Semantic search engine Hakia has just released a new social networking feature, called Meet Others (MO). The basic idea is to "meet others" who asked the same query. This is Continue reading »

The very controversial service PayPerPost, which pays bloggers small sums for writing about the products of advertisers, will change its name tomorrow to Izea. Izea will be the parent entity

The consumer product review site SharedReviews.com will announce tomorrow that it has taken an undisclosed sum of investment from parties in the domain buying industry. Those investors include Frank Schilling, Continue reading »

JumpBox is a virtual appliance platform that simplifies the deployment of server software on local machines. By utilizing virtual machines and cleverly packaging an operating system, web server, database, application, Continue reading »

Digg's Jay Adelson has an interview in today's London Guardian that includes a few interesting nuggets concerning the future of the site. Yet more social features are coming and further Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/business_finance/Google_Stock_Mania_Continues_700_share'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Google's stock price broke $700 for the first time today, reaching as high as $704.79 in morning trading. That means Continue reading »

Dot-com era tech business magazine "The Industry Standard" will be making a triumphant return in the form of a blog and community site in December, reports Reuters. Founded in San

A few weeks ago, Werner Vogels, the CTO of Amazon, published a long technical paper on his blog about Amazon's highly available storage system called Dynamo. The paper itself Continue reading »

Techcrunch has sniffed out details on Google's new social network project, named OpenSocial (set to go live Thur US). OpenSocial is not a social network itself, rather it is a Continue reading »

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and a number of other organizations will hold a press conference tomorrow calling for the creation of a national "Do-Not-Track" list, according to a report today