“Is Microsoft’ s vision to compete in search and reinvent itself as an advertising company nothing more than an attempt to get back into its familiar position as Top Gun? Should Microsoft, Google and everyone else just give up on search and outsource to Google? That’ s what Tim O’ Reilly argues in a blog post today, and [...]”
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Archive for May, 2008
The Importance Of A Competitive Search Market
Friday, May 30th, 2008The Next-Gen Web: Browser Storage Support
Friday, May 30th, 2008“The next-gen web is starting to gather pace, as this week MySpace integrated Google Gears, Yahoo! announced their new BrowserPlus product and Google launched a browser-based edition of their 3D Earth product. Technologies and formats such as AIR, Silverlight, JavaFX, Gears, XUL, Web Applications 1.0 (DOM5, HTML5 etc.) allow developers to accelerate beyond AJAX [...]”
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Naveen Jain’s Latest Scam: Intelius
Friday, May 30th, 2008“When serial entrepreneur Naveen Jain left the company he founded, InfoSpace, in disgrace in late 2002, a lot of people thought he would never be trusted by the financial markets again (see this three part series from the Seattle Times that talks extensively about the rise and fall of Jain at Infospace and details his [...]”
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Another 16 Firefox Add-ons For Web Designers
Friday, May 30th, 2008“Firefox can be extended to do just about anything you want, so why not have it help you with your web development and design? We’ ve got a dozen suggestions to get you started down the road of turning Firefox into a powerful design and development tool in your arsenal. Be sure to check our first toolbox [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Another 16 Firefox Add-ons For Web Designers”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/29/another-16-firefox-add-ons-for-web-designers/” });”
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Create Rounded Corners For Images with RoundPic
Friday, May 30th, 2008“RoundPic is exactly what the name suggests: an image editing site where simple, square photos can be uploaded and smoothed out to create sleek, rounded corners. The service is almost too easy. You simply upload your picture or enter the URL of the image, and click Round It! You can then save your new pic or [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Create Rounded Corners For Images with RoundPic”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/29/create-rounded-corners/” });”
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Veronica Belmont’s Top 10 Up-and-Coming Web Applications
Friday, May 30th, 2008“In the world of Web celebrity, few have become as well-known in the past year as Veronica Belmont, who first gained acclaim as host of CNet’s Buzz Out Loud, then moved onto Jason Calacanis’ Mahalo Daily, and most recently took the reigns at Revision3’s Tekzilla Show. Along the way, she even interviewed our own [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Veronica Belmont’s Top 10 Up-and-Coming Web Applications”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/29/veronica-belmont-favorite-apps/” });”
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Jerry Yang: “We’re Done”
Thursday, May 29th, 2008“Walt Mossberg just finished interviewing Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and President Sue Decker (my real time notes are here, see Peter Kafka’ s notes as well). The two key topics of the interview were the failed Microsoft merger, and Yahoo’ s core focus as a company. And while Yang never actually said the words quoted in the title [...]”
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The Education Transformation of China
Thursday, May 29th, 2008“University education in China is skyrocketing. In 1996 China had less than 1 million freshmen, in 2006 there were over 5 million freshmen. The freshman class is continuing to grow and university graduates, of course, are just 4 years behind….”
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NASA To Broadcast Landing On Mars Live On The Internet
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008“Not only is NASA,the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, going to attempt to put another lander on Mars, but this time their doing it live on the Internet for all to see. According to Michael Learmonth of Silicon Valley Insider, starting at 6 PM EST today, people can head to NASA’ s website, or Second Life, to [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “NASA To Broadcast Landing On Mars Live On The Internet”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/25/nasa-phoenix/” });”
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Microsoft Jumping Into Social Bookmarking
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008“According to Microsoft Evangalist John Martin, the company is set to release a product called “Social Bookmarks” this week. The product sounds a whole lot like del.icio.us, and will initially be deployed on MSDN and TechNet, so look for it to be mostly hardcore techie bookmarks for now. Features include bookmarking (presumably via [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Microsoft Jumping Into Social Bookmarking”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/27/microsoft-social-bookmarks/” });”
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