John O Connell's Blog » google http://cloudbooks.org/wp CloudBooks :: The Cloud and Netbooks Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:27:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Google to Bing: We’re a Decision Engine Too! http://cloudbooks.org/wp/google-to-bing-we%e2%80%99re-a-decision-engine-too/ http://cloudbooks.org/wp/google-to-bing-we%e2%80%99re-a-decision-engine-too/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:38:40 +0000 corkie http://cloudbooks.org/wp/?p=178 We reported over the weekend that the Google vs. Bing battle was heating up, as we learned that Google has been researching and exploring what threat its new Microsoft competitor poses to its market dominance. Now, Google seems to have made a rather thinly veiled counter-attack in the renewed search engine wars.

If you visit the Google homepage today, you will find, beyond the nifty Firebird ballet logo, a link that says “Discovering the web: Explore the world of Google search.” The resulting page, “Explore Google Search,” explains an array of Google’s blended search capabilities. It’s almost certainly a reminder by Google that it is also a “decision engine” with features to match.

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]]> http://cloudbooks.org/wp/google-to-bing-we%e2%80%99re-a-decision-engine-too/feed/ 0 10 reasons Why Cloud Computing is the Wave of the Future – LaptopLogic.com http://cloudbooks.org/wp/10-reasons-why-cloud-computing-is-the-wave-of-the-future-laptoplogiccom/ http://cloudbooks.org/wp/10-reasons-why-cloud-computing-is-the-wave-of-the-future-laptoplogiccom/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 02:16:30 +0000 corkie http://cloudbooks.org/wp/?p=84 10 reasons Why Cloud Computing is the Wave of the Future April 29 2009 at 10 04:35 AM by Gilberto J. Perera Rating: 0 out of 5 What is all this Cloud computing mumbo jumbo about and why should I care Our editor Gilberto J. Perera puts it to us straight. Before we delve into the reasons why cloud computing is the wave of the future we must first understand what cloud computing is. According to Berkeley scientists “Cloud computing refers to both the applications delivered as services over the Internet and the hardware and systems software in the datacenters that provide those services. The services themselves have long been referred to as Software as a Service SaaS so we use that term. The datacenter hardware and software is what we will call a Cloud.”

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