WSJ: Why AT&T Killed Google Voice

Andy Kessler of the Wall Street Journal has an excellent summary and commentary on recent events between Google and Apple. I agree with most of his views. It's time to change the way we think about communications (basically there is no such thing as voice, cable tv, text messages, etc because it's all just data) rather than try to cling on to the old way of doing things.

It is a very good read (i.e. did you know text messages cost $5,000 per megabyte?). Check it out here.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052970204683204574358552882901262.html

Blind Search - Which Search Engine Do You Really Prefer

The biggest problem when polling people about their favorite search engine is preconceived notions about their effectiveness. You think Google is the best because that's all you have ever used and you generally don't like Microsoft. Alternatively you love Yahoo Search since it's your portal page to everything else you use (mail, stocks, weather, news, etc). You don't really give other search engines a chance since you stick with what you know.

I stumbled upon this cool project by a Microsoft employee (but supposedly not affiliated with any sort of Microsoft research). Essentially you type in a search query and it goes out and searches Google, Bing and Yahoo. The results are displayed in three unmarked columns and you select which one has the most relevant results. The results may surprise you...

Check it out at http://www.blindsearch.fejus.com.