This Week In Emerging Technology – July 11th

Written By
Jim Rapoza
Jim Rapoza
Published: Jul 11, 2007
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
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Here are the emerging technology stories for the week of July 9th.

Google Lets Users Overlay Data on Personalized Maps – Lots of people talk about making mashups and simple web applications easier to create for regular users. A promising example is this new service from Google called MyMaps, which makes it simple to create custom maps. I have to start playing with this right away.

Fujitsu-Siemens to Offer Flash-Memory Laptops – Fujitsu-Siemens will soon be offering laptops that use Flash based hard drives (starting with 32 GByte versions) in Europe. However, at around $688 these are way over priced which makes them much less interesting.

Jim Rapoza

Jim Rapoza

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Jim Rapoza, Chief Technology Analyst, eWEEK.For nearly fifteen years, Jim Rapoza has evaluated products and technologies in almost every technology category for eWEEK. Mr Rapoza's current technology focus is on all categories of emerging information technology though he continues to focus on core technology areas that include: content management systems, portal applications, Web publishing tools and security. Mr. Rapoza has coordinated several evaluations at enterprise organizations, including USA Today and The Prudential, to measure the capability of products and services under real-world conditions and against real-world criteria. Jim Rapoza's award-winning weekly column, Tech Directions, delves into all areas of technologies and the challenges of managing and deploying technology today.

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