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I mentioned that the "new look of Gmail" was remarkable mainly for how much more white space, and how much less info, it presented to the user on each page. Readers respond.
It's not often you have the chance to fact-check, personally, the anecdotes in a New York Times business profile, but I could Adam Bryant's interview with Jack Dangermond
Maybe it will turn out that people really want to see less of their inbox when they're working on email in Google's system, and more blank white space. But I'll be surprised if that's so.
Several more arguments -- from tech blogger Robert Scoble, Christopher Michael Luna and others -- that G+ is the way to go
Will Google+ overtake Facebook? Who knows. But it corrects some problems Facebook has created for itself. And the privacy bias seems to be immediately set in your favor.
Action: Google releases new social-connection product. Reaction: China instantly bans it.
A mathematical explanation of why the Web has succeeded -- and why it might some day fail -- from Mark Bernstein of Eastgate software
A delightful exhibit of what French visionaries thought the 20th century would bring currently hosted by the French National Library
The rich you will always have with you. But boy are they richer than ever before.
Can any technology challenge be too big for Google? Apparently so. In December, the search giant will turn off its Translate API.
How can I get to Dubuque? A new Google feature lets you know. And in its stripped-down effectiveness in answering the question, I can see the handiness relative to Kayak.
I don't know whether my family was part of the latest hacking attack coming out of China. I do know what you can do to protect your family.
A case study, concerning Tinderbox at Mac, in how to write about the potential and limitations of an "interesting" program
A team from California wins a prestigious international competition
Kevan Atteberry, the man who invented Microsoft's much-maligned Clippy reflects upon the meaning of his life
LastPass, protector of passwords, responds to an attack on its system -- and so far seems to be doing the right thing
Easier ways to protect your passwords and search the messages archived in your Gmail account in the era of cloud computing
The bane of Office users for many years, the character, meant to help explain useful functions, was deleted back in 2007. Now Microsoft is bringing him back. Is this a joke?
How "the crusher" guarantees the security of "the cloud", plus a possible new instance of threat inflation
A special deal: an old textbook about fruit flies for $22.9 million, a savings of $100,000! But don't forget the $3.99 for shipping.