News to know: AMD Barcelona potential; Vista subscription trials; Google
Notable headlines:George Ou: AMD Barcelona can potentially smash Intel. Review: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT.
Latest from Larry Dignan
Just how valuable are those cookie files?
The run on Internet advertising firms may be explained by the cache of cookies sitting in your browser. As we all know online advertising consolidation is rampant--Google bought DoubleClick; Microsoft grabbed aQuantive; WPP takes out 24/7 Real Media and Yahoo acquired Right Media.
Enterprise search: Why it's a crisis and why Googzilla will strike
Enterprise search is a mess and technology managers--as well as the vendors selling them stuff--are to blame. In the end, Google will take over the enterprise.
News to know: Kubuntu; Vista betas; Google Apps; Amazon
Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Kubuntu 7.04: Best distro for Windows users?
Google earnings crib sheet: What to expect
Google will report first quarter earnings later today with a conference call at 4:30 p.m.
Meet Goog-Azon, world dominator circa 2016
Giants such as Yahoo, Google, eBay and Amazon and their ilk are going to control 50 percent of all consumer purchases by 2016 and wreak havoc on consumer businesses. These stats are tossed out by Gartner to get folks thinking.
News to know: Vista emergency patch; IT and Cancer; Apple DRM; Adobe Design Central
Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Animated cursor attacks escalate; emergency patch coming. Microsoft knew of Windows cursor flaw since December 2006.
News to know: Microsoft's new UI; Copyright crossroads; Apple megapatch
Notable headlines:Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft shows off its future business-app user interfaces. Gallery (right).
FedEx couples Google Earth with active package tracking
Federal Express is running a "limited pilot" that couples sensor technologies to track a package's temperature, location, humidity levels and delivery status with Web 2.0 tools such as Google Earth, according to FedEx CIO Robert Carter.
Google launches Street View; Be wary
If Google's Street View is so great, why am I wary. Oh yeah, it must be the FOG (the fear of Google Robert Scoble talks about).