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Archive for February 2007

February 28th, 2007

NetVibes RSS Reader Rolls Out New Version Called Coriander

NetVibes rolled out its new version called Coriander today. I like the look and feel. One cool thing is the ability to resize the columns. If you hover between the columns a handle appears. Just grab the handle and move it left or right.
If you mess it up and want it back to the […]

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February 28th, 2007

No Connectivity, No Feeds

Yesterday was a day I’d like to forget. I’ve been having intermittent connectivity problems and my ISP decided (finally) to address that issue. So, while the tech was here I couldn’t do anything. Then he TOOK MY ROUTER and went away! You might wonder why he took it. I was […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

February 25th, 2007

Microsoft Is At It Again

Margaret Kane over at CNetnews talks about Microsoft teaming up with Associated Newspapers, Forbes Inc. and Hearst to offer special ‘reader’ software for downloading and viewing newspapers.
Is this to make people more interested in Windows Vista? Perhaps. It is part of the new graphics technology introduces with Windows Vista.
Here is part of what […]

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February 24th, 2007

Understanding the Theory Behind Yahoo Pipes

Before we get into Pipes, let’s have a basic understanding of what a database is. A database is a repository of many records. Let’s say there is a database of people and each record contains first name, last name, street address, city, state, and zip. You want to find someone name Smith […]

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February 23rd, 2007

Web 2.0 Expo

Got an invitation in the real mail (!) today from O’Reilly to attend the Web2.0 Expo in San Francisco in April. You can see the schedule and complete list of speakers at http://www.web2expo.com/schedule but let me tell you who the three Keynote speakers are:

Jeff Bezos (founder, CEO Amazon.com)

Eric Schmidt (CEO Google)

Jeff Weiner (SVP, Yahoo).
And […]

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February 22nd, 2007

Google Reader Gets Bashed

There has been some whining about Google Reader not updating. Yes - I noticed that too but decided not to whine because Yahoo and Netvibes experience the same problem. Is it fair to ‘glom on’ one while letting the others off the hook? How do you feel about the Google bashing that […]

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February 20th, 2007

Tips on Using Feeds and Information on Subscriber Counts in Reader

The folks over at the Official Google Webmaster Central Blog have a new tips article on their feed service. This seems to be the official announcement that they are now providing numbers of subscribers to feed owners. There is more good information here though.

Does your site have a feed? A feed can connect […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

February 20th, 2007

RSS Metagator?

CnetNews.com has coined a new word - metagators. This obviously means a huge aggregator but how does Pageflakes get that honor? It’s not more feature laden than Netvibes or My Yahoo or any other start page I can think of.
What makes this feed reader special enough for someone to invent a […]

By Cathy -- 1 comment

February 19th, 2007

Interesting RSS Feeds

I admit it - I took Russian in college. I only remember a few words - mainly swear words, but I’ve often thought I’d like to revisit it. Thanks to A Spoonful Of Russian, I have their Russian lessons in a feed in Netvibes.
How did I find it? Courtesy of my Open […]

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February 18th, 2007

RSS Stats: Google Finally Stands Up To Be Counted

Bloggers everywhere woke up to a nice surprise. Their feed statistics jumped overnight! How did this happen? Google is finally reporting FeedBurner statistics. Finally? Yes - they didn’t used to report numbers to Feedburner so the statistics were skewed on the downside. Bloggers could only guess what the number might be and no one had […]

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