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April 2009
- New Site Helps Control Your Digital Legacy
  
  Mashable | Apr 7, 09 5:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - How much is your digital self worth to you? At least one new website is betting it’s enough that you might want to pass on that value after you die, Mashable reports. Legacy Locker, which launches today, allows you to designate caretakers to take control of your YouTube videos, Flickr photos, email and other stuff stored on social-networking and other sites once you're gone. Think of it as virtual estate planning. More »
- Facebook's Utopian Dream Hides Something Sinister
  
  New York | Apr 6, 09 4:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The recent scrap over Facebook’s privacy policy seems to be at odds with the site’s friendly, familial face, Vanessa Grigoriadis writes in New York . But the company’s aborted move to claim ownership of user content in perpetuity reveals a vague something about its ambitions. “Facebook’s entire business plan, insofar as it is understood by anyone,” Grigoriadis writes, “rests upon this continued practice of friends sharing with friends.” More »
- Murdoch: Papers Need to Charge for Web Access
  
  Reuters | Apr 3, 09 12:56 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The New York Times ought to be charging people to read its content, and so should every other newspaper that wants to survive, Rupert Murdoch said today. “People reading news for free on the Web, that’s got to change,” the News Corp chief said at a Washington conference, Reuters reports. Murdoch’s Wall Street Journa l is one of the few papers that charges for its web content. More »
- Conficker Worm Threat Lingers
  
  PC World | Apr 2, 09 11:58 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - April Fools’ Day passed without major incident, but the Conficker computer worm is still contacting 500 websites daily from millions of infected computers, reports PC World . A conglomerate of 27 tech heavyweights—including Microsoft, Facebook, and AOL—have managed to limit the peer-to-peer worm’s communicability. But Conficker is still amenable to instructions from its authors, possibly laying low until the publicity wanes. More »
- BlackBerry Users Get an App Store
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 1, 09 5:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - RIM's latest effort to quench their Blackberry users' iPhone envy is an application store, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company expects about 1,000 applications to be posted at the new App World this week—still a trickle compared to Apple's 15,000. Those now available include apps for social networking, such as Facebook, and the music service Shazam. The announcement comes a day before the Canadian company releases its quarterly earnings, which are expected to fall at the low end of forecasts. More »
- Another Year, Another April 1 Google Prank
  
  Business Insider | Apr 1, 09 9:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Not even massive layoffs in its own house can stop Google from having a little fun on April Fools' Day, the Business Insider reports. The search giant announced it had turned on CADIE, the "world’s first 'artificial intelligence' tasked-array system." The neural network quickly went rogue and revealed a deep passion for pandas on its blog. CNET runs down other features powered by CADIE: More »
- Conficker Worm Date Passes Quietly—So Far
  
  InfoWorld | Apr 1, 09 1:57 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Conficker worm came to life on its April 1 trigger date but failed to cause any major incidents—so far, Infoworld reports. Fears that the internet itself might be affected have yet to materialize, though experts warn that the malware—estimated to be lying in wait in 10 million systems—could still wreak havoc for PC users, and that its creators may be waiting for IT managers to relax their guard. More »
March 2009
- Intel Unveils High-Speed Chip
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 30, 09 5:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Intel has rolled out a new chip for servers that will more than double the effectiveness of systems but consume no extra power, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Xeon 5500 excels at “virtualization,” allowing multiple operating systems and applications to run on one server—which Intel hopes will attract buyers in a recession. “The Xeon 5500 becomes a cash machine for IT,” an Intel exec said. More »
- Another Twitter Knockoff, This One for Moms
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 28, 09 5:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The concept of Twitter, widely copied in the US and abroad, has found a home at a mommy-centric website, the Wall Street Journal reports. The site Today’s Mama hosts a new microblog called “Connect," which, unlike Twitter, allows users to join groups by region or topic. But it still hews to the basic format; mothers who want to write more than 140 words need not apply. More »
- Obama Holds Online Town Hall
  
  Chicago Tribune | Mar 26, 09 11:26 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Obama held a unique “online town-hall” today, answering questions submitted and voted on at WhiteHouse.gov. An aide acted as a moderator, calling it a “new experiment in getting questions from outside Washington.” The questions ran the gamut from education to the economy to health care, with the highest vote-getters in each category being asked, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »
- Skype Rolls Out New Biz Service
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 23, 09 8:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Internet calling company Skype is introducing new software for businesses that lets workers on corporate phone systems make calls using regular office phones instead of computer headsets, the Wall Street Journal reports. Domestic and international calls to cellphones and landlines will start at 2.1 cents a minute, and computer- to-Skype-network calls will be free, as they are in the company's consumer service. More »
- Craigslist Beats MySpace as Top Search Term
  
