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Right now it is a several step process. Log in to ACM, download PDF, email to Kindle (at $0.15/MB). Not that hard, but a partnership would encourage more people to read more research papers. - DeWitt Clinton

A very good idea, indeed. - Alex Kapranoff

There is a hashtag too #internetnecesario. It is a big debate about it, people feels that Internet is a need and it shouldn't be taxed (I support this as well). Also, because the political and economical climate people feels that they should not be more taxed. As mexicans we feel that our government is not using properly the resources that already has. - Arturo Servin

"Compared to pure cloud-based companies like Google, Microsoft has two key advantages. First, it has decades of experience and millions of customers, both of which will help it make the transition to the cloud. (And, in the case of its customers, many will simply follow Microsoft to the cloud.) Secondly, and perhaps most important, Microsoft offers a hybrid strategy that will prove invaluable to Microsoft's most important customers: The enterprise. Unlike Google, which pretty much offers an all-or-nothing cloud approach, Microsoft sells both on-premise and cloud-based solutions. And they work together, so you can mix and match." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

I was discussing this same thing today. The big thing keeping bluechip Japanese companies is the in house hosting and control. All the other docs or zoho benefits are minor for them. - Robert Higgins

That is great :) - Bret Taylor

http://ff.im/5TaJQ :) - cyb

yahoo has never been a good searching tool. yet portals are not relevant atm. Does this mean Yahoo has been lost to MS? - Alpay Erturkmen

Long time ago Yahoo's search was powered by Google. There is no surprise that they are outsourcing it again, the surprise is that it is not a star up with state of the art tech, it is an OS vendor. Agree with Kevin these are crazy times (Google -a search engine- is doing an OS!) - Arturo Servin

You Adopt them, feed them, bring them up only to have them eat you when they grow up. - John D Reasor

Maurizio, YES! - Myrna

Apple’s iPhone App Store may be a resounding success. But Google says app stores are a dead end. Sour grapes? Maybe. It’s no coincidence that Google has placed its money on web-based applications, for its mobile Android operating system as well as its forthcoming Chrome OS. Vic Gundotra, Google’s engineering vice president and developer evangelist, said on Friday at the Mobilebeat conference in San Francisco that the future of the mobile industry lies in web-based applications, rather than native software coded to run on specific smartphone operating systems. “Many, many applications can be delivered through the browser and what that does for our costs is stunning,” Gundotra was quoted in a Financial Times report. “We believe the web has won and over the next several years, the browser, for economic reasons almost, will become the platform that matters and certainly that’s where Google is investing.” - Eric Logan from Bookmarklet

Most of the newest Google offerings are web based. The most recent are also open source. - Eric Logan

Interesting outside analysis of the economics of Google App Engine. - DeWitt Clinton

"Google runs what is by far the most popular web site ad network, so the odds are that most web sites on GAE will also be running Google ads. Since Google keeps about 25% of ad revenue (at least back in 2006), a site hosted on Google App Engine for free, bringing in $75,000/year for the site owner in revenue from Google ads, likely generates about a $25,000/year ad commission for Google. If AWS allowed a similar free quota, all they’d do is generate $25,000/year for Google as well, not for themselves." - Meryn Stol

It'd definitely be no brainer if you could throw up PHP on to GAE, and if there was some way to translate relational database calls to BigTable. Otherwise, for a lot of companies who'd really benefit from really cheap infrastructure, the added cost to redevelop a system into what GAE requires gives them pause. Although, I wonder if Google is interested in targeting those people, anyway. - Mark Trapp

I liked this part: "You can download a virtual machine with Hadoop and Eclipse already set up" - Arturo Servin

Having a pang of nostalgia. Probably some of the rest of you have had similar pangs and I just missed when you posted about them. I feel tempted to dust off my Pikachu-emblazoned N64 (yes, I went through a *major* bout of that, too) and relive this whole beautiful experience again. It's like living a movie, but even better than that. It's an art form, in my opinion. It's just past its 10th anniversary (that was in November 2008). - Kamilah Gill from Bookmarklet

To make myself feel better, I think I'll get to know some of the people behind the magic better. Yusuke Nakano, responsible for the art, Koji Kondo, behind the unforgettable music, and, last, but definitely not least, the godlike genius that is Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the maestros behind the whole thing. - Kamilah Gill

I still have it with a Nintendo 64 working. Awesome game! - Arturo Servin

oh wow...stunning! <333 - Live4Emma (L4S)

Wow. Hey, @iamdioniscio, look at this. Let's see if this inspires you to write a part 2 to your recent risque post. lols - jan geronimo

Congrats, Marc - Bret Taylor

We are in the line, Sir - Nitin Nanivadekar

"U.K. site Autocar is reporting that Fiat is exploring bringing in Dodge models to Europe to be rebadged at Alfa Romeos. CEO Sergio Marchionne is said to be considering the move, saying that the two brands share the same core identity." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

Talk about "unthinkable" wow - LANjackal

They would be really expensive to run in Europe. V8s? - Arturo Servin

ppl still use WEP? - LANjackal

My Nintendo DS doesn't support WPA, and I don't feel like shelling out another $170 for a DSi just so I can game with my brother, so WEP it is for me. - Chris Lasher

It's good to have an option, but I will stick to Yahoo Pipes. YP also supports some filtering and regular expresions, modification of your feeds, etc. It's a great tool to fight the over flow of information. - Arturo Servin

I am a happy user of Google Reader, don't think it would make life any easier if several of the feeds would be made into one - would still be the same amount of information - Asgeir

Interesting pic .. Are you sure you didn't walk onto the set of a dystopian future sci-fi film? - LANjackal

I hate when I have gadgets that do not support the latest technology. I wish I had an Android phone or at least an iPhone (instead of an iPod touch) - Arturo Servin

i know the feeling! iPhone changed a lot of thigns i do and the way I use and think about mobile technologies - Mohsin