8 Feb
Google’s tribute to Jules Gabriel Verne
If you’ve visited Google.com today (February 8th, 2011), they’ve combined JavaScript and Jquery yet again to create a very creative and semi-interactive logo as a tribute to Jules Verne, the science-fiction writer.
Brief History
Jules Gabriel Verne was Born on February 8, 1828 and He is VERY famous for his novels:
– A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)
– Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870)
– Around the World in Eighty Days (1873)
.4 Feb
Google accuses Microsoft of cheating
Google created a large number of random queries and developed fake results for each, and within weeks, the same results for the random queries appear on Bing’s search engine.
Microsoft addresses the issue by noting that their toolbar uses clickstream data which helps to rank sites and accuses Google of using “spy-novelesque stunts”. Google’s Amit Singhal called Microsoft’s ‘copying’, “plain and simply cheating”, he goes on to say, “Some Bing results increasingly look like an incomplete, stale version of Google results – a cheap imitation.”
Google conducted an experiment after miss-pelt words and results were replicated on Bing.
Blow are some comparison pictures via Google’s blog.
Sources: Google Blog BBC
26 May
Flash CS4's animated interfaces [Web Designer]
Web Designer‘s Mark Billen has posted an article demonstrating the use of the Bone tool in Flash CS4 to create animated interfaces.
The simplistic tutorial includes very little ActionScript and more timeline activities, as well as source files for download. Click the link below to view the tutorial.
Animated interfaces with Flash CS4’s Bone tool
.26 May
Microsoft's Hotmail Upgrade
Do you still use Gmail, Yahoo mail or Other assorted email providers? Well for those of you who do, Microsoft is now giving you a reason to start using it’s Hotmail service.
Microsoft will be updating their free e-mail service to compete with that of Gmail and Yahoo’s. Some of the new features will include:
- Email editing via Office software
- Spam filtering [improved Security]
- One-click filters
Walt Harp, a director from Windows Live stated that most of these updates will be available after it’s summer update.
As it stands: Yahoo is the US’s biggest free email provider, Microsoft’s Hotmail is dominating the email market on a global scale and Google’s Gmail is  quickly gaining market share.
.2 May
Bomb Scare at Times Square
A parked SUV on 45th street was found containing “explosive elements” including “propane tanks, some kind of powder, gasoline and a timing device.”
The vehicle was found after a fire in a tourist spot and it was said that a man was seen running from the scene, but it was unconfirmed.
Police cleared Times Square as a precautionary measure.
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