Google takes a leisurely stroll through Sun's pantry of goods
What's Sun gonna do, tell him to get in line behind Microsoft?
What's Sun gonna do, tell him to get in line behind Microsoft?
The just-retired CEO will also serve on the board of director's audit committee.
Last year I attended South By Southwest for the first time. It's a tech/music/film conference in Austin, Tx, and it's the highlight of my year.
Other countries want them but why? Living in Google's shadow is causing problems for local small businesses...
Notable headlines:Genuine Advantage: Can Microsoft recast itself as protector, not punisher? Enterprise mashups get ready for prime-time.
NASA is putting up the largest ever prize in aviation and Google is sponsoring the Green Flight Challenge.
Google had an exciting year in 2006 -- stealing headlines with almost everything they did, even if the news wasn't particularly exciting. Many of the more important things that happened are summarized by Google Operating System in an article titled "Google 2006 in 12 Pictures".
NASA is now providing some interesting KML files that add near real-time overlays to Google Earth. The information they are using comes from MODIS (Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) -- some data from this source (updated daily) can be viewed on Google Earth by clicking here.
Google launched rosjava, a ROS (robot OS) framework in Java that is Android compatible. The plan: Meld Android, cloud computing and robotics.
Google has tackled visualization of Earth, and more recently the sky, by offering up free imagery to the public with Google Earth and Google Maps. The data Google is giving away for free is simply breathtaking -- it's hard to believe we never had access to it as recent as three years ago.