Google Mail

Saw a strange thing on logging in to Gmail this morning: And here’s the explaination: We have been involved in a dispute regarding the Gmail trademark in the UK. Another company has claimed rights to the Gmail name. We have tried to resolve this dispute through negotiations, but our efforts have failed. We are still … Keep reading

Google Reader

Reader is the new RSS aggregator from Google. And I am rather sorry to say that it is rubbish. It uses a lot of the java technology that works so well on Gmail, and alright on the personalised home page. But Reader just seems unfinished to me – no make that barely even started. Fair … Keep reading

Writely

John Naughton links to Writely, an online word processor. This is the sort of thing I have discussed earlier, that Google could provide after their link up with Sun, using the OpenOffice.org applications as a base. This might be useful for something I am working on, where three people are editing the same file. At … Keep reading

Google / Sun Announcement

So, the announcement has been made and it is kinda vague at the moment. Today, Sun creates yet another important relationship to add to our growing momentum. In an all-star alliance announced today, Sun and Google have begun a strategic relationship to promote and distribute their trail-blazing technologies. As part of the agreement, Sun will … Keep reading

Comment Spam

Am being hammered on comment spam at the moment. There seem to be 10 or more every hour. Fortunatley WordPress is pretty good at holding them up so they don’t get posted on the site. Some of them are pretty amusing, or just totally weird. How about this: free nextel ringtones We joseph promise that … Keep reading