NewsForge is highlighting a type of “meta search engine” with a simple text interface.  While that in and of itself isn’t revolutionary, YubNub has got a simple syntax to use and can include some if/then arguments.
So if single portal search engines have gotten a bit too simple for you, give YubNub a try.  I don’t […]

.. and he thinks the US .gov isn’t “tech” enough.  Apparently it should be more like e-bay and have/do loads of crap you don’t want rather than the old five and dime model (which haven’t existed in this millenium.. the reference is a little dated) of having all the things you need, rather than everything […]

So the CDC has found something it can get behind to show up on the radar of the populace again. Since you don’t know who the CDC is you can find their stuff over at cultdeadcow.com. It’s very self congratulatory. No one is prouder of the CDC than.. well.. the CDC.
Now, not […]

Okay, so it seems that the /.horde is once again missing the point.  And don’t get me wrong, for some of you out there I’m sure 2nd Life is just as fun as Myspace or LiveJournal.
But it sucks.  I’ve been there, testing out the Linux beta/alpha/thingie, and I can verify that it blows.  It’s like […]

We noted a wee bit back that Boston and Amhurst were looking into city wide hotspots for Internet access. Amhurst already has a good start provided by concerned individuals and the college.
Boston apparently has a similar situation.
And now, according to the Boston Foundation the best bet is on a public-private partnership to blanket the […]

You’d think this is turning into MS watch .  This’ll be the last post on the behemoth of Redmond for a bit, provided they don’t enter into any particularly amusing hijinks.
One Mr. Daniel Robbins has apparently decided he needs to go dig into tough .Net programming problems rather than stick it out at MS’s […]

Apparently we’re supposed to take a pundits word that Windows 2000 was far less reliable than Windows XP and that Linux is now mature enough for the desktop market.  Or maybe not.  The article actually seems to double back on itself and tries to throw doubt on Linux’s preparedness to work in the Enterprise market.  […]

Congress appears to be getting in on the fight over censorship in China. Which you would think would be a good thing. Kinda like voting in favor of defensless children and puppies that don’t require your personal maintenance. I mean. In theory those are always good things.
Unfortunately in practice we tend to […]

And here I thought China had a population problem.  Apparently the new wealthy Chinese upper class want children, lots of them, and now!   I’m not sure they really get how tenuous a free-market economies boom cycles are.  Then again, there are a whole lot of really poor Chinese to cushion their fall, so maybe it […]

Looks like the FTC might be getting tough on people adverstising with spammy or other illicit advertising services, rather than just the services themselves.
While it’s nifty that they’re thinking of shaming the companies that use these softwares, I’d think that they’re pretty visible already.  I mean, when you’ve got an ad for product XYZ […]