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• Outlook vs. Gmail—The Definitive Comparison

  Lifehacker offers up an excellent comparison of Microsoft Outlook (traditional desktop email application) and Gmail (cloud computing Web-based email service): Being digital vagabonds without an Exchange server, we Lifehacker writers use online apps like... Posted Jul 20 2008, 10:10 PM by pthurrott with | with 16 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office, Internet, Google, Mobile, Cloud computing

• Opera supports Google Gears in desktop and mobile browsers

  Opera sent along the following news today: Opera Software announced today it will support Gears in its desktop and mobile browsers. The inclusion of Gears in Opera's main browsing products supports Opera's vision of transforming the browser into... Posted May 29 2008, 12:38 PM by pthurrott with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Google, Cloud computing

• Microsoft is failing to bridge, let alone dominate, cloud computing paradigm shift

  Sunday morning is one of life's simple pleasures. For me, it starts off with what is basically a triple espresso and the Sunday New York Times (via the Amazon Kindle, natch). Today's Times had what I think is a very insightful article by Randall... Posted May 18 2008, 11:02 AM by pthurrott with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Google, Windows Live, Cloud computing

• 50 Tips, Tweaks and Hacks to Make the Most of Google Calendar

  Christina Laun at the Virtual Hosting Blog comes up with 50 ways to get the most out of Google Calendar . Some are quite interesting: Much like Gmail, Google Reader and Google’s other products, Google Calendar is fast becoming the application of choice... Posted Jan 21 2008, 01:33 PM by pthurrott with | with 20 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Google, Cloud computing

• Google For iPhone: Android’s Beta-Test?

  Google Blogoscoped has what I take to be a very insightful look into Google's recent gains on the iPhone: I’ve been surprised by Google’s rapid redesign of its mobile services to support the iPhone: In less than 6 months, Google has created custom... Posted Dec 20 2007, 04:09 PM by pthurrott with | with 60 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Internet, Google, Cloud computing

• Google significantly improves its iPhone Web application

  The Google Mobile Blog has the scoop on some amazing changes to Google's Web app for the iPhone (what you see when you visit www.google.com on Apple's device): I set out to create an application that would preload my favorite Google products and... Posted Dec 05 2007, 11:03 AM by pthurrott with | with 46 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Internet, Google, Cloud computing

• Gmail just keeps getting better

  I logged on to Gmail this evening after basketball and noticed something different: The labels looked nicer. According to the Gmail blog , there's been a change: Today, we're happy to announce the next evolution of labels: the colored label .... Posted Dec 03 2007, 08:46 PM by pthurrott with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Google, Cloud computing

• 5 little-known Gmail features you may not yet know about

  There was a time this year when I sought to write up a detailed comparison of Gmail and Windows Live Hotmail, partly in a bid to verify for myself which was the better service. The truth is, I was very quickly able to determine that Gmail email is, in... Posted Nov 18 2007, 11:37 AM by pthurrott with | with 154 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Google, Cloud computing

• Google announces its mobile phone plans

  There's a lot going on, but here goes nothing: Google PR : A broad alliance of leading technology and wireless companies today joined forces to announce the development of Android, the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices... Posted Nov 05 2007, 10:03 AM by pthurrott with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Google, Alt. Windows, Cloud computing

• Sync your Gmail inbox across devices with free IMAP

  The Gmail blog talks up yesterday's release of IMAP for Gmail: As some of you know, IMAP is the best way to access your email from multiple devices (e.g. phone or desktop). It keeps the same information synced across all devices so that whatever you... Posted Oct 25 2007, 08:50 AM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Google, Cloud computing

• Google quietly adds IMAP support to Gmail

  I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but Google has quietly added IMAP support to Gmail. That's very interesting, though I'm pretty sure it won't help anyone (like me) hoping to access their server-based Labels views (Google's implementation... Posted Oct 24 2007, 07:12 AM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Google, Cloud computing

• Microsoft exec: Desktop application software is not dead

  In a complete shocker, a top executive at the world's top maker of desktop application software says that desktop application software is not dead. IDG News reports: A top Microsoft executive defended desktop application software, the source of the... Posted Oct 23 2007, 10:59 AM by pthurrott with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Google, Cloud computing