RSS & Blogging – Yahoo! News
RSS & Blogging – Yahoo! News
Is blogging a slog? Some young people think so
CHICAGO – Could it be that blogs have become online fodder for the — gasp! — more mature reader? Full Story;
Blogs Just Aren't Cool Any More, Teens Say
Blogging is slowly becoming the domain of adults, as a recent Pew study shows more teens abandoning the medium for social networks. Full Story;
After Steve Jobs' unveiling of the iPad last week, the chatter about the product didn’t go away. Instead, it just shifted: instead of questions of “what’s it going to be?” blogs and media outlets all over started asking, “what’s it missing?” Full Story;
Comments getting out of hand, Engadget turns them off
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Popular US technology blog Engadget pulled the plug on comments Tuesday saying the tone of the remarks had “really gotten out of hand.” Full Story;
Oracle Unplugs Sun's Virtual World
Oracle is dropping support for Sun Microsystems' Project Wonderland, a Java-based platform for developing 3-D virtual worlds, according to a Jan. 30 post on the project's official blog. Full Story;
PKI Flaws Open Apple iPhone to Attack
An anonymous entry on the CryptoPath blog describes how flaws in the iPhone OS's “chain of trust” management could allow an attacker to install their own trusted root certificate in the phone's certificate store. Full Story;
Microsoft Windows Azure cloud reaches general availability stage
San Francisco – Windows Azure, Microsoft's public cloud computing platform, became generally available in 21 countries on Monday, Microsoft bloggers said. SQL Azure, offering cloud-based relational database capabilities, also became available. Full Story;
Running Windows 7 RC? Prepare for Shutdowns
If you're running Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), the end is near. Starting Feb. 15, people using Windows 7 RC, the free pre-release version of Microsoft's latest PC operating system, will receive a notification that their trial software is about to expire, according to a post today by Microsoft blogger Brandon LeBlanc on The Windows Blog. Full Story;
Apple iPad Reviews: The Critics Weigh In
Now that the mania of Apple's iPad (such
a bad name) announcement has begun to calm and people are checking bank accounts instead of RSS feeds for more information, big-name critics are pulling out their swords and taking swings at Apple's latest creation. The overall reaction has been, in a word, underwhelming. What was hotly anticipated has mostly turned into cold soup. So what happened and what is being said? Full Story;
Google Lets You Track Friends' Posts with Social Search
Let's say you wanted to find out what your friends or your business associates think of a new product. Google Social Search, now available in beta form to general users, lets you search for that information in the blogs, Twitter tweets, Facebook public pages, and other musings by your social circle. Full Story;
Um, Apple — About That 'iPad' Name
Apple's chosen name for its new tablet device–iPad–is drawing sneers and jeers from the blogosphere, mostly from female pundits. Is this a Venus vs. Mars issue? Perhaps in the male mind, “iPad” conjures up images of a sleek, slate-like device. Women, however, may focus on feminine hygiene products. Full Story;
CoverItLive Explains, Apologizes for Blog Crash
Keith McSpurren, chief executive of the CoverItLive blogging software, said he left his office about the time the Apple iPad event began on Wednesday. Five minutes later, he added, all hell broke loose. The failure brought down several live blogs following the launch of the Apple iPad. Full Story;
Technology blog TechCrunch hacked
WASHINGTON (AFP) – TechCrunch, a leading Silicon Valley technology blog, was attacked by hackers overnight, it said Tuesday. Full Story;
Tune in to Gearlog's Apple Live Blog
Not to contribute to the overflowing cauldron of speculation and hype, but this is the product announcement of the year. Gearlog and PCMag.com will be covering it live, as always. Full Story;
Google offers HTML APIs and browser extensions in Chrome
San Francisco – Google's release Monday of a “stable channel” update of the Google Chrome browser for Windows features HTML and JavaScript APIs as well as browser extensions, according to company blogs. Full Story;
For God's sake, blog!, pope tells priests
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – For God's sake, blog! Pope Benedict told priests on Saturday, saying they must learn to use new forms of communication to spread the gospel message. Full Story;
This Week in Geek: 3D HDTV, Music Gadgetry, and A Bright Networking Idea
Here at GeekTech, we're all about trying new and exciting things, so we're trying a new weekly feature called This Week in Geek, where we round up our favorite blog posts from the past seven days. Liked a post that didn't makes its way into the collection? Let us know in the comment section below! Full Story;
Quake relief: The culture of now v. the real world
More than a week after an earthquake leveled swaths of the Haitian capital, the recriminations are circulating faster than clean water. From CNN’s Anderson Cooper to blogs and social networks, questions echo: Why is help taking so long? Why can’t the relief process be streamlined? Can’t this thing go any faster? Full Story;
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