Elgan: Why Google Voice is free
Google Voice means Google is technically, literally and actually a telephone company. Google owns and maintains the servers, switches and other equipment necessary to connect phone calls. They're regulated just like any other telephone company. And they're connected into, and are part of, the national telephone network.
Google's Wave consolidates core online features in one tool
The equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife for consumer online services, Wave is possibly one of the riskiest and most ambitious endeavors Google has embarked upon in years.
Google tests scripting feature for online apps
Google will add scripting capabilities to Google Docs, allowing organizations to customize its online applications and automate tasks, the company said Wednesday.
Google lauds the Web as programming model
Preaching the Web as the new programming model, Google officials lauded several technologies, including 3D browser capabilities and an ability to easily add Google applications to Web pages, at the Google I/O conference on Wednesday.
Google may strip 'beta' tag from some apps
Google may be ready to remove the "beta" tag from some of its online applications in a move to widen their appeal among paying business customers, company officials suggested Wednesday.
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Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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