Hijacking Metadata - Comet cursor has signed a deal to pop up a window showing Orbitz fares whenever a user searches Expedia or Travelocity for fares. Orbitz claims that this is no different than Expedia or Travelocity paying search engines for prominent listing. But this is, in fact, remarkably different. When a […]
Submerge - On more than one occasion I’ve heard a Microsoft executive claim “We are always just 18 months away from extinction”. To most here, that is stating the obvious, but sometimes such comments are used to convey a sense of urgency to new recruits. Certain journalists and authors will tell you that […]
Contest - Looks like we are finally doing a “web services contest” for developers to show off their web services skills. It’s amazing how long this idea floated around internally before something was done about it. Here is a cool web service, if you have been wondering how to get your applications to […]
AI - Artificial Intelligence has been an elusive goal of computer science, but the ChomskyBot shows how trivial it is to create an Artificial Intellectual; in this case a perfect clone of Noam Chomsky. Hit refresh a few times, it’s fun!
Ejaz Haider says to his fellow Pakistanis, “it is good to see so many […]
Contraction - Twice now I have overheard airline gate attendants discussing what they were going to do now that they have received layoff notices. They seemed quite worried and uncertain. Boeing sends out another round of layoff notices tomorrow; the first round of layoffs take effect just before Christmas. Boeing’s competitor to […]