A diverse set of real-world Java benchmarks shows that Google is fastest, Azure is slowest, and Amazon is priciest If the cartoonists are right, heaven is located in a cloud where everyone wears white robes, every machine is lightning quick, […]
Google’s Gigabit Internet: Not coming to a neighborhood near you
Unless you’re lucky enough to live in Kansas City, Provo or Austin When Google announced plans in 2010 to jump into the broadband business, the company received more than 1,000 applications from communities hoping to be selected for Google Fiber, […]
Google Glass dominates wearable tech session at DEMO Fall 2013
Three of the four demonstrators in the wearable technology session employed Google Glass, even though none of them know when it will be commercially available. Despite the uncertainty regarding when Google Glass will be made available to the public, entrepreneurs […]
Breaking down Google’s impact on the Moto X
As the first device designed after Google’s acquisition of Motorola, the Moto X is a good combination of both companies’ services. Moto X is the first completely new smartphone project that was launched after Google acquired Motorola Mobility. As such, […]
Microsoft, Google swap April Fools’ jabs
Microsoft spoofs Google’s minimalist search site, Google knocks Outlook.com with ‘Gmail Blue’ Microsoft today took another shot at rival Google, the target of its “Scroggled” campaign, with an April Fools’ Day prank that turned its Bing search engine into a […]
How to make a map in Google Fusion Tables
How to make a map in Google Fusion Tables This free data tool isn’t as well known as Google Maps or Spreadsheets, but Fusion Tables provides an easy way to map a data set by regions such as states or […]
Microsoft’s secret weapon against Google Maps — open source
One of the many areas where Google is far ahead of Microsoft is mapping, with Google Maps by far the dominant map service on the Internet. Microsoft is employing an under-the-radar approach to fighting back, lending big support and big […]
Computer viruses could cross frontier into biological realm, researchers say
Best Microsoft MCTS Certification, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com Attacks based on designed viruses could interest bioterrorists Computer hackers could create malicious software that crosses the line from technology to biology, crafting viruses that could spread dangerous epidemics, researchers said […]
Microsoft shoots down Google’s Dart language
Google hopes to better the Web with Dart, but Microsoft has declared itself an opponent of the programming language rather than a potentially valuable ally. Google hopes Dart will address shortcomings in JavaScript, the programming language that endows Web sites […]
Google+ gets YouTube, Chrome integration
The Google+ social network has received integrations with YouTube and the Google Chrome browser. It’s all part of a plan to, and I quote from the blog entry, “ship the Google part of Google+.” The YouTube integration is simple, but […]