items tagged with Web 2.0
Beware of Koobface the social worm
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-03 21:15:33
No, it's not the villain in the latest slasher movie - Koobface is a social networking worm affecting MySpace and Facebook. But like Jason and Freddie, Koobface refuses to die.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-03 21:15:33
No, it's not the villain in the latest slasher movie - Koobface is a social networking worm affecting MySpace and Facebook. But like Jason and Freddie, Koobface refuses to die.
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Pownce pwned apart by Six Apart
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-02 06:38:45
One of Twitter’s main competitors, Pownce, started off with a lot of hype but inexorably lost out to Twitter’s charms. Now, it’s new owner Six Apart, will shut the service down, promising “great things” in the future and inviting Pownce users to try Six Apart’s Vox service instead.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-02 06:38:45
One of Twitter’s main competitors, Pownce, started off with a lot of hype but inexorably lost out to Twitter’s charms. Now, it’s new owner Six Apart, will shut the service down, promising “great things” in the future and inviting Pownce users to try Six Apart’s Vox service instead.
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YouTube bigs it up with widescreen player
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-11-26 15:06:01
Fed up with letterboxed content in YouTube? The Google subsidiary's new player presents movies in the 16:9 widescreen format.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-11-26 15:06:01
Fed up with letterboxed content in YouTube? The Google subsidiary's new player presents movies in the 16:9 widescreen format.
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Web 2.0 doubles sales growth of recruiters compared to non-users
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - Recruiters
2008-11-20 01:59:00
A new survey of US recruiters has found that early adopters using social networking for recruiting and branding had double the sales growth of those without the new tools.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - Recruiters
2008-11-20 01:59:00
A new survey of US recruiters has found that early adopters using social networking for recruiting and branding had double the sales growth of those without the new tools.
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How two of the world's largest websites use Linux for high availability
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-10 06:53:02
Pop quiz: you have a web site and you want it to be popular. It must scale to tens, hundreds of thousands, even millions of visitors. It has to be snappy and responsive. What server platform will you host it on? Here’s what two of the world’s most popular sites – Wikipedia and Digg - went with, and it wasn’t Windows.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-10 06:53:02
Pop quiz: you have a web site and you want it to be popular. It must scale to tens, hundreds of thousands, even millions of visitors. It has to be snappy and responsive. What server platform will you host it on? Here’s what two of the world’s most popular sites – Wikipedia and Digg - went with, and it wasn’t Windows.
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Your chance to design a future ASUS PC
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-10-29 23:21:02
Got any pet hates about your PC? Are there features you would really like to see added? Well you might just get your chance. Intel and ASUS have launched a web site where consumers can collaborate with them and with each other to design PCs of the future.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-10-29 23:21:02
Got any pet hates about your PC? Are there features you would really like to see added? Well you might just get your chance. Intel and ASUS have launched a web site where consumers can collaborate with them and with each other to design PCs of the future.
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How to sell Linux netbooks to the world
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-28 09:04:38
2008 has been the year of the netbook. Since the surprise runaway success of the ASUS Eee Linux PC in 2007 there has been a surge of hardware vendors joining in. Yet MSI users have poo-pooed the use of Linux on these systems. I disagree. Here's why Linux netbooks are the future.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-28 09:04:38
2008 has been the year of the netbook. Since the surprise runaway success of the ASUS Eee Linux PC in 2007 there has been a surge of hardware vendors joining in. Yet MSI users have poo-pooed the use of Linux on these systems. I disagree. Here's why Linux netbooks are the future.
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Bogus 'Jobs heart attack' story hits Apple and citizen journalism stocks
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-10-05 19:17:26
A spoof - or perhaps malicious - post claiming Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack hit the company's stock price. Does this cast doubt on the 'citizen journalism' concept or is it just good old-fashioned stock manipulation?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-10-05 19:17:26
A spoof - or perhaps malicious - post claiming Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack hit the company's stock price. Does this cast doubt on the 'citizen journalism' concept or is it just good old-fashioned stock manipulation?
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Cisco sets its sights on $US34b collaboration market
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-03 01:57:53
If you drop into the Loft bar on Sydney's Lime Street Wharf during October you might see lots of Cisco logos and photojournalist Moshe Rosenzveig sitting at a terminal creating digital artwork. All in the name of Cisco's next big push: for a dominant position in what it believes will be a $US34b global market for collaboration tools and services.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-03 01:57:53
If you drop into the Loft bar on Sydney's Lime Street Wharf during October you might see lots of Cisco logos and photojournalist Moshe Rosenzveig sitting at a terminal creating digital artwork. All in the name of Cisco's next big push: for a dominant position in what it believes will be a $US34b global market for collaboration tools and services.
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Apple blocks uninformed App Store comments
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-09-29 18:13:58
Hoo-ray! Apple has moved to cut the crap from App Store reviews by only accepting reports from people that have actually downloaded the application in question.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-09-29 18:13:58
Hoo-ray! Apple has moved to cut the crap from App Store reviews by only accepting reports from people that have actually downloaded the application in question.
