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Channel: Web 2.0
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Google Chrome OS Notebooks from Samsung, Acer Ready to Launch
As Google (news, site ) gets ready to unleash the Chrome OS, hardware makers such as Samsung are preparing their products to run the web-based OS.
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Live from London: Internet World 2011 #iwexpo
Today sees the kickoff for Internet World 2011 and we'll bring you all the news and events throughout the three days of speeches, keynotes, news and any rumors or gossip that emerges. Facebook's (and Your) Future The first keynote is already underway, from Facebook on the future of the social
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Take a Web Video Speed Test with Vzaar
Online video service Vzaar (news, site ) has a tool to help check whether your connection is as good as it should be for online video viewing. Watch Me, I'm a Video Web video viewers can now measure their capability for watching online videos.
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Amazon's Cloud Drive Points Way to Remote Data Future
Amazon (news, site) has beaten Apple, Sony and others to the punch with an all-cloud music service, so you can play your tunes on any device. Is Your Music Free or in Prison? Most digital music providers have been looking at an easier Web 2.0 solution than
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Internet Explorer 9 Launches as Firefox 4 Warms Up Nicely
Microsoft's (news, site) latest browser is now official for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users, while Firefox 4's final test is publically available. Just Browsing Microsoft's newest browser launched this week, but only for Windows 7 or Vista users, leaving millions of XP users with IE8 or
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Web Analytics and Business Intelligence on the iPad
Tibco (news, site ) has just unveiled its latest Spotfire Web Player update, providing any iPad-toting web admin a new and impressive way to show their daily stats.
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Omnium Enhances eLearning, Engages Students Socially
Though we are already 10 years into the new millennium, many educators are still only talking about 21 century teaching. Years spent discussing the merits of social media, interactive learning and collaborative instruction have slowly developed schools and technologies dedicated to delivering platforms that integrate and enhance the educational experience.
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Google Social Search Steps into Beta, Challenges Facebook?
Google has challenged popular networks like Facebook and further blurred the line between social networking and search by graduating their Social Search tool to beta for all Google users. Keep Tabs On Everything, and Everyone Here’s how it works: First, check out your Google profile. Here’s a shot of mine:
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SeeWhy Mixes Email Marketing with Abandonment Tracker
We’ve been following SeeWhy (news, site ) since the inception of their so-called abandonment tracker, a tool primarily designed to lure waffling e-commerce customers into purchasing. Many people have been (understandably) a bit skeptical about the tool.
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Reminder: Privacy is Dead!
Former Sun Microsystems (news, site ) CEO Scott McNealy is credited for stating: "Privacy is dead - get over it!" And while being reminded that our confidentiality is quickly drowning in the digital age can't hurt, whether or not we should "get over it"--or better yet, whether or
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Get Creative! Chrome Extensions Now On by Default
So, you know how almost every time we talk about Google Chrome we make sure to mention its simplicity and lack of bloating extras? Well, you can forget all that because Google recently announced that future development builds of the speedy browser will have extension support flicked on by default.
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SpringSource Buys Cloud Foundry, Java Goes Skyward
Though they themselves were just acquired by VMware, it appears that SpringSource (news, site) isn’t taking a second of down time. This week the company exercised its own wallet by picking up Cloud Foundry, a new-ish startup focused on pushing Java into the cloud.
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Skype May Soon Be a Casualty of Licensing War
Skype fans, we have something to tell you and you’re not gonna to like it: your Internet telephony service of choice may soon be defunct.
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Launchpad Takes Off Into Open Source Space
Canonical (news, site), commercial sponsor of the well-known Ubuntu Linux distribution, Bazaar, Launchpad and several other projects, has just opened up. Wide.
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