Old news now of course :-) but surely the most devastating/interesting/wonderful technology announcement this year. Scoble has a round up of all the best bits on the new Google OpenSocial API that every social networking site on the planet is signing up to. Open Social is available here. Plaxo, Ning, MySpace, Beebo, Six Apart, Orkut, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Friendster, Oracle, Engage, the list goes...
Hoax? Apparently not. The British army are working on a James Bond style tank that is 'invisible'. Ready for service by 2012 we are told. LOL
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[As an aside to the main point in this post: One of the great things Microsoft does is put new buzzwords and buzz phrases into mainstream use.You'll remember 'Space' (as in 'the developer space'), surface (as in 'the design surface') and experience (as in 'user experience' and UX). Yep, you take them for granted now right? The latest one I've been hearing a...
Identity theft is nothing new but from the recent articles on Facebook security holes (example) you'd think it was a whole new danger unleashed on the globe. The good thing about all the press it gets is that it is now mainstream thinking to be wary of putting any personal information on sites (wherever they are hosted – Facebook, Microsoft, Google, etc). Thus, to reiterate, you should...
I've been watching Webb Alert since the day this little gem of a program started. 5 mins of tech news Mon-Thur, delivered in a humorous style by Morgan Webb.
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Oh man I wish I coulda been at Southwest Fox – do those crazy kids know how to run a conference!
Doug has the full rundown of Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4.
Congratulations to the team of Doug, Rick and Tamar on an amazing achievement.
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Interesting to read Anil Dash's comments on Apple smugness and then note that Leopard seems to be a victim of the very experience it mocks.
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Simple fix for those experiencing problems running Flash Video on Vista with IE7. Apparently this fixes the problem if it happens on XP as well.
(from Dan Fernandez with thanks to Brian Keller)
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Check out the Leopard versus Vista showdown.
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Everyone I know is on facebook. Everyone, that is, except Andrew Coates. Most of Australia thinks this is a ridiculous situation, and in an attempt to voice their concern, have created a special group on Facebook to note the conundrum. If you are on Facebook and share this concern, please voice it by joining the Convince Andrew Coates to Join Facebook group. Please invite your friends too. And...