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  • Google Lets Yahoo Users Sign In With OpenID
    published on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:06:00 GMT
    Google is now allowing any Yahoo user to sign in to Google using OpenID, the company announced Tuesday. Anyone with a Yahoo account can start using Google's web apps with a new one-click sign up process. ...
  • Six Apart Shuts Down Vox
    published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:01:00 GMT
    Six Apart is shutting down its Vox blogging service. Users have until Sept. 30 to export their data to another free blog publishing service like Six Apart's TypePad. After that, Vox will be gone. ...
  • Google Testing Out Full-Featured Google Apps
    published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:00:00 GMT
    There's a sign of hope for frustrated Google Apps users who feel left out of getting all the cool toys regular Google users get: Google is inviting select users this week to test out Apps with all the bells and whistles....
  • Why Does 'Twitter API' Keep Asking for My Password?
    published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:11:00 GMT
    Sites around the web — including Wired.com — are getting splashed with a mysterious dialog Tuesday, thanks to a change in the way Twitter handles user authentication. ...
  • Twitter Moves to OAuth: The OAuthcalypse Is Nigh
    published on Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:30:00 GMT
    Twitter is killing support for basic user authentication in third-party apps on Tuesday morning. Instead, Twitter will now require all third-party app developers to use OAuth for user authentication. ...
  • Paul Allen Files Patent Lawsuits Against Entire Web ... Except Microsoft
    published on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:20:00 GMT
    Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has filed patent lawsuits against some of the net's largest companies, including Google and eBay, alleging they are violating patents he owns on recommendations and displaying information ...
  • Ad Firm Sued for Allegedly Re-Creating Deleted Cookies
    published on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:30:00 GMT
    Yet another large web company has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that re-creating deleted user cookies violates federal privacy laws. ...
  • Simplify CSS 3 With Online Code Generators
    published on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:30:00 GMT
    New advancements have made cascading style sheets much more powerful than they once were, but remembering all the new forms of syntax can be overwhelming. Sometimes, it?s simpler to let an automated tool do the hard work...
  • Vimeo Spreads HTML5 Love With Web-Native Video Player
    published on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT
    Video sharing site Vimeo has taken the HTML5 plunge one step further with a brand-new "universal" embeddable player aimed at mobile devices like the iPhone or the iPad. ...
  • Typekit Teams Up With Adobe to Offer More Web Fonts
    published on Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:00:00 GMT
    Typekit, the web service that helps designers use elaborate typefaces in their page designs, is celebrating its one year anniversary with a big announcement: The company has added 16 of Adobe's popular font families to T...