Q&A: Peter Norvig  —  The evolution of Web search.  —  As director of research at Google, Peter Norvig is intimately involved in the attempt to manage the world’s information.  He’s a good match for the job, having spent much of his life thinking about how computers think and making them do it more efficiently.

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Majority Of Americans On Google Docs: “What You Talkin Bout Willis?”  —  A new survey by NPD has found that the 73% of Americans have never heard of Google Docs and other online office applications, but perhaps worst still only 0.5% of respondents have abandoned desktop office applications for an online alternative.

Source:   TechCrunch
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New Advanced News search  —  Want to find articles from a specific news source?  You may not know of some tricks to make Google News do the work for you.  —  Try using our site operator along with a keyword, like this: [site:iht.com Paris].  Or you can also use our advanced news search page.

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R.I.P.: The Web 2.0 Office Suite … In a recent survey, NPD asked nearly 600 PC users: “Have you heard about online, browser-based office productivity applications like Google Docs, Google Spreadsheets, gOffice, etc.?”  NPD also asked, “If so, how often do you use them?”

Source:   Microsoft Watch
Author:   Joe Wilcox
Link:   http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content…

Sprint Nextel Names Wireless Veteran Dan Hesse as President and CEO  —  The Sprint Nextel Board of Directors has named wireless industry veteran Daniel R. Hesse, 54, as president and chief executive officer of the company, effective immediately.  He previously was chairman, president and CEO of Embarq Corporation.

Source:   Sprint | 2007 News Releases
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Nanosolar Ships First Panels  —  After five years of product development - including aggressively pipelined science, research and development, manufacturing process development, product testing, manufacturing engineering and tool development, and factory construction - we now have shipped …

Source:   Nanosolar Blog
Author:   Martin Roscheisen
Link:   http://www.nanosolar.com/blog3/2007/12/18/nanosolar…

The Depth of EBay’s Problems 2: Angry Sellers  —  Here’s another angle on what’s wrong at eBay: Sellers increasingly find eBay too expensive and are becoming successful finding buyers on Amazon.com or on their own sites.  I wrote Friday about why Amazon should buy eBay.

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Saul Hansell
Link:   http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/17/the-depth-of…

Bloglines Gets A Triple Dose Of New Features  —  Bloglines has added three new features to its RSS reading service.  —  First up is the ability to save posts including text and graphics from within Bloglines to a “Saved” folder.  This allows users to have quick access to previously read posts at a later date.

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Yes, There Can Be Life After Word  —  AS the clerk at Circuit City rang up my purchase of a new notebook computer last month, she started her up-selling.  —  Padded bag?  No. Security lock?  No. Windows Office?  —  For someone who processes words for a living, Microsoft’s software would seem to be an indispensable […]

For Apple iPhone, Japan Could Be the Next Big Test  —  Apple Inc. may be close to the most important test yet of its iPhone’s global appeal.  —  Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs recently met with officials from Japan’s dominant mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc., including NTT’s president …

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Link:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119796487684536435…