http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Webmaster Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2010 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:13:19 GMT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:13:19 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Street-View-Snowmobile-Hits-the-Slopes-for-the-Winter-Olympics-134512.shtml If you thought the Google Street View trike was weird, get a load of this, the official Street View snowmobile. Google wanted to take some shots of the locations of the events in the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Cars don't really do that well on ski slopes and, somehow, pedaling the trike, which Google normally uses in remote loc... (read more)]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Street-View-Snowmobile-Hits-the-Slopes-for-the-Winter-Olympics-134512.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Street-View-Snowmobile-Hits-the-Slopes-for-the-Winter-Olympics-134512.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Last-Chance-in-the-Social-Web-War-Buzz-for-Gmail-134497.shtml
The way Google sees it, the social web today is like... (read more)]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 20:08:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Last-Chance-in-the-Social-Web-War-Buzz-for-Gmail-134497.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Last-Chance-in-the-Social-Web-War-Buzz-for-Gmail-134497.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Sharing-Goes-Through-the-Roof-134496.shtml To say Facebook is growing isn't really news and it's even somewhat of an understatement. The social network has been adding users like there's no tomorrow and has now reached the 400-million-user mark. However, in certain aspects, Facebook has been growing even faster than it's been adding new users and, every week, there are five times more shared items... (read more)]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 16:37:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Sharing-Goes-Through-the-Roof-134496.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Sharing-Goes-Through-the-Roof-134496.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cambodia-Labels-Google-Professionally-Irresponsible-in-Border-Dispute-134490.shtml Google is no stranger to controversy. If it isn't Google Books that's getting the company in trouble, it's Street View. And every once in a while, a seemingly innocent product, Google Maps, also puts Google in the middle of the worst type of arguments, politically charged border disputes. Last year, it was India that had a b... (read more)]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cambodia-Labels-Google-Professionally-Irresponsible-in-Border-Dispute-134490.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cambodia-Labels-Google-Professionally-Irresponsible-in-Border-Dispute-134490.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/MailChimp-5-Raises-the-Bar-for-Email-Marketing-Providers-134476.shtml Email marketing giant MailChimp released at the start of February 2010 a revised version of their newsletter management service, named MailChimp v5. The service went live without any special fees for its 240,000 users.

During last year, MailChimps's competitors released many tools and add-ons for their services. The heat was es... (read more)]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:10:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/MailChimp-5-Raises-the-Bar-for-Email-Marketing-Providers-134476.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/MailChimp-5-Raises-the-Bar-for-Email-Marketing-Providers-134476.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Cimpanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Onion-Ring-Shown-to-Be-More-Popular-than-Justin-Bieber-134472.shtml read more)]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:46:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Onion-Ring-Shown-to-Be-More-Popular-than-Justin-Bieber-134472.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Onion-Ring-Shown-to-Be-More-Popular-than-Justin-Bieber-134472.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/TweetDeck-0-33-Brings-YouTube-and-Flickr-Integration-134455.shtml Twitter heavy users rejoice, one of the most popular desktop Twitter clients, TweetDeck, has been updated to version 0.33. It's a pretty big update with a number of new features but also updates under the hood. One of the most visible changes is the new Column Navigator which serves as a quick way of moving between them, especially handy whe... (read more)]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:43:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/TweetDeck-0-33-Brings-YouTube-and-Flickr-Integration-134455.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/TweetDeck-0-33-Brings-YouTube-and-Flickr-Integration-134455.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Serves-330-Billion-Display-Ads-in-2009-134446.shtml Google rules online advertising, but there's one area where it hasn't made too much inroad, not for lack of trying, display advertising. This is where Yahoo shines, and has always done so, and 2009 was no different. In terms of raw impressions (views), Yahoo had a strong lead in the US with 512 billion impressions. Coming in second, though with a... (read more)]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:13:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Serves-330-Billion-Display-Ads-in-2009-134446.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Serves-330-Billion-Display-Ads-in-2009-134446.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Warns-Chinese-Knockoff-to-Stop-Using-Its-Logo-134439.shtml Google has some big problems in China, of its own making, but it doesn't mean that it will let smaller ones slide. Shortly after it announced that it was ready to pull out of China if it couldn't operate a censorship-free search engine in the country, enterprising people set up Goojje.com, a brand-new search engine bearing more than a strong... (read more)]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:29:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Warns-Chinese-Knockoff-to-Stop-Using-Its-Logo-134439.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Warns-Chinese-Knockoff-to-Stop-Using-Its-Logo-134439.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/PayPal-Blocks-All-Transactions-to-and-from-India-134429.shtml PayPal has suspended all payments and transfers in India, though the eBay-owned payments platform was vague on the reason. The company says that there are "questions" that need to be addressed before enabling the service in the country again. What those questions were or how long the block will last the company wouldn't say.

