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  • Get a quick and easy disposable e-mail address

    Here's a common hassle: You sign up for some freebie, promotion, or service that requires your e-mail address--and suddenly your inbox is deluged with ads, notifications, and other spam.

    Written by Rick Broida19 Feb. 11 06:59
  • Google kills H.264 support in Chrome

    Your move Apple: Google announced that they are changing Chrome's support of HTML5 'video' to be, in Google's view, more friendly towards open development. The H.264 codec is being removed in favor of the Theora and VP8 video codecs as well as any higher quality, open codecs. The resources that were used on H.264 will instead be used in supporting these open technologies.

    Written by Armando Rodriguez12 Jan. 11 10:50
  • Yahoo backs off killing Delicious

    One way to gage the popularity of a product is to propose killing it. Coca Cola found that out the hard way. Now Yahoo has discovered it too with its ill-conceived move to "sunset" the popular social bookmarking site Delicious. Unlike Coke, though, it has only taken 24 hours for Yahoo to change its tune on Delicious.

    Written by John P. Mello Jr.18 Dec. 10 10:31
  • Amazon responds to Google eBookstore with Kindle for web

    Amazon isn't accepting the launch of Google's eBookstore without a fight: the company will unveil a revamped Web-only version of its Kindle app today, according to a Computerworld report.

    Written by Brennon Slattery08 Dec. 10 03:22
  • WikiLeaks hounded across internet by hackers, U.S. Senator

    Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for WikiLeaks the site loses its URL and online data graphs, hackers continue to attack it, and U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is trying to hound the site out of existence. The outrage directed against the whistleblower site stems from WikiLeaks' decision in late November to publish a trove of more than 250,000 confidential U.S. diplomatic cables. The cables contain correspondence between American embassies throughout the world and the U.S. State Department.

    Written by Ian Paul04 Dec. 10 02:02
  • Pirate Bay guilty verdict upheld

    Three founders of The Pirate Bay lost their appeal to a Swedish court, and are still liable for months of prison time and millions of dollars for copyright infringement.

    Written by Jared Newman27 Nov. 10 07:03
  • Adobe shows off prototype tool for HTML5 animation

    Adobe uploaded a preview of its new (and perhaps overdue) prototype tool for HTML5 animation, codenamed "Adobe Edge" (not to be confused with Adobe's monthly newsletter) Monday.

    Written by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal29 Oct. 10 01:38
  • Twitter launches another scheme to make money

    As it warned us last week, Twitter launched another scheme today to exploit its 200 million users for advertising purposes. In addition, it took some baby steps toward smoothing relations between itself and third-party developers.

    Written by John P. Mello Jr.05 Oct. 10 09:18
  • The Web is Dead: Long Live the Cloud

    The tech world is all a-twitter (literally!) about an article in this month's Wired Magazine which announces "The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet". The article recites a litany of problems that are choking the Web: the rise of apps that replace use of a Web browser; the growth of uber-aggregation sites like Facebook that are closed platforms; the destruction of traditional advertising and replacement by Google, the semi-benevolent search monster; and even the move away from HTML and use of port 80-based apps.

    Written by Bernard Golden20 Aug. 10 02:03
  • Wikileaks' Afghan War Diary: An FAQ

    The world is still abuzz over the whistleblower site WikiLeaks, and its publication of more than 75,000 classified documents detailing the war in Afghanistan. WikiLeaks had previously sent the documents, along with 15,000 as yet unpublished files, to three newspapers worldwide that published separate reports about the documents.

    Written by Ian Paul28 July 10 05:42
  • iPhone fans fuming about preorder Web site woes

    While it may not be on the scale of the BP oil spill, Apple and AT&T do have a public relations debacle on their hands as iPhone fans are furious about the collapse of AT&T's online preorder system.

    Written by Brad Reed17 June 10 02:48
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