Daily Archives: September 3, 2008

Journeys: A Virtual World Mashup With Real-World Destinations

Via Tech Crunch -by Jason Kincaid on September 3, 2008 Most of today’s virtual worlds are set in mythical places, with landmarks that no newcomer would be familiar with. While this may suit most people just fine, it can be … Continue reading

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Chrome Coming to Android

Via Tech Crunch – by John Biggs on September 3, 2008 The browser-bearing world was atwitter yesterday with the announcement of Google’s Chrome browser. Just about overnight, they’ve managed to convince hordes of people that Chrome is the way to … Continue reading

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Mozilla Fights Back With New Firefox Benchmarks

Via Tech Crunch – by Don Reisinger on September 3, 2008 The dust hasn’t even settled on Chrome’s release and already Mozilla is feeling the pressure. The company today released a series of benchmarks showing Firefox 3.1 will be faster … Continue reading

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P2P traffic drops as streaming video grows in popularity

Via ARS Technica By Nate Anderson | Published: September 02, 2008 – 09:35PM CT ISPs have long complained about the fantastic amount of traffic consumed by P2P users. The network providers have never been keen on having their bandwidth hit … Continue reading

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Want On The Digg Home Page? That’ll Be $1,200.

Via Tech Crunch – by Michael Arrington on September 3, 2008 InvespBlog has published what it claims is an interview with a top Digg user – someone who has a 34% success ratio in getting submitted stories to the home … Continue reading

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Twitter: Far more than “what I had for lunch today”

Via ARS Technica By David Chartier | Published: September 03, 2008 – 06:13AM CT Twitter: it’s an extremely simple and social microblogging tool where users can post 140 characters at a time about what’s going on or in reply to … Continue reading

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Twitter: Far more than “what I had for lunch today”

Via ARS Technica By David Chartier | Published: September 03, 2008 – 06:13AM CT Twitter: it’s an extremely simple and social microblogging tool where users can post 140 characters at a time about what’s going on or in reply to … Continue reading

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