Technology
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Microsoft Windows Live Review
So I’m certainly not the world’s biggest Microsoft fan. Lots of their software is bloated and dumb (see FrontPage and Project). But let’s admit it– they sell software that (nearly) anyone who has a computer on their desk at work uses every day to pretty good effect (see Word and Outlook). They’ve lately been put…
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Yahoo! Widgets Advertising: Cup-A-Lerter
The other day I was upgrading to Konfabulator 3.0 , otherwise known as Yahoo! Widgets. A “widget” is basically a little piece of software that does a simple task, usually by querying a database on the internet or some other source via web services. There are widgets for stocks, the time of day, sports schedules,…
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Yahoo! Buys del.icio.us
So Yahoo! bought del.icio.us, the second-best social bookmarking service after Yahoo! My Web 2.0. All the cool kids are going to whine & moan, I’m sure. I wonder what they’ll do. Best thing they could do #1 is import all del.icio.us links into My Web– worry about users later.
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Google Transit: Me Want for Chicago
Google just launched Transit, which is a public transportation trip planner. Currently only works for the city of Portland, so that’s not a real lot of use for us here in Chicago. On the issue of expansion, they say this in their FAQ: 2. What cities are included in the Google Transit Trip Planner? Currently,…
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Testing out Y!Q
What if there was a concrete incentive to play with some of the stuff we’ve been building? Like maybe a cold, hard $5,000. That’d buy you a nice new