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Blogs ยป Archive for September, 2008
A New Era in Drupal
Acquia, a software company based in Andover, MA, have announced a commercially supported version of the popular open source CMS, Drupal. As David reports, by offering a package of some of the better modules, this will certainly result in wider adoption of Drupal.
Clearspring Acquires AddThis to Bolster Reach
Widget platform Clearspring today announced the acquisition of sharing widget AddThis. AddThis adds some 20 billion page views per month to the Clearspring network and puts their reach on par with that of the 7th largest web property in the world, according to comScore.
GNU Founder: Cloud Computing is “Worse than Stupidity”
GNU and Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman has some strong thoughts about the idea that some or all software should transition to the cloud. “It’s stupidity. It’s worse than stupidity,” he said. So who’s right, Stallman or the major corporations backing the cloud concept?
MP3Count is AllofMP3 All Over Again
A few years ago, a Russian site called AllofMP3 electrified servers around the world as people clamored to download DRM-free songs at well below the market rate before the site was shut down. Now a Ukrainian site is aiming to do the same, but it probably won’t last.
Will Links Save the Newspaper Industry?
The more you keep your visitors on your page looking at your original content the more engaged they’ll be, right? Maybe not, says Scott Karp from Publishing 2.0, who is pushing what he calls “link journalism” as a way to save the flagging newspaper industry.
Web Directions South, Day Two: Crowd vs Community
Perhaps it’s because last week’s Web Directions South conference was the fifth that he’s attended that SitePoint’s Matthew Magain is more difficult to impress than he used to be. Somehow though, Web Directions South ‘08 managed to meet his high expectations.
Microsoft, Nokia Adopt jQuery
Microsoft have announced that jQuery will be supported by the next version of Visual Studio, and Nokia’s Web Run-Time platform will also bundle the JavaScript library in future releases. These announcements only strengthen jQuery’s position as the most popular library for web developers.
WebJam 8: Smells Like Geek Spirits (and Beer)
What do you do to relax after a long but engrossing day of conference presentations? Why, you listen to more geek speakers at a pub, only this time with more booze and less attention span. Here’s Alex’s coverage of WebJam 8.
HelpWith: Social Search Without the Effort
Social search is a powerful idea — using the expertise of your friends to get answers that you trust — but it also requires a lot of work. Building and maintaining a social network is a lot more difficult than using a Google search box. HelpWith aims to make it easier to participate.
Adobe CTO Talks Tough on Google, Microsoft
Despite recent headbutting, Microsoft and Adobe appear to have a lot in common. Both think that the future of computing will be social, will be delivered from both the cloud and the client, and that you’ll access it from all manner of devices.
