Technology Should Be Simple

Best Buy Blue Label: A Step in the Right Direction

2008-10-15T21:30:00.004-04:00

Best Buy has recently released its Blue Label product line, based on their customer forum program that aimed to get actual customer feedback as to what they want in a product (similar to Dell's Community which resulted in Ubuntu being pre-loaded on many Dell computers). Seems like good enough of an idea. Best Buy partnered with Toshiba and HP to release the first products in the Blue Label line, two laptops. The laptops are designed to meet consumers needs, and both laptops hit the mark pretty well. The main guidelines laid out by consumers is a lightweight and thin design, back lit keyboard, extended service and anti-virus support, and long battery life. These are pretty reasonable requests, nothing extravagant or cutting edge technology, yet there are very few reasonable priced laptops that meet these needs of the consumer.

Both laptops are priced attractively below $1,200, and have impressive specs. Both have Core 2 Duo processor, 4 gb RAM, 320 gb hard drive, all pretty standard for laptops today. The laptops differ on screen size and batter life. The HP has a 13.3" screen and a rated 4 hour 15 min battery life. The Toshiba has a 14.1" screen and a rated 5 hour 30 min battery life. Either of these laptops would be prefect for everyday use, and can handle any general computing task you have. These are great laptops for high school and college students. The extended service support also is great for the non-techie people looking for a laptop. Both these laptops are worth a look the next time you are shopping for a computer. I look forward to seeing Best Buy extend their Blue Label line in the future with more great and practicle offerings like these.

October 14, New MacBook Pro?

2008-10-09T12:33:00.001-04:00

Apple has begun to send out its invitations to an even to be held on October 14th, and judging by the obvious photo on the invite it will be about the notebook side of Apple's products. The Macbook Pro's have been due for a design refresh for quite some time. The design has not changed for almost 7 years now (the insides have changed, but not the overall look). I'm really excited to see what Apple comes up with. The MacBook Pros are Apple's high end laptop and usually the notebook of choice in the creative community, Whatever Apple announces could set a new tone of the company in the coming years as well as get Apple an even greater market share (they are currenty at around an 8% market share in personal computers).

Weekend Fun: Mr. Picasso Head

2008-09-20T06:24:00.000-04:00

Mr. Picasso Head is a fun flash website that lets you create your own work of art portraits in the unique Picasso style. The program works by giving you a set of standard shape and brush strokes to use to great your work of art. The shapes and brush strokes can be rotates, enlarged and distorted so they fit the best way into your creation. You can even sign your work of art in Picasso handwriting. If nothing else this program is fun way to kill some time on the weekend and create a cool work of art in the process.

Next Installement of the Gates, Seinfeld Microsoft Advertisements

2008-09-12T15:31:00.002-04:00

Earlier, we talked about Microsoft's 300 million dollar advertising campaign to get people interested in Windows again. We featured the first commercial from the serious of advertisement featuring, Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, and famous comedian, Jerry Seinfeld. Microsoft has put the second commercial on the internet today for your viewing pleasure.

Are these ads working for anyone? I find them somewhat funny and they are a nice introduction before a full advertising campaign pushing Windows in your face. Leave your thoughts in the comments if you enjoy the ads or not?

Microsoft Updates Their Zune and Harware

2008-09-11T07:35:00.000-04:00

We told you earlier that Apple wasn't the only one with news to announce on the 9th, and Microsoft didn't disappoint. Microsoft released a couple interesting updates to both their Zune music player and their computer hardware accessories. Microsoft hardware has come a long way, and it's now become one of the standards for gamers and hardcore computer users who demand a high level out of their computer parts. There latest improvement is the use of BlueTrack Technology in their mice. BlueTrack is being presented as the next evolution in optical tracking technology. It allows a person to use their mouse on many different services, even if they are not a solid or consistent color or texture (no need for a mouse pad). This may not seem that big but anyone that uses a mouse on the road will be happy, no more need to carry a mouse pad or find a nice clean surface to use. It will even work on carpet, which is nice for some lazy Sunday browsing in your living room. My favorite new hardware is the Arc Mouse (pictured above). This is a mobile mouse that has an interesting fold up design that allows it to collapse for travel as well as storing its own wireless usb transceiver.

Next Up, we have the new Zune. The only appearance different is that there is a new color available, blue, everything else is internal and software changes. The flash Zune player (pictured right) is now available in both 8gb and 16gb versions for $149 and $199 respectively. This is staying on par with Apple's new iPod Nano in price per gigabyte. For the larger hard drive based Zune, Microsoft has bumped the storage from 80gb to 120gb. Available for $249, this is also staying on par with Apple's iPod classic.

