ReadWriteWeb: August 2008 Archives

How to: Start Using Greasemonkey in Under 5 Minutes

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 25, 2008 2:37 PM / 21 Comments

Greasemonkey is a powerful Firefox add-on that lets you change the appearance and functionality of almost any page on the web. Most people don't know how to write Javascript, though, Continue reading »

RWW Live: Online Music (Special Guests From Imeem, Yahoo Music, Rhapsody)

Written by Richard MacManus / August 25, 2008 2:30 PM / 2 Comments

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The latest episode of RWW Live, our live podcast show, is set to begin shortly at 3.30pm PST (6.30pm EST). This week's topic is online music and we have 3 Continue reading »

Mixi Brings Sophisticated OpenID to Millions of Japanese Users

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 25, 2008 11:45 AM / 4 Comments

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Mixi, the giant Japanese social network, announced last week that it is now acting as an OpenID provider. The implementation is particularly sophisticated, Six Apart's David Recordon says they are Continue reading »

Digg Crowdsources Convention Interviews

Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 25, 2008 9:59 AM / 2 Comments

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Just in time for the first day of the Democratic Convention in the U.S., Kevin Rose today announced a new feature on Digg: Digg Dialogg. The idea here is to Continue reading »

OpenClip Is Closed Again

Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 25, 2008 9:13 AM / 2 Comments

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Just a few days ago, we wrote about OpenClip - an open framework for implementing copy and paste on the iPhone. Developer Zac White had found a loophole that allowed Continue reading »

Online Accounting: State of the Market

Written by Richard MacManus / August 24, 2008 11:32 PM / 43 Comments

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Accounting software for small business and personal use is increasingly moving from the desktop to online. However, compared to other office software, this transition to online has been relatively slow. Continue reading »

Poll: Streaming Music Services

Written by Richard MacManus / August 24, 2008 8:51 PM / 16 Comments

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This week's RWW Live podcast show (Monday 3.30pm PST) is on the topic of online music. We have 2-3 very special guests (so far we have representatives from Yahoo and Continue reading »

Four Ad-Free Ways that Mined Data Can Make Money

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 24, 2008 10:14 AM / 17 Comments

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Machines can do wonderful things. Side by side with the rise of a new world of publishers, the computer scientists of the world are cranking it up as well - Continue reading »

Poll: Should Tech PR Agents Vote For Their Clients in Polls?

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 24, 2008 9:17 AM / 5 Comments

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One of the many philosophical questions that came up in this year's fabulous Gnomedex conference was whether PR agents should vote for their clients in anonymous online polls or not. Continue reading »

Weekly Wrapup, 18-22 August 2008

Written by Richard MacManus / August 23, 2008 5:00 AM / 3 Comments

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It's the weekend, so time to review the week's web tech news, reviews and analysis on ReadWriteWeb. On the product side we looked at the first reported Android phone, checked Continue reading »

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