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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 Gmail and Google Calendar to get things done. But...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-20-2008
Who Are My Gmail Contacts?

Finally! Google wakes up to the notion that most Gmail users don't want to automatically add everyone who writes them an email to their contacts list: Google has finally realized that it's a bad idea to automatically add to the list of Gmail contacts all the people you've sent an email. An...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-14-2008
Hello, Android

Obviously with all the iPhone 3G hoopla from last week, there's been a lot of Apple, Apple, Apple here and elsewhere. But the iPhone isn't the only viable smart phone platform in town (though I'd argue it's still the best one and, oddly enough, already the most mature). I'm also interested...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-14-2008
Google Talk for iPhone

The Google Talk blog has news of a Web-based Google Talk client for the iPhone: Attention iPhone owners! You can now chat with all your Google Talk buddies while on the go. Our new version of Google Talk is designed specifically for the iPhone and runs in the iPhone's browser, so you don't need...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-03-2008
Google Gears now supports Firefox 3

No biggie, since this was a given, but it's just one more thing we can check off on the road towards the completion of Firefox 3's completion: Gears, Google's project to make Web browsers a better foundation for elaborate online applications, now supports Firefox 3, the company plans to announce...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-11-2008
Google I/O '08 Keynote: Client, Connectivity, and the Cloud

Here's the entire 90-minute keynote address from last week's Google I/O show: YouTube: Google I/O '08 Keynote: Client, Connectivity, and the Cloud Why is this interesting? There's all kinds of goodness in there, including the already-famous Android UI demo. Check it out.

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-02-2008
Welcome to the Weekend Web

Business Week : When they use their mobile phones to go online, Americans flock to different sites than when they surf from their computers. Meet the mobile Web. Welcome to the weekend Web, where people are spending a bigger slice of time online via wireless devices—and using a different set of...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-29-2008
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 a full platform for applications, regardless of...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-29-2008
Google Sites now open to everyone

The Google Blog reports that Google has opened up the online Web editor, Google Sites, to the public (previously, it was available only as part of Google Apps): A few months ago we launched Google Sites exclusively as part of Google Apps for companies and organizations that wanted to use the service...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-22-2008
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 Stross, describing Microsoft's inability to...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-18-2008

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