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March 2009 Archives

GhostNet: Turning Computers into Giant Bugs
Written by Lidija Davis / March 28, 2009 4:10 PM / 21 Comments
Researchers from the University of Toronto have discovered an online spying operation that has infiltrated in excess of 1,200 computers in over 100 countries according to a report today in Continue reading »


7 Resources to Help You Prepare for Conficker's D-Day
Written by Lidija Davis / March 28, 2009 11:13 AM / 13 Comments
Conficker a.k.a. Downadup, is causing global concern as we move closer to D-Day; April 1st, when the latest version of the worm, Conficker.C is due to be activated. While some Continue reading »


Weekly Wrapup: Ghost Twittering, Last.fm Charges, Future of Firefox, And More...
Written by Richard MacManus / March 28, 2009 5:00 AM / 6 Comments
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week, we discuss web apps that have stood the '30 day test' for our writers, Continue reading »


The Sorry State of the Newspaper Industry: Advertising Income Fell 16.6% in 2008
Written by Frederic Lardinois / March 27, 2009 4:39 PM / 22 Comments
The U.S. newspaper industry was already facing numerous challenges before the economy took a nosedive, but the latest data from the Newspaper Association of America shows that the current economic Continue reading »


Flickr Co-founder Unveils Her New Startup: Hunch
Written by Phil Glockner / March 27, 2009 2:22 PM / 46 Comments
People have been whispering about a new web application in development called Hunch. Today, Flickr co-founder and Hunch head honcho Caterina Fake divulged some more details about the new project Continue reading »


Still Shiny: 23 Apps We're Using One Month Later
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / March 27, 2009 1:29 PM / 15 Comments
Here at ReadWriteWeb we see hundreds of new apps, scripts, plug-ins and doo-das every week. We review some portion of those. Many we get excited about. But few stand the Continue reading »


Netflix Launches Better Personalization Features
Written by Frederic Lardinois / March 27, 2009 10:59 AM / 2 Comments
Netflix, the popular online DVD rental service, just announced a number of new features that will allow users to personalize their Netflix homepage to a greater extent than currently possible. Continue reading »


Study: TV Still Rules, But Online Video Has a Lot of Room to Grow
Written by Frederic Lardinois / March 27, 2009 9:58 AM / 2 Comments
Even though online video is clearly making its mark in the media landscape, TV is still the predominant means of media consumption for the average American. Indeed, according to a Continue reading »


Disstill: A Simple Tool to Filter Digg's RSS Feed
Written by Sarah Perez / March 27, 2009 5:40 AM / 3 Comments
If you like to follow the hottest news at Digg.com and use the Digg RSS feed to do so, you've probably been a little overwhelmed by the number of stories Continue reading »


Why Facebook Should Get Behind Uncrunch America
Written by Bernard Lunn / March 27, 2009 5:35 AM / 15 Comments
Facebook is a phenomenal success (at growing its network of users) and a miserable failure (at making money). Its attempts to make money have been mired in the Madison Avenue Continue reading »


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