As the article sucinctly put it, Google needed to step up to the plate and self-regulate or they would soon run into problems with the courts.
Of course all the rules in the world won't stop the unscrupilous…like the person who released an Adware scanner that was actually Adware and Spyware.
Here is Google's official word from their blog: Google blog
Shared Spaces news for July 2 Today's highlights: Oracle Collaboration Suite Revenue; Antepo and BT Syntegra; IBM Conferencing GUI; Oracle increased its revenue take for Collaboration Suite from $1 million in 2001 to $5.5 million in 2003. Comment: That's a good enough growth rate for 2 years, but it's still a tiny proportion of the…
This seems so much like Prohibition that it isn't even funny. P2P networks are a tool. A tool that, granted, is being used for some not good things. Trying to ban something like this just won't work. Groove is a P2P network. One could shuttle all kinds of information, completely encrypted, to a group of…
I guess I should log into my GMail account more often. GMail has added contact list import, signatures, and Safari support. I imported my contacts already (like 350ish), but haven't tried the signature yet. In truth, I don't use my GMail account often. But when I needed it on the road it sure came in…
This is a very important first step towards pulling ad-supported, free software off the blacklist. I hope Qualcomm does the same thing soon with Eudora. I really liked Eudora and didn't really mind the ads too much. Somewhere buried in the user agreement was a privacy clause, but a public statement like this will go…
A quick follow-up to part 2 of this series. The point here is important…when users make mistakes, present the errors in a way so that your visitors and understand what the problem is and what they need to do to fix it. Do Your Web Forms Show Good Form?, Part 3
Nice review of screen-sharing tools. Shinkuro also has a rudimentary screen-sharing capability. I think it would be fine for something like “see this here…” kind of thing. Best Screen Sharing Tools Reviewed At Buyer's Review – Online Collaboration and Web Conferencing Breaking News – Kolabora.com: “Best Screen Sharing Tools Reviewed At Buyer's Review Last Thursday,…