"I&rs... (read more)]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:54:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/PayPal-Blocks-All-Transactions-to-and-from-India-134429.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/PayPal-Blocks-All-Transactions-to-and-from-India-134429.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Street-View-Gets-Flickr-Photos-134421.shtml One of the great features in Google Street View has been the possibility to view user photos of the current location. Street View photos are practical and a great alternative to, well, nothing at all, but their quality generally leaves to be desired. With the user photos feature, you can get much better pics of the more popular locations. So far, the geota... (read more)]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Street-View-Gets-Flickr-Photos-134421.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Street-View-Gets-Flickr-Photos-134421.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gmail-to-Add-Twitter-Like-Social-Feature-134412.shtml It looks like Facebook isn't the only one to get Twitter envy, Google seems to be catching it too as there are reports that it's launching a tool which will enable users to view status updates and shared links from their friends inside Gmail. The WSJ claims (subscription required) that the feature may be coming as soon as this week. This ties in nicely w... (read more)]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:37:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gmail-to-Add-Twitter-Like-Social-Feature-134412.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gmail-to-Add-Twitter-Like-Social-Feature-134412.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Internet-Makes-It-to-the-Nobel-Peace-Prize-Nominees-Short-List-134380.shtml Think of the Nobel Committee what you will but one thing's for sure, they know how to get people talking about them. The latest example is the list of nominees for this year's Nobel Peace Prize award among which you'll find a Chinese dissident, a Russian human rights activist and the Internet. That's right, the World Wide Web is... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:27:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Internet-Makes-It-to-the-Nobel-Peace-Prize-Nominees-Short-List-134380.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Internet-Makes-It-to-the-Nobel-Peace-Prize-Nominees-Short-List-134380.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/StockXpert-Moves-Operations-to-Thinkstock-134374.shtml Micro-stock website StockXpert announced its users that it would no longer sell new credits or accept member registrations starting with February 3, 2010. On February 10, site features like searching or downloading will be shut down, users having until then time to spend all their credits or have them transferred to iStockphoto at a one-per-one ratio.read more)]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/StockXpert-Moves-Operations-to-Thinkstock-134374.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/StockXpert-Moves-Operations-to-Thinkstock-134374.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Cimpanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ICQ-Bidders-Narrowed-Down-to-Four-Takers-by-AOL-134372.shtml read more)]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/ICQ-Bidders-Narrowed-Down-to-Four-Takers-by-AOL-134372.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/ICQ-Bidders-Narrowed-Down-to-Four-Takers-by-AOL-134372.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/FAT-Lab-Exposes-Google-Street-View-Evils-in-Germany-Using-GPS-134364.shtml Google Street View can be seen as a great product which enables people to view the world in ways it simply hasn't been possible before. Or it can be seen as a great Google conspiracy to, well, take over the world or whatever it is that evil corporate super-powers try to do these days, besides creating brain-eating zombie super mutan... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:06:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/FAT-Lab-Exposes-Google-Street-View-Evils-in-Germany-Using-GPS-134364.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/FAT-Lab-Exposes-Google-Street-View-Evils-in-Germany-Using-GPS-134364.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bit-ly-Pro-Self-Serve-URL-Shortener-Now-Live-for-Everyone-134347.shtml Bit.ly is starting to take advantage of its position of market leader in URL shortening services. The company has been consolidating its position and has been adding new analytics tools and other features, but may finally start earning some real money now that its paid Bit.ly Pro service has been made available to anyone in an open beta... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:14:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bit-ly-Pro-Self-Serve-URL-Shortener-Now-Live-for-Everyone-134347.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bit-ly-Pro-Self-Serve-URL-Shortener-Now-Live-for-Everyone-134347.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Is-Now-the-Biggest-Contributor-to-Webkit-134325.shtml Apple and Google may be increasingly at odds, but there's at least one thing on which they're still working together, the Webkit HTML rendering engine powering both Safari and Chrome, as well as a bunch of other desktop or mobile browsers. But working together doesn't exclude some form of competition and it looks like, at least by one metric - co... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:12:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Is-Now-the-Biggest-Contributor-to-Webkit-134325.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Is-Now-the-Biggest-Contributor-to-Webkit-134325.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mozilla-Wants-Developers-for-the-Cloud-134318.shtml There's a lot of focus on mobility and the cloud when it comes to the Internet lately and for good reason, both devices and wireless connection speeds and availability, make the Internet on the go a real possibility. This mobility, though, means that people are expecting their data to be available regardless where they access it, at work, at home or on mob... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:32:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mozilla-Wants-Developers-for-the-Cloud-134318.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mozilla-Wants-Developers-for-the-Cloud-134318.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Pirate-Bay-to-Be-Blocked-in-Italy-134311.shtml Italy has been putting a lot of effort lately in becoming the clear leader in backwards thinking Internet rules and legislation in Europe, a title strongly disputed with France, though up-and-comer UK may be a serious contender soon if the proposed 'three strikes' law gets through. The latest move has been a long time in the making, but anti-piracy groups ... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Pirate-Bay-to-Be-Blocked-in-Italy-134311.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Pirate-Bay-to-Be-Blocked-in-Italy-134311.