Technology Mashup

For those interested in JBOSS BPM, I recommend reading Heiko Braun's latest post on JBoss SOA Governance: Project Overlord blog.

It is interesting (not surprising perhaps) to see the focus on GWT as the AJAX environment for creation of the RIA.

If GWT is not a familiar term, I guess for Web Dev's it will be very familiar - particularly for all of the Java heads.

If you've got a spare 50 minutes and you would like more details on GWT check out this video from Google...

Interesting thoughts on Cuil from Popular Mechanics...

Why Cuil Can't Keep Up With Google's Search Power: Analysis - A new search engine launched yesterday, claiming to be the next, best alternative to Google. But if you've spent any time on the site-and we've spent a lot-you probably noticed that it's certainly not the most effective one.     

Anyone else 'dying for an alternative?'...

Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal - Yahoo agrees a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use the search engine giant's advertising technology.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Yahoo 'sabotaged' Microsoft deal - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn claims the Yahoo board deliberately "sabotaged" Microsoft's bid.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Google accused over privacy law - Search engine giant Google is urged to comply with California law and provide a homepage privacy policy link.

[BBC Science News]

Helping hacked sites -

A very interesting and useful post on Matt Cutts blog.

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A chance to peek behind 'Google's Curtain' courtesy of Matt Cutts (Head of Google Anti-Spam Division)...

A peek behind the curtain at Google -

It did seem inevitable that with the Microsoft deal off that Yahoo! and Google might 'cosy up'. Any consolidation in the search market is bound to trigger palpitations for the regulators - and rightly so.

Alarm at Google Yahoo partnering - US advocacy groups urge regulators to block any deal Google and Yahoo might strike after a two-week experiment.

[BBC UK Technology News]

This video gives a really nice intro to Google Docs. I'm sure many have seen and indeed been using G-Docs for a long time, but I like the simplicity of the explanation and the deliberately dodgy 'animation'.

Pipes is a service platform for processing well-structured data such as RSS, Atom and RDF feeds in a Web-based visual programming environment. Developers can use Pipes to combine data sources and user input into mashups without having to write code. These mashups, analogous in some ways to Unix pipes, can power badges on personal publishing sites, provide core functionality for Web applications, or serve as reusable components within the Pipes platform itself.

This video below (Google TechTalk) provides a very interesting introduction to Yahoo! pipes.

Even Google 'turned the lights out', switching its home page background to black...

Cities dim lights for environment - Cities around the world, starting with Sydney, switch off the lights for an hour to highlight climate change. [BBC Science News]

Google backs 'white space' wi-fi - Google asks for unlicensed frequencies of TV "white space" in the US to be used for wi-fi. [BBC UK Technology News]

SEO Advice: Getting Links -

[Note: This post was written in December 2005 (!). I’m going through some of my old draft posts and publishing the ones that aren’t too awful. Some of these “Leftovers” will be rough.]

2008's predictions from Matt Cutts...

An easy way to add new features to Google -

Have you ever wanted to add a new feature to Google’s search results?