Does The iPhone 3GS Battery Suck?
July 2, 2009 – 10:09 AM | Comments

There have been a lot of mixed reviews on the iPhone 3GS battery, you know, the battery which supposedly is much improved. I personally have not experienced extreme drain in battery life with my …

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Digg’s New Dupe Detection Fails
June 30, 2009 – 8:34 PM | Comments

Digg’s New Dupe Detection Fails

Today, Digg launched their new dupe detection system.  However, there is one slight problem – it doesn’t seem to be working.  As you can see in the screen shot below there are two stories on the Digg front page covering the exact same topic – the new dupe detection system.  Ironic isn’t it?

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So is it really working? Are the kinks fully worked out? Apparently not. The first story listed (which isn’t from the Digg blog itself) was submitted approximately 8 minutes before the Digg blog article but did not hit the front page first. Is Digg just playing favorites here or is the system not working?

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Tweetboard Brings Twitter To Your Website
June 30, 2009 – 4:30 PM | Comments
Tweetboard Brings Twitter To Your Website

Tweetboard is a 140ware project that creates a Twitter-powered forum for any site. All a site owner needs to do to install Tweetboard on their site is implement the code provided and you will instantly …

Google Announces Mobile AdSense For Applications
June 30, 2009 – 12:41 PM | Comments
Google Announces Mobile AdSense For Applications

Google recently announced that it will be moving into the mobile applications ad market.  This announcement comes shortly after Google announced Google Product Ads.  The move doesn’t surprise me, after all, Google is the advertising …

Firefox 3.5 Released
June 30, 2009 – 11:31 AM | Comments
Firefox 3.5 Released

Firefox 3.5 is now available for download – get your copy before the servers become overloaded.
What’s new in Firefox 3.5?
Firefox 3.5  is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has been under …

Twitter Is Definitely Good At Spreading The Word
June 29, 2009 – 2:32 PM | Comments
Twitter Is Definitely Good At Spreading The Word

Yesterday, at 11:59PM Facebook opened up custom URLs for pages with less than 1,000 fans which is most fan pages, by the way.  This allowed users to claim a URL for their fan page (e.g. …

Flicker.com Attempts To Capitalize With Its Correctly Spelled Name
June 28, 2009 – 2:22 PM | Comments
Flicker.com Attempts To Capitalize With Its Correctly Spelled Name

Many people are familiar with Flickr, the popular image sharing site owned by Yahoo, but, how many actually know the difference between Flickr and Flicker (with the e)?  Well, it seems many people (approximately 3.6 …

FriendFeed Adds File Sharing Support
June 28, 2009 – 9:43 AM | Comments
FriendFeed Adds File Sharing Support

FriendFeed now allows its users to share (almost) any file directly through the site itself.  You can easily share pictures, PDF’s, text files, and even audio files.  Features like these aren’t all that new, we …

Should We Stop Masking Passwords?
June 25, 2009 – 5:55 PM | Comments
Should We Stop Masking Passwords?

Logging in to our computers or various web services is a normal routine we all go through every day.  Each of us probably has half-a-dozen usernames across the web, with at least double that in …

Couldn’t Get Your Dream Facebook Vanity URL? Here’s Two Alternatives
June 25, 2009 – 9:44 AM | Comments
Couldn’t Get Your Dream Facebook Vanity URL?  Here’s Two Alternatives

The Facebook Vanity URL Goldrush of 2009 has left many Facebook users without their dream URL or variations thereof.  Whether you just weren’t quick enough to grab your username or perhaps you have the same …