Nov 12, 2009

PR 2.0 I recently attended the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco hosted by Tim O’Reilly,  John Battelle, and TechWeb.One of the highlights of the conference was a discussion between Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and FM Media’s John Battelle. It was a revealing and enlightening examination of the rise, state, and future of a socia (Read More)

Nov 12, 2009

TechCrunch Wordpress is one of the web’s most popular blogging platforms, with over 8.5 million downloads and 7,200 plugins. But with all those plugins, finding the high quality ones can be a challenge. That’s where WP Plugins comes in. Launching today, WP Plugins hopes to be the App Store for WordPress plugins.WordPress plugin devel (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

Daily DIY You've always wanted to learn how to build software yourself—or just whip up an occasional script—but never knew where to start. Luckily, the web is full of free resources that can turn you into a programmer in no time.Since the invention of the internet, programmers have been using it to discuss software development techn (Read More)

Nov 12, 2009

The Next Web 1) Chit chatFrom personal experience, people will actually have near real time conversations about anything and everything on Twitter. It has the near immediacy that email lacks and yet it has that tempting wait until the other person replies. While we could all use instant messaging or Google Wave, let’s be honest, sometim (Read More)

Nov 12, 2009

Submitted by Morgan from Google Reader: Big news for little URLs today, as the Internet Archive announced that they will be taking the lead on 301works.org, an effort designed to add permanence and reliability to the operation of URL shorteners.From the release:The Internet Archive and founding companies announce today the launch of 301Works.org, a service to arc (Read More)

Nov 12, 2009

ReadWriteWeb Data extracted from 500 million Twitter messages was released today by a tiny Texas startup company that forward-looking geeks have been watching for a year. Austin-based Infochimps announced this afternoon that it is now selling two important and very large sets of Twitter data. Limited samples of the data are available (Read More)

Nov 09, 2009

Copyblogger We live in a world of free. If you’re trying to make money, especially online, you might think that would make things difficult.Every day, someone releases a new eBook, video, or podcast that not only contains tremendous value, but gives away many of the “tricks of the trade” that we used to have to pay for.You’d think that (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

Reuters: Private Equity LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - A group of private equity firms is expected to progress to the second round of the sale of second-hand car dealership British Car Auctions, people familiar with the matter said. . (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

ClusterStock Russia continues to play hardball with neighboring Ukraine, once again fueling European uncertainty about winter natural gas supplies. 80% of Russian natural gas exports to Europe flow through Ukraine.The Ukraine is struggling to find enough money in order to make monthly gas payments to Russia and Russia isn't offering muc (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

ClusterStock And now the Democratic party has returned to form, re-establishing its reputation as one big circular firing squad, incapable of being the majority party.Witness the breakdown in healthcare.POLITICO: The House health care bill wasn't supposed to become a referendum on abortion rights. But Rep. Bart Stupak, a Democrat from M (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

Wall Street Journal The FDIC's sale of Downey Savings & Loan's former headquarters was significantly under market value, and has the potential to undercut other commercial properties. (Read More)

Nov 10, 2009

AltNews: The Best Alternative, Weird, UFO, Cryptozoology, Physics, Science And Paranormal Blog Posts From Around the Web A series of tubs at a hot springs in the Idaho backcountry have been torn out. ---- linkAltNews: The Best Alternative, Weird, UFO, Cryptozoology, Physics, Science And Paranormal Blog Posts From Around the Web. (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

The Guardian Independent owner aims to complete restructuring by end of year if shareholders vote to approve planBondholders in Independent News & Media, the Irish publisher that owns the Independent and Independent on Sunday, agreed last night to take a significant stake in the company as part of a refinancing package that is expected (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

TreeHugger Photos: Common SolesThongs, Flip Flops, Jandals, or whatever they are called on your beach, are the sort of casual footwear that most people don't pay much attention to. After-all they are rather ubiquitous in any sultry clime. But Common Soles have taken it upon themselves to see flip-flops as a vehicle for good works. The (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

The Guardian It is time for newspaper publishers, editors and journalists to stop using the libel law. We must all make a pledge never to sue for libel as long as the current law remains on the statute book.I made that point at yesterday's launch of Free speech is not for sale, a report produced by Index on Censorship and English PEN ca (Read More)

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