Marvel Comics: stealing our language
Marvel Comics is continuing in its bid to steal the word "super-hero" from the public domain and put it in a lock-box to which it will control the key. Marvel and DC comics jointly filed a trademark ...
Web site files complaint against Google
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc.'s mysterious methods for ranking Web sites came under attack Friday in a lawsuit accusing the online search engine leader of ruining scores of Internet businesses that have...
Be smarter at work, slack off
In a world of too much work and too much multitasking, the best way to beat the competition may be to do less. — Remember the story of Archimedes lolling in his bathtub? To an observer, he'd have s...
The Xbox 360 Firmware 100% Hacked - PGR3 Back Up Running *Update* Video Available!
Ok a while ago we brought to you news about how the Xbox 360 firmware routines were still intact.. Well The Specialist has followed this up and it looks like months of hard work have come to an end …
GDAY WORLD! #96 - 2web crew #2
GDAY WORLD! #96 (MP3 - 21Mb- 59min) — LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE — On today's show, my guest hosts are my co-founding members of 2Web.com.au, Ben Barren, Richard Giles, Martin Wells and our newes...
Mashups need to become real products
The mashup is made up of 3 primary ingredients: — 1) content streams (RSS) — 2) muscle and connective tissue (APIs) — 3) pretty skin (AJAX) — But there's one element that seems to be missing f...
Google Doesn't Need to Hand Over Search Logs
Nice - a judge decided that Google doesn't need to hand over 2 months of user's searches. Google, by objecting to the subpoena, now provoked a ruling which they say means "that neither the government...
Web 2.0 certification
How up-to-the-mark is your site as far as Web 2.0 is concerned? Are you at the bleeding edge with Ajax, tagging, Google maps or community content? Silly or mis-spelled names and rounded corners? — ...