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Adobe taps Google to bolster CS4 help
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-09-24 17:26:06
Experienced users know that a Google search can often turn up the solution to a software problem even if the vendor's help files or support site don't have the answer. Now Adobe is making that process easier for its customers.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-09-24 17:26:06
Experienced users know that a Google search can often turn up the solution to a software problem even if the vendor's help files or support site don't have the answer. Now Adobe is making that process easier for its customers.
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ExitReality CEO explains product history and potential - iTWire podcast
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-09-22 19:46:34
ExitReality has just been released as a public beta. In this interview, CEO Danny Stefanic discusses the product's rationale, development and potential for 3D enhancement of both personal or enterprise web sites or blogs.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-09-22 19:46:34
ExitReality has just been released as a public beta. In this interview, CEO Danny Stefanic discusses the product's rationale, development and potential for 3D enhancement of both personal or enterprise web sites or blogs.
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NetSuite first Chrome-plated on-demand business suite: claim
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-09-08 03:02:59
Computing business applications provider NetSuite claims to be the first to officially support Google's new Chrome browser.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-09-08 03:02:59
Computing business applications provider NetSuite claims to be the first to officially support Google's new Chrome browser.
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Opinion: Web 2.0 - an inedible Pie!
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-01 23:43:54
The pie-in-the-sky hype surrounding "Web 2.0" seems to have enticed some organizations to the honey pot with less than impressive results. Buzzwords abound: is Web 2.0 the same as Web Services or SOA, and does Web 2.0 have to be implemented using AJAX techniques? Where are we now with all this, and where's it all leading?
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-01 23:43:54
The pie-in-the-sky hype surrounding "Web 2.0" seems to have enticed some organizations to the honey pot with less than impressive results. Buzzwords abound: is Web 2.0 the same as Web Services or SOA, and does Web 2.0 have to be implemented using AJAX techniques? Where are we now with all this, and where's it all leading?
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Google's answer to Wikipedia goes live
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-24 02:31:51
It's taken over six months for the wraps to come off, but Knol - Google's answer to Wikipedia - has gone live. Are you game to put your name where your mouth - er, keyboard - is?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-24 02:31:51
It's taken over six months for the wraps to come off, but Knol - Google's answer to Wikipedia - has gone live. Are you game to put your name where your mouth - er, keyboard - is?
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Apple says sorry to MobileMe customers, now full steam ahead!
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-16 20:02:10
Apple has apologised to .Mac/MobileMe customers for the 'rocky' transition and promised a 30-day extension to subscriptions as a sweetener.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-16 20:02:10
Apple has apologised to .Mac/MobileMe customers for the 'rocky' transition and promised a 30-day extension to subscriptions as a sweetener.
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MobileMe settling in, but users still unhappy
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-07-13 19:43:00
Apple's MobileMe (email, web publishing, data sharing and syncing, and remote-control) service came to life over the weekend following an uncomfortable transition from its predecessor, .Mac. In particular, going to the old www.mac.com home page now correctly redirects to www.me.com instead of yielding an 'under maintenance' message.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-07-13 19:43:00
Apple's MobileMe (email, web publishing, data sharing and syncing, and remote-control) service came to life over the weekend following an uncomfortable transition from its predecessor, .Mac. In particular, going to the old www.mac.com home page now correctly redirects to www.me.com instead of yielding an 'under maintenance' message.
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Flickr users to be paid for their pics!
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-09 19:13:21
Selected Flickr users will be invited to commercially licence their photos through one of the world's leading providers of images and other visual content. Under the scheme, users who submit good quality images to Flickr may see them offered to commercial and editorial customers under the Flickr brand.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-09 19:13:21
Selected Flickr users will be invited to commercially licence their photos through one of the world's leading providers of images and other visual content. Under the scheme, users who submit good quality images to Flickr may see them offered to commercial and editorial customers under the Flickr brand.
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As web legend Andreessen joins Facebook we ask what happens next?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-01 06:58:12
One has changed the face of social networking, the other changed the face of the web. Now that Facebook and Marc Andreessen have joined forces who knows what will change next...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-01 06:58:12
One has changed the face of social networking, the other changed the face of the web. Now that Facebook and Marc Andreessen have joined forces who knows what will change next...
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How the new Digg Recommendation Engine works
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-06-30 20:07:51
Filtering the 16,000 new entries on Digg every day is an impossible task, for a human. However, the Digg Recommendation Engine can do it for you by analysing your past activity and revealing what Diggers Like You have been looking at...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-06-30 20:07:51
Filtering the 16,000 new entries on Digg every day is an impossible task, for a human. However, the Digg Recommendation Engine can do it for you by analysing your past activity and revealing what Diggers Like You have been looking at...
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