The firmware update for the Zune is due to be released on September 16th and will be backwards compatible. Meaning the firmware will be available for previous versions of Zune's as well as new ones (teaching an old dog new tricks). This has become standard practice for Microsoft, as not to leave their early adopters in the dust, much unlike Apple. The new software will feature "buy from FM" that allows users to listen to a song through the FM radio on the Zune, and then download the song they were just listening to through the Zune's wi-fi capabilities (hear it, download it). A nice feature that one-ups the Apple wi-fi Music Store. We'll see if this feature works as well in practice as it does in theory though. The Zune is slowly but surely becoming a nice full featured device. It offers certain upgrades on the iPod but seems to be lacking in the user interface and ease-of-use software that apple is known for. Hopefully Microsoft can get their act together and make the Zune a true competitor to the iPod, in the portable media player market.

Say Hello to Your New iPod

2008-09-09T21:08:00.006-04:00

As expected, Apple released their new line of iPods today. There is a completely new iPod Nano, a slight update to the exterior of the iPod Touch, a spec change in the iPod Classic, and new software for all. The Nano is by far the most changed. The combination of a bigger screen, taller overall design in a much thinner frame, and a new collection of available colors makes the Nano a more attractive choice for buyers. The Nano comes in 8gb and 16gb capacities for $149 and $199 respectively.

The iPod Touch got the same treatment as the iPhone 3G, in terms of physical design. The iTouch has the same curved design but is much thinner than the iPhone. Other features include dedicated volume buttons, a
speaker, and integrated Nike+ syncing. The software is very similar to the iPhone 3G as well, with the App Store, Google Maps, and Mail program. (It's essentially an iPhone without the cell tower connection, i.e you have to be connected to a wi-fi hotspot to use most of the features) The iTouch is available in 8gb, 16gb, and 32gb for $229, $299, and $399, that's a hundred dollars cheaper than the previous generation iTouch.

The iPod Classic received no appearance changes, only size and option changes. The iPod Classic is now only available in the 120gb capacity for $249. This is the same capacity as offered by Microsoft's Zune player. It seems strange that Apple would downgrade it's 160gb iPod to a 120gb, but i'm sure they have their reasons (to keep costs down for sure).

The software introduced is, iTunes 8, the newest installment of the iTunes line. iTunes is rapidly becoming the center for your digital rather than just organizing your music collection. iTunes 8 continues to bring the trend of making music more image oriented by using album and artist art to browse music rather than just having an alphabetical list of files. Look for a more indepth review of all the new features and how to use them by the end of the week.

Google Chrome: One Week Later

2008-09-09T07:16:00.003-04:00

So it's been one week since our review of Google Chrome, and we wanted to provide an update to how it's working beyond our initial use.

Pros:

Simplistic design is very easy to use
Omnibox is convenient and reduces screen clutter
It's open source and already has a thriving developer community

expect a lot of add-ons and variations to emerge soon (similar to firefox extensions)

It's Google so it has great potential to incorporate many of the other service from Google (i.e. Gmail, Docs, Google Talk, iGoogle, and many other services)

Cons:

The Custom Panel Start Page wasn't very useful

If I'm going to one of my most visited websites, I know the URL and it's just as easy to type it than click on it
If you use CCleaner to remove your history regularly, the start page doesn't show much except websites you just visited.

Truly a beta program

the program crashed and froze numerous times
had problems running certain websites, including Google's own blogging website, Blogger (crashed while writing this post)

Google had a bit of trouble with their End User License Agreement
Google makes it's money off advertising and collecting user data (what should make Chrome any different)

once Google has you using their browser there's no telling when they will incorporate ads in.
Google collects data on your browsing, "Privacy advocates are already warning users that the id can be used to create exact user profiles of a user’s actions while using Google Chrome." via ghacks

Overall, Google Chrome has huge potential and it'll be interesting to see where it goes. Google can go in many different directions and make this browser a force to be reckoned with in the already competitive market of internet browsers. The only downside could be that this may actually help Microsoft more than hurt it, which was Google's aim. For the longest time, if you didn't use Internet Explorer, you used Firefox. And to use Firefox you had to make a conscious decision to not use Internet Explorer, which is the default on Windows Computers. Now people looking for an alternative have Chrome as well as Firefox. Chrome has potential to make the browser market harder for the underdog rather than Microsoft's Internet Explorer. It'll be interesting to see how this ends up and it's definitely something to keep an eye on.

