Archive for June, 2008

As an avid Apple afficianado and advocate of all things open source, my stance on Microsoft is usually clear-cut: I don't care for it.  Everything about Microsoft's business practices rubs me wrong.  With that said, I was surprised to learn that Microsoft has been toying with its own little pet social network since the beginning [...]

I apologize in advance for the New-York-centric posts when it comes to Internet-related legislation, since that is usually the domain of Center Networks. However, I live in New York, and I feel duty-bound to comment on what happens here so that the rest of the U.S. and other countries can try to lobby their governments [...]

Twhirl, one of the more popular Twitter clients available to both Windows and Mac OS X users, just received a crucial tune-up. It would almost seem that the Twhirl team released this latest update to lend a hand to the struggling Twitter group; many Twitter users have been frustrated by recent cut-backs at Twitter to [...]

When Harry McCracken announced he was leaving PC World last month, I was a little curious, but not entirely surprised. Even as Editor-in-Chief, he seemed to be the most "with it" regarding new web technology, and PC World seems so inexorably tied to hardware that I actually quit reading them some time back, figuring any [...]

Breaking news from Dan Bricklin at E20 Boston today is that his SocialCalc development will be added to the SocialText enterprise wiki. SocialText is an enerprise based wiki solution that can be hosted either with SocialText or at the enterprise location that brings Web 2.0 and social media to business in the form of document [...]

Yesterday, I tuned in to no fewer than three liveblogs for the announcement of the phone I've been waiting for: the 3G iPhone. Last year I even replaced my Motorola RAZR at the unsubsidized price just so I could get the iPhone 3G when they finally came out with one, so yesterday's announcement had me [...]

Hi, I'm Leslie, and I'm a Twitterholic. I am on Twitter all day, every day. It has become my constant companion on my MacBook and my phone/PDA. It feeds my need for constant stimulation to help keep me focused, as I work best when multitasking. I am not one of the people who freak out [...]

How much do most of us think about the search terms we enter into our search engine of choice? Are there times when you hesitate entering a word or phrase? Do you ever wonder if someone out there, either an employee of the company that runs your search engine or some faceless researcher who gains [...]

Though Steve Jobs' keynote at the World Wide Developers Conference tends to be one of the biggest Apple events anually, today's keynote was a bit lack-luster.  Jobs announced a 3G iPhone with real GPS for a frugal $199, a fleet of iPhone Apps store products, OS X "Snow Leopard," a change to .Mac and more.  [...]