Google Mobile App

November 18, 2008 | Comment

image So after much anticipation and false starts the latest version of the Google Mobile App for iPhone was launched today. What is particularly exciting about this application is that it uses voice recognition for search text entry rather than having to use the on-screen keyboard. The concept is simple. You start the app, hold the device to your ear and speak the phrase you want to search on. There is then a short delay while the voice is converted to text and sent to Google’s search servers.

The blogsphere has been alight with a buzz of expectation around the app … Read the rest

The Netbook Diaries

November 17, 2008 | Comment

On the Business Hacks website this week Rick Broida has been documenting his experiences of using a netbook when he has been out and about.

I am on my second netbook having recently change my Asus EEE PC for a rebadged MSI Wind and I love it but, as Broida points out, the battery life is a killer.

Read all the instalments here:

http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=2126… Read the rest

SET NOCOUNT ON

November 13, 2008 | Comment

I spent a frustrating couple of hours yesterday trying to get output from a database into a web page – something that I have done many times before. However, on this occasion as the query was complex I decided that it needed to go into a stored procedure. I quickly got that working and tested via query analyser and then plugged it into my asp page. No matter what I tried I could not get the query to run and I was getting pretty frustrated. Finally I got a message that I could Google, as follows:

ADODB.Recordset error ‘800a0e78’

Operation … Read the rest

8th November 2008

November 8, 2008 | Comment

Stories that caught my eye this week – 8th November 2008:

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1st November 2008

November 3, 2008 | Comment

Stories that caught my eye this week – 1st November 2008:

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Box vs. Dropbox

October 28, 2008 | 2 comments

A while back I wrote about Microsoft’s Skydrive service which provides some storage in the cloud that allows you to access your files from anywhere. There are plenty of others (Lifehacker has a good overview of some of the main players) but I was taken by both Box and Dropbox as they provide access from the iPhone.

At their heart both services provide online storage (1gb and 5gb, respectively, for free with other paid options) which you can upload files to from a web browser. Once up on the cloud you can then access these files anywhere. Additionally Dropbox also … Read the rest

25th October 2008

October 27, 2008 | Comment

Stories that caught my eye this week – 25th October 2008:

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18th October 2008

October 19, 2008 | Comment

Stories that caught my eye this week – 18th October 2008:

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Google Mail as Communications Hub

October 15, 2008 | Comment

image When I am away from the office or home I still want to be able to communicate from anywhere and these days that means from a browser. A while ago I moved both my home and work emails over to Google Mail which has allowed me to get my email from anywhere but, until recently, I hadn’t managed the same for IM.

Google Mail has had a Chat gadget on the right hand side of the workspace for as long as I can remember but as I am not a Google Talk user it was of no use to me … Read the rest