Aug 18, 2009

readwriteweb Xmarks, the bookmark-syncing service which began its life as a Firefox add-on, is now adding yet another browser to its supported list. Already available for Firefox, IE, and Safari, the company announced yesterday that it will now support Google Chrome, too. The feature is currently in closed alpha testing, meaning there a (Read More)

Aug 18, 2009

readwriteweb Facebook is a social networking site that is enormously popular, but it can be a frustrating user experience. The design of Facebook leaves a lot to be desired and there are almost too many choices for things to do on Facebook. Also some of the more popular Facebook activities are trivial instead of useful - throwing sheep (Read More)

Aug 17, 2009

TechCrunch MySpace is close to acquiring popular social music service iLike, we’ve confirmed with multiple sources. The deal, which should close this week, will be MySpace’s first acquisition since new CEO Owen Van Natta took control of the company in April 2009. The price is “around $20 million.”iLike, which launched in late 2006, is (Read More)

Mar 14, 2009

Submitted by Kurt P: A former soldier pulled his own teeth out with a pair of pliers because he could not find a dentist to take on NHS patients.Iraq War veteran Ian Boynton could not afford to go private for treatment so instead took the drastic action to remove 13 of his teeth that were giving him severe pain.The 42-year-old, from Beverley, E (Read More)

Mar 08, 2009

mental_floss Blog Being a child prodigy is no guarantee that you’ll grow up to be rich, famous or happy. You might have a breakdown and fade into obscurity (like that guy in the movie Shine), quit the scene altogether (like chess maestro Bobby Fischer), or turn to a life of petty crime (insert the name of your favorite child actor here). (Read More)

Feb 27, 2009

TorrentFreak When Professor and media researcher Roger Wallis left the stand yesterday, the court asked whether he wanted to be reimbursed for his appearance. “You are welcome to send some flowers to my wife,” he responded. In the hours that followed, many Pirate Bay supporters took this suggestion to hand. (Read More)

Feb 27, 2009

Inside Facebook The famous Dunbar number, or “theoretical cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships”, is generally accepted to be about 150. However, in a recent interview with The Economist, Cameron Marlow, a research scientist at Facebook, shared some interesting stats on Facebook user (Read More)

Oct 30, 2008

ReadWriteWeb It's hard to believe that it's been a year since Hulu - the joint online video venture between NBC Universal and News Corp. - began streaming content. It's initial reception, after months of anticipation and a good helping of ridicule, was less than warm. Old media companies trying to take on YouTube? Were they serious?Clea (Read More)

Nov 09, 2008

Submitted by Frozzted: LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - The idea of young girls seeing a female face in The Great Hall at the Hockey Hall of Fame was welcomed by players and coaches at the Four Nations Cup women's tournament. (Read More)

Nov 07, 2008

Submitted by Jwahkan: WASHINGTON (AFP) — Barack Obama has not even been sworn in yet as the 44th president of the United States but groups are springing up online calling for his impeachment. (Read More)

Nov 08, 2008

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Nov 04, 2008

ReadWriteWeb The good folks at Mozilla are trumpeting a new report by global analytics service Net Applications that documented a 20% global marketshare for two out of four weeks in October. It's a new high bar of popularity for the 2nd most popular browser in the world.Firefox is safe, standards compliant, extensible...and not made by (Read More)

Nov 07, 2008

Lifehacker WEP Wi-Fi security has been known as an easy-to-crack security protocol for a while now, which is why it was superseded by the more secure Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) standard. But now a PhD candidate studying encryption has found an exploit in the WPA standard that would allow a hacker to "send bogus data to an unsuspecti (Read More)

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