Yahoo Messenger Hits The Web

Ubiquity and interoperability are the key features in the newly launched, web-based Yahoo Messenger client: it runs on multiple web browsers (including Opera, yay!) and can chat with Windows Live Messenger users.

Searchers Up For Wild Knitting Nights

You see, as a man, not to be chauvinist, or sexist, or to not allow for exceptions to the rule, my interest in knitting is about as intense as my interest in, say, what shoes somebody's wearing (unless they're those killer liquor compartment sandals). So imagine my surprise when I found out knitting is all the rage these days, and the people they be a-searchin'…

Silverlight Makes A Splash

A number of press releases use words like “amazing” or “revolutionary.”  Then, as you read on, you find that the corresponding product or service is duller than dust.  With Microsoft’s new Silverlight, the opposite appears to be true - a relatively modest press release accompanied this new “cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in,” and rave reviews ensued.

Web 2.0 Sites See Strong Growth

Web 2.0 Web sites accounted for 12 percent of all U.S. online traffic for the week ending April 7, 2007 according to a new study from Hitwise. That number represents an increase of two percent compared to two years ago.