We've Been Blogged

2008-09-08T07:22:00.002-04:00

One of our awesome readers submitted this blog to Blogged.com (sounds redundant, I know) and it was accepted into their directory. Blogged , in their own words, "is about discovering what the best bloggers are blogging about right now, and about finding the blogs that will interest you the most." The Blogged editors review each website submitted and give them a rating based on a 10 point scale, taking into account "frequency of updates, relevance of content, site design, and writing style." Overall this blog recieved an initial rating of 7.8. I think we can make this rating higher though, feel free to head over to Blogged and give this site a rating.

Apple's Not The Only One With News On the 9th

2008-09-06T07:37:00.000-04:00

This coming Tuesday, September 9th, Apple will be unveiling some new hardware, namely new iPods. Not to be out done, Microsoft has also planned to unveil some new hardware at a press event with the tag line "Say Goodbye to Laser." And what hardware is Microsoft planning to unveil to compete with the iPod? A mouse and a webcam, at least that's all that we know of. As always there are rumors to what surprise announcements could be made by Microsoft. It seems odd that Microsoft would choose to go head to head for media attention with the iPod with only a webcam and a mouse to show. The obvious bet is that there will be an announcement related to the Zune, since it is a competitor with the iPod. The other idea is that Microsoft really will only be announcing a mouse and a webcam, and they are getting more publicity for picking the same day as Apple than what they are releasing.

via: Engadget
via: LiveSide

"Microsoft" and "Cool" In The Same Sentence?

2008-09-05T07:00:00.001-04:00

Back in March, Microsoft decided to launch a new advertising campaign for it's flagship product, Windows. This $300 million image overhaul is Microsoft's first action against the bad press of Vista and direct insult from Apple in the Mac vs. PC advertising campaign.

For this, Microsoft has decided to stray away from their usual advertising agency,McCann Worldgroup, and enlist the hippest advertising guru in the business, Alex Bogusky of Crispin Porter + Bogusky. He has been called the "Steve Jobs of the Ad World" (Fast Company) and is responsible for some of the boldest and most successful ad campaigns of recent, including the "truth" campaign and the very successful Burger King campaign (see image below).

Alex Bogusky and his co-executive creative directors, Andrew Keller and Rob Reilly, seem to be excited for the challenge. "Microsoft is at the epicenter of the great brand challenge of the next decade-or millennium" (via: fast company). Alex Bogusky and his group pride themselves on taking on stale or older brands in a transition, and making them "cool" once again. Often using strange and bold ideas to push a brand to its limits. And for an agency driven by challenge, Microsoft may be their advertising dream come true. No company has been more stale, in terms of their image, in the past 20 years than Microsoft.

Enough with the history and why these companies are working together. This deal was made in March 2008, and we are now beginning to see what the result will be. The Mojave Experiment has been a preliminary online advertisig campaing to counter the bad press Vista has been getting. It's basic idea is to show people using Vista without telling them it's Vista and record their reactions (think The Pepsi Challenge with computers). The Mojave Experiment has been recieved with mixed reviews, but this is by no means Microsofts big plans for the Windows advertising campaign. The big ideas coming from Bogusky and his group involve celebrities and Bill Gates. The most interesting, is the pairing of comedian Jerry Seinfeld and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. The first of these ads are beginning to surface.

The campaign will center around the slogan "Windows, Not Walls" and highlight what makes Windows a great operating system. Bogusky is staying to true to his usual ad style. Instead fo trying to compete with other brands he his trying to focus on what makes Windows great. This is the opposite of Apple advertising that prefers to show how good they are by showing how bad Windows is. "It's not a matter of forcing people. It's getting people to want to use it [Windows]. If you can't, you're not going to do great advertising," Rob Rielly said in his interview with fast company.

Bogusky and his group seem to have the idea right, hopefully it shows in their campaign. Windows does offer a lot of things that other operating systems can not, but many of these things are for more tech savvy people. Using Jerry Seinfeld is also a good choice, he's famous enough for young and old to know him and enjoy his work but he doesn't seem out of touch to pair with Microsoft. If they went out and just got some young hip celebrity it would seem like a desperation act, scrounging for young people support. I look forward to see how this campaign takes shape and if it can truly give Microsoft Windows the image overhaul it's long over due for.

