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Molly Graham / Official Google Blog:
Map-making: So easy a caveman could do it — Posted by Jess Lee, Product Manager, Google Maps — Humans have been making maps since the Stone Age. In fact, map-making predates written language by several millenia. Nowadays, people make maps online using tools like the Google Maps API …
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Frank Taylor / Google Earth Blog:
My Maps - New Google Maps Update Supports Google Earth Features — Google has just released a significant update to Google Maps which allows anyone to, in a sense, create their own maps "mashups" - or what they call "My Maps". Google was kind enough to demo the new features to me on Wednesday.
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Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Google Launches MyMaps - Platial Gets Screwed — A launch from Google that's sure to go down well: MyMaps, rolled out in the last few hours, lets you create your own personalized maps within Google Maps. — You can mark your favorite places, draw shapes to represent areas and lines to represent journeys …
Osunick / del.icio.us:
making Firefox more del.icio.us — For the past few months, we've been working on a new del.icio.us Bookmarks extension for Firefox. We quietly released it to the addons.mozilla.org community to see what would happen, and we've been constantly working on it to make it great for our core community of users.
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Stephen Bagg / Compete Blog:
Craigslist's Dirty Little Secret — It's no wonder that Craigslist is champion of the online classifieds revolution; Compete reports just under 17 million people visiting per month. The site boasts quick accessibility, a straight-forward interface, and a posting registry ranging from video games …
Dsifry / Sifry's Alerts:
The State of the Live Web, April 2007 — Hey, it's that time again, time to slow down, take a deep breath, and dig into the data! — About this Report, and the Obligatory Plug for Technorati — Technorati is known widely for its quarterly State of the Blogosphere reports, analyzing the trends around blogs and blogging.
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Ars Technica, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Startup Meme, Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog, CostPerNews, Search Engine Guide, down the avenue, Micro Persuasion, SearchViews, Doc Searls Weblog, WebProNews, Between the Lines, BARRONS.com, Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog, Todd Watson, Data Mining, Social Media Club, Global Neighbourhoods, The Zone Read, Zoli's Blog, NevilleHobson.com and Like It Matters
Inside AdSense:
A fresh, new look for AdSense ads — You may have noticed that some of your ad units have started to look a little different lately — we're happy to announce that, just in time for spring, we've given our standard ad units a fresh makeover. After extensive testing and research …
David Meyer / CNET News.com:
Microsoft criticized for Open XML petition — An online petition posted by Microsoft to fast-track the standardization of its Office Open XML document format masks the company's concern over the procedure, according to a leading open-source advocate. — The petition is an attempt …
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Knowledge@Wharton:
The Man Who Would Change Microsoft: Ray Ozzie's Vision for Connected Software — Ray Ozzie has a long and storied history of technological innovation, with accomplishments that include creating Lotus Notes and founding Groove Networks. But Ozzie may now be facing the most daunting challenge of his career …
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Kaspersky Lab reports first iPod virus, sort of — Kaspersky Lab on Thursday said it has discovered the first virus designed to infect iPods. At the same time, the Russian antivirus company said that the virus, dubbed Podloso, does not pose a real threat.
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Chloe Albanesius / PC Magazine:
Comcast Cuts Off Bandwidth Hogs — Man your PCs. The bandwidth hogs are revolting and Comcast is the recipient of their virtual torches and pitchforks. — Customers across the country have been contacted by the telecom giant with a warning to curb excessive bandwidth consumption or risk a one-year service termination.
Peter Svensson / Associated Press:
Review: Apple TV brings iTunes videos to your HDTV, but quality disappoints — NEW YORK - Apple Inc. has graced the public with another smooth, white, exquisitely designed gadget, this time aiming at making it easier to play iTunes movies and songs on the living-room TV set.
New York Times:
Cable TV Networks Boycott eBay Ad Exchange — Auctions on eBay may be adored by millions of consumers around the world, but the large cable television networks have decided they want nothing to do with them. — Cable networks like Turner Networks, Discovery, Lifetime and ESPN have decided …
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Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
Online Experiment for Print Magazine — READERS of a weekly newsmagazine will soon be getting a bonus issue, but they will miss it if they look in mailboxes or on newsstands. — The magazine, The Week, will publish the extra issue online, rather than in its regular printed format.
BBC:
Cursor hackers target WoW players — World of Warcraft players are being targeted by hackers exploiting flaws in how Windows handles animated cursors. — The flaw came to light in late March and lets attackers take over vulnerable PCs via booby-trapped websites.
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