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Twitter clone Rejaw closing

Twitter clone Rejaw is closing May 15. Launched in August 2008, the…

Duncan Riley

Taking a hammer to Friendfeed

For the past month Friendfeed has been running a new version of…

Steven Hodson

Is Microsoft setting itself up for an uproar?

If there is one thing that people have always been slamming Microsoft…

Steven Hodson

Sustainable energy visual search

If you are someone who is heavy into environmental and energy issues…

Steven Hodson

Time Warner announces AOL split as revenue plunges

Time Warner has announced that it will spin off AOL, on the…

Duncan Riley

We should be thankful for Apple (but don’t tell anyone I said that)

I have been known to rag on Apple every once in awhile…

Steven Hodson

YouTube to Stream Obama News Conference Live

YouTube will stream President Obama’s news conference live tonight, Google has announced…

Bertel King, Jr

Wow, Microsoft has finally made something cool for mobile phones

When most people think cool mobile phones, Windows mobile powered devices normally…

Duncan Riley

The numbers Twitter doesn’t want you to know about

Everyone is carrying on about the meteoric rise of Twitter following the…

Steven Hodson

Google Public Data could turn out to be highly useful

Google has launched Google Public Data, a new search feature that promises…

Duncan Riley

Twisaster – your disaster watchdog on Twitter

Finished getting caught up on all the swine flu news on our…

Steven Hodson

Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 Is Finally Here

Mozilla has finally released what’s set to be the final beta before…

Bertel King, Jr

Facebook grasping at API straws

I’ve been reading much of what has been written today concerning Facebook’s…

Steven Hodson

Broadband – a public utility or a profit margin?

Our current crop of broadband providers, companies like Time Warner, Verizon and…

Steven Hodson

Advertising courtesy of your local telco

Anyone who doesn’t think that advertising isn’t the backbone of our Internet…

Steven Hodson

The Verizon iPhone: Could It Be?

The iPhone may be coming to Verizon, if recent reports are to…

Bertel King, Jr

Time names 4chan founder Moot the most influential person in the world

Time Magazine has named Christopher Poole (aka Moot), the founder of 4chan,…

Duncan Riley

Now this is a Batman fan!

Keep your comics, never mind about your replica toy models and I’m…

Steven Hodson

Get ready to Wiggle, for AU$79.80 a year

Famed children’s entertainers The Wiggles have relaunched their main web site, but…

Duncan Riley

Is nVidia getting set to totally upset the graphics card market?

It looks like nVidia; the graphics card manufacturer, is going to be…

Steven Hodson

Another Twitter client to give Seesmic & Tweetdeck a run

It seems sometimes that not a day goes by when we aren’t…

Steven Hodson

What Dave Winer doesn’t get – it’s about the simplicity

Dave Winer wrote a nice long historical review ala diatribe yesterday on…

Steven Hodson

Kevin Pollak understands new media communities

It is always interesting to see just who from our traditional forms…

Steven Hodson

Madden 10 Cover: See It Here

EA Sports has just unveiled the Madden 10 cover, showing the front…

Bertel King, Jr

Vale Geocities 1994-2009

Yahoo has announced that is will be closing Geocities, the web page…

Duncan Riley

Monitors that sense your presence

I have a hard pick on whether to file this under gadgets…

Steven Hodson

Rubbish: claims that Susan Boyle YouTube videos didn’t make any money

According to various reports, a failure to agree on advertising terms has…

Duncan Riley

A super bowl for your web stats

A lot of folks who run web sites, blogs or other such…

Steven Hodson

Facebook TOS Vote: Tiny Turnout, Results May Not Be Binding

Facebook opened the doors for its users to help decide on the…

Bertel King, Jr

OMG I am agreeing with Apple

Now before you rush out to see if hell is indeed freezing…

Steven Hodson

Apple beats market expectations in March quarter earnings (AAPL)

Apple earned $1.33 per share on revenue of $8.16 billion for the…

Duncan Riley

WordTwit offers custom short URLs for WordPress blogs

Twitter updating plugin for WordPress WordTwithas recently released a new version with…

Duncan Riley

Comic publishers living in one of their imaginary worlds

We hear a lot about the newspaper industry saying silly things about…

Steven Hodson