http://www.california-colleges-guide.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:34:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Users won't need a separate Zoho account," he told me at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. The Google sign-on integration should be finished within two weeks, he said. Making it more convenient for Google users to work with Zoho applications indicates that Google is open to or supportive of ... http://www.california-colleges-guide.com/index.php/2010/09/04/zoho-to-integrate-with-google-sign-on/ I couldn't figure out why Salesforce.com developed Apex until I started looking at how difficult it is to get "real" programmatic functionality into a browser and on-demand applications. Now I get it. There is a key missing piece for cloud computing to really go mainstream--a higher-level programming language to be ... http://www.california-colleges-guide.com/index.php/2010/08/29/java-in-the-cloud-will-lead-us-to-platform-as-a/ You might choose to think, in fact, that both groups of pirates are doing exactly the same thing: taking on those bigger than themselves, those with more money, more power, more status. I'm not so sure. Savvy? Now Jack Sparrow just wouldn't allow for that, surely. His innate sense of warped ... http://www.california-colleges-guide.com/index.php/2010/08/24/what-would-jack-sparrow-think-of-the-pirate-bay/ Current, the edgy news and culture channel co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore, has come up with a new way to broadcast the presidential debates: show Twitter commentary on what people are saying. Through an official partnership with the microblogging service, Current will broadcast "Hack the Debate," which will live-stream ... http://www.california-colleges-guide.com/index.php/2010/08/21/twitter-will-come-to-current-tv-for-debate-chitcha/ (Credit: MagicJack) Remember MagicJack, the VoIP phone gizmo that plugs into a USB port and provides unlimited local and long-distance calling? Normally it runs $40 plus shipping (and/or sales tax), but 1 Sale a Day has it for $29.99 (plus $5.99 for ground shipping) -- but only through midnight today. Granted, the ... http://www.california-colleges-guide.com/index.php/2010/08/21/get-a-magicjack-for-2999-today-only/ Tests at the main Olympic press center and on other connections around Beijing have shown that both journalists and regular Beijing Internet users are getting less restricted access than usual. That's according to the OpenNet Initiative's assessment of online censorship after the first week of the Games. After journalists spent a lot ... http://www.california-colleges-guide.com/index.php/2010/08/21/journalists-residents-getting-same-net-in-beijing/ Get a DVR, and maybe you won't need couples counseling anymore. (Credit: NDS) More than 80 percent of Americans with a DVR can't live without it, according to a recent survey commissioned by NDS, a provider of technology solutions for digital pay TV. The survey (PDF) was conducted in July 2008 ... http://www.california-colleges-guide.com/index.php/2010/08/21/survey-says-dvr-could-improve-your-relationships/ Here is the 'footprint' left by the lander's robotic arm on Saturday. Images of the "Snow Queen" site further support NASA scientists' assumptions that the area in and around the lander is composed of ice, according to a statement from Uwe Keller, the robotic arm camera's lead scientist from the Max ... http://www.california-colleges-guide.com/index.php/2010/08/21/mars-landers-robotic-arm-makes-contact/ Last Friday, Transmeta disclosed Riley Investment Management made an unsolicited cash offer of $15.50 per share--a move that built on its previous demands in December to realign its board of directors, according to a Reuters report. The company received a big bump in late October, after Transmeta announced a $250 ... http://www.california-colleges-guide.com/index.php/2010/08/20/transmeta-hires-financial-adviser-to-review-buyout/ For the record, I thought the board acted rashly in appointing Yang--a relatively inexperienced executive--to perform what would clearly be a challenging turnaround. I didn't think he had the experience to pull it off. If not, I don't believe this board will be as patient as HP's board was with ... http://www.california-colleges-guide.com/index.php/2010/08/20/yahoo-and-yang-are-were-in-big-trouble/