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Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
A hat tip to KaneCoKeith who alerted me that Dimaond Futures had begun ranking the farm systems of the major league teams with the Blue Jays. Chad Jenkins is the top rated prospect. In case you were wondering they didn't pick the Jays out of interest, Toronto is their 30th ranked minor league system. And in other news Dick Scott has a new home. Diamond Futures makes the following claim: Diamond Futures...
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Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
From the Interview: An edited transcript of the the conversation between Juan Carlos Perez (from IDG News Service) and Marrisa Mayer is included in the article. Here is just one exchange: IDGNS: At the user interface level, Google gets criticized by its competitors constantly for what they pejoratively disdain as Google’s “10 blue links” results page. They [...]
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The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
As Microsoft launches Windows 7 and seeks to banish the ghost of its less-than-successful Vista OS, it is fighting to defend its primacy as the world's leading software company. Apple and Google are leading markets that Microsoft once had hopes of extending its dominance to -- mobile telephony and Internet search. The Redmond, Washington, company also finds itself defending Office -- its biggest cash...
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AterSlash (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
itwbennett writes ”‘As part of its design, the Bahama botnet not only turns ordinary, legitimate PCs into click-fraud perpetrators that dilute the effectiveness of ad campaigns. It also modifies the way these PCs locate certain Web sites through DNS poisoning,’ explains Juan Carlos Perez in an ITworld article.
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Web News Site (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
itwbennett writes "'As part of its design, the Bahama botnet not only turns ordinary, legitimate PCs into click-fraud perpetrators that dilute the effectiveness of ad campaigns. It also modifies the way these PCs locate certain Web sites through DNS poisoning,' explains Juan Carlos Perez in an ITworld article. 'In the case of Google.com, compromised machines take their users to a fake page hosted...
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Click World News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
itwbennett writes "'As part of its design, the Bahama botnet not only turns ordinary, legitimate PCs into click-fraud perpetrators that dilute the effectiveness of ad campaigns. It also modifies the way these PCs locate certain Web sites through DNS poisoning,' explains Juan Carlos Perez in an ITworld article. 'In the case of Google.com, compromised machines take their users to a fake page hosted...
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Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
itwbennett writes "'As part of its design, the Bahama botnet not only turns ordinary, legitimate PCs into click-fraud perpetrators that dilute the effectiveness of ad campaigns. It also modifies the way these PCs locate certain Web sites through DNS poisoning,' explains Juan Carlos Perez in an ITworld article. 'In the case of Google.com, compromised machines take their users to a fake page hosted...
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Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
To complete the minor league week here on Batters Box let's look at the movement in the top 30 lists from 2008 to 2009. Five players graduated to the major leagues, replaced by five players who are new to the organization since last season. Thirteen players dropped off the list from 2008 and thirteen players made it on to the lists despite being overlooked last year. Graduates: Travis Snider, #1 in...
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Internet News (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Google Adds Links to Web Page Sections in Search Results, Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service via PCWorld (Sept 25) Google has been making changes in what it chooses to show in the first 10 links. + provides links to...
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The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Google Inc.'s Gmail service was back up after experiencing disruptions for about two-and-a-half hours earlier today. The hosted e-mail service went down some time before 11 a.m. EDT and was still having problems well after 1 p.m. According to a statement from Google, the problems have been fixed and all users should have full service again. The entire e-mail service crashed this morning and then came...
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Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
The Blue Jays recently announced the Webster Award winners who will be presented with their awards this weekend at the Rogers Centre. Baseball America is starting their league top 20's today with the GCL and Carlos Perez makes the list. The Webster Award winners are: AAA - Randy Ruiz AA - Brian Dopirak High A - Moises Sierra A - Johermyn Chavez Low A - Sean Ochinko Rookie - Carlos Perez Dominican -...
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TechSheep (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
Juan Carlos Perez / Macworld: DOJ: Court should reject Google book search settlement — The U.S. Department of Justice has come out against the proposed agreement to settle copyright lawsuits that authors and major publishers filed against Google over the search company’s book search program.
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TechSheep (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
Juan Carlos Perez / Computerworld: DOJ: Court should reject Google book search settlement — IDG News Service - The U.S. Department of Justice has come out against the proposed agreement to settle copyright lawsuits that authors and major publishers filed against Google over the search company’s book search program.
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Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Hi everyone. Before we update our top prospects list, let's take a broader view at what has been going on among the Jays' minor-league affiliates this season. Part I will focus on the lower-level affiliates, Part II on the teams closer to the majors. Gulf Coast League Blue Jays : The GCL Jays played slightly above .500 ball this season and did so with a number of 2009 draftees and other very young...
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Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
I'm just going to cut and paste this exactly as it is in the press release. Congratulations to all winners. We have some good young players coming up in our system and, of course, Randy Ruiz, who isn't so young but is good. BLUE JAYS ANNOUNCE 2009 WEBSTER AWARD WINNERS The TORONTO BLUE JAYS are pleased to announce the following players have been selected as this year’s recipients of the R. HOWARD...