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January 2008 Archives

Mozilla's New CEO Talks DataPortability and the Future of Firefox
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / January 14, 2008 7:46 PM / 3 Comments
Sean Ammirati posted a 20 minute podcast interview and transcript with new Mozilla CEO John Lilly tonight and Lilly has some interesting things to share about the future of the Continue reading »


Sophomoric Pranks Do Not a Journalist Make
Written by Josh Catone / January 14, 2008 5:30 PM / 10 Comments
Last week gadget blog Gizmodo admitted to pulling a prank at CES 2008 in which they used a device to turn off TVs on the exhibit floor and during company Continue reading »


Brand Squatting: What To Do About It?
Written by Richard MacManus / January 14, 2008 2:58 PM / 61 Comments
A couple of days ago I received the following email, from a Mr Vladislav Sobolev, who I'd never heard of before: "Hi, I am going to launch ReadWriteWeb.mobi, the Continue reading »


How to Find the Weirdest Stuff on the Internet
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / January 14, 2008 10:57 AM / 27 Comments
There's no shortage of weird stuff on the internet, but how can you find the weirdest? The following is a demonstration of how you can use a handful of different Continue reading »


To Catch A (MySpace) Predator - MySpace Beefs Up Safety Measures
Written by Josh Catone / January 14, 2008 10:57 AM / 1 Comments
Last July MySpace deleted the profiles of more than 29,000 registered sex offenders who had been using the social networking site. The sheer number of sex offenders using the site Continue reading »


Google Unveils Slicker, Faster iPhone Interface
Written by Richard MacManus / January 14, 2008 10:49 AM / 1 Comments
According to our network blog last100, Google unveiled a new user interface today for its iPhone Web apps. Daniel Langendorf reports: "With Google for the iPhone, users will get Continue reading »


Netflix Launches Preemptive Strike Against Apple - Unlimited Streaming
Written by Josh Catone / January 14, 2008 9:03 AM
With Apple expected to announce iTunes movie rentals at the Macworld conference this week, Netflix eased the restrictions on its movie streaming service. Starting today, all subscribers save those on Continue reading »


Lifestreaming: a ReadWriteWeb Primer
Written by Richard MacManus / January 14, 2008 12:31 AM / 19 Comments
Lifestreaming, according to Wordspy, is "an online record of a person's daily activities, either via direct video feed or via aggregating the person's online content such as blog posts, Continue reading »


Xobni: Social Network in Your Inbox
Written by Sarah Perez / January 14, 2008 12:08 AM / 7 Comments
Xobni (that's inbox backwards - cute!) is the next big idea in productivity enhancements for your inbox. The Xobni software is an add-on for Microsoft Outlook that offers email management Continue reading »


Weekly Wrapup, 7-11 January 2008
Written by Richard MacManus / January 12, 2008 4:23 PM / 3 Comments
Here is a summary of the week's Web Tech action on ReadWriteWeb, the first full working week of 2008! Highlights this week: Our coverage of CES, including Web product Continue reading »


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