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OpenID Foundation Introduces New Executive Director
Written by Rick Turoczy / February 20, 2009 1:47 AM / 3 Comments
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The awareness of OpenID continues to grow. At the same time, the OpenID Foundation - the organization founded to promote, protect, and enable OpenID technologies and community - has been Continue reading »


Facebook Launches Commenting Widget
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 19, 2009 9:41 PM / 21 Comments
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Facebook launched its first social widget for use outside of Facebook's own site today: the Comments Box. The Comments Box is a comments widget that was built on top of Continue reading »


10 Feature Requests For Google
Written by Richard MacManus / February 19, 2009 7:53 PM / 18 Comments
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Earlier this week we ran a competition to win a free ticket to Google I/O, Google's conference for web developers being held May 27 - 28, 2009 in San Francisco. Continue reading »


Ben Goodger on Google Chrome
Written by Richard MacManus / February 19, 2009 5:07 PM / 7 Comments
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Ben Goodger, who leads the UI team of Google Chrome, presented today at the Webstock conference about browsers. He said that Google decided to build Chrome simply because "browsers suck". Continue reading »


ReadWriteWeb Guide to the SXSW Web Awards Finalists
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 19, 2009 11:43 AM / 10 Comments
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Next month Austin, Texas will fill to the brim with geeks from all around the world gathered to attend the South by Southwest Interactive festival. While smaller than the Music Continue reading »


Intellipedia: Intelligence Agencies' Wiki Suffers Midlife Crisis
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 19, 2009 11:22 AM / 6 Comments
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Did you know that the U.S. intelligence agencies use a wiki to share information? The Intellipedia project was launched in April 2006. Sixteen agencies of the U.S. intelligence community have Continue reading »


The Great Gig in the Sky: Using Flickr for Astronomy
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 19, 2009 10:16 AM / 2 Comments
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Flickr hosts a wide range of beautiful images, but a new project built on top of Flickr's API only focuses on photos of the night sky from amateur astronomers. The Continue reading »


How Japanese Newspapers are Trying to Save Themselves
Written by Sarah Perez / February 19, 2009 6:54 AM / 10 Comments
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Hint: They're Using iPhone Apps The newspaper industry is in a downward death spiral, having been severely impacted by new technologies, the ubiquity of internet access, and a rise in Continue reading »


James Patterson To Release "Crowdwritten" Novel Next Month
Written by Sarah Perez / February 19, 2009 5:54 AM / 23 Comments
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Best-selling crime author James Patterson will release a new kind of novel next month - one that's been collaboratively written with the crowd. Called AirBorne, the upcoming novel will feature Continue reading »


ReadWriteWeb France Catches Up with Matt Mullenweg
Written by Rick Turoczy / February 19, 2009 2:30 AM / 28 Comments
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While Matt Mullenweg was in France for WordCamp Paris 2009, the team from ReadWriteWeb France took the opportunity to catch up with him and ask him a few questions about Continue reading »


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