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Facebook jumps on real-time bandwagon
News The social networking site has rolled out real-time search, vying for position in the real-time space alongside heavyweights Twitter, Google and Yahoo.
Tags: Search, Twitter, social networking, Facebook, network, Search, acquisition
Asia's search hits record high in September
News Search queries in region clocks 38.6 billion last month, compared to 33 billion last year, with Google leading way as preferred search site, study shows.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., search engine, Search, Web sites, Asia-Pacific, Australia, South Korea
Roaming caps legal, advises EU advocate general
News The EC's imposition of roaming caps on Vodafone and other mobile operators did not stifle competition, according to the European Court of Justice's advocate general.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Commission, Cap, European Commission, mobile, Miguel Poiares Maduro, Telecommunications, European Court, European Union, economic activity
Five tips for building a WBS
Techguide These techniques will save you time and rework on your next Work Breakdown Structure.
Tags: Project management, IT project management, Work Breakdown Structure, Activity, Plan, Tool, Summary Activity, technique, team, Project management
Google: Server efficiency needs new recipe
News Mobile computing companies have successfully lowered gadgets' power consumption. Too bad that work doesn't help much with servers, according to a Google engineer.
Tags: Servers, Activity, Mobile, Adapter, Google Inc., Electronics, Server, processor, hard drive, chip designer
Get a slipping project back on track
Techguide Plenty of things can derail a project plan--here are some practical techniques that can correct the direction of a project that’s losing ground.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Activity, Project, Schedule, Deadline, Resource, project manager, Work, performance review
Google, Bing continue gains at Yahoo's expense
News Over last several months fewer and fewer searches have been performed on Yahoo's sites, with market leader Google and upstart Microsoft seeing the benefits.
Tags: Search, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S., Internet search, Asia-Pacific, ComScore Networks Inc., Yahoo Search, barrier
Google offers JavaScript programming tools
News In a new step to make the Web a more powerful foundation for programs, Google is releasing Closure Tools that it says produce faster, better code.
Tags: Open source, Cloud computing, Google Inc., compiler, software, Cloud computing, Web Browser, Internet Search Advertising, Tool, Open source
Adobe exploit puts backdoor on computers
News New exploit targeting Adobe is Trojan horse hiding JavaScript that drops a backdoor onto the compromised computer, Trend Micro says.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Back Door, Adobe Systems Inc., Malware, Computer, Microsoft Corp., Authentication and encryption, Adobe Acrobat Reader
Determine processes running on a remote server
Techguide The Sysinternals PsList tool can save you a trip to a server. Find out how to run the tool against a remote computer.
Tags: Servers, Server platforms, Remote management, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, Computer, Sysinternals PsList, Information Technology, Tool, performance monitoring, Sysinternals
Oy! Google Translate now speaks Yiddish
News Google adds nine new languages to its translation service--which can translate text, comments, live chat, or entire Web pages--bringing the total to 51.
Tags: Business applications, machine translation, Google Talk, Google Docs, Google Gmail
Digg tweaks search, dupe detection
News Social site now better at collecting Diggs under canonical URLs, and tracking them too.
Tags: Market research, Web sites, RSS, Google Inc., Search Engine, Digg, job, monitor, Web Site, window
Facebook acknowledges access problems
News Some members of the social network claim to have been unable to access their accounts for several days now; it's a database problem, Facebook says.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Database management, Databases, Facebook, Database, CBS Interactive Inc., Web 2.0, Web sites, e-mail
GE inks deal for 'cleaner coal' in China
News Timed with Obama's visit, General Electric announces deals in China around high-speed rail, hybrid locomotives, and coal gasification plants with underground carbon storage.
Tags: Green IT, Department Of Energy, Gasification, U.S., Green IT, General Electric Co., Storage, electric vehicle, memorandum of understanding, carbon dioxide
Hitwise: Facebook's 'Connect' pushed it past MySpace
News The traffic firm noticed a clear uptick in U.S. Facebook growth after the site launched Facebook Connect in full, and that's when it passed MySpace in traffic.
Tags: Web 2.0, MySpace, CNN, social networking, Facebook, marketing, Hitwise, Web Site, Web, Web 2.0
