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My latest ZDNet column is a potential doozy: Microsoft is leaping into hosted applications big time. InformationWeek reports that Microsoft plans to offer hosted implementations of SharePoint, CRM and ERP

According to a post on the Technorati blog today, the original blog search engine is in the process of replacing its old crawler with a new design in an attempt

On my ZDNet blog, I've reviewed the best Web Office products currently on the market. I believe some of these may be acquisition targets for Microsoft, Google or even Yahoo

Update: In the frenzy to cover this breaking story, we had high hopes for a Six Apart announcement that emerged today. After seeing the soon to be relaunched Blogs.com site,

Well not really, but it seems you can't get much attention these days without using a controversial headline :-) Yesterday I live-blogged the Webstock conference speeches of Ben Goodger (Lead

My ZDNet post today explores the reasons behind Google's new syndication format, GData. Like most people, Jeff Jarvis isn't sure what this means - and neither is Dave Winer. I'm

I recently signed up to MyBlogLog, which is a kind of instant social networking system for bloggers. It enables you to set up a community around your blog and -

On ZDNet I've written an article outlining some common elements of a modern website or app. A lot of the features and functionality of so-called Web 2.0 sites are now

On ZDNet I've just posted a lengthy analysis of the main Ajax homepages (aka personalized start pages): Over the past year many new AJAX homepages, aka personalized start pages, have

In Part 1 of my interview with digg founder Kevin Rose, we discussed digg's popularity, reputation systems and recent issues with GroupThink. In the second part of this interview, Kevin