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Dead software

The Lexmark color printer at my job died this morning. The error message read: "RIP Software" :-)

Wikipedia Attracts Visitors

Wikipedia. This word is by far the most popular on this blog.

It's been been a while since I last wrote a post about Wikipedia. Back then there were quite a few people both commenting on and visiting them. But my statistics tool tells me that these post are still the most sought after and visited on my blog. I keep seeing an increase in visits to pages that are about the online encyclopedia.

Numero uno on the hitlist is this post about the credibility of Wikiepedia. I guess it shows that the debate about the usefulness of the collaborative website is still very much in motion.

Nerd of Charts

I don't see myself as much of a nerd. But when I actually get excited about a service like Google Chart API it makes me reconsider my self image :-))

Google To The Rescue When You're On the Go

Today Google is launching its new service, GooglePerson, in public beta. It is not as you would expect a web site but a phone service.

It will be possible to call GooglePerson, ask a question and have the Google-employee find it on the web for you. In other words you don't need to be near a browser to find the answers you need.

Head of Googles'  Findability Section Simon  Avril explains:
- Who hasn't tried being at a gathering discussing this or that topic with friends when suddenly there's a question no one has an answer to.Who invented the car? What's the fastest animal? Or did Pavlov really experiment on dogs? Normally you would open a browser and look for the answer on the web, but when you're out on the town there's no computer nearby. GooglePerson will bring you the answer in a flash.

Internet Traffic Analyst Brian Parker from Schuztser Spear calls Googles' move 'the right one':
- The web is slowly clogging up. There are only so many connections available. GooglePerson is the answer to the problem of the many small trips we all make to the web each day. The phone system can hold a lot more traffic thus freeing up space on the web, says the analyst.

If the public beta goes well Google plans to open a phone hub in India and the company expects to receive as many as one million calls as day.

GooglePerson will initially operate with a flat rate of 50 cent pr. question.