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Addicted to Facebook or Twitter? Time to revisit social web browser flock: It's been a while since wrote about Flock, the ambitious social web browser which first launched back in late 2005 amid a snowball of publicity, riding the web 2.0 hype. A quick recap: Flock is built on top of Mozilla's code base, and aims to embrace the...; Tags: Facebook, Web Browser, Twitter, Flock, Channel Management, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-01-28
Browsers 2.0: Interview with flock co-founder Geoffrey Arone: In upcoming posts here on ZDNet, I'll be exploring the latest web browsers and where the browser market in general is headed. I'm calling this series rather predictably Browsers 2.0 and I'll be exploring everything from IE7 to Opera9, Firefox 2.0 to Maxthon - plus any other interesting web browsers...; Tags: Geoffrey, Flock; Blog posts 2006-08-10
Meet the flockers: My favorite Web browser these days is Flock. It's built on the Firefox engine, supports my various blogs and cool features built-in like hooks to the social networking services that I use:- You can share your photos, browse your friends' with the help of Flickr.com.- Easy blogging tools are built...; Tags: Flock, Universal Binary; Blog posts 2006-04-10
Images: Surfers flock to new browser: Flock is a Firefox-based Web browser dubbed Flock, which integrates next-generation Web technologies.; Tags: Web browsers, Flock, web technology, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox, Web; Image galleries 2005-10-21
Images: Surfers flock to new browser: Flock is a Firefox-based Web browser dubbed Flock, which integrates next-generation Web technologies.; Tags: Web browsers, Flock, web technology, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox, Web; Image galleries 2005-10-21

flock of delays over, flock debuts: I took a call last month with Bart Decrem of Flock right, an open source project using the Gecko rendering engine of Firefox for a browser supporting social features like blogging, tagging and photo sharing. Unfortunately, the code wasn’t ready. It wasn’t ready when we talked, and it wasn’t ready...; Tags: Flock, Web browser; Blog posts 2005-10-21

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News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...; Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Latest flock Beta delivers Digg, Pownce and AOL Mail support: Having launched in late 2005 amidst a tsunami of web 2.0 hype, it was always going to be difficult for social web browser Flock to keep up with expectations. But after getting through what seemed like an unhealthy period of stagnation, update by update the software is really starting to...; Tags: Digg, America Online Inc., Twitter, E-mail, Web 2.0, Online Communications, Internet, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Microsoft Biz Unit Chief Jeff Raikes to head Gates Foundation: Microsoft Biz Unit Chief Jeff Raikes to head Gates FoundationNice...So he'll be the man in charge of the foundation that this year awarded me the Gates Millenium Scholarship...nice to know.An Executive CatamaranJiminy Cricket. Some coasters in this world have sails that are miles wide. Not only did...; Tags: biz unit, Gates Foundation, Jeff Raikes, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-12
The physics of flocking in 3-D: You might think that bird watchers are only amateurs armed with binoculars. But biologists have also been studying flocks of birds for a long time. And now, they're helped by physicists, according to this New Scientist article about how European researchers are capturing flocks in 3-D. With a couple of...; Tags: 3D, Animal, Physicist, Handbook, Analysis, STARFLAG, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-12
1Password (6): 1Password is a Password Manager that uniquely brings you both Security and convenience. It is the only program that provides Anti-Phishing protection and goes beyond password management by adding Web Form Filling and Automatic Strong Password Generation. All your confidential information, including passwords, identities, and credit cards, is kept in...; Tags: Password, Web Browser, Agile Web Solutions, 1Password, Web Browsers, Internet; Software downloads 2008-04-30
Grand Theft Auto IV hits the streets--it's a '10': Larceny, murder, and mayhem are back big time and will likely result in one of the biggest "hits" in video-game history. Grand Theft Auto IV, rated a "10" by Gamespot, hits the streets. Expectations were high when Microsoft and Bungie released Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 on September...; Tags: Grand Theft Auto, GTAIV, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, games, video games, Xbox 360, PS3, Tom Magrino, GameSpot; News items 2008-04-29
Me.dium for Firefox and flock (dium-dl-4): Me.dium reveals the hidden world of people and activity behind your browser. With Me.dium you and your friends can see each other moving around the internet. You can surf the web together, for the first time, in real-time. You can also meet new people interested in the same stuff as...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Activity, Me.dium, Web Browsers, Internet, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-29
Are we headed for a nuclear winter?: Are we headed for a nuclear winter?Corrections/bell weather/bell wether/A wether is a neutered ram and one with a bell is used to lead the flock (an intact ram isn't stable enough).RE: Are we headed for a nuclear winter?It's refreshing to get hear a voice of sanity in this Web 2.0/E2.0...; Tags: Memory, nuclear winter, winter; Discussion threads 2008-04-25
Will Mesh take the Web from open source?: Will Mesh take the Web from open source?Just My takeFrom what I understand, Mesh is going to be a good thing. These days, we have so many devices that it will be good to be able to access all of them from one centralized location or one main computer. For...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source, Web; Discussion threads 2008-04-24
MSN Music to ex-customers: So you thought you bought that song for life, eh?: MSN Music to ex-customers: So you thought you bought that song for life, eh?Grammar policeyou’re content -> your content unless you are content.I think that's called a call for class actiondidn't I hear attorney laughing and evluating future fees ?Come on Adrian, I'm sure you really know why."To be honest,...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Media players, MSN Music, MSN, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-23
Making the most out of Earth Day, the green tech way: As you can imagine, my colleagues and I have been deluged with special promos and greenwash marketing campaigns related to the Earth Day event on April 22. I've combed through the e-mails and wanted to mention the following campaigns and programs that might interest you as a green IT buyer....; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Green Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Vista fiasco continues with retreat to XP: Vista fiasco continues with retreat to XPVista is what squeezed me outof the MS flock. I was an avid supporter and advocate for MS right up to XP. I reluctantly went to XP Pro. Then along came WGA and false positives and Redmond telling me I needed to replace an...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Vista fiasco, ULCPC, fiasco, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Professional; Discussion threads 2008-04-04
A fresh Firefox install: drastic but cathartic: Following last weekend's mea culpa I thought I'd make amends this weekend with a post about how I nearly ditched Firefox but decided instead to do some housecleaning with a fresh install on my MacBookPro. The results were astonishing. Note: some of what I say only applies to Apple kit...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-03-29
Adobe launches free Photoshop Web application: Google, eat your heart out. Adobe Photoshop was one of the original reasons why people purchased Macs. Adobe Systems, Inc. launched the powerful photo editing and retouching application in 1990 exclusively for the Mac and the software set the bar for graphic software and drove...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Web Application, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-03-27