Mr. Cauz, Tear Down This Wall

Fans of general resource material likely had mixed emotions about Encyclopedia Britannica president Jorge Cauz’s announcement and subsequent fightin’ words this week. Adding public editing Britannica.com is an exciting step, but bloviated rips on Wikipedia was all ooh and no ahh. That’s because there’s no need after all (for us, Google, or Wikipedia) to feel defensive—any thunder Cauz could bring down is still a long…

Hate Mowing Your Lawn?

RoboLabs has introduced a handy little product that could be the salvation for all the people out there who dread mowing their lawn. SmartMow Series-1 takes the work out of cutting your lawn by autonomously mowing your yard. After installing a perimeter wire in your yard, SmartMow can be activated by using a security card. It moves in a circular pattern to detect the perimeter…

The Pope Goes YouTube

The Vatican has launched its own YouTube Channel. Now the site is the destination of choice for both the President of the United States of America and the Pope.

Google Offers Employee Option Exchange Program

As you're probably aware by now, Google released its financial results for the fourth quarter yesterday, and although they managed to beat the analysts' expectations, they also had a drop in profit.

Google Base Help Forum Rolls Out Welcome Mat

The Google Base Help Forum - or at least a person who runs it - doesn't want you to forget that the resource is there.  A "new" layout that's more than two months old is getting a little spotlight time.