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Recently, Google released its “language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible way of serializing structured data for use in communications protocols, data storage, and more”: Protocol Buffers.

While seemingly good news, there are some serious concerns. Read about those here.

Don’t miss the next Northern Virginia Drupal Meetup. It’s slated for tomorrow evening – Tuesday, July 8, from 6 – 9 PM at Teqcorner in Mclean.

It’s the biggest but is it the best? If you want to go beyond Google, here is a great list of alternative search engines.

Google has made a fortune on providing simple solutions to a variety of problems – not the least of which includes no-brainer contextual advertising. But how effective is it, really?