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  • Coming to a Website Near You: Google '+1' Sharing Button
    published on Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:47:00 GMT
    Google introduces a new sharing button for the web -- called the "+1" button. Ostensibly about making search better, the button also adds one more piece the search giant can use to build a Facebook competitor. ...
  • Burning Question: Why Do DVDs Still Have Region Codes?
    published on Mon, 30 May 2011 11:00:00 GMT
    Regional codes may seem outdated, but movie studios like the idea of them for the sake of protecting publishers and distributors. ...
  • Drink Up HTML5, It's Last Call
    published on Fri, 20 May 2011 14:12:00 GMT
    After more than 3 years of development, the World Wide Web Consortium has voted to move the HTML5 draft specification to Last Call status. That means HTML5 is about to crawl out of the dark pub and into the harsh morning...
  • Bing Boosts Facebook Options to Outdo Google on Social Front
    published on Mon, 16 May 2011 20:38:00 GMT
    Bing is mixing more Facebook into its search results, gambling that social networking will make search better -- and that its rival Google can't keep up. ...
  • Create a Hyperlocal Leaks Site
    published on Wed, 11 May 2011 20:00:00 GMT
    WikiLeaks has changed the way whistleblowers, document-leak sites and media organizations operate. In its wake, other similar sites where users can anonymously submit documents are cropping up, many with a hyperlocal or ...
  • Adobe Envisions Brave New World of Web Layouts With 'CSS Regions'
    published on Tue, 10 May 2011 14:38:00 GMT
    Adobe wants to bring fancy, magazine-style layout tools to web design and the company is turning to web standards to make it happen. ...
  • Sites That Share Your Chrome Cache
    published on Wed, 04 May 2011 11:00:00 GMT
    When a webcam isn?t invasive enough: Now there are sites that let people track your browser history. ...
  • Save Zuckerberg's Friendster Profile (or Yours) Before It Dies
    published on Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:10:00 GMT
    Friendster is erasing large chunks of their social networking profiles, as it transforms into a game and entertainment site. But with the deletion, we are losing a slice of history, including Mark Zuckerberg's profile. ...
  • Google Pools WebM Video Supporters for Patent Protection
    published on Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:21:00 GMT
    Google has announced the new WebM Community Cross License (CCL) initiative, designed to create a patent safe haven around Google's WebM video codec for HTML5 video. ...
  • Facebook Begets 'Send' Button for Selective Sharing
    published on Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:49:00 GMT
    Facebook brings back an old, forgotten button and revamps it to make it easier for users to share web pages around the web with smaller groups of friends. ...