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Windows Live Installer Launches this Week
Microsoft’s much discussed attempt to connect cloud storage and services with the desktop may finally come together this week. The NYTimes reports that the company will launch an optional unified installer that provides access to many Windows Live services, including Mail, Messenger and the desktop blogging tool Windows Live Writer:The software release will offer [...]
Nirvanix To Launch B2B Online Storage: Amazon S3 Competitor?
Nirvanix, which will announce its launch of Wednesday, is a new company that’s looking to offer online storage applications specifically for the developer community, and small businesses needing storage options for web-based services.Whether you’re creating a photo-sharing site, a social network, a media delivery site or a backup and recovery service, Nirvanix is presenting itself [...]
LazyLibrary: Find Books Instantly
LazyLibrary, which will launch on Monday, is a niche search engine that looks specifically for books that are 200 pages and less.In order to help you find the most concise and effective books, LazyLibrary provides a resource for books that aren’t too long for you to handle. Type in your search query and see [...]
BlipBack: Video Commenting Widget
BlipBack is a new site that lets you offer video comments on your website, blog or social networking profile page. This service integrates with your webcam to enable video comments. The widget player is very similar to what you’ll see with most video widgets from YouTube and other video-sharing networks, though there are [...]
Multiply Launching Multiply Toolbar
Social network Multiply is set to launch a browser toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox. MySpace, Facebook and other large networks have toolbars already (Facebook’s is official, MySpace’s isn’t), and Multiply’s will do much the same thing:let you know when new content is posted, when you get messages and allow you to post content [...]
Paypal Be Damned: Google Patents GPay
Amid ongoing problems with Paypal’s subscription service, a Google patent has come to light related to mobile payments. The so-called “GPay” patent doesn’t propose a direct Paypal competitor, however: instead, it covers a text message-based payments system. The patent was filed on February 28, 2006 and published on August 30, 2007. Google [...]
CNETs TV.com Facebook Application Rates & Reviews Shows
CNET has created a Facebook application for one of its subsidiaries, TV.com. With this application you can rate and review television shows. Check out the shows that have been reviewed by others, read comments, add your own two cents, and find new friends. On the homepage for this Facebook application, you’ll [...]
Web 2.0 Invites for September 2nd, 2007
Free invites to Web 2.0 sites. You can request more sites to add at invites.mashable.com.New TodayMogad InvitesMogad allows people to share information on what is consuming their attention. It depends on a brows… Freebase InvitesFreebase.com is home to a global knowledge base: a structured, searchable, writeable and editable da… Hulu InvitesHula is an online [...]
20 Wordpress 4-Column Themes
Are four columns too much? Not if you have a really great Wordpress theme that’ll really use the space well. If it also manages to be pleasing to the eye, you’ve got a winner. Unfortunately, these themes are quite rare and hard to find, but not any more - we bring you 20 great, hand-picked [...]
Are You Getting Quechup Spammed?
One controversial issue among social networks is how hard they should push for user acquisition. Most social networks these days let you to import your email address book in some way (Twitter is the latest), but most make it clear if they’re about to mail your contacts. One site that’s catching people off [...]