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In web world of 24/7 stress, writers blog till they drop: In Web world of 24/7 stress, writers blog till they dropInformation overloadDo you get brownie points for this blog?Bloggers need to contantly be up-to-date with the news and information of the world in almost every aspect and post it before anyone else does. Slashdot, one of the oldest news...; Tags: Blogging, Web, writers blog, blogger, Web World, blog; Discussion threads 2008-04-07

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BriefingsDirect Insights analysts probe future of online advertising and find transactional lucre lurking: Read a full transcript of the podcast. The future of online advertising captures the headlines and attention when the likes of Microsoft courts the likes of Yahoo! And Wall Street still has a hard time figuring out how much Google is worth, based on just those little...; Tags: Software, Advertisement, Business, Online Advertising, Bookkeeping Service, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Facebook: Google Friend Connect violates our privacy standards: The social networking ground war is well underway. Facebook said Thursday that it will block Google's Friend Connect services because it "redistributes user information from Facebook to other developers without users' knowledge." Facebook's Charlie Cheever writes regarding Google Friend Connect: We're excited that our industry partners...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Standards, User Information, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Microsoft delivers another update to Office Live Workspace: Microsoft rolled out quietly on May 15 its 1.1 update to its Office Live Workspace service, which is currently in beta test. The 1.1 bits are available from the Microsoft Downloads site. adds performance updates, making Office Live Workspace run faster with Microsoft Office programs, plus the...; Tags: Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Exclusive: First look at the Fast Mac U-Charge: Here's an exclusive sneak peak of FastMac's newest product - U-Charge. U-Charge is a portable, standalone charger that connects directly to the battery's terminals to recharge the battery quickly and efficiently. It's compatible with over nine years of Apple laptop batteries as well as after-market/third party replacements...; Tags: Apple PowerBook, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Battery, Mac U-Charge, Notebooks, Engineering, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-15

Does the Kindle have iPod-ish potential?: Amazon's Kindle may meaningfully contribute to the e-tailer's revenue in a couple of years, according to Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney. Mahaney's take--delivered in a research note outlining the bullish case for Amazon--takes a few leaps Techmeme. Mahaney has little data on the Kindle (just like the rest...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Insurance, Operational Accounting, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Post your blog on Between the Lines: We're looking for a few more good bloggers and you can help. We're opening up our Between the Lines blog to user-submitted posts. We're looking for submissions in several key areas -- VoIP, Research in Motion; servers and mainframes; and, more broadly, Web 2.0/3.0 technologies. Who can...; Tags: Blog, Blogging, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
A robotic chef for your kitchen?: The European Commission has founded a project named 'Co-operative Human Robot Interaction Systems' CHRIS for a cost of €3.65 million. The project, which started in March 2008, will last 4 years. It is based at Bristol Robotics Lab BRL which will work with the University of the West of England...; Tags: Project, CHRIS, Service Robot, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-15
What open source teaches publishers: I have a more in-depth analysis of today's C|Net news on my personal blog. But there are important comments to make about open source and what it implies to publishers. (What does this classic Geico commercial have to do with anything? Patience, grasshopper.) The...; Tags: C|Net, Profit Statement, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Yahoo! frees the Monkey, and announces prizes for a Developer Challenge: In conversation with Yahoo! Research's Peter Mika last week, I jokingly suggested that Yahoo! Search's open developer platform, SearchMonkey, might open its doors to developers this week. Well, they just did, and went a step further by announcing a month-long Developer Challenge and prizes of up to $10,000 for innovative...; Tags: Developer, Yahoo! Inc., Infobars, Search, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
The newspaper's last stand: Interesting news today...or was it yesterday? I have no idea. I got off an eleven hour flight from Johannesburg this morning, and then had to race to the US embassy to get more visa pages in my passport because I've managed to fill every available visa slot with stamps, causing...; Tags: Newspaper, CBS Broadcasting Inc., London Underground, Consumption Habit, E-books, Internet, Personal Technology, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-05-15
DIY phishing kits introducing new features: What are some of the main factors for the increase of phishing attacks, and their maturity from passive emails to blended threats attempting to not just steal personal information, but also infect with malware by embedding client-side vulnerabilities at the pages? It's all a matter of perspective, which in this...; Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Safari "Carpet Bomb" attack information released: Nitesh Dhanjani released information about some of his newest research on the Safari web browser this morning, and interestingly enough, Apple has decided NOT to fix some of the issues he presented. Dhanjani reported three issues, as follows below from his blog: 1. Safari Carpet Bomb.It...; Tags: HTML, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Issue, Safari Carpet Bomb.It, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Mobius Seattle 2008; First impressions of the HTC Advantage X7510: As I stated in my Mobius Seattle 2008 Day one post eric lin from HTC gave each one of the attendees the new HTC Advantage 7510 device. These may not come to the U.S. due to Qualcomm import issues, but you will be able to pick them up from U.S....; Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobius, Key, HTC Advantage 7510, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
The real question: Is Microsoft still interested in Yahoo?: I actually believed Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer when he said he was walking away from buying Yahoo. I wasn't among the crowd who thought Ballmer was just posturing, waiting for Yahoo stock prices to plummet and Yahoo shareholder lawsuits to mount before sweeping back in and getting Yahoo for a...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Site Development, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Commercialising the Semantic Web: Following an earlier post on this blog, last month I found myself moderating a panel in the final session of one of the tracks at this year's World Wide Web Conference in Beijing. As I commented via Twitter at the end of the session, "Great...; Tags: Garlik, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back?: Updated: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn announced an alternate board of directors for Yahoo in a move that could revive a Microsoft bid. Will Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer bite? As expected Icahn announced his alternate slate, which includes Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Ask.com buys Dictionary.com; Bolsters reference content: Ask.com plans to buy Lexico Publishing Group, the company behind Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com, for an undisclosed sum. The fourth largest search engine briefed a few reporters on its plans such as News.com's Stephen Shankland. The deal is expected to be officially announced Thursday. ...; Tags: Ask.com, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Mobius Seattle 2008: SE, MWg, and HTC show off their devices: I was very pleased to be invited to the first Mobius event of 2008, that is actually being held here in the Seattle area. Thus, I had no travel to get to Mobius and that may have made the decision to invite me to this event...; Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Mobius, XPERIA, SE, Panel Technology, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
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