Filed in archive Web 2.0
by S.M. Schrama on October 16, 2006
With the number of applications and websites that are released every week, using AJAX or similar technologies, it is only logical that if security leaks exist, they get noticed. Some say a lot of...
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Google bought Youtube a couple of days ago. Predictions were that Youtube would be sued to it's death because of the existance of copyrighted material on the site. And it is happening : Timewarner...
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When I wrote the article on Google's Docs&Spreadsheets versus Zoho, I was unde the impression that Zoho was about to release Virtual Office in the wild. But I was pretty sure I was mistaking,...
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While Zoho went for Single Sign-On for their applications, went in a slightly different direction and merged writely and Google Spreadsheet. The two applications can be found under docs.google.com,...
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A couple of days ago I reported on the rumors around the sale of Youtube to Google. Today it has become reality : Google has bought Youtube. Youtube says it will continue to operate independently. The...
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It is very frustrating when you buy something and need some help, little or no help or assistance is available from the website of the manufacturer. And as internetsales grow, I often buy stuff from...
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Zoho is still one of my favourites in webbased applications. Zoho offers a word processor, a spreadsheet app and a few others. One thing always bothered me though : you had to login to each...
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Microsoft announced it's Live Mail will come out of beta soon. Live Mail is supposed to become the successor of Hotmail, which they've bought back in 1998. So it seems this time they're...
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Last week I discussed the rumors, pros and cons of the expected sale of Youtube. It seems that analysts say anyone buying Youtube must be insane, as the company doesn't make any money. Well, as I...
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I have never liked forums much - with their static content and moderation, I know forums have been part of the grow into web2.0, but I never liked them. But a new kind of forum hs come alive recently...
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Everyone who blogs, from time to time or on a regular basis, knows there are quite some differences between all the interfaces to the different blog systems. Some of them can make your life hell,...
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I have to say it wouldn't surprise me at all if Google were to release Google Office as in the screenshot below : Allthough it is unsure whether these are real screenshots, they look like what...
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Google's Gadgets For Your Webpage has just been opened for use in any webpage. Before they could be very easily integrated into Google Pages, but Google has released the gadgets in to real world....
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After Mark Cuban's remarks on the moron that would by YouTube a big discussion started. Youtube is currently one of the biggest sites in internet video content, and is even used by the US...
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WalMart made an attempt to setup a Social Network, meant for schoolgoing kids, called TheHub. The point was obiously to get Walmart's younger customers to spend even more - so it was to be a...
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As a parent, I do not look forward to the day my little princess goes online. Especially because I consider myself more or less an insider - I spend a lot of time on the web and I do a......
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Google's Talk, the IM that's conveniently built into Gmail, is now open to anyone. Where it has previously only been open for Gmail customers, everyone can connect. New features are...
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The internet is slowly migrating with your television, as FOX puts more programs on Youtube's site for us to watch. It's called FOX Full Throttle and today there are 8 TV series available....
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Yahoo! has just announced the code to their e-mail, called the kings jewelry by some, will be opened. Yes, we're talking about the code for their e-mail and yes, they've only announced it, not...
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Filed in archive by S.M. Schrama on October 02, 2006
Recently I highlighted an issue around misuse (abuse ?) of digg, the site where you are supposed to vote for your favorite sites or articles. This time I would like to show you a site that is typical...
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