Here Comes New iPods

2008-09-04T07:21:00.000-04:00

Apple is coming out with new iPods. A press event has been set for September 9th. The timing is pretty standard for Apple, they get rid of most of their older iPod with their back to school sale (they offer a free iPod to any student that purchases a computer before September 15th) and release the new iPods just before the holiday shopping season. With any Apple event there is a lot of rumors to what other surprise announcements will be made.

Google Chrome: now to access the internet you have to go through google

2008-09-02T18:32:00.015-04:00

Today Google officially released it's own internet browser, named Chrome. Chrome is an open-source browser with a very simplistic design and is being described as a web 2.0 browser for the growing needs of internet users (using all of Google's online services, Docs, Gmail, Youtube, etc..). Google needs a browser to ensure that all their growing online services will be usable by all its users without any compatibility issues. Google has released a cute comic to help describe their browser. The use of a comic and not a user manual should help explain who this browsers target market it.

I downloaded the software and put it through a trial run. The browser works simple enough and has a lot of room to grow. It looks like a stripped-down version of your current browser. There's only tabs and an address bar with some basic controls. The address bar doubles as the search box as well, you have the option of which search engine you want to use (obviously Google is the default). The address bar also offers suggestions for websites you are looking for, similar to firefox 3, but Chrome takes it one step further by suggesting any website, not just ones from your bookmarks.

The browser functionally was fine, but because of how new it is some websites aren't ready for it yet. I tried visiting Nike.com and this is the message I was greeted with (photo right). Chrome is too new for its own good. The browser has huge potential since it's backed by Google and their seemingly limitless money. Google also has so many users through its online services they could heavily suggest that people begin to use their browser instead of others. Integration of Google's internet services with Chrome could cause many people to switch browsers.

With Google's entrance into the browser war, Google is going head to head with Microsoft in yet another internet market. The timing of Google's Chrome release is intentional to compete with the release of Microsoft's own Internet Explorer 8, which is currently out in beta. Google and Microsoft are already in open competition in the search engine business, online document services, and online advertising. Google and Microsoft's competition on the internet seems to be one of the biggest tech rivalry's. It'll be interesting to watch this pan out as both companies are strangely similar. Google and Microsoft had similar starts and stunning growth and both seem to have limitless resources.

*Update* Walt Mossberg, the tech columnist for The Wall Street Journal has released his opinion on Chrome.

Microsoft Brings Back Ultimate Steal Offer

2008-08-25T07:30:00.001-04:00

Microsoft has brought back the Ultimate Steal program for college students. Microsoft stated the Ultimate Steal program was such a success that they are adding more products to the promotion, including Office Viso Professional and Vista Ultimate Upgrades for 55.95 and 64.95 respectivly. Microsoft seems pretty intent on keeping college student using Windows OS by giving them cheap or free access to most of their software. Combined with the Microsoft DreamSpark program launched last year, students have access to thousands of dollars of software for a fraction of the cost. For any college student this is a great way to get access to the software you need and save money. The Ultimate Steal website can be found here and there has not been an end date set yet.

Weekend Fun: Face Your Manga

2008-08-22T20:00:00.001-04:00

Face Your Manga is a flash based website that lets you go through a series of options in their editor program to create your own Manga Avatar that resembles yourself or just a fun character.

Manga are Japanese comic books. Manga is often made into Japanese cartoons, or Anime. The art in Manga has a very definite look to it and is often referred to as “Manga Style.” via: about

The online program has a large variety of options and the images can get petty specific to looking like anyone you want. I created an example avatar to show a basic one you can create. You can do anything from a simple design to something far out and abstract. Face Your Manga takes the avatar one step further of other avatar programs by allowing you to turn your manga into art. Downloading the avatar is free, but you also have the option of purchasing a print your creation to use as artwork or a gift. A nice addition if you happen to create something you really like.

Muxtape Under Attack?

2008-08-19T22:31:00.002-04:00

The RIAA is at it again, this time they're going after internet radio. Recently Muxtape, from our weekend time waster, posted this message on their website.

On Muxtape's blog they assure that there has been no formal complaint by any artist or record company about their service, and that the website will be up and running soon. Muxtape is a relitivley small music website, it seems strange that the RIAA would go after them, but it seems no website is too small for the RIAA to try to destroy it.

