Here are some interesting links from today:
- Data Center Strategies: VMware: Welcome to the Game.
Hyper-V may not be the best hypervisor in the market, but it might be the best hypervisor for Exchange or for Windows environments. And given Hyper-V’s price (free), it might just be “good enough” to compete.
- Comcast Ordered to Stop BitTorrent Traffic Interference
FCC chairman told AP that Comcast’s BitTorrent throttling is “arbitrary”, and that the company had violated the principles of the Federal Communications Commission.
- iPhone 2.0 – Welcome to Exchange!
We're thrilled to add them to the family of Exchange ActiveSync licensees. This means you may see some new devices connecting and we wanted to give you a few notes about what to expect. What iPhone looks like from an Administrator's perspective
Here are some interesting links from today:
- Google News Tests New Design
Google News experiments with a lively and visually-rich design that shows images, videos, quotes, but also interesting and popular stories.
- Dell Opens Up Social Media Sites to All Employees
Several weeks back, Dell made a decision to give our employees access to social media sites and now we've expanded access to lots of other social media sites including MySpace, LinkedIn, Bebo, Orkut, Flickr, Twitter, Friendfeed, Plurk and more.
Here are some interesting links from the past couple days:
- Your Reputation Online: How Damage Is Done
These days, it's almost a given that a prospective employer will scour the Internet for information about you, so it's a good idea to think a little before you click "submit" on that fiery political blog entry you just wrote. There are ways to clean up af
- RIAA’s SafeNet Caught In a Lie
We have just discovered that in administrative proceedings in Michigan, attacking it for engaging in the business of investigation without a license, MediaSentry has taken the exact opposite position, comparing itself to chemical engineers, surveyors, phy
- Workplace BlackBerry Use May Spur Lawsuits
There are growing concerns that workers could begin suing their employers for overtime hours… As a result, lawyers are advising their corporate clients to update their policies and handbooks related to BlackBerry use and reconsider who gets a device.
Here are some interesting links from today:
- Google Maps Tests Walking Directions
Google Maps tests a new feature: walking directions. You can already get driving directions and, for a small number of locations, Google Maps has transit directions, but these directions are not always useful if you don't use a car or a bus.
- Google Calendar Buttons
You can use it as a shortcut for Google Calendar. Just click on the button, instead of trying to find Google Calendar in the list of bookmark or typing the first letters of its URL in the address bar.
- Introduction to Google Ranking
Google ranking is a collection of algorithms used to find the most relevant documents for a user query. We do this for hundreds of millions of queries a day, from a collection of billions and billions of pages. These algorithms are run for every query ent
- Nancy Pelosi vs. the Internet
Pelosi is scheming to impose rules barring any member of Congress from posting opinions on any internet site without first obtaining prior approval from the Democratic leadership of Congress. No blogs, twitter, online forums – nothing.
- Fighting phishing with eBay and PayPal
Gmail does its best to put a red warning label on phishing messages, but it can be hard for us to know sometimes and we can't be 100% perfect. So, for the fraction of a time when Gmail misses it, you may end up squinting three times and turning the messag
Here are some interesting links from today:
- How to Grow Search Engine Traffic to Your Blog
While some SEO types will promise you overnight traffic from Google if you let them build links for you – my experience of search engine traffic on quality blogs has been much more along the lines of what you see illustrated here.
- Remote sign out and info to help you protect your Gmail account
I occasionally sign into my Gmail account from a friend’s house when I need to check an important email. Usually I remember to sign out, but every once in a while I wonder if I really did. Now I no longer have to wonder.
- Tech press continues bashing Windows Vista
Doesn’t this just get old at some point? In the latest example of reporter-I-really-respect-doing-the-wrong-thing, CNET’s Ina Fried today wrote a strange article that’s more Microsoft bashing than actual reporting. Given her history, this is very…
- Tour the Tour de France with Street View
Since most of us can’t head over there to watch it in person, we’re giving you the next best thing: Street View of the 2008 Tour de France route. Head to google.com/tourdefrance2008 to experience the route stage by stage.
