Google The Internet in 2020 - What the Experts Predict Most experts agree that Google won't make us stupid. Indeed, 76% of technology stakeholders and critics interviewed by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University believe that the Internet and search engines will enhance human intelligence by 2020. For this new report… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Cloud Computing Rulers of the Cloud: Will Cloud Computing Be the Second Coming of Cisco? Cisco is betting heavily on the network as the platform. We took a look at the role of the network in the emerging landscape of cloud computing as part one of analysis of "Will One Company be Dominant in Cloud Computing". We started with Cisco, since the cloud implies the network to float upon. Like religion itself, Cisco is a company that… Infrastructure Mike Kirkwood View comments
Digital Lifestyle Why No Love for the Universal Inbox? A couple of years ago, the new launch from Webwalks, a universal inbox, news aggregator, password manager and kitchen sink-type application would have caught my eye. I'd rush out to try it, merging my multiple accounts under its one roof then wait to see how well my life improved, how much time I saved. But today, I'm more ambivalent about these… Sarah Perez View comments
Google Google Gets the Right to Buy and Sell Energy The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) just gave Google the clearance to buy and sell energy in bulk. While it's interesting to speculate if Google wants to sell energy to consumers, the company has already declared that it has no plans to sell energy to consumers or to speculate in energy markets. Instead, Google says that it wanted… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Social Networks Classmates.com Wants to Resurrect Your Pimply Past Do you remember that terrible yearbook picture of you, with the feathered hair, two-inch thick Coke bottle glasses and braces? (Don't even mention the giant forehead zit.) That one? It might be coming back to haunt you. TechFlash reported this week that Classmates.com has an "ambitious plan" to digitize high-school yearbooks and offer them on… Social Mike Melanson View comments