If the RIAA and record companies alike would only embrace digital music there would be a lot less problems. Sites like Muxtape are so popular because they make music easy, fun, and enjoyable for everyone. With a service this great why wouldn't the music industy come up with it's own version? Muxtape is not any complex system or new idea, and it is something that the record company could use to boost their own sales rather than just try to destroy it. Technology changes industries everyday, and big companies need to begin to embrace change rather than try to create laws banning it.

Now Part of Regator.com

2008-08-17T12:36:00.000-04:00

Technology Should Be Simple is now part of the Regator blog network. Regator.com is a blogosphere organizer that categorizes blogs and makes them searchable from their website. It's intended to make it easier for people to find new blogs to read or blog posts on things they are interested in. In there own words:

Regator is a website that gathers the world’s best blog posts and organizes them in a way that makes it easy to find the things you need—and fun to discover the things you never knew you wanted. It’s here to help you find, discuss, share, rate, and organize information on the topics you care about.

I suggest you take a look at Regator. It has a clean interface and makes the world of blogs much more organized. Many websites that do things similar tend to get overwhelmed and bogged down by so many blogs. Regator has managed to stay neat, organized, and easy to use.

Steve's Letter on the MobileMe Problem

2008-08-06T11:25:00.001-04:00

MobileMe is a service that Apple launched with the iPhone 3G release. It was a replacement for the old .Mac service. The basic idea was the ability to bring push email to the iPhone and make it possible to sync your calendar, mail, contact, and other information across multiple computer and devices. For example, if you made a calendar event of your iPhone, the same change would take place on your desktop computer's calendar. The idea was simple enough but the implementation wasn't. MobileMe was a disaster when it was released. The servers were overwhelmed, it ran sluggish or not at all at times. Apple is going to be quick to fix this though and has already restructured and taken steps to get MobileMe back on track. Steve Jobs has already issued his own words on the subject. Here is the internal letter that Steve Jobs wrote

Team,

The launch of MobileMe was not our finest hour. There are several things we could have done better:

– MobileMe was simply not up to Apple’s standards – it clearly needed more time and testing.

– Rather than launch MobileMe as a monolithic service, we could have launched over-the-air syncing with iPhone to begin with, followed by the web applications one by one – Mail first, followed 30 days later (if things went well with Mail) by Calendar, then 30 days later by Contacts.

– It was a mistake to launch MobileMe at the same time as iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store. We all had more than enough to do, and MobileMe could have been delayed without consequence.

We are taking many steps to learn from this experience so that we can grow MobileMe into a service that our customers will love. One step that I can share with you today is that the MobileMe team will now report to Eddy Cue, who will lead all of our internet services – iTunes, the App Store and, starting today, MobileMe. Eddy’s new title will be Vice President, Internet Services and he will now report directly to me.

The MobileMe launch clearly demonstrates that we have more to learn about Internet services. And learn we will. The vision of MobileMe is both exciting and ambitious, and we will press on to make it a service we are all proud of by the end of this year.

Steve

Once's Apple gets their MobileMe service back and running and working up to Apple standards it should make the iPhone and Mac Computers much more appealing.

via: Boy Genius Report

New Look: What Do You Think?

2008-08-05T19:04:00.001-04:00

I updated the website last night with a new two-column set up and new content in the footer. It's a work in process, with more updates to come. The goal was to make the main content of the blog easier to read and more prevalent on the page, without the distraction of links and advertisements. I'll be posting a how-to on adding the new footer in the coming days. Let me know what you think of new design in the comments.

Olympic Gadget: A Look At the Evolution of the Torch

2008-08-05T08:53:00.001-04:00

The 2008 Olympics Games begin August 8th in Beijing, and the New York Times has an article on the evolution of the Olympic torch starting with Berlin 1936. It's interesting to see how many different changes there has been to the torch and how many different styles there are. I think my favorite is the Sydney 2000 torch. Take a look at the entire collection here.
via: Gizmodo

YouTube Acquires Omnisio

2008-08-04T13:04:00.000-04:00

A while back I mentioned Omnisio in a weekend fun blog post. The websites allows users to upload flash videos (the kind used by YouTube and many other video sharing sites) and edit them with some basic editing functions. YouTube announced that is has acquired Omnisio, which should add some interesting functionality to the YouTube platform. YouTube is already the online center for people that want to share their video creations but with Omnisio, people can actually edit their videos and create new videos directly on the YouTube websites. This would make YouTube the one-stop spot of all your video needs, short of actually being able to record the video for you. This ease and conviencence will make it possible for more people to share videos and generate more people going to YouTube.

