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Flickr fans band together to fend off Microsoft
via Webware.com by Stephen Shankland on February 04, 2008
... opposing the attempted acquisition.The Microsoft: Keep Your Evil Grubby Hands Off Our Flickr group has 1,804 members and counting. The photo-sharing site has no shortage of opinionated members, and who knows how many shares they'll be able to vote in a proxy fight, but it is an interesting development."I'm not a Microsoft hater," said Flickr user Christopher Bosum. "I just don't li...
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What you all are missing about Google
via Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger by Robert Scoble on February 03, 2008
I’m surprised that even Kara Swisher has missed this. The bloggers are going nuts, once again, over the email that a Google lawyer sent to Microsoft regarding Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Yahoo.Here’s what’s really going on:1. Google doesn’t mind this deal going through at all. Google knows they will be able to outrun a “Microhoo.” Why do they know that? Because they’ve been...
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Online Parent-Child Gap Widens
via RoomForMilk: Fresh Skimmed Slashdot Headlines by (author unknown) on February 04, 2008
A new study by Dafna Lemish from the Department of Communication at Tel Aviv University has found that there is an enormous gap between what parents think their children are doing online and what is really happening. 'The data tell us that parents don't know what their kids are doing,' says Lemish. The study found that 30% of children between the ages of 9 and 18 delete the search...
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Expect Big Things From Google Tomorrow
via Stay N' Alive by Jesse Stay on February 04, 2008
... as well as container sites, we believe OpenSocial 0.7 has all the necessary pieces to launch OpenSocial apps to users at scale. In fact, both hi5 and orkut will be using OpenSocial 0.7 for their upcoming user-facing launches.On the mailing list today (just 6 hours ago), an Orkut developer stated:We haven’t pushed v0.7 yet, but we’re planning to do it soon. In themeantime, use featu...
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Better YouTube Firefox Extension Updated with New Features [Lifehacker Code Update]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on February 04, 2008
Firefox only: Just uploaded a new release of the Better YouTube Firefox extension, a compilation of user scripts that enhance YouTube. The update fixes bugs due to a site redesign, and adds features like an alternate video player that does not autoplay (but does auto-load video in the background while it's paused) and a handy link to download the video you're watching. Current users...
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Make Word and OpenOffice More Compatible [How To]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on February 04, 2008
Windows warrior Dennis O'Reilly takes a look at making Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.org's Writer app play nice together‐as nice as possible, anyway. For those dual-booting, rocking OO.org without Word, or managing with both apps is keeping documents uncluttered with pictures and embedded objects, setting OO.org to always save to Word file formats, and changing a few config options...
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Opera Mobile 9.5 Promises the web in Your Pocket
via Wired: Compiler by Scott Gilbertson on February 04, 2008
Opera Mobile 9.5Opera has announced a new version of Opera Mobile for cell phones and mobile devices. Opera Mobile 9.5 will feature a completely re-written rendering engine and promises to make the mobile web just like, well, the web.Unfortunately, the software isn’t be available for download just yet. While public betas haven't been announced, Opera will be showing off the new browser at...
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Linus Torvalds on Why Users Aren't Flocking to Linux
via Wired: Compiler by Scott Gilbertson on February 04, 2008
The Linux Foundation has posted the second half of its long and thorough interview with Linux founder Linus Torvalds, part of the Foundation's "open voices" podcast. While the first part of the interview focused on the Linux development community, this time Torvalds sounds off on everything from patents and innovation to the future of Linux.As always there’s a laundry list of things...
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Track Super Tuesday Results with Google and Twitter [Super Tuesday]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on February 04, 2008
Google's offering two neat tools for tracking today's election action: a Super Tuesday Google Map that displays Twitter posts, Google News headlines, and videos from across the country about the vote, and an iGoogle gadget that tracks candidates' progress in each of the 24 states. If you live in one of the Super Tuesday primary states, be sure to get out there and VOTE today.Be...
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