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Techcrunch profiled a new service called vast today. Here is an excerpt from their FAQ page:Vast is a search service - we scour the web across millions of sites and billions of pages to find nuggets of information - jobs,...

Recently we've been looking for a domain name for our new service (which is in stealth mode). Finding a memorable, simple, catchy, meaningful and available domain name is now the most critical part of the branding process. Because it is...

If it's too good to be true, there must be something wrong with it. I've bought about two dozens of albums at allofmp3.com (here is the link to my previous article) in the past couple of weeks and I am,...

I just got an email from MySpace announcing two new features. The first is Filmmakers, which is a new section for filmmakers to network with industry and fans, as well as show off clips, trailers and short films. The second...

Only 3 days after I talked about how I am using Google Desktop for email searches, TechCrunch is quoting the Mercury News article that points out a basic flaw of the software. It says that when you move around the...

When google desktop was first announced, being a big google fan back then, I immediately downloaded and tried it out. After spending about 30 minutes, I finally uninstalled it because: I didn't need a sidebar other than my msn messenger...

While reading Business 2.0, I ran across an article about a company/website called, Fundable.org. This is an interesting new service that lets anyone raise money for anything. Here is a short description from the website:Fundable.org lets groups of people pool...

Edgeio is a new site that is in its closed beta phase (I heard that it will be launching this Sunday!). Currently, you have to use the well-publicized password, LAGUNA to use the service. The following is from the 'About'...

This is not necessarily new news, but I had a heated discussion with my good friend Bill about this issue today. A federal lawsuit accuses Craigslist of violating fair housing laws by publishing discriminatory classified ads, and this really pisses...

Now that I am blogging almost daily, I started thinking about ways how I can increase traffic to my blog. Robin Good wrote this great article titled, RSSTop55 Best Blog Directory and RSS Submission Sites. This was probably the most...

I just started reading a book called, The Search by John Battelle. In one of the early chapter titled, Search before Google, John spent half of the chapter talking about the rise and fall of the once popular search site...

Ning is a new venture from Marc Andressen which provides a web service that lets you easily create a simple, social application through cloning existing applications created by other members. This is very interesting because there are hundreds of thousands...

Browster is my latest discovery, which is also one of my all-time favorites. Basically, it is a plug-in for a web browser (IE or Firefox) that lets you navigate through websites much more efficiently. It is especially useful when you...

Here is a list of websites that has something to do with 'social bookmarking' or 'search based on human indexing'. del.icio.us digg wink furl spurl blinklist del.irio.us feedme links linkroll netvouz scuttle snap clusty blingo rojo simpy ... and here...

This is the 'best discovery of the year'. Well, I know, it's been only a month and half into 2006 - big deal. But seriously, I think this is the best kept secret on the Internet. Allofmp3 is a music...

Digg is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, and non-hierarchical editorial control. With digg, users submit stories for review, but rather than allow an editor to decide which stories go on the homepage, the users do....

The big news this week is the launch of Windows Live - a new service from Microsoft. I just spent about half an hour playing around and it looks kinda cool. It's your new home page with all the goodies...

As I've blogged here, I thought Apple's new Video iPod was cool. At the time, not many people seemed to agree. Who wants to watch video on such a small screen!, was the overwhelming response. However, it turns out that...

For the past couple of days, everybody has been talking about the upcoming service from google called 'google base'. It seems like this is a new way for people to push the content to google's search engine, but I guess...

When I first heard about podcasting about a year ago, my reaction was - what's the big deal about it? 12 months later, I bought an iPod nano and downloaded some podcasting contents for the first time. Now I get...