Computer 101: What Are All Those Wires For

2008-07-31T07:50:00.001-04:00

Computers today have a million different ports on them for every different piece of equipment you can image. Knowing what all these different connectors and wires do can get pretty confusing, especially if you haven't looked at the back of your computer in a while. Or if you are looking to upgrade your system it's good to know what these connectors are capable of so you get what you want in your computer. Gizmodo has a great article explaining the basics of these connectors and even offers pictures of each of them along with a brief description. Anyone looking to learn about computers or wants to understand their own computer better should definitely give this article a read.

Nintendo Leaves Everyone in the Dust

2008-07-31T07:21:00.001-04:00

Nintendo managed to rise above the competition is the gaming console industry over the past year. The main reason for Nintendo's success is staying true to what they do. Nintendo makes games and game consoles, and that's all they try to do. Both Microsoft and Sony tried to make their game consoles so much more, by making them the center of out living room media. Nintendo offered simple and innovative design that made their consoles affordable and fun. By staying clear of cutting edge technology (Blue-Ray and HD-DVD) and aiming for a more fun loving, casual gaming crows (not the die-hard gamers) Nintendo kept their costs down, while making games fun again. The Nintendo Wii is still one of the most popular consoles out there. It is still in high demand and regularly sells out. And unlike Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo has not changed anything with their system since its release. Both Sony and Microsoft have changed their pricing, packages, and technology since releasing their systems last year. Nintendo's business plan seems to be flawless, as the company is just printing money. They are able to offer fun, cheap, and simple games for everyone to enjoy. Hopefully both Sony and Microsoft take note and implement more innovation into their systems instead of just increasing their processing power.

Dell Studio Hybrid: A Step in the Right Direction

2008-07-29T19:47:00.007-04:00

Yesterday, Dell released the Studio Hybrid, a new small factor, low power desktop PC. The PC offers a eco-friendly design by using 70% less power than the average desktop and offering a version incased in bamboo. Other reasons Dell claim the desktop to be eco-friendly is the packaging is 95% recyclable and the documentation included uses 75% less paper. The hybrid base model starts at a very affordable $499, which could make this very appealing to the average college student or someone looking for a second computer, but that price can quickly rise with features such as Wifi, Blue-Ray drive, monitor, and TV tuner. Prices are still reasonable for a powerful and compact desktop though. The small form factor PC's are becoming the future of desktop computers. They are not really made to be used as a traditional desktop. By that I mean you wouldn't set this computer up in a computer room somewhere and just use it occasionally. This is more something for having in your kitchen or you living room as part of a home theater system. The small form and eye-catching design makes the PC more of something to show off and integrate into your normal day to day life. Expect to see many more companies coming out with desktop PCs with small form factors and green designs. The days of the huge tower desktop PC's are being left to gaming rigs and servers.

Computer Maintenance with CCleaner

2008-07-29T07:30:00.002-04:00

CCleaner is a Windows only freeware program for keeping your computer running like new. The program scans your computer for excess files takings up valuable space on your hard drive. The files are ones that are no long associated with programs, are left over from software installations, or things added to your computer while browsing (i.e cookies and tracking files). I've been using CCleaner for a couple months now and have really liked it. I run it every time i get off the computer (it usually deletes about 20 mb of data each day and takes about 10 seconds to run). It keeps my hard drive clean, and my computer running up to speed. It doesn't completely replace running disk defragments or deleting files yourself, but it does provide a nice clean up to keep everything running smoothly. Here is a screen shot of the program, you select to analyze first to see what you are deleting then you can run the cleaner to permanetly delete the files.

Ex-Google Spinoff: Cuil

2008-07-28T09:39:00.001-04:00

Google has become a breading ground for future tech execs and entreprenuers. In part due to their policy of allowing every emoployee 20% of their workweek to a personal project. These personal projects have been the starting ground for many of the things from Google Labs, including Gmail. Some of these projects even become their own companies. The newest spinoff from a former Google employee is Cuil.com (pronounced "cool"), a new search engine that claims to index 3 times as many websites as Google. Cuil was started by Anna Patterson, a person who definately knows a things of two about search engine design, her first search engine was bought by Google in order to improve their own technology. Cuil is still in its beginning stages of development, but with a 33 million dollar backing and a few other Google engineers working there, this search engine could create an intesting buzz in an already over crowded, but very profitable, search engine market.

via physorg.com