Day 1 – A week using Google Chrome OS
I’m starting a week of using the Chrome OS to fully experience what can and can’t be done with this cloud based OS. Basically, the Chrome OS is the Chrome web browser by Google put on a very light weight…
Ford’s Prediction Market
One of the hardest things a company has to do is to predict what consumers want. If a company get the prediction wrong it can cost them billions of dollars and in the long run the company itself. Ford is…
Electric Vehicles of the Past
A few weekends ago, I visited the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in Northern Ireland and in the transport part, I came across some electric vehicles. One was a bread delivery van from 1948, one a milk float from 1954…
OTT: Are We There Yet?
It’s been a while since dumping my $100-dollar-per-month Dish Network habit. Ominously for the existing broadcast/cable/satellite structure, I haven’t missed it – not even one little bit. Sorry guys, that money now goes for other discretionary things. Save Our Buggy…
Goodbye Ubuntu, Welcome Back SuSE
Some of you may recall that early last summer, I left my long-term Linux partner OpenSuSE for Canonical’s Ubuntu – the post is here. I thought it was going to be forever but I’m afraid it hasn’t worked out and…
GNC-2011-02-17 #648 Special Apple Product Announcement!
For those of you that actually read the show notes and I know 10’s of thousands do not the clue on the Apple Product announcement is in the show notes.. You want to talk about a product that the koolaid…
Dealing with Content Farms
If you follow the news about Google or search you know that what some people call content farms have become a big issue. First what are content farms, Wikipedia defines content farms as Web sites that employ a large number…