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Article | 3/12/2008 Prototype unveiled for storing OpenID credentials

MySpace, Flock and Vidoop Tuesday unveiled a jointly developed a prototype tool that will let users store their OpenID credentials in the Flock social...

Article | 3/12/2008 Google rolls out Gmail gadget for Google Desktop for Windows

Google has unveiled a new gadget that allows Google Desktop for Windows users to check their Gmail accounts without having to leave leaving the vendor...

Article | 2/12/2008 Obama continues Google-enabled gov't push on transition site

Like his campaign apparatus, President Elect Barack Obama's transition team is embracing what some have called a Google-enabled government by loosenin...

Article | 28/11/2008 LinkedIn overhauls its search platform

The LinkedIn business social network this week rolled out an overhauled search platform that it says will let users more easily find who they are look...

Article | 26/11/2008 Report: Google to 'significantly' cut contractor use

Google Monday acknowledged plans to "significantly" reduce the number of contractors it uses, according to a report on the Web site of the Wall Street...

Article | 25/11/2008 Some question Google's 'rookie mistakes' with SearchWiki

Google's new search customization tool, SearchWiki, has quickly generated criticism for its lack of an opt-out options and perceived privacy threats.

Article | 21/11/2008 Google shutters its Lively virtual world

Just a few months after launching Lively, Google Wednesday said it will shut down the browser-based three-dimensional world by the end of the year to ...

Article | 20/11/2008 Online searchers often led away from corporate sites

Companies like Wal-Mart, Exxon Mobil and the makers of Motrin have all learned the hard way that online assaults from external users on Web 2.0 sites ...

Article | 19/11/2008 Analysts: New Yahoo CEO must shed assets for better focus

Whoever takes embattled Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang's place will need to pare the former Web sweetheart's services to effectively compete in a market where i...

Article | 18/11/2008 Motrin maker feels pain from social media backlash

The maker of pain reliever Motrin is now feeling the pain of a social media backlash to its recently released online ad that riled a large group of bl...

Article | 13/11/2008 Military gets own social network after YouTube is blocked

The US military Tuesday launched TroopTube, a new site to upload and share videos, more than a year after the US Department of Defense banned YouTube ...

Article | 12/11/2008 NASA's Mars Lander tweets and blogs about its death

"Take care of that beautiful blue marble out there in space, our home planet. I'll be keeping an eye from here."

Article | 11/11/2008 My.BarackObama.com stays online after election

While much has been written about the impact of President-Elect Barack Obama's successful use of social networking and other Web 2.0 tools, the campa...

Article | 6/11/2008 Google calls off search advertising deal with Yahoo

Google Wednesday announced that it is ending its effort to forge a search advertising partnership with Yahoo.

Article | 4/11/2008 MTV, MySpace join forces to make money from pirated videos

While online video has proved to be one of the most popular Web 2.0 applications, the sites that show them are constantly battling to fend off copyrig...