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Flickr’s Version Of A Mass Protest
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on February 04, 2008
Some users aren’t happy at the prospect of a Microsoft takeover of Flickr’s parent company, Yahoo. To protest, they do what Flickr users do - upload images.In this case, the images are all anti-Microsoft, and there’s some really creative stuff. The group has, so far, 917 members and 123 photos. What’s your favorite? Here’s mine.More from Scott Beale.FlickrLoading information about...
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Hardy Heron Makes Linux Worth Another Look [Feature]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on April 24, 2008
If you've flirted with the idea of switching your desktop operating system to Linux but never took the leap, the time is now. This week's release of Hardy Heron, an Ubuntu release that will be supported until 2011, offers a freer, more productive space for work and play than ever before. It's not easy jumping blind into a new way of thinking or working, and Ubuntu, the so-called...
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Why Gen Y Is Going to Change the Web
via ReadWriteWeb by Sarah Perez on May 14, 2008
Gen Y is taking over. The generation of young adults that's compromised of the children of Boomers, Generation Jones, and even some Gen X'ers, is the biggest generation since the Baby Boomers and three times the size of Gen X. And as the Boomers fade into retirement and Gen Y takes root in the workplace, we're going to see some big changes ahead, not just at work, but on the web as a...
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Facebook Will Be the Mainstream Everything
via ReadWriteWeb by Josh Catone on May 23, 2008
Whenever a new product comes out that has the early adopter set all atwitter -- like say, Twitter, for example -- there is a certain amount of discussion devoted to when or if the product will go mainstream. Sometimes we're not even sure if a new web app or service maybe already has reached the masses. A lucky few new web apps will cross the proverbial chasm into the mainstream, but most...
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Do More with Your Webcam with Free Tools [Webcams]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 26, 2008
The webcam that came packaged with your computer system can do a whole lot more than just let you video chat. With the right tools, you can turn your webcam into a watchful surveillance tool, a face recognition-enabled computer login utility, a time-lapse movie-maker, and more. Let's take a look at some ways you can get more out of your underutilized webcam.Keep In Touch with Friends and...
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How to Comment About Your Company on Blog Posts, Without Being Spammy
via ReadWriteWeb by Marshall Kirkpatrick on June 06, 2008
For every 1000 people who read a tech blog post, there may be one that leaves a comment. Lurking in the crowd are any number of people who work for companies related to the subject of the post. They almost never comment, and when they do they often come across as obnoxious, self-promoting and spammy. It doesn't have to be that way, though.There are a number of ways that you can join in a...
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Microsoft's Bid for Yahoo!: The Long View
via O'Reilly Radar by Tim O'Reilly on January 31, 2008
By Tim O'ReillyMicrosoft's bid for Yahoo! is something that has been rumored for a long time, but it's really the first of many more consolidation steps for the computer industry. Every new industry starts with a few crazy innovators, who are followed by thousands of entrepreneurs engaged in a fierce Darwinian competition. Some of those entrepreneurs build large companies, but as...
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Hey, You Condescending Jerk, No One Prints Emails Anyway
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on February 01, 2008
Apologies, it’s time for a weekend rant. I know it’s all the rage right now to be green. but is it really necessary to put a line at the bottom of every email telling me not consider the environment and not to print it?It was fine when just a few people did it last year (it was a ding against their startup, but didn’t necessarily kill a story), but now a significant percentage of emails...
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Social Graph API
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on February 01, 2008
In "Thoughts on the Social Graph", Brad Fitzpatrick wrote:There are an increasing number of new "social applications" as well as traditional application which either require the "social graph" or that could provide better value to users by utilizing information in the social graph. What I mean by "social graph" is a the global mapping of everybody and how they're related, as Wikipedia...
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Microsoft, Yahoo! and the Effect on OpenID
via ReadWriteWeb by Josh Catone on February 03, 2008
The takeover of Yahoo! by Microsoft is almost a foregone conclusion (see our initial reaction). Barring a bid from another suitor, such as News Corp. (not likely), eBay (even less likely), Google (no way), or a private equity firm, or a partnership with Google, most analysts seem to agree that Microsoft's bid will be accepted by Yahoo! One of the biggest hurdles in merging two massive...
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