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What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud Computing is a new phrase that is still in its infancy, but check out the wide variety of answers to get an idea about it in this video. More »

Flickr Adds Video, Users Revolt Again.

I really question the future of Flickr after they have repeatedly ignored user’s feedback. This week, they added the ability for users to upload 90-second video shorts along with photos. More »

Follow-Up: Craigslist Raid of Oregon Resident Was a Burglarly

Last week, you might have heard of an Oregon man who’s house was raided by means of a Craigslist posting. Well, it was in fact a poorly-staged burglary as two people were arrested after an investigation on the matter. More »

April Fools’: YouTube Rick Rolled Everyone

Today, YouTube Rick Rolled thousands (possibly millions) of users who clicked on their featured video listings. All the videos pointed to a Rick Astley video (hence the term, Rick Rolling). More »

Flickr Adds ‘Friend Finder’ Feature, Users Upset Due to Privacy Concerns

Every modern social media Web site has it. It’s the feature that lets you allow a Web site go into your address book or e-mail provider and add/invite them to join you on the said network. Flickr has it now. What Flickr did so wrong, was that they didn’t anticipate their user’s needs. Let’s extrapolate on this… More »

Free Alternatives to AOL

I’m often asked if there are other online services to use besides AOL, but still have the same ease of use. To help summarize my response, I’ve put together a small list of alternative services which are free that are similar or better than the AOL equivalent. More »

The Casualties of Anonymous Communities

In the past week or so, there was an instance of a criminal act of posting ads for Craigslist readers to raid an unsuspecting person’s house (for free items). Today, there was another similar instance of this activity. What is causing this, are Anonymous Communities to blame? More »

Microhoo: Microsoft to Acquire Yahoo for $44.6 Billion

Chalk this one up to “seizing opportunity.” Microsoft has privately, then publically announced their intent to purchase the Internet giant, Yahoo, for $44.6 Billion dollars. Although Yahoo’s traffic has been fading (content verticals down, search volume down), Microsoft has a very high interest in the company despite this. The question is — who has the upper hand in this deal — and — how will users be affected as the deal matures?

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Social Media Applications, From ‘Fun’ to ‘Utility’

Long ago, there was AM radio, which was the medium to broadcast news and information, as well as entertain millions of people. This was a reliable technology, but as technology advanced, FM was used. This newer medium is still used today because of the higher fidelity, higher bandwidth that it can deliver to people. People mostly enjoy FM for music, but when there is a large event, broadcasters unite and share information to their listeners. The same scenario is happening to social media.

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Just In Case You Missed It…

Robert Scoble going to FastCompany.tv — Before you say he ’sold out,’ he lists his well-thought decision as well as addressing the benefits to his career change. Congrats, Scoblizer.

Gawker Media (the network of blogs like Valleywag, Gizmodo, etc.) Gets Owned by the Blogosphere.  Denton still has a smile for his page views earned. Facebook threatens to delete Denton’s account, Blogger from Gizmodo banned from CES, Denton gets owned when former staffer posts his IM conversation interview, Adverse feedback to Denton changing the incentives (raising the stakes) for posts that earn more page views.

Apple improved some products, released the new Mac Book Air.

Sun Microsystems purchased MySQL, in an effort to target enterprise solutions. Look out, Oracle.

Yahoo implements OpenID, big win for the project.

Library of Congress embraces Web 2.0, partners with Flickr to bring historical photos to the Web.

As the Internet grows larger, Ars Technica looks at the growth problems and solutions to address them at it pertains to Internet traffic and routing.