ReadWriteWeb: December 2007 Archives

Apple Kills a Blog; Let's Keep it in Context, Though

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / December 20, 2007 4:39 PM / 20 Comments

Today is a sad day. Plucky college kid Nick Ciarelli has agreed to close down his Apple rumor blog, Think Secret. Ciarelli has been publishing the site since he was Continue reading »

Meetup: The Secret Campaign Weapon?

Written by Josh Catone / December 20, 2007 4:26 PM / 3 Comments

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Web metrics firm Compete released their latest "Candidate FaceTime" metric yesterday, which measures how many hours people are spending across the social networking profiles of US presidential candidates. Not surprisingly, Continue reading »

2500 Hulu Invites for ReadWriteWeb Readers

Written by Josh Catone / December 20, 2007 3:08 PM / 7 Comments

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The folks over at Hulu have made 2500 invites available for the closed beta of the Hulu service for ReadWriteWeb readers. Hulu is a joint venture between News Corp. and Continue reading »

BitTorrent Site Loses Court Case for "Destroying Evidence"

Written by Josh Catone / December 20, 2007 2:21 PM / 1 Comments

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Popular BitTorrent search engine TorrentSpy lost a copyright case brought against it in a US cought by the Motion Picture Association of America by default for destroying evidence, reports the Continue reading »

Internet TV: 2007 Year in Review

Written by Steve O'Hear, last100 editor / December 20, 2007 4:20 AM / 6 Comments

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From YouTube’s continued dominance, the television networks’ newfound willingness to experiment online, the rise of the desktop Internet TV application, and a number of new PC-to-TV devices and set-top Continue reading »

Talis: Evangelizing and Quietly Enabling the Semantic Web

Written by Guest Author / December 20, 2007 1:49 AM

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This is a guest post by by Zach Beauvais. Talis is a bit different than most web 2.0 startups we hear about. It is a 40 year-old technology company with Continue reading »

Email Standards Project: Yahoo! Signs on 100%, GMail Bad

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / December 19, 2007 8:47 PM / 7 Comments

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Yahoo! representatives have agreed to adhere to 100% of the recommendations for email clients made by the Email Standards Project, according to the group. The Email Standards Project (ESP) is Continue reading »

Google Hires People for Feedback on Search Results - Is Anyone Surprised?

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / December 19, 2007 7:15 PM / 6 Comments

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TechnologyReview has published an interview with Google's Director of Research, Peter Norvig, where it's acknowledged that the search giant hires individuals to look at search results pages and provide their Continue reading »

New York Times to Run Amateur News Videos

Written by Josh Catone / December 19, 2007 6:24 PM

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The New York Times is planning to begin running "citizen" videos about the US presidential primary elections on the paper's web site later this week, reports Beet.TV. The videos will Continue reading »

Facebook Launches Friend Lists - Still Not Ready for Business

Written by Josh Catone / December 19, 2007 5:15 PM / 6 Comments

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Facebook finally rolled out their long awaited friend lists feature today. The feature allows users to create groups of friends and has been seen as a necessary step for Facebook Continue reading »

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