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Google has made a change to its search algorithm that means most of the results shown for a search may now come from a single domain. Previously, it would only show a couple of results from one domain, on the assumption that users would prefer to select from a diversity of results. The example …continue reading Google favours big brands over diversity Oracle may be suing Google over its use of Java in Android; but the company is still happy to take the search giant’s cash in exchange for foisting the Google Toolbar on users who carelessly click Next when updating their Java installation on Windows. If they do, the Toolbar is installed by default.
…continue reading Oracle still foisting Google Toolbar on Java users Oracle is suing Google over Java in Android; the Register has a link to the complaint itself which lists seven patents which Oracle claims Google has infringed. There is also a further clause which says Google has infringed copyright in the: code, specifications, documentation and other materials) that is copyrightable subject matter and that …continue reading Apple not Android is killing client-side Java – so why is Oracle suing Google? Microsoft UK’s John Coulthard, Senior Director Healthcare and Life Sciences, has posted a comment on the decision by the NHS not to renew its EWA (Enterprise Wide Agreement) with Microsoft. His summary: The bottom line is the NHS benefited from the productivity gains delivered through a suite of Microsoft software worth in excess of …continue reading Microsoft and the NHS: what went wrong? Google has put App Inventor for Android on Google Labs: To use App Inventor, you do not need to be a developer. App Inventor requires NO programming knowledge. This is because instead of writing code, you visually design the way the app looks and use blocks to specify the app’s behavior. Sharon Machlis at …continue reading Google App Inventor – another go at visual programming I’ve been trying out iPhone 4 since its launch on Thursday this week. My main interest is software development, and I have a couple of ideas for apps. Apple’s platform is annoying in several respects, especially the App Store lock-in and the Apple tax, but it is unavoidable. Unfortunately when a company gets the …continue reading Two days with Apple iPhone 4 Interesting story from Serena software, an 800-employee company with 29 offices around the globe whose products cover application lifecycle management and business process management. In June 2009 the company switched to Google Apps, meriting a post on the Official Google Enterprise Blog. Ron Brister, Senior manager of Global IT Operations talks about the change: …continue reading Serena flip-flops: goes Google, then back to Microsoft The top story on Guardian Technology right now is a rumour about Google getting rid of Windows. Apparently Google prefers its employees to use Mac or Linux. Why is this interesting? I suspect because the world is now looking for evidence that Microsoft is failing. Microsoft failing in mobile is one thing, but to …continue reading On Microsoft: is the sky falling? Remember Netware? Today Google announced that Chrome for Mac and Linux is now fully released: Since last December, we’ve been chipping away at bugs and building in new features to get the Mac and Linux versions caught up with the Windows version, and now we can finally announce that the Mac and Linux versions are …continue reading Google Chrome Mac and Linux arrives – may hurt Firefox more than Safari |
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