10 Signs of Life from the News Release
Our favorite format isn’t dead; it’s just abused more than Ronn Torossian at a Gawker staff meeting.
Getting Hired At Google Just Got Easier (Maybe)
Some people would have you believe that it’s easier to get a job with the CIA than with Google. Google has a reputation for putting applicants – who must already meet very high standards – through at least six or so rigorous interviews. The company is in the process of changing its hiring procedures, though, and the changes may make things easier on those would-be Googlers.
Google Likes Being Sued?
Lawsuits are generally regarded as tools of aggression. They can be used to legally entangle a company, or to wrest large sums of money from it; rarely are they meant to benefit the corporation being sued. Google may be confusing quite a few of its enemies, then, as the search engine giant seems to thrive on being targeted in case after case.
Google Adjusting Its Hiring Process
The Wall Street Journal has an article today about how Google is adjusting its hiring process following years of criticism, as its needs for a ton of more employees have outstripped its desire to put every candidate through hell.
Google Sets Gadgets Free
Google Gadgets have been set loose, figuratively speaking. According to the Google Code Blog, anyone who’s interested in them can now “easily add gadgets to your own site for free.” Adam Sah, of the Google Gadgets team, also spoke at length about his department’s activities.
Technorati Tackles “Blog Claiming”
Technorati has introducing “blog claiming,” which “enables a blog author to associate their identity with their blog.” This move has earned a smattering applause from blogosphere, although a number of people seem in “watch-and-wait” mode.
An Alternative to Wikipedia
In a Tuesday press relese, Wikipedia founder Larry Sanger announced plans to launch a rival site to the online encyclopedia. The new wiki project, Citizendium, will draw upon community experts to offer greater reliability of information.
Judge Denies Suspension Of Spamhaus Domain
Spamhaus.org garnered its first win in court, now that the company has decided to show up, against e360Insight. US District Court Judge Charles Kocaras denied a sweeping motion filed by e360 to order the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and domain registrar Tucows to suspend Spamhaus’ domain name.
MSN Search Continues Downhill Trend
It’s been a brutal search market except for a few. Four of the top ten search engines had significant drops in the number of searches, and MSN gets the title of biggest loser.
ASP.NET: Server-side and Client-side Caching
Caching is a very easy solution to many performance related issues on almost any website.