ReadWriteWeb: February 2009 Archives

Written by Rob Cottingham / February 28, 2009 11:18 PM / 5 Comments

Okay - have we all had a good long laugh at the digital cognoscenti who managed to get themselves infected by that Google Worm last week? Are we done yet? Continue reading »

SocialToo Dumps Auto DM Support

Written by Lidija Davis / February 28, 2009 10:49 AM / 11 Comments

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One of the biggest complaints we hear from Twitter users is the increase in Twitter auto direct message spam. You know, those "thanks for following me" DMs that include a Continue reading »

Facebook is Not Having a Good Month

Written by Lidija Davis / February 28, 2009 9:18 AM / 16 Comments

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While Facebook has been busy working on its new constitution in an effort to appease its increasingly anxious community over the past few days, the second application of dubious intent Continue reading »

Weekly Wrapup: Facebook Principles, Amazon Public Data, Times Open, And More...

Written by Richard MacManus / February 28, 2009 5:00 AM / 2 Comments

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In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarising the top stories of the week, we look into Facebook's controversial new "principles", check out the latest OpenID trends, cover Continue reading »

Amazon Caves to Author's Guild; Muzzles Reading Robots

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 27, 2009 4:13 PM / 18 Comments

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"Gather 'round children, it's time for story time with RoboGrandma - just make sure my batteries are charged!" This kind of blatant intellectual property violation will no longer be committed Continue reading »

Tasck and KonoLive: Two Approaches to To-Do Lists

Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 27, 2009 4:00 PM / 8 Comments

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We heard about a new to-do list service today: Tasck. Tasck is a web-based application that stands out because of the pure simplicity of the service. Another to-do list service, Continue reading »

Mufin Player: Music Jukebox With a Focus on Recommendations

Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 27, 2009 11:12 AM / 11 Comments

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Mufin, a music recommendation service we looked at a few times in the past, just released a stand-alone music player for Windows that combines some of the most interesting features Continue reading »

How Many Friends Can You Really Have on Facebook?

Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 27, 2009 9:00 AM / 26 Comments

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According to Cameron Marlow, Facebook's "in-house sociologist," that number is four if you are male and six if you are female. As the Economist reports this morning, Marlow's research indicates Continue reading »

A Newspaper Refuses to Die Quietly

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 27, 2009 7:47 AM / 20 Comments

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Denver's Rocky Mountain News daily paper is being closed by its owners the Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group. The newspaper had a difficult year economically, was put up for sale for Continue reading »

MySpace Continues to Play Catch-up but Is It Too Late?

Written by Rick Turoczy / February 27, 2009 12:34 AM / 18 Comments

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While it used to be a bit of a media darling, it's not often that we write about MySpace anymore, but they continue to plug along - as one of Continue reading »

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