Google How to Liberate Your Data from Google Anytime you sign up for a new product or service online, you need to ask yourself these three questions, says Google's Brian Fitzpatrick: 1. Can I get my data out in an open, interchangeable format? 2. How much will it cost me to do so? 3. How much of my time is it going to take to get my data out? Of course, most of us neglect to ask… Audrey Watters View comments
Big data Hadoop Creator Doug Cutting Talks About Why He Got Into Open Source In an interview with ITworld Doug Cutting, creator of Apache Hadoop and Apache Lucene explains how he got into open source. "The company went bankrupt and all the software was swallowed into some intellectual property black hole," Cutting told ITworld. "Open Source seemed to offer the option to have the software that I'd written, this particular… Hack Klint Finley View comments
Cloud Computing Poll: What is the Most Over-Hyped Cloud Technology? Cloud was still probably the most talked about topic this week at OSCon. Cloud computing is still in the process of changing the way we work and do business, but let's face it: many vendors and consultants are overhyping the benefits, and a lot of us are just getting a bit tired of hearing the word "cloud." Cloud hype's not going away any time… Klint Finley View comments
Product Reviews Shorter, Sweeter Emails: Clarify App Launches Free Beta Do you think you could write shorter, more useful emails if you composed them inside software that supported structured documents, easy screenshots and image annotations? That's the theory behind a new app just launched in Beta this afternoon called Clarify. Clarify was built by Blue Mango Software, the company behind the widely-loved… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Polls Hacker Poll: What Do You Think of Java 7? Earlier this month the Java 7 release candidate came out, and the official version was released earlier this week. Now that it's out, and apart from some serious bugs, what do you think about it? Hack Klint Finley View comments