  CNET | Mar 21, 09 2:09 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bargain hunters helped Craigslist beat MySpace as the Web’s most popular search term last week, CNET reports. Searches for the classifieds site soared 105%, giving the San Francisco-based company its first ever most-searched-for crown. Business has been booming—bartering is up 100% and roommate ads 65%—but searches for Facebook, which jumped 415%, threaten Craiglist’s reign, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. More »
- Hit Website in France Revels in Humiliation
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 21, 09 11:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A website inviting users to share tales of misery and humiliation has become one of the most popular sites in France, the Wall Street Journal reports. The editors of "Vie de merde"—roughly, "a crappy life"—sift through about 1,000 submissions a day and post those that strike a chord for being funny, original, touching, or some combination thereof. Typical: "My boss came into the office and asked me, 'What are you working on?' I replied, 'My departure.' He'd forgotten I had just been laid off." More »
- Internet Music Retailers Race to Cut Prices
  
  Boston Globe | Mar 18, 09 2:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Faced with crumbling CD sales and a digital market without enough oomph to compensate, online music sellers are slashing prices to lure buyers, the Boston Globe reports. “It is the schoolyard crack dealer approach,” one analyst said. Amazon MP3 offers sought-after albums for $3.99, and others for just $0.99. iTunes also offers specials for $6.99, and the trend is forcing physical record stores down as well. More »
- IMDb Hopes to Stream All 1.3M Movies (Someday)
  
  CNET | Mar 17, 09 1:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The founder of IMDb said he hopes to someday offer users one-click streaming of the 1.3 million movies and TV shows the site indexes, CNET reports. Significant hurdles remain—particularly obtaining rights from so many different owners—but full streaming is a “major goal” of the company beginning this year, said Col Needham, He outlined his goals yesterday at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin. More »
- Bartering Makes a Comeback
  
  Washington Post | Mar 14, 09 12:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Around the world, websites that enable users to trade goods and services for the same are thriving in the down economy, the Washington Post reports. Craigslist, for instance, says bartering on the site has doubled in the past year. One Washington man got a plumber in exchange for a ride on his boat. "It's hot right now," said the head of one bartering association in Virginia. More »
- Stephanopoulos Lands McCain for 'Twitterview'
  
  ABC News | Mar 13, 09 11:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - ABC’s George Stephanopoulos is taking the next step with Twitter, he writes in his blog, landing Sen. John McCain for a 140-characters-at-a-time “Twitterview” on Tuesday. Stephanopoulos is also encouraging readers to send him questions for the Republican via the microblogging format that’s recently become all the rage in Washington; the interview is scheduled for noon Eastern. More »
- Google Voice Buggy but Brilliant
  
  CNET | Mar 13, 09 7:05 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Google's new VoIP service could be more of a "life-changing experience" than a mere Skype substitute, Larry Magid writes in CNET. Google Voice—currently only available to former GrandCentral users but expected to soon cause sleepless nights for the whole telecom industry—offers users a single number to which they can forward landline or mobile calls, and it can send voicemail messages as emails or text messages. More »
- For Its 1st Birthday, Hulu Gets Social Networking
  
  CNET | Mar 12, 09 1:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - To mark its first anniversary, Hulu is launching friends lists, most popular rankings, and more content—including show archives and classic cartoons and movies, CNET reports. But staying innovative isn't easy for a new media outlet with old media bosses. The website, which is owned by NBC and News Corp., was recently pressured into blocking Boxee, a venture that displayed Hulu and other web videos on set-top boxes. More »
- Stewart Ratings Soar With Cramer Takedown
  
  Variety | Mar 12, 09 7:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Jon Stewart’s attacks on CNBC host Jim Cramer have been ratings gold for the late-night satirist, Variety reports. An 8-minute rant has garnered 1.5 million views, Comedy Central says, and plenty of press attention. Unique usage for the Daily Show site has soared 65% this week amid a series of attacks that began after CNBC correspondent Rick Santelli canceled an appearance on the show. More »

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