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The battle for the cloud
via O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies by Tim O'Reilly on May 06, 2008
Andy Kessler has a great op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, The War for the Web:Microsoft was smart to walk away (for now) from its $44 billion bid for Yahoo. It's never good to overpay. But the software giant - whose stock has flatlined for eight years - was onto the right strategy in looking to the Web for growth....With the Microsoft/Yahoo deal breakdown, everyone assumes Google walks away...
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Google Friend Connect Previews Tonight
via O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies by Brady Forrest on May 12, 2008
Later today Google is going to preview Friend Connect (it's not live yet at http://www.google.com/friendconnect), a product that lets any website host OpenSocial applications. These applications will enable a site's user to interact with their social network from other sites (assuming they are logged in). Initially users will be able to see their networks from Facebook (using their...
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Web 2.0 Expo: Clay Shirky's Keynote
via O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies by Brady Forrest on May 01, 2008
The videos for the Web 2.0 Expo Keynotes are available on Blip.tv! I've embedded video of Clay Shirky's excellent keynote above. In his talk Clay discusses many of the concepts from his new book and explains why sitcoms are "cognitive heat sinks". A transcript of his talk is available in his post Gin, Television, and Social Surplus.
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Where 2.0: Google is Opening the GeoIndex
via O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies by (author unknown) on May 13, 2008
Shared by Dominik Sehr schön. Geo-Daten sind super.Um ernstgenommen zu werden, müsste ich schreiben: "Geo-Daten sind die Zukunft."Today, John Hanke, Director of Geo for Google and co-founder of Keyhole, increased the relevance of Google's geoindex by opening it to all developers. In an upcoming release this data will be available via Google's search APIs. We've been able to access...
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Botanicalls Twitter DIY
via O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies by Brady Forrest on February 27, 2008
By Brady ForrestBotanicalls, the project that lets your plants let you know when they need water (Radar post), has expanded beyond their Asterisk-based voice system. Now you can learn how your plants are doing with a DIY kit that lets them Twitter you. The system uses Arduino, the open-source board featured in Making Things Talk. The instructions they've included are very detailed; this looks...
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Sneaking Around With Other People's Platforms ... and a Countdown to Graphing Social Patterns West
via O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies by Dave McClure on February 26, 2008
By Dave McClureLast summer, I fell in love. Please don't tell my wife.This spring, i'm taking another lover. Please don't tell Facebook.I'm not alone. Ask any alpha geek in Silicon Valley. They're all double-timing on OtherPeople'sPlatforms every chance they get. I've spoken to dozens of pasty-faced coders, and every last one is pinching themselves to make sure it...
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State of the Computer Book Market, part 3 -- The Publishers
via O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies by Mike Hendrickson on March 03, 2008
By Mike HendricksonIn this third installment, (part one, part two and part four later this week), we will look at how Publishers fared in 2007 when compared to 2006. The chart below shows our dashboard view of the Large publishers' results for 2007. The most notable change is that Wiley has assumed the leading spot as the largest publisher, with 29% market share of units sold. (We'll...
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Fabulous Eulogy for Gary Gygax
via O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies by Tim O'Reilly on March 10, 2008
Writing in yesterday's New York Times, Wired senior editor Adam Rogers contributed a wonderful meditation on the recent death of Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons and Dragons, in which he argues that Gygax's contribution to modern culture is far more profound than most people realize:GARY GYGAX died last week and the universe did not collapse. This surprises me a little bit, because he...
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Radar Roundup: UI
via O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies by Nat Torkington on March 11, 2008
Microsoft's Lucid Touch (DanceWithShadows): a semi-transparent device that you interact with by touching the back of the screen. A clever prototype from Microsoft Research, demoed at the recent TechFest.Multitouch Rubiks Cube (The Future is Awesome): cube that displays the colours and you gesture to rotate. Cute.NextWindow (ZDNet): nifty demo from a New Zealand vender of multitouch...
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Radar Roundup: Brains
via O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies by Nat Torkington on March 17, 2008
Today's topic is: our brains, understanding how they work, and living with the consequences of that knowledge.Brain Enhancement: Right or Wrong? (NYT): amazing gray areas we're getting into. Is it okay for a scientist to take brain-enhancing drugs? Compare with Wired News's write-up of Quinn Norton's ETech talk on the subject of how new bio technology will make us confront...
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