Full FeedGoogle blames misrouted traffic for outage; how to weather future ones
According to their official blog, Google says this morning’s outage was caused by a “system error” that rerouted some traffic through Asia, causing a traffic jam. The bottleneck resulted in GMail, Blogger, and Google itself loading slowly and in some cases being totally unavailable. Anyone on Twitter knows it caused… Continue Reading »
Microsoft headed towards more “disasters”- Ballmer
Yesterday in a speech at Stanford University, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggested Microsoft will be taking more risks with its search entries. Acknowledging Google’s dominant position, Ballmer pointed to opportunities Microsoft can afford to chase and evolve. According to Ballmer, some will be hits, some will be disasters. “There are… Continue Reading »
Oddball Tech: Geocities is toast, watch the dead via the web, and sentient trains in Japan
The world of technology is a weird place. Flying images and sound through the air, microwaves, and bicycles. So our stories have nothing to do with that. Yahoo’s cleaning house and next out is Geocities. Italy thinks you want to watch the dead online. Also, trains in Japan are starting… Continue Reading »
Microsoft and Yahoo once again in talks
Back in 2008 it seemed we couldn’t do anything about hearing something about Microsoft buying up Yahoo. The deal never worked, possibly because of then Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang who seemed to dislike the idea. But, Yahoo now has a new CEO, Carol Bartz, and it seems she might be… Continue Reading »
Yahoo’s online storage service to close down
I just got an e-mail telling me Yahoo Briefcase is closing down on March 30, 2009. What is Yahoo Briefcase? It was Yahoo’s online storage service that provided a whopping 30MB (yes, megabytes) of space to you could access your files anywhere. HP just dumped their “Upline” backup service, but… Continue Reading »
Management shakeup at Yahoo imminent
Yahoo has had a lot of issues recently. Google virtually has the search engine market cornered and Yahoo is looking to catch up. Yahoo has tried all kinds of things like acquiring plenty of web services without much of a return. Carol Bartz took over as Yahoo’s CEO last month… Continue Reading »
Yahoo adds new Search Pad feature
Since most people now conduct their research on the Internet, they will benefit from tools that help them organize their searches. Yahoo hopes that users will turn to their new Search Pad application, a feature currently in beta testing. With the Search Pad, users will be able to use automated… Continue Reading »
Yahoo announces loss but beats earnings estimates
They say every cloud has a silver lining. Or is it every corporate bad news has a spin master to make better? Whatever it is, Yahoo announced losses for the fourth quarter of 2008, but they also announced better earnings than estimated. The total loss for the fourth quarter was… Continue Reading »
Yahoo freezes salaries as part of recession recovery plan
Last week, Google announced the cutting of several positions as well as the closing of numerous applications. This week, Yahoo pronounced that it too will need to take major steps in order to get through the worldwide economic crisis. To start, the Internet giant plans to freeze all employees’ salary… Continue Reading »
Do widgets belong on your TV?
Widgets are slowly making their way to television, but some people think that widgets have no place on TV. “Television is supposed to be a veg out time. Don’t complicate my TV with widgets.” That’s crazy. After years of seeing identification bugs on the bottom right of our screens, animated… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Palm Pre Information & Updates
Palm just introduced their next-gen smartphone, the Palm Pre, and next-gen operating system, Palm webOS. Gadgetell's got the latest Pre and webOS information and news for you right here.
