The UK has its own Web 2.0 Conference on 11 November in Brighton, in the form of d.Construct: "d.Construct 2005 is the UKís first grassroots Web 2.0 conference. It is

Summary: My Day 1 impressions of Windows/Office Live are positive and I think Microsoft is taking up the challenge of an increasingly Web-based software world, while at the same time

As part of the news this morning (my coverage here), Microsoft has released a website called live.com. It appears to be start.com under a new name - i.e. the RSS

Microsoft just announced its new Web-based Windows and 'software as a service' strategies. After first announcing the Xbox 360 will be released on Nov 22 in North America, Gates talked

I was quoted in an IDG InfoWorld story, entitled Gates, Ozzie seen unveiling hosted services next week: "Some prominent Microsoft watchers, such as Richard MacManus, also have suggested a hosted

Lots to eat today in Dot Oh Cafe. Here are some of the tasty tidbits that caught my eye as I perused the tech.memeorandum and Rojo menus: Google's smorgasbord classifieds

WebDosBeta is Spain's equivalent of the Web 2.0 Conference and it was held on 24 October in Madrid. I noticed it the other day in Technorati's Top 10 searches, but

Looks like the Web 2.0 Naysayers are starting to drown out those of us who've been preaching the 2.0 Gospel. Joel on Software, who has a lot of influence in

By now most of you know that Flock, a trendy new Mozilla-based "social web browser", has gone live. Because it's said to be a quintessential Web 2.0 application, I feel

The Times of UK reports: "Google has dropped the Gmail name for its e-mail service in the UK following a long-running row with a small British company that has claimed