The Google Effect: Columbia researchers find that Internet search engines are affecting memory. Google: The Beginning. Identity at Mozilla. We launched Mozilla Labs’ online identity experiment, BrowserID, only 24 hours ago, and the feedback has been incredibly useful already. At Mozilla, we believe in empowering individuals to shape their online experience. Our work on a decentralized identity solution for the Web matches that mission well. Also, because we believe that transparent community-based processes promote participation, accountability, and trust, we will be posting technical explanations, points of debate, and roadmaps on this blog.
One important question we immediately received from early adopters is how BrowserID compares to OpenID. Both projects have three important common goals: (a) make it easier and safer for users to log in to web sites by reducing the number of passwords they have to remember, (b) make it easier for web sites to add authentication features, and (c) accomplish all of this in existing modern browsers. BrowserID uses email addresses to identify users. Facebook Working with Top News Brands on ‘Facebook Editions’ - Jeff Bercovici - Mixed Media. Why Google+ Is Poised To Fail - Chunka Mui - Devil's Advocate. GOOG Analysis: The Massive Mystery In Google's Finances And Why This Is Bad For Publishers.
Posted by Tom Foremski - July 14, 2011 Google [$GOOG] reported stellar 2011 Q2 earnings but Google's partner sites, which used to account for half of its revenues, showed a massive lag in growth. The partner sites are part of Google's AdSense network and include large media companies such as The New York Times. Google's own sites, such as search, gmail, etc showed 39% growth in the most recent quarter compared with the year ago quarter, to $6.23 billion.
Google partner sites grew at nearly half the rate: just 20% compared with a year ago, to $2.48 billion. This huge disparity between the growth rates of Google sites and partner sites is without precedent for most of its history. For example, in 2010, Google sites never exceeded the growth rate of partner sites: - In Q1 Google sites grew 20% and partner sites grew 24%- In Q2 Google sites grew 23% and partner sites grew 23%- In Q3 Google sites grew 22% and partner sites grew 22%- In Q4 Google sites grew 22% and partner sites grew 24% Speed matters: how Ethernet went from 3Mbps to 100Gbps... and beyond. Although watching TV shows from the 1970s suggests otherwise, the era wasn't completely devoid of all things resembling modern communication systems. Sure, the 50Kbps modems that the ARPANET ran on were the size of refrigerators, and the widely used Bell 103 modems only transferred 300 bits per second. But long distance digital communication was common enough, relative to the number of computers deployed.
Terminals could also be hooked up to mainframe and minicomputers over relatively short distances with simple serial lines or with more complex multidrop systems. This was all well known; what was new in the '70s was the local area network (LAN). But how to connect all these machines? The point of a LAN is to connect many more than just two systems, so a simple cable back and forth doesn't get the job done. In practice, things aren't so simple.
Brought to you by Xerox PARC Ethernet was invented by Bob Metcalfe and others at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center in the mid-1970s.