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eWEEK Europe Announces Eee Winners
[...] Five lucky people will be getting their hands on Asus Eee netbooks, courtesy of our launch offer. [...] One month on from the successful arrival of eWEEK Europe in the UK, we are pleased to announce the five people who won Eee netbooks in our launch competition. [...]
Is Twitter Spreading Swine Flu Fever?
[...] (i) Do not associate with people who transmit the Pandemic meme - wash your hands of them and unsub until they are seen to be uninfected. [...] They have found that how many people search for flu-related topics is a leading indicator for reports on how many people actually have flu symptoms. They believe that this metric may indicate flu activity up to two weeks ahead of traditional flu surveillance systems.' . [...] First of all, I should point out from the very outset that anyone trying to make sense of how Twitter's global brain' has reacted to the prospect of the swine flu pandemic is likely to get disappointed. The 'swine flu' meme has so far that misinformed and panicking people armed with a platform to broadcast their fears are likely to produce only more fear, misinformation and panic. [...]
IBM Launches Petabyte Knowledge Bank Cloud Service
[...] For example, on Amazon.com, they show you not only what you've bought, but right underneath it, they tell you that People who have bought this also purchased these products.' These systems can bring this kind of information into the hands of many people, not just a few experts at a company. . [...] And the best part of it is this. Now that you can bring this information together more efficiency, people are going to start making associations with the data that heretofore weren't necessarily even thought of, Bradshaw said. [...] Blue Insight is a sophisticated system that runs on a System Z10 mainframe computer one with 48 processors (32 processors for production, 18 processors for development and test environments) and strong cryptography capable of handing up to 10,000 secure transactions per second and providing redundant backup support, Michael Bradshaw, IBM vice president of Application and Infrastructure Management Optimization, told eWEEK. [...]
Gosling: Google’s Java Attitude Will Break Android Compatibility
[...] The JavaFX stuff is doing way better than I ever hoped. I think when we first started the JavaFX thing we were wringing our hands about all kinds of weird devices and people thought we were kidding. [...] One of the reasons that we charge license fees is because we've got organisations of people that do compatibility testing and actual negotiating amongst the different handset makers so that things like GPS APIs look the same. And what's going on in the Android world is there's kind of no adult in charge. [...] It's really hard to tell what their intentions are with Android. They put this thing out there, and you've got lots of people picking it up. The big attraction seems to be the zero on the price tag. But everybody I've talked to who is building an Android phone or whatever, they're all going in and they're just hacking on it. [...]
Developers Give Their Take on Google Chrome OS
[...] In other words, this is yet another validation of how far web app programming model has come, developers said. People will happily open their netbooks to use the big web apps like Gmail and Facebook, and Google could get some OS revenue out of Microsoft's hands in the process. [...] And even if people think the browser as a platform provides enough' for most' users, the reality is that people rely on at least a few client-based applications and they need the kind of device/display/printer/other peripheral compatibility that Windows offers, he added. [...] Even if Google OS is not a commercial success, it will still be a very powerful proof of concept for what is an 'aspirational' product for many people. a computer that gets out of the way and lets people do their email, document, Web and social networking work without any friction at all, and at extremely low cost. [...]
Google Tools Tracking Swine Flu Outbreak
[...] Some people have already taken matters into their own hands and started using Google's collaborative tools to trace out the infection on Google Maps, such as this one, with color-coded pins representing both suspected and confirmed cases of the swine flu. Pins that lack black dots in the center represent deaths. [...] Flu Trends also describes how it tracks outbreaks. We've found that there is a close relationship between how many people search for flu-related topics and how many people actually have flu symptoms, reads an explanation on the site. Some search queries tend to be popular exactly when flu season is happening, and are therefore good indicators of flu activity. [...] Google's Flu Trends site, a product of Google.org, has been updating itself with the latest wire reports and provides a search window where people can type in their ZIP code and locate the nearest flu-shot distributor. [...]
Common Mobile Blunders Revealed
[...] One in five people has a naughty photo of themselves, or their partner, on their handsets according to a list of the top ten mobile phone blunders. [...] A mobile phone price comparison website has come up with a list of the top ten blunders or mistakes that people commonly make with their mobile phone handsets. [...] The study, by www.rightmobilephone.co.uk, was conducted among 1,207 people. The blunders range from self-afflicted mistakes such as 1 in 5 people having a saucy image of themselves or a partner on their mobile (for over 28 percent of those the picture has ended up in the wrong hands). [...]
Government Continues Online Public Services Drive
[...] In a report released this week, entitled Power in People's Hands. Learning from the World's Best Public Services, the government has highlighted 30 of the best examples of how public sector organisations around the world are using innovative techniques including web tools to given citizens access to public services and information. [...] So that Government information is accessible and useful for the widest possible group of people, I have asked Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who led the creation of the world wide web, to help us drive the opening up of access to Government data in [Sic] the web over the coming months, the Prime Minister said in a statement at the time. [...] The best examples of change around the world so clearly prove that it is possible to be radical about power and realistic about value for money, said chief secretary to the Treasury and Minister for Public Service Reform Liam Byrne. For example, from the way the American government is giving people better information about the performance and cost of services to how Swedish patients have clear entitlements to short hospital waiting times. [...]
Why Apple Must Embrace Google Voice This Time
[...] It would make it seem like it's trying to bully developers, rather than help them get their software in the hands of millions. Worst of all, it would ignite another controversy, putting Apple's bullying back in front of the millions of people who read blogs to find out what's going on in the world. [...]
Google Gets Festive With Free Wi-Fi For Xmas At US Airports
[...] According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimates, over 100 million people will pass through the participating airports between now and January 15, 2010, Google noted, making it one of the heaviest travel seasons of the year. Bad weather and heavy passenger loads can often cause delays of up to 70 minutes, leaving travelers with plenty of time on their hands after passing through security. [...] We know that this is a very hectic travel season for people, and we hope that free Wi-Fi will make both traveling and connecting with friends and family a little bit easier, said Google's vice president of search products and user experience, Marissa Mayer. [...] We're very happy to extend our Holiday Wi-Fi gift to the millions of people who will spend time in airports over the next few months. . [...]
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