tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157086852009-02-20T18:58:24.165-06:00Tech News DailyJeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-88569973382751651612008-02-20T10:52:00.003-06:002008-02-20T13:55:56.281-06:00How "Online" Has Chaned LivesOver the past 10 years the Internet has taken hold and more of what we do has moved online. While the following is by no means a complete list it's meant to show a sampling of activities and tasks that were 10 or so years ago done primarily offline.Banking Online banking was around 10 years ago but it was no where near as common as it is today. You wopuld be hard pressed to find a bank that Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-44400312084882890282007-10-27T16:18:00.001-05:002007-10-27T16:24:24.395-05:00Google Girl vs Firefox GirlWho do you prefer, Firefox girl or Google girl?Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-32686283608542756752007-10-27T16:09:00.000-05:002007-10-27T16:16:23.791-05:00Google Launches IMAP Support for GmailEarlier this week Google launched a new IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) service for Gmail that allows users to sync Gmail with e-mail clients."It keeps the same information synced across all devices so that whatever you do in one place shows up everywhere else you might access your e-mail," said David Murray, associate product manager, in a blog post.You can enable IMAP in your Gmail Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1152451249476258072006-07-09T08:16:00.000-05:002006-07-09T08:20:49.486-05:00Talking iPodSo the rumors are everywhere as Apple tries to set the pace in terms of what will be hot for the 2006 holiday shopping season. Microsoft has announced their "iPod killer" so it's only fitting that rumors start to circulate about a talking iPod. Apple need something new to captivate the attention of consumers this year...will a talking iPod be enough?"A new generation of machines will use Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1152449987867850332006-07-09T07:58:00.000-05:002006-07-09T07:59:47.866-05:00Palm Pulls Treo 650 from EuropePalm has stopped shipping its Treo 650 smartphone in Europe as the device falls foul of newly ratified environmental regulations. The current model does not comply with the RoHS Directive that came into effect on 1 July. The regulation limits the amount of hazardous material such as lead, mercury and cadmium that can be used in electronic devices. Palm said that it will still be able to sell its Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1152449548032193032006-07-09T07:37:00.000-05:002006-07-09T07:52:28.056-05:00Boy Listening to iPod Struck by LightningJason Bunch was listening to Metallica on his iPod while mowing the lawn outside his Castle Rock home Sunday afternoon when lightning hit him. The last thing the 17-year-old remembers was that a storm was coming from the north and he had only about 15 minutes before he should go inside. Next thing he knew, he was in his bed, bleeding from his ears and vomiting. He was barefoot and had taken off Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1152372268850421772006-07-08T10:15:00.000-05:002006-07-08T10:24:28.853-05:0031 Exploits in 31 DaysA hacker has stockpiled browser exploits and plans to release one flaw a day for the month of July to highlight the types of vulnerabilities affecting the world's most widely used Web browsers. HD Moore, co-founder of the Metasploit Framework, has launched a new project called MoBB (Month of Browser Bugs) with daily releases of proof-of-concept code for flaws in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera,Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1152371299048662652006-07-08T10:06:00.000-05:002006-07-08T10:08:19.050-05:00Microsoft's Digital Media DeviceMicrosoft will begin selling a digital music and video player before the upcoming holiday season, and its wireless capabilities will likely give it a competitive advantage over Apple Computer’s mega-popular iPod, which requires users to plug into a computer to download content, Reuters reports via USA Today.Various media sources have been reporting for weeks that Microsoft has been working on an Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1152371114305729202006-07-08T10:01:00.000-05:002006-07-08T10:05:14.316-05:00PayPal President QuitsEBay announced a major management shakeup Thursday, as the world's largest online marketplace faces competition from all quarters, including Google, one of its primary marketing partners.EBay said Jeff Jordan, president of its PayPal payment service, will leave the San Jose company this fall to spend more time with his family.EBay spokesman Hani Durzy said Jordan had been considering a departure Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1145411034854957892006-04-18T20:32:00.000-05:002006-04-18T20:43:55.116-05:00Google Announces - Google CalendarGoogle has launched a calendar. http://www.google.com/calendar Check it out.I took some time this evening to check it out for the first time. It looks a lot like Outlook. hehe Go figure.I noticed a link showing "other calendars"It opens a search window. I searched for a random last name and discovered lists of calendars which any one can add to their view. I would be careful doing this. I openedseanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265315820880877898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1144763457497940252006-04-11T08:49:00.000-05:002006-04-11T08:51:03.423-05:00Browse the Web OfflineDownload the Internet Am I the only one who thinks this is for the most part stupid? With the proliferation of broad band and Internet ready devices like cell phones and PDA's where's the strong demand for offline browsing?Here's a snippet of the vision:" "It would be impossible to put the whole web – roughly 10 billion pages of data – on your hard drive or phone, so we're condensing it," said Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1144681206838156272006-04-10T09:55:00.000-05:002006-04-10T10:00:06.883-05:00Google Buys OrionGoogle has paid the University of NSW an undisclosed sum for the rights to a mathematical process developed by Ori Allon that promises to change the way we explore the web. But it is unclear how rich it will make the 26-year-old doctoral student at the university who developed the algorithm, Ori Allon. My bet is "Damn rich":-)Orion could become the basis for the next generation of search engines,Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1144678464620685012006-04-10T09:09:00.001-05:002006-04-10T09:14:25.750-05:00Disney to put TV shows online for freeWhile everyone else is out looking for ways to sell digital content online for a profit, Disney has decided to put some it's popular shows online for free.Rather than trying to profit from the sale of content, Disney is giving the content away and selling advertising space - smart move imo.Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1138125566194083752006-01-24T11:57:00.000-06:002006-01-24T11:59:26.220-06:00Google News Leaves BetaAnd it only took 4 years:-)Although the news (no pun intended) has been everywhere I picked it up yesterday at Matt Cutt's blog. For those who don't know, he's a Google engineer who maintains a cool personal blog.http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-news-leaving-beta/Check it out.Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1138117855460616782006-01-24T09:45:00.000-06:002006-01-24T09:50:55.476-06:00New Digital Content MarketplaceBlish is a new digital marketplace where people can buy or sell all forms of digital content. Here's a little about Blish from their site:" Blish is a new online marketplace designed to enable consumers to quickly find and immediately purchase a wide variety of products as expansive as digital content itself. As Blish grows you will have increasing access to full ebooks, stock photography, Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1136651157284597512006-01-07T10:19:00.000-06:002006-01-07T10:25:57.296-06:00Google releases Google PackGoogle has unveiled a pack which contains all the essential software needed on your computer. In the pack are Firefox, Adaware SE, Norton Antivirus (6 month subscription included), and Adobe Reader 7. Also included are googles own Google Earth, Google Desktop, Picasa, Google Screensaver, and the Google toolbar for IE. Although many people already have all the software out of this that they Pastyfacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00161331886973686864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1136589443215175082006-01-06T17:09:00.000-06:002006-01-06T17:17:23.226-06:00What has this world come to...An 18 year old high school student was arrested and charged with felony. For what you may say? He allegedly created a blog where he encouraged people to visit his school's site and press refresh to slow the server down. The network admin tracked down the site and called the police to investigate. The student was arrested and is currently in jail. Does making a blog that tells people to Pastyfacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00161331886973686864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1135094958927156542005-12-20T10:08:00.000-06:002005-12-20T10:09:18.926-06:00Happy Holidays from TNDHappy holidays from TND.There have been some issues with our host so please excuse the lack of recent updates. Issues are being sorted through and I expect to be back in the swing of things right after the start of the new year.See you in 2006!Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1132605503333109892005-11-21T14:35:00.000-06:002005-11-21T14:38:23.346-06:00Online Advertising SurgesThe only people I feel bad for are the people who know what's going on in the realm of the Internet yet they sit passively on the side lines watching other create online empires and fortunes.A report from earlier today shows that online advertising spending exceeded 3 billion dollars for the first time in history during 3Q 2005. Projections have online advertising at 12 billion a year + by 2006.Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1131989217653514412005-11-14T11:23:00.000-06:002005-11-14T11:26:57.663-06:00Google Analytics is HereIf you have a website and obsess over your stats like I do then this is for you - Google Analytics.I'll post some more comments and screenshots in another 12 hours or so. I just got around to including the code in one of my sites this morning and the first reports will be available in 12 hours.If you want to give it a try this morning just sign in with your Google account - it's free. Keep in Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1131553909317448692005-11-09T10:24:00.000-06:002005-11-09T10:31:49.340-06:00Leaked E-mail From Bill GatesMan, these two documents are spreading like crazy today. One is a leaked (intentional???) e-mail from Bill Gates and the second is an e-mail from Ray Ozzie.These documents outlines Microsoft's plans to stir up the software market by introducing services. Crazy, but exciting times we're living in.Here's the Bill Gates e-mail:From: Bill GatesSent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 9:56 PMTo: Executive StaffJeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1131553316849404552005-11-09T10:20:00.000-06:002005-11-09T10:21:56.860-06:00Phishing with GoogleYou didn't win $400. If you gave them your credit card # you just got screwed.http://www.websensesecuritylabs.com/alerts/alert.php?AlertID=332These scammers are creative, you have to give them that.Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1131399530290794382005-11-07T15:34:00.000-06:002005-11-07T15:38:50.300-06:00Grokster Shuts DownGrokster Ltd., a leading developer of Internet file-sharing software popular for stealing songs and movies online, agreed Monday to shut down operations to settle a landmark piracy case filed by Hollywood and the music industry, The Associated Press has learned.The settlement permanently bans Grokster from participating directly or indirectly in the theft of copyrighted files and requires the Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1130951456672572052005-11-02T11:09:00.000-06:002005-11-02T11:10:56.673-06:00Yahoo Using Google's Name for Marketing It's Own Search EngineYahoo is conducting an interesting marketing test...a new way to promote it's own search engine.If you execute search for google on Yahoo Australia or New Zealand, then Yahoo will display a "Try the new Yahoo! Search" box in the Inside Yahoo section above the organic/natural results for the Google search.If you do a search for MSN you'll see the "normal" results.Seems to me Yahoo is picking on Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708685.post-1130947803426390202005-11-02T10:09:00.000-06:002005-11-02T10:10:03.426-06:00Windows LiveFollowing up to yesterday's Windows Live post, here's a link to the beta.http://www.live.com/I haven't had a chance to play with it yet but will post some observations after I do.Jeremy Mayesnoreply@blogger.com0