Noscope is a bi-weekly journal serving up snacksized portions of pointless stuff since 2001.
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Google Webdrive Launched, Kinda (Update: Desktop Integration)

    19:56 on January 12th, 2010 , ,

Excellent news for fans of the cloud. Posted on the official Google Docs blog is this announcement:
We’re happy to announce that over the next few weeks we will be rolling out the ability to upload, store and organize any type of file in Google Docs. With this change, you’ll be able to upload and access [...]

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Drop Stuff In A Box With DropBox

    11:45 on December 12th, 2009 , , ,

I’m now officially a DropBox fan and it took only one tryout for me to decide. DropBox is a cloud storage system, which means that you get an Internet harddrive you can access from any Internet device you have.
You get 2 GB for free when you sign up, but you should sign up using my referral link [...]

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Where’s Google Webdrive?

    11:26 on December 01st, 2009 , , , , ,

During Googles special Chrome OS presentation a few thursdays ago, I noticed an incongruity between the core ideology that you’ll have no files stored locally and the complete lack of a Google Webdrive announcement. I’ve embedded the above video to start at about 4:20 where the presenter is talking about data in the cloud:
I mentioned [...]

More Like A TV

    13:38 on November 21st, 2009 , , ,

During Googles Chrome OS announcement Thursday, one thing struck me as being the killer app that’ll bring the system into our homes. It’s the startup speed. In this video, a Chrome OS engineer explains how Google, by shelving 50 year-old hardware are able to make the system boot in 4 seconds; like a TV:
The general [...]

Quick Thoughts On The IE9 PDC Preview

    11:24 on November 19th, 2009 , , , , , ,

Good old Microsoft still think they have something to offer the web community. Segway: maybe theydo! Internet Explorer 9 is in the works, and if everything goes according to plan, it’ll sport 2D hardware acceleration (faster and more smooth scaling and rendering of fonts and CSS borders and images), CSS3 support (the interviewer seems to [...]

What’s Google Wave? It’s this;

    10:14 on October 09th, 2009 , ,

This morning, the dear Kartooner invited me to Google Wave (and before you flood any of us with invite requests: at the moment there aren’t any invites to go around!), so I’ve finally had a chance to play around with the new toy. I think I finally get what it is. It’s taken me a [...]

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A Window With A Chrome Finish

    13:42 on July 08th, 2009 , , , , , , , , ,

The once-mythical GooOS has materialized, and it’s carved in Chrome. Google has just announced that they’re entering the operating system arena with their own offering, Google Chrome OS. Here are the facts:

Linux-core
Initially targeted for Netbooks, later also for full size desktops
New windowing system
Focused on getting you on the web quickly
Open source
Will run on x86 (Intel) [...]

Google Talk As A WebApp

    10:41 on May 11th, 2009 , ,

Instead of downloading and installing Google Talk, or adding Google Talk as a Jabber account in your IM app of choice, you can run it as a web-app, right in your browser. Simply bookmark this link: Google Talk Web-App. Of course you’re missing out on the fantastic file transfer feature of the Windows client, but [...]

Bit.ly Is The New Digg (And The New Delicious)

    08:59 on April 14th, 2009 , ,

After having seen more and more URLs shortened using the service, just a few days ago I joined Bit.ly myself. Now I see why the service was able to raise 2M in funding and how they have the potential to outperform both Digg and Delicious.
Bit.ly is, at its core, a URL shortening service. You paste [...]

Hybrid WebApps

    10:03 on March 03rd, 2009 , ,

Users of the Mac have been given an interesting amalgam of old and new, a combination of a traditional application and a webapp: Mailplane. It looks to be a wrapper for Gmail which mildly extends its functionality and desktop integrations, specifically in the areas of attachments and account management.
Webapps are great because they are on [...]