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.
Here are some interesting links from today:
- Solar Prius reportedly in the works
The problem with hybrid and electric car technology has always been that you still have to get the energy to charge the battery from somewhere. Even a plug-in electric car may use no gasoline, but it still requires electrical power, and the vast majority
- Gmail’s Mysterious Grey Box
There’s a small grey box rendered in an iFrame in the top left hand corner of Gmail, and TechCrunchIT is trying to figure out what it is. The icon is a ten by ten pixel graphic with a diagonal line across it, with one half in black and the other in gray
- More reasons to switch to Firefox?
With Firefox, you can actually see how much work is done finding and fixing flaws. You really can't say that about any of the other vendors — Microsoft, Apple, and Opera only disclose the flaws found by third-party security researchers so you really have
- Minn. teen charged with offering his vote on eBay
University of Minnesota student Max P. Sanders, 19, was charged with a felony Thursday in Hennepin County District Court after allegedly asking for a minimum of $10 in exchange for voting for the bidder's preferred candidate.
Here are some interesting links from today:
- Icahn, Microsoft team up for action on Yahoo
Steve made it clear to me that if a new board were elected, he would be interested in discussing a major transaction with Yahoo!, such as either a transaction to purchase the "Search" function with large financial guarantees or, in the alternative, purcha
- The Law and Your Privacy
We'll continue to fight for your right to share and broadcast your work. The court did impose some encouraging limits — they agreed with us that Viacom should not have access to private videos or our search technology. Also, the information we provide wi
