The Rise of Google, Part II: From start-up to superpower

15.Feb.10
by Dirk Knemeyer

With apologies to Apple and Microsoft, Google is the most important company in computing. Their rise over the past decade has been meteoric: from a struggling start-up operating out of a small office in downtown Palo Alto, California to today representing the present and future of computing. To call this ascension improbable is a gross understatement. After all, this is a company Yahoo! declined to purchase for a song, yet today could buy and sell Yahoo! many times over without breaking a sweat. It begs the question: how did it happen?

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Topics: Analysis, Blog, google

Involution-designed McAfee 2010 product suites released

07.Feb.10
by Dirk Knemeyer

For Immediate Release

ARLINGTON, MA (U.S.) - February 7, 2010 - McAfee, Inc., the world's largest dedicated security technology company released their 2010 suite of consumer products today, designed from the ground-up by Involution Studios. PC Magazine is already enthusing over the new user interface, calling it "user-friendly," "pleasant," and "streamlined," giving it a 4 star rating and "within shouting distance" of their coveted Editor's Choice Award. This is an increase from the 2 1/2 star rating given to the previous version.

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Topics: News, Blog