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LinkedIn now promoting Google Chrome… by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Must be getting kick backs from Google.  They can’t seriously be promoting this can they? Read More...
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NetApplications indicates Chrome is losing ground? by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Not that it had much ground to start with, but NetApplications has been tracking Google’s Chrome.  From their numbers, though, I don’t see much of a drop-off.  Except I do see that Safari gained some ground – which to me indicates that NetApplications...

Chrome user or not - watch out for GoogleUpdate.exe by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

To update Chrome, Google installs a startup app in the HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run key in the registry. The program is called GoogleUpdate.exe and it seems to run periodically and of its own volition.  If you have Chrome installed...
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Google Chrome is live… by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

http://www.google.com/chrome Read More...
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Google’s public launch of Chrome scheduled for today… by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

http://www.myitforum.com/forums/calendar.asp?eventid=223&calDate=2008-09-02 Read More...
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Google News Alerts gone crazy by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

I receive Google News Alerts in email to keep track of certain topics around the web.  These usually work great, except today, I think Google is having trouble figuring out what language to send me. Here’s a recent one for InstallShield with German...
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Interesting thought – Google to purchase Digg? by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

The Boy Genius Report seems to think the rumor may prove to be true soon… http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/23/google-looking-to-purchase-digg/ Read More...
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Outlook vs. Gmail—The Definitive Comparison by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

http://lifehacker.com/398778/outlook-vs-gmail++the-definitive-comparision Read More...
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Here’s a 404 page I’ve never seen before by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Is this a Google thing?  A Firefox thing?  It definitely smells of advertising. Read More...

Fortune magazine’s “Best Company to Work For” raises in-house child care prices for employees by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

“There are many things about Google that are not great, and merit improvement,” blogged Sergey Solyanik, who recently returned to Microsoft after a stint at Google. “There are plenty of silly politics, underperformance, inefficiencies and ineffectiveness...
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Do *you* Yahoo? by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

John posted an interesting table showing how the various parts of Yahoo rank. http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgormly/archive/2008/07/03/what-s-good-about-yahoo.aspx I looked down the list and, frankly, the only service of Yahoo’s that I still use is Flickr...
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Google turns adSense into potential *** distributor by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

How far is Google willing to go sell advertisements? Google and Creator of ‘Family Guy’ Strike a Deal While, “Family Guy” can be funny at times, there’s a part of the show that doesn’t sit well with me as the father of 3 kids - with 1 or 2 more on the...
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