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June 01, 2007

Google's web infrastructure: all you can eat... for free... forever

At the Google roundtable yesterday, we asked Google's head of its developer program, Bret Taylor (photo of him cooking?), if there was any restrictions for commercial mashups to using Google's APIs. Apparently... not at all :-) "For most of our...

May 31, 2007

A very special day in a Google developer's life

Over a thousand Google developers showed up at the search engine's Developer conference held today at the San Jose convention centre. At first, it was planned to be hosted at the Googleplex in Mountain View, but surprised by the flood...

Google "encourages" developers to use AdSense in exchange of free tools/APIs

We were today at Google's Developer Day held at the San Jose Convention Centre and attended by over 1,000 developers. There were 9 other such Developer Days around the world, in Americas (North and South), Asia, Australia and Europe, which...

YouTube meets Apple TV... it's Deja Vu, Steve! (video)

Steve Jobs proudly announced yesterday at the D conference that Apple TV users will soon, in June, be able to watch YouTube videos on their TVs. But they'll have to wait until Fall to access all of YouTube's catalog. Firstly,...

May 30, 2007

Palm Foleo mobile companion... a cool instant-on Linux laptop!

Palm has just released a Linux-based 2.5lbs "mobile companion" called Foleo. It is capable of running basic productivity applications such as email, web browser, word processing and so on... It is an "instant-on" (no boot) device with a full keyboard,...

Netgear shows Digital Living Room at Lunch 2.0 BBQ! (video)

Today was my first lunch i.e. as in lunch 2.0. I guess I was a virgin so far, just having regular "power lunches"... now I've seen the light! On the menu (it's important for a Frenchman!) for the 100 or...

[Where 2.0] GPS widgets for mobile phones

At the Where 2.0 conference here in San Jose, Where (a product from uLocate) showed their widget platform enabling developers to rapidly create location-based widgets for GPS-enabled cell phones. At this point, the Where widget-browser only works with 18...

May 29, 2007

Blockbuster, Netflix are "history", says Sun's co-founder (video)

With its new ultra-fast video server, Sun plans to revolutionise the IP TV world and by the same token, put Blockbuster and Netflix out of business, said Andy Bechtolsheim, Sun's co-founder and Google's early investor. Subscribers to service providers,...

The Mercedes-Benz Classic Centre is also a Museum... exclusive video tour

Our visit ended with a private tour of the museum side of Classic Centre, with detailed explanations of some the most gorgeous classic vehicules the Centre has in stock. I've also posted all the pictures I've taken during the...

May 28, 2007

Mercedes-Benz Classic Centre will restore your classic Benz... for a price! (video)

Recentely, I visited Mercedes-Benz' Classic Center in Irvine, California, during a tour organised by the US State Department for the Foreign Press. As its manager, Mike Kunz, explained in the video, the 28,000-square-foot "garage" is both a museum, with...

Cut your PC consumption by 30%, and help power Switzerland for a year, claims Dell (video)

Well isn't that a nice thought? According to Dell, if all the 400 million PCs and notebooks in the world would consume 30% less energy, the 56 billion kWh saved would be enough to power Switzerland for a year....