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Microsoft Launches Test of Office Live

Microsoft Corp. is launching a free test version of Office Live, one pillar in the company's plans to compete with the likes of Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. by making more products and services that run over the Internet.

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Warning Against Using Myspace Profile 2.0

Yesterday when I tried to 'upgrade' my myspacefakirscanada account to profile 2.0., my profile and account disappeared altogether. Myspace's response to my email requesting help getting my profile back? An email promoting the "benefits" of using profile 2.0.

New Facebook for iPhone Teaser Shows Why Touchscreens Kick Butt
Source: Mashable!

There's really no question that the iPhone is the software benchmark in the mobile market. The platform itself has something to do with Facebook's ability to built this next iteration of the iPhone software.

Why Yahoo Japan Is Worth Nearly As Much As Yahoo
Source: TechCrunch

Yahoo's stake in Yahoo Japan is often cited as one of its most valuable assets, and indeed Yahoo is considering selling it as a quick fix to appease angry shareholders in the U.S.

How Accurate Are Listings On Real Estate Sites?
Source: TechCrunch

How comprehensive are these sites, and how accurate are their listings? Trulia offers 3.5 million listings nationwide, and Zillow has 3.1 million. But people look for houses in local markets, not nationwide. What matters is comprehensiveness withing local market

Yahoo Buzz Opens Doors To Everyone
Source: TechCrunch

Until now only a hundred or so invited publishers could post news to Buzz. This was a big plug - Yahoo pushes a few Yahoo Buzz stories to their home page every day, resulting in huge, server-melting traffic surges to the lucky third party sites.

Oh happy day — the new Delicious is here
Source: Delicious/tags/Cookie411

Over the past few days we've been transitioning Delicious over to our new platform, quietly starting with RSS feeds and APIs.

Things I Want to See in the iPhone 2.1 Update
Source: derekrossler.com

Fixes, bugs and new features that NEED to be in the v2.1 update for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

iPhone and iPod Touch App Review - Instapaper

So with the recent release of the 2.0 firmware and the new App Store, I thought about possibly trying to develop something on the iPhone and iPod Touch platform. So I picked up an 8GB iPod Touch for $199, a steal.

Latest iPhone Firmware Saves Pictures from Safari
Source: Gizmodo

At last! The latest beta version of Apple's iPhone 1.2.0 firmware gives you the possibility of saving pictures straight from Safari and into the Photo Album.

iPhone contacts search and meeting invite revealed in beta
Source: Engadget

Remember that sweet little magnifying glass from the iPhone SDK demo? Well apparently we all weren't having a shared hallucination -- it's in the enterprise version of firmware 2.0.

Latest iPhone 2.0 beta reveals 3G chipset, HSDPA support
Source: Apple Insider

Hidden away in the latest test firmware for iPhone developers is the mention of the chipset that will power third-generation cellular Internet access in Apple's next generation of the device.

AJAX patent threat to giants under the hammer

A patent scheduled for sale next month in San Francisco could threaten some of the biggest players on the internet leading Web 2.0.

Exposed: iPhone 2.0's parental controls, advanced calculator
Source: Apple Insider

Leaked copies of Apple's iPhone software version 2.0, not due for public consumption until June, reveal a glimpse at upcoming features such as parental controls and a more advanced version of the handset's embedded calculator application.

Wordpress 2.5 Demo Site
Source: wp.chrisjohnston.org

A demo site for the most current development version of WordPress. Version 2.5 has a scheduled release in March/April of 2008

Crunchies celebrate Web 2.0 successes, work to be done
Source: Ars Technica

As Macworld '08 wrapped up last week, the first annual Crunchies award ceremony for Internet companies was just getting started.

Run Web Apps on your Desktop

Including Gmail! You can pretty display any website as a local application using Mozilla's Prism (Beta). It's multi-platform, but Windows is the most supported as of now. All you do is run the app, and an explorer "Properties"- like window opens up. Type in the URL of the site.

The Liberal Twelve Day of Christmas (Video and Lyrics)
Source: forthardknox.com

On the twelve day of Christmas, the liberals gave to me: Twelve senators failing, Eleven percent approval, Ten paychecks burning, Ninety-thousand freezing, No more secret ballots, Six troop-funding cuts, Hillary's Woodstock Museuuuuuum, Four bucks a gallon, Al Franken ranting,  …

Visit These Web 2.0 Links!
Source: forthardknox.com

These articles show you how to make Web 2.0 work for you...great resource list.

PS3 firmware 2.00 Launches Tomorrow
Source: ps3fanboy.com

You've been waiting for it. Firmware 2.00 is finally coming out this week: tomorrow, to be precise. This update, which has been a year in the making, was supposed to herald a new era of functionality for PS3. Many expected in-game XMB, additional video codecs, and more.

The Top Five Personalized RSS Portals

As the information flow has increased with not just the media but the blogs providing more and more analysis and news, it is tough to really sift through the important and discard the unimportant. A lot of news and information also comes through one's emails.

Microsoft new apps
Source: CNET News.com

popfly, silverlight, cdragon new microsoft 2.0 services

Adify Inks Advertising Network Deals Across Web 2.0 With E-Consultancy, Ecademy and Blognation
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Adify Corporation, the pioneering internet advertising innovators whose platform enables any entrepreneur or enterprise to build expert vertical advertising networks of quality online publishers, announced today that the three leading UK based web 2.0 publishers Blognation, Ecade …

MakeUseOf Definitely a Web 2.0 Directory Competitor
Source: www.thefattytalks.com

As I am a Guest Writer on MakeUseOf (.com), I thoroughly checked out the site.

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