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Docs-to-Be-the-Default-Office-Suite-in-Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix-134299.shtml Google's cloud office suite, Docs, is slowly picking up adopters. Targeted at those who don't need all the bells and whistles of Microsoft Office, the tools have been getting more and more attention especially with the growing use of Google Apps which comes with Docs bundled. Now, Docs has scored a major victory by becoming the ... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:27:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Docs-to-Be-the-Default-Office-Suite-in-Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix-134299.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Docs-to-Be-the-Default-Office-Suite-in-Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix-134299.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fan-Wiki-Platform-Wikia-Is-Now-Profitable-134289.shtml There's money to be made in wikis, at least that's what Wikia is now claiming. Wikia is a wiki platform service offering anyone the possibility to start a new wiki centering on almost any topic, from Star Wars, to Twilight, to gardening. Even if you're not familiar with the site, you've probably landed on one of the wikis hosted by it on more than one ... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fan-Wiki-Platform-Wikia-Is-Now-Profitable-134289.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fan-Wiki-Platform-Wikia-Is-Now-Profitable-134289.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Runs-Second-Hand-Ad-During-Super-Bowl-134279.shtml As all US folks, and inadvertently the whole world, know, Sunday night was the Super Bowl and, while it's still a sporting event a heart, much of the action happens outside the field as brands and advertisers battle it out in front of an estimated audience of 100 million people. It's a great chance for the biggest brands, which traditionally have a ... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Runs-Second-Hand-Ad-During-Super-Bowl-134279.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Runs-Second-Hand-Ad-During-Super-Bowl-134279.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hugo-Ch-vez-Speaks-Out-Against-Twitter-Terrorists-134245.shtml The Internet is making it harder for dictators around the world to go about their daily business. Mass deception, control of the media, absolute power, that sort of thing. From Italy to China and, indeed, Australia, the people in power are finding it increasingly harder to control the flow of information. The poster child for the social web rev... (read more)]]> Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hugo-Ch-vez-Speaks-Out-Against-Twitter-Terrorists-134245.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hugo-Ch-vez-Speaks-Out-Against-Twitter-Terrorists-134245.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Authors-Guild-Doesn-t-Want-to-Turn-into-the-RIAA-134242.shtml There's been a lot of debate over the ongoing Google Books litigation and the proposed settlement currently under review. Google made itself heard, detractors made themselves heard, even the US Department of Justice made its point across. One party deeply involved in the process had stayed quite for the most part though, the Authors Guild. T... (read more)]]> Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:59:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Authors-Guild-Doesn-t-Want-to-Turn-into-the-RIAA-134242.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Authors-Guild-Doesn-t-Want-to-Turn-into-the-RIAA-134242.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/85-Google-Fashion-T-Shirt-Now-Available-134236.shtml There are a lot of things that spring to mind when thinking about Google, but fashionista isn't one of them. Still, nothing that Google does should come as a surprise anymore, so $300 Google scarf shouldn't even raise an eyebrow. Apparently, Google doesn't only support budding software developers, with the Google Summer of Code, for example, the company ... (read more)]]> Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:30:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/85-Google-Fashion-T-Shirt-Now-Available-134236.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/85-Google-Fashion-T-Shirt-Now-Available-134236.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/YouTube-Officially-Announces-IPv6-Support-134230.shtml YouTube quietly rolled out IPv6 support last week and has been deploying it across the site throughout this week. The video site has now made it official by announcing that YouTube is currently streaming videos over IPv6 through the networks that support the protocol. It marks a significant point in IPv6 adoption as YouTube is one of the largest websit... (read more)]]> Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/YouTube-Officially-Announces-IPv6-Support-134230.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/YouTube-Officially-Announces-IPv6-Support-134230.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Adds-Nearby-Places-Recommendations-to-Place-Pages-134226.shtml Google launched Place Pages for Google Maps just a few moths ago, but it's already becoming a pretty interesting product. The company plans to create a page for every 'place' on Earth and the tool certainly has a lot of potential. Google has definitely invested in it and has been adding new features at a rapid pace. The latest move thoug... (read more)]]> Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:07:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Adds-Nearby-Places-Recommendations-to-Place-Pages-134226.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Adds-Nearby-Places-Recommendations-to-Place-Pages-134226.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Launches-a-Great-New-Photo-Uploader-134223.shtml Facebook is the biggest photo-sharing, or rather photo-hosting site in the world easily surpassing dedicated sites like Flickr, Picasa or Photobucket. With 400 million users, the social network can conquer a market even if it isn't actually competing in it. However, the photo management, specifically the upload process, leaves a lot to be desired as... (read more)]]> Sat, 6 Feb 2010 09:27:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Launches-a-Great-New-Photo-Uploader-134223.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Launches-a-Great-New-Photo-Uploader-134223.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Rumored-to-Launch-Email-Service-134212.shtml After Facebook decided to celebrate its sixth birthday in style, by launching a brand new homepage design and announcing it hit the 400 million users landmark, it looks like the social network isn't resting on its laurels. TechCrunch reports that Facebook may be working on a full-blown webmail client which is actually rather close to launch. It's just a... (read more)]]> Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Rumored-to-Launch-Email-Service-134212.shtml Webmaster http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Rumored-to-Launch-Email-Service-134212.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni)