February 2009
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Reflections on Google Chrome
The new Google Chrome browser, which quickly gained a popularity among bloggers and media specialists in the ICT sector, has been disappearing little by little and no longer receives as much coverage as a month ago. In part because the initial curiosity about its features have been met and because Google has not done anything [...]
Cloud Computing- A trap?
I read an interesting comment from Richard Stallman in the British newspaper Guardian about Cloud computing. But Stallman is not alone in his criticism of the Cloud Computing last week, Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO harshly criticized the Cloud Computing and described the ICT industry the only industry to be more influenced by the fashion of [...]
GPS world could fail in 2010!
GPS technology and data for many years, and its widespread use began in 1996. Today, almost everybody uses the GPS built into computers from bicycles, cars, motorcycles, up to 911 to locate emergencies more quickly; the whole world today depends on some form of GPS. But uncertainty has arisen in 2010 the global GPS system [...]
Privacy issues in Google Street View Japan
The U.S. company Google will re-service your entire street photography “Street View” in Japan in response to criticisms from users on violations of privacy, the newspaper reported today Japanese “Asahi”.
The internet service “Street View”, which covers with pictures arranged in three-dimensional twelve cities of Japan, will replace all other images at a greater distance so [...]
New features in GMail
The e-mail application from Google offers a new alternative for their users, as from now, they may include the address or location from where you send your email, and will know from which country, city or town comes the message.
This new utility will be available through the “Google Labs” and is currently in trial phase [...]
An unnatural union
Until recently, there were two clear types of computers, the desktop (the version that became steroid servers) and large mainframes, which still dominate the top-end of large corporations. But the emergence of Linux and the possibility of creating large cluesters of cheap PCs that could offer a performance similar to the Mainframes, redefined the top [...]