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April 2009 Archives

StumbleUpon's Web Toolbar Gets Smarter
Written by Frederic Lardinois / April 27, 2009 9:56 AM / 1 Comments
StumbleUpon, the popular content recommendation service, just launched a major new version of its web toolbar, which brings the StumbleUpon experience to users without having to install a browser extension. Continue reading »


Uh-oh! Time to Patch Google Chrome
Written by Sarah Perez / April 27, 2009 7:26 AM / 3 Comments
Earlier this month, a problem was discovered in Google's new web browser, Google Chrome, that would have allowed an attacker to launch and run scripts on a compromised machine. The Continue reading »


Opera Reports Explosive Mobile Web Growth Worldwide
Written by Sarah Perez / April 27, 2009 6:52 AM / 6 Comments
If you need any more proof of how fast the mobile web is growing, just look at the latest numbers coming out of Opera today. The company is reporting a Continue reading »


TidyRead Deals Blow to Display Ads, Enables User Tune-Out
Written by Jolie O'Dell / April 26, 2009 8:30 PM / 22 Comments
Nothing better illustrates the brokenness of the Internet's most traditional revenue model than the recent crop of ad-stripping services. "Users want to have a clean layout to read a Continue reading »


New RWW Writer: Jolie O'Dell
Written by Richard MacManus / April 26, 2009 7:40 PM / 34 Comments
We'd like to welcome a new daily writer to our team of Web enthusiasts: Jolie O'Dell. Jolie is a journalist, blogger, and video blogger. In the past, she has worked Continue reading »


Smub.it: Dead Simple Link-Sharing Via Mobile
Written by Jolie O'Dell / April 26, 2009 7:00 PM / 5 Comments
Smub.it offers a drop-dead simple social sharing and bookmarking tool that proves especially useful for iPhone and other smart phone users. Smub, which stands for "smart multi-use bookmarking," requires Continue reading »


Cartoon: Follower Addiction
Written by Rob Cottingham / April 26, 2009 2:03 PM / 12 Comments
The worst virus on Twitter isn't Mikeyy or any of its variants. It's the virulent strain of viral nuttiness that possesses people to jump at any dodgy opportunity to Get Continue reading »


Wolfram|Alpha: Our First Impressions
Written by Frederic Lardinois / April 25, 2009 8:52 PM / 83 Comments
The hype around Wolfram|Alpha, the next "Google killer" from the makers of Mathematica, has been building over the last few weeks. Today, we were lucky enough to attend a one-hour Continue reading »


The iGoogle Meme Generator
Written by Phil Glockner / April 25, 2009 4:20 PM / 3 Comments
There are thousands of Google gadgets you can add to your iGoogle pages, from email checkers, games, even (wow, over 70) Twitter clients. The framework for these gadgets is flexible, Continue reading »


How the OAuth Security Battle Was Won, Open Web Style
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / April 25, 2009 10:17 AM / 25 Comments
Last Friday was a hot day in Sebastopol, California. Eran Hammer-Lahav rolled into town hours after finding out that there was a security hole in his pet project for the Continue reading »


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