Do away with political apathy and “blues.” Staying abreast of political topics can be so overwhelming that many people become disinterested. With the 2008 election rapidly approaching, topical political issues and events have been brought to the forefront of the news. Thankfully, Microsoft will soon introduce a new political news aggregator called Blews, which aims [...]
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Microsoft Blews
March 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Hadoop
February 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
It’s close race with Yahoo Search and Google neck and neck. The battle for top search engine rages on as Yahoo Search tries to be more like its worthy opponent, Google. This past week, on February 20, Yahoo shifted a crucial section of its search engine to Hadoop - software that handles large-scale distributed computing [...]
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Google News
February 8th, 2008 · No Comments
It may come as a shock to some, and not so much to others, but Google hasn’t always provided users with the best local news source on the net. This is why other new aggregators, namely Topix, have enjoyed some serious popularity. For those of you who don’t know, Topix is resourceful site that aggregates [...]
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