US Air Forces puts bloggers in their sights

So one day you’re blogging away and end up writing something a little on the negative side about the US government (like that’ll never happen) or more specifically about the US Air Force only to find your ... continue

Well cry me a river – people are pirating stuff

Jeff Atwood had a great post the other day about the pirating of software and as much as I would like to say that there was anything new that will come out of it – well – ... continue

Is web anonymity the last refuge of fools and idiots?

From the very first time almost when people communicate with each other via some form on computer link up nicknames have been an integral part of that communication. In the beginning days with bulletin board ... continue

Who’s Amung Us: great idea, poorly supported

About 2 months back we decided to try a 2.0 widget called Who's Amung Us. The premise is simple enough: you embed their code, and you can track traffic live on your site. The service isn't a full ... continue

Prove how uncool you are – be a Microsoft fan

In a world of Web 2.0 and Googlemania there is almost one thing that seems to be universally accepted by everyone involved - Microsoft is uncool and evil. Plus, anyone who professes even the slightest bit of ... continue

Could social media implode from too many friends?

First came Web 2.0, which begot social networking, which morphed into a much easier term to hype called Social Media. While Web 2.0 is considered to be more of an umbrella term for a new philosophy for how ... continue

Reader Poll: Do you want us to regularly cover startup job cuts?

More startups are cutting jobs as America drives deeper into recession. Hi5 has cut 15 positions, and Zivity has cut 1/3rd of staff, according to VentureBeat. It's the tip of the iceberg, with many more job cuts to ... continue

Could This Economic Downturn Be The Best Thing To Happen To Web 2.0?

Mark Evans put it more kindly than I would when he said in a post this morning that "Seesmic illustrates the ugly side of the Web 2.0 landscape". Mark's point being that there are a lot of ... continue

SmartSpace Aims to Make Social Media Simple

GoDaddy is trying to snag its share of the social media market with a new all-in-one 2.0 tool called SmartSpace. The service gives you a pre-made social setup available immediately upon domain registration, letting you blog ... continue

Fact check: bloggers divide into negative and positive camps

Hard economic times are already having a noticeable effect on the tech blogosphere, with bloggers dividing into camps split between negative (doom and gloom) and positive camps. We've been covering both sides here at The Inquisitr, sometimes ... continue

And We Wonder Why Web 2.0 Gets Laughed At

At the best of times I am really ambivalent about this whole Web 2.0 and social media stuff that is sitting on the edge of the toilet as we speak due to the current economic situation. In ... continue

Web advertising to continue growth during recession: analysts

Three sets of analysts reports out this week indicate that web advertising will continue to grow, despite the onset of a recession and the end of the second web bubble. The bad news in the reports is that ... continue