After only 3-4 months of general release, distributed social network MyBlogLog has been bought by Yahoo for an estimated $10-12M. This adds to Yahoo's collection of trendy Web 2.0 apps Continue reading »

Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus Last week it was reported that Browster, one of the first companies to deliver previews of web pages, is done. Browster Continue reading »

Yahoo issued a slew of press releases today, at CES, all about their mobile Internet services. The main news is the launch of Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 (now available Continue reading »

Web Security firm Finjan has just released their Q4 2006 report on web threats, which includes describing two cases of web 2.0 hacker attacks, on Wikipedia and MySpace. What's more, Continue reading »

Bill Gates' keynote at CES was webcast live by Microsoft. This keynote was entitled 'Connected Experiences' and a relaxed-looking Bill Gates kicked things off by cracking a joke about how, Continue reading »

It's going to be a big week of tech news, as Apple's Macworld conference and expo in San Francisco goes head-to-head with the 40th annual CES (Consumer Electronics Association) show Continue reading »

Written by Alex Iskold Earlier this week we wrote about The Race to beat Google. In that article we discussed various approaches that startups are taking trying to unseat the Continue reading »

In the current Read/WriteWeb poll (see below), we're asking what 'search 2.0' concepts you think stand the best chance of beating Google. The results so far are interesting, because Artificial Continue reading »

Metalink is a new technology that makes it easier and faster to get large files. It's kind of like a playlist for such files (they can be FTP, HTTP, or Continue reading »

Interesting development from Microsoft - and one that makes perfect sense given their media device strengths (a.k.a. stranglehold over the OS). Microsoft has released a Windows Live for TV beta. Continue reading »