27th June 2009 Archive

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Google mocks Bing and the stuff behind it

Structure 09 You call this a cloud?

Google has questioned Microsoft's entire approach to online infrastructure, while taking some wonderfully sly shots at the company's new decision engine search engine. The undeniable highlight of Thursday's cloud-happy Structure 09 conference was Vijay Gill, Google senior manager of engineering and architecture. As he …

Music and Media 27 Jun 00:17
Titsup airport express lane biz may pawn flyer data

If the feds Clear it

Defunct American airport security lane service Clear said on Friday it may sell its sensitive customer data to a similar provider if it's authorized to do so by the US government. Before Monday, the Clear program promised to rush customers paying $200 per year through the diabolical gauntlet that is America's airport security …

ID 27 Jun 05:07
Google Voice invites callers

One number, six phones

Google has started contacting punters who expressed interest in getting early access to the company's telephony service, starting to connect up the million numbers it reserved last week. The private beta of Google Voice was launched back in March, at which time the company said it would get back to anyone who registered an …

Telecoms 27 Jun 05:13
Olympus shows off lens-swapping 'Pen' camera

Video Not a DSLR, not a compact, somewhere in between

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Reg Hardware 27 Jun 08:02
DataViz Documents To Go 1.0

iPhone App Review Palm OS veteran comes to the iPhone

DataViz's Documents To Go, born out of the file-translation tools the company made for the Mac nearly two decades ago, has been a mainstay of Palm OS devices for almost as long. That mix of Mac heritage and mobility made it seem inevitable that DTG would come to the iPhone. And now, at last, it has. Well, sort of. What DataViz …

Reg Hardware 27 Jun 09:02