Feb 04, 2009

TechRadar: All News Feeds Facebook isn't dead. But much has been made of the Facebook backlash over recent months, what with the rise and rise of Twitter and Facebook statuses seemingly left updated for months on end. On its fifth birthday we're taking a look at the issues affecting the present and the future of the social network.One thing's for su (Read More)

Jan 25, 2009

All Facebook According to a new book written by Wall Street Journal editor Julia Angwin called “Stealing MySpace”, MySpace failed to acquire Facebook for $75 million back in February of 2005. Mike Arrington, who has access to a draft copy of the book also states that toward the end of 2005, the two companies met again, at w (Read More)

Jan 23, 2009

Electronic Music Forum Feed SO yeah. I have a "fake" punk band that makes fun of punk rock called "Bats In The Basement". Basiclly we talk shit about the houston punk scene and we talk shit about what punks are all about. It's fun. Somthing to make people laugh. But yeah......I recorded 2 songs yesterday and I am about to go in again today to record t (Read More)

Jan 23, 2009

Matteo - FriendFeed Leyio, is launching a “Personal Sharing Device” in April 2009. The device which can transfer data up to speeds of 10Mbytesper second, and works on Ultra-wide band techonology, is promising to revolutionise how we share music, pictures, and social networking information.Shake, rattle and rollThe handheld device, works by sha (Read More)

Jan 19, 2009

Chris Pirillo As I was browsing around the many social sites today, I came across a thought-provoking post on Geeks. The writer states:While I do not believe that micro-blogging outlets such as Twitter are bringing on the death of the mainstream media, I do believe that it has forced them to re-think how they do business. Gone are the da (Read More)

Jan 18, 2009

observer.guardian.co.uk Some passengers screamed, others tucked their heads between their knees, and several prayed over and over: "Lord, forgive me for my sins." But a man named Josh who was sitting in the exit row did exactly what everyone is supposed to do but few ever do: he pulled out the safety card and read the instructions on how to open t (Read More)

Jan 16, 2009

ReadWriteWeb Twitter...what is it good for? It turns out this little service is good for a whole lot of things, despite the loud objections of people who've never really tried it. Even among true believers, though, it's been hard to figure out how this much loved company was going to afford to stay alive. How will Twitter make money? (Read More)

Jan 17, 2009

Engadget The big NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show is going on through this Sunday in Anaheim, California, so we thought we'd bring you a few of the highlights debuting there. Among the beauties on offer is Native Instruments' Maschine Groove Production Studio, a hard / software combo loaded with 5GB of samples, 16 (Read More)

Jan 16, 2009

Digg If 2008 was the year of the MMO Crash then 2009 is the year of MMO Doubt. It seems improbable, if not impossible, for most developers to put out a good MMO. And that is to say nothing of the finer points of game design such as balanced combat, stable economy and, you know, making the game fun to play. (Read More)

Jan 16, 2009

The Next Web What would you do if you rule the web for one hour? [Photo credit: Thomas Hawk]It means that you are the king of the web for sixty minutes. You rule it. You have administrator access to each and every service or the web.For instance, you can edit Google.com, Yahoo.com or any website. You can edit, delete, and download any c (Read More)

Jan 14, 2009

The Daily Swarm - Headlines …a mixed-media stop motion music video and celebration commemorating the election and inauguration of Barack Obama as the forty-fourth president of these United States. Audibly showcasing Adam Freeland’s remix of Daft Punk’s “Aerodynamic” and the imaginative stylings of forward thinking (Read More)

Jan 14, 2009

The Daily Swarm - Headlines Most indie bands routinely name-check favorite artists and influential albums, but there’s a whole group of people who often don’t get the credit they deserve: the moms. They’re the ones who hear all the demos, the revisions and the non-starters. They’re the ones who attend underpopulated show (Read More)

Jan 13, 2009

SitePoint Blogs In July, when Joss Whedon (creator of popular television series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly) announced the release of a straight-to-web short video series, I was one of the eager fans loading up the first installment at the stroke of midnight and causing their servers to crash.Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a- (Read More)

Jan 12, 2009

Submitted by Timedalkat from Digg: It has taken most of his life – but, after 26 years, builder Graham Parker has finally solved the puzzle of the Rubik's Cube. When he bought the toy in 1983, Yuri Andropov was leader of the Soviet Union, breakfast TV was a novelty and music CDs were in the shops for the first time. (Read More)

Jan 07, 2009

Submitted by Loup Dargent from blog: Here’s a countdown of the Top 10 Movies expected to bring in the hoards at the box office for 2009. These are really good movies for the family as well. We all know how hard it is for parents to relate to their teens, so here's a cheat sheet!. (Read More)

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