Recently Google added a "Tip" section to some search results that point back to its products. Here's an example of a search I did this morning for "blog books", for instance.

GMail is having a hard time at the moment, the latest problem is a CSRF flaw that allows anyone to read your GMail contacts.

Last year's inferences lead to an unexpectedly high 83% success rate. This will be hard to beat, especially because my new batch of nine inferences will be stated in more measurable ways, leaving little room for history rewriting. Let's give it a shot anyway, and meet again on December 31st, 2007 for our yearly performance review. In the meantime, happy new year to all! [Continue...]

Been reading through Jay Cross's new book - informal learning - rediscovering the natural pathways that inspire innovation and performance during the holiday break. Way more learning happens in the coffee room than the classroom, but firms continue to spend...

An article on TechCrunch (”Wikipedia Bans Qatar“) caught my attention this evening, so I followed the conveniently provided link to see what Wikipedia had to say about the situation.

It would seem Microsoft is looking for an open source evangelist.  A friend forwarded this Linux.com post to me.  I took a stroll through the Microsoft careers site and couldn't find an actual posting to match.  (If anyone has the job code, I'll happily post it here.)  I did find a couple of marketing manager positions however to work on the teams continuing the "Get the Facts" campaign and the "Commercial Software Initiative."   

By Brady Forrest

Ericsson has a plan to find cellphone coverage holes in the New York City area. They are going to install modem-sized sensors in cabs that will report back signal strength and clarity.