No one wants to have to say, “My Internet broke.” When this phrase is uttered, the source of the problem (assuming it’s not the user) becomes the object of much ill will and quite a few uncouth words. Now Google, the former “do no evil” company, is hinting that uninstalling one of its products may “break” your Internet.
Podcasting Desktop Radio
Remember when desktop publishing was the next big thing? (Of course not, you’d have to be my age and remember when certain rock formations were born.)
Download Windows Live Mail Desktop
A moderator at MSGShit has put up a download of Windows Live Mail Desktop, the closed beta desktop client for accessing Hotmail accounts.
Google Shares Reader, Globalizes Desktop
A pair of Google’s products recently received tweaks to make them more useful to their users, with the ability to share lists from Google Reader, and enterprise and new language options for Google Desktop.
Google Desktop Vs. Corporate IT
Silicon.com takes a look at some corporate IT departments that are worried about employees installing the latest version of Google Desktop Search on their systems.
Google Answers Enterprise Desktop Concerns
After Gartner Research published the opinion that Google Desktop users in a business setting should use the Enterprise version of the product, Google released an updated edition of that product.
Web Applications vs Desktop Applications
There has been a long running debate about web applications replacing desktop software applications.
Gartner Warns Firms On Google Desktop
The research company thinks that corporations should utilize the Enterprise version of Google Desktop if they permit the product in their operations.
Privacy Experts Advice Against Google Desktop 3
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, go-to guys for legal issues in Web 2.0, have recommended against using the latest version of Google Desktop.
Google Desktop Does Cross-PC Search
One new feature in the latest version of Google’s information-laden Desktop product will get a lot of attention from users in the wake of Google’s fight with the Department of Justice over user privacy and trade secrets.