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May 15, 2009
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In this issue:
1. IT Blogwatch: Google outage outrage over #GoogleFAIL
2. Preston Gralla: The netbook is dead...long live the netbook
3. Douglas Haider: What every IT professional should know about 802.11n (Part 1)
4. Preston Gralla: New York Times blooper: Throw away your anti-virus software
5. Seth H. Weintraub: Google suffers another embarrassing outage
6. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: After Googlefail, will you trust online apps?
7. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Google down!
8. Robert L. Mitchell: No Google for you!
9. Seth H. Weintraub: Google's Android now jumping onto digital photo frames
10. IT News Podcast: Ballmer says innovation key to recovery
11. Douglas Schweitzer: Caveat emptor....
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IT Blogwatch: Google outage outrage over #GoogleFAIL
It's IT Blogwatch, and Google disappeared for some users for a while yesterday.
Cue widespread wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Yesterday, la GOOG messed up its network routing, causing a bit of an outage.
Richi Jennings watches bloggers blame hackers, AT&T, and even Cthulhu. Not
to mention Star Wars meets MacGuyver, Airwolf, Dallas...
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5032567/283856150/190955/0/
Preston Gralla: The netbook is dead...long live the netbook
New sales figures show that shipments of Atom chips, which power netbooks,
slumped 33% last quarter, leading some to say the heyday of netbooks are over.
But pronouncements about the death of the netbook are premature. here's why.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5032567/283856150/190956/0/
Douglas Haider: What every IT professional should know about 802.11n (Part 1)
What should you know about 802.11n? In this article, I will discuss five of the
main technical improvements of 802.11n. Part 2 will discuss the main deployment
considerations when implementing an 802.11n wireless network.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5032567/283856150/190957/0/
Preston Gralla: New York Times blooper: Throw away your anti-virus software
In one of the worst pieces of technical advice ever issued, the New York Times
today recommended that PC users delete and no longer use their anti-virus
software. The reason? To speed up their PCs. The newspaper has some other
whopper misguided recommendations as well.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5032567/283856150/190958/0/
Seth H. Weintraub: Google suffers another embarrassing outage
For about an our this morning, 14% of Google users experienced sluggish Google
services throughout the US. It was later revealed that Google's own routers had
pushed the traffic through its busy Asian servers, which couldn't handle the
load. That doesn't mean you should scrap your SaaS plan.
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: After Googlefail, will you trust online apps?
Google fouled up its own network, so would you trust them, or anyone else, with
your applications.
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Google down!
Users from around the U.S. and the world are all reporting that Google, and its
related services, are moving at snail-like speed.
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Robert L. Mitchell: No Google for you!
With Google down this morning my life is in disarray. Have I come to depend too
much on the Googlesphere?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5032567/283856150/190962/0/
Seth H. Weintraub: Google's Android now jumping onto digital photo frames
Digital photo frames already run simple operating systems. They run remote
controls, Wifi, browse server shares, play movies, etc. But that's just the
beginning for these sub-$100 items.
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IT News Podcast: Ballmer says innovation key to recovery
In today's podcast: Ballmer says innovation key to recovery; Jobs not expected
to appear at Apple's WWDC; Intel says EU testing antitrust law limits.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5032567/283856150/190964/0/
Douglas Schweitzer: Caveat emptor....
I heard on the news today that the powers that be over at Craigslist have
decided to no longer permit listings of "erotic services." Not to put too fine a
point on it, but I'm wondering if switching to the tamer moniker "adult
services" will make much of a difference. I'm sure entrepreneurs posting at the
site will use nuance and innuendo to sidestep more restrictive regs, but I'm
also guessing that potential customers will still be able to find what they're
seeking.
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Shark Tank: Planning, planning, planning!
This pilot fish agrees to give a student software tester a lift to work. But
after an emergency keeps fish at home one day, it's clear they need to develop a
backup plan.
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