as a mobile service over the Verizon network on android powered devices. GoogleTV ® is still slated for a November release, and while it was initially (pre- the April court finding for Comcast) touted as a replacement for residential cable over broadband, I think that a deal with Verizon would show the actual target market (at least at first) is mobile devices, using the android framework. There is no established 'cable' in the mobile arena, the closest would be Apples' offerings and smaller one-offs like zulu -but they are no Comcast or Dish/DirectTV in terms of always-on, multichannel, live, scheduled, 'network' programming. Google would own the Verizon segment of the market, and I'm guessing there's a whole stack of patents to protect the T-mobile and AT&T segments for a while (as would lead time to market).
Having a deal closed ahead of time for guaranteed bandwidth would be crucial for the project to succeed, & after the April FCC-Comcast ruling they need to be first in line with at least one mobile carrier.
Comment Best forum I know for this question... (Score 1) 323
Submission + - The darkside of Google taking over your ISP's emai
SlinkySausage writes: "Google is offering ISPs the opportunity to turn over their entire email system to Google, with all customer email hosted as Gmail accounts. This would allow Google to rapidly grow its userbase (it trails a distant third to Yahoo Mail with only 51million users compared to Yahoo's 250million and Hotmail's 228 million users.) There are some obvious benefits to end users — Google is offering ISPs mailboxes of up to 10GB per user. But APCMag.com has posted an interesting piece looking at the "dark side" of the deal, not least the fact that it simply reinforces the attachment people have to their ISP's email address, making it much harder to change ISPs if a better deal comes up. Question is: is a 10GB ISP mailbox for every ISP user a sufficient benefit to outweigh the numerous downsides?"
Top 15 Free SQL Injection Scanners 103
J.R writes "The Security-Hacks blog has a summary of the 15 best free SQL Injection scanners, with links to download and a little information about each one. The list is intended asan aid for both web application developers and professional security auditors."
Microsoft Using .MS TLD 308
mqudsi writes "Microsoft is using the .MS top-level domain, assigned to the Caribbean island of Montserrat, for its Web 2.0-flavored Popfly project. You can get your own .MS name if you really want to — there are no restrictions on foreign ownership — at $180 US for 2 years. As of this writing microsoft.ms is available." In an obliquely related note, TechBlorge has up a rumination on the resemblance of the Popfly logo to Tux.
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