WIFLbloga little bit of tech, a little bit of green, to help tame the savage techmachine(Untitled)- October 25, 2004 Firefox - The Platform. Strudelkugel writes "Business 2.0 reports Firefox is becoming a problem for Microsoft. But FF is not just a problem as a browser; its potential as a platform is significant. From the article: 'It all adds up to a business opportunity for startups, established software companies, and Web giants alike. Though Ross and the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation don't stand to make money, Firefox's open platform gives it enormous potential to hatch a new class of applications that...http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/2004/10/24.html#a3844 (Untitled)- October 25, 2004 Google Desktop Outshines Windows' File-Search Capabilities (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Google is famed for its Web search engine, but over the past few years it has acquired a different role: Microsoft's No. 1 foreign aid donor. First, Google fixed some of Internet Explorer's worst defects with its Google Toolbar, a free add-in that blocks pop-up ads and provides a shortcut to (naturally) Google's search engine and an auto-fill option to complete Web forms. Now it has released...http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/2004/10/24.html#a3843 (Untitled)- October 24, 2004 Zope 2.7.3. Application server for building web sites. Meerkat: An Open Wire Servicehttp://blogs.salon.com/0001455/2004/10/24.html#a3842 (Untitled)- October 24, 2004 More podcasting noise.... One of my favorite writers, Rory Blyth, takes on the podcasting hype and anti-hype. Meanwhile, Carl Franklin is starting another audio show, since his first one, .NET Rocks, was very successful. They are having a contest to figure out a tagline for the show, which is named "Mondays." In another post Carl defended podcasting. Meerkat: An Open Wire Servicehttp://blogs.salon.com/0001455/2004/10/24.html#a3841 |