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Can Panels.net Make Useful, Real Time Pop-ups?
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / November 28, 2008 2:28 PM / 8 Comments
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You've probably seen lots of services that put pop up windows on top of links in web pages - usually for advertising and often in unhelpful places on the page. Continue reading »


Today is the Second Annual Blue Beanie Day
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / November 28, 2008 10:12 AM / 7 Comments
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Today marks the second annual "Blue Beanie Day," an international online event in support of web design standards and accessibility. Participants post photos of themselves wearing blue beanies, or stocking Continue reading »


EFF To Apple: Free Speech Isn't a DMCA Violation
Written by Sarah Perez / November 28, 2008 5:58 AM / 29 Comments
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Apple has always been very protective over their proprietary software. The company doesn't want anything but iTunes to control an iPod - and for good reason, too. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/EFF_To_Apple_Free_Speech_Isn_t_a_DMCA_Violation';digg_bgcolor Continue reading »


Yahoo's New VideoTagGame Lets You Tag Within Videos
Written by Sarah Perez / November 28, 2008 5:00 AM / 3 Comments
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The transfer of human intelligence to the machine is something the internet makes easy to do. With reCAPTCHA, we keep spammers at bay while helping digitize old books, Amazon's Mechanical Continue reading »


Secrecy or Transparency? One Startup's Experience
Written by RWW Sponsor / November 27, 2008 7:00 PM / 7 Comments
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Editor's note: we're currently running a series of posts from our long-term sponsors, focused on use cases and business advice. We hope you find these posts useful and we encourage Continue reading »


7 Fun Facts for Thanksgiving
Written by Lidija Davis / November 27, 2008 2:10 PM / 5 Comments
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Celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving is considered an important day by most Americans; a time to take stock of all the things we are thankful for. So Continue reading »


NaNoWriMo: 'National Novel Writing Month' Still Going Strong After 10 Years
Written by Richard MacManus / November 27, 2008 1:43 PM / 4 Comments
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5 years ago, before this blog was a media business, I participated in NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month. It's an annual creative writing project, in which participants try to Continue reading »


One Year Later, Too Many People Are Still Using TinyURL
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / November 27, 2008 8:30 AM / 32 Comments
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One year ago link shortening service TinyURL experienced an extended period of down time and we argued that the outage illustrated serious risks associated with the service. One year later, Continue reading »


IBM: Talking Web Will be Commonplace in 5 Years
Written by Richard MacManus / November 27, 2008 6:00 AM / 11 Comments
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Every year IBM releases a "Next Five in Five" list, a list of innovations that "have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next Continue reading »


Nimbuzz IM for the iPhone: Friendly to Fat Fingers
Written by Rick Turoczy / November 27, 2008 12:20 AM / 1 Comments
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One of the common complaints about the Apple iPhone - beyond the inability to cut and paste - has been that such a powerful communications platform is sorely lacking in Continue reading »


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