Digg Stories Bore You After An Hour

Remember the good old days, back in 2006, when an online article had a freshness date of roughly 36 hours? A couple of scientists have found that's about 35 hours too long these days.

RSS Has Filters

Scott Karp mentioned that RSS has no value without a filter. RSS already has filters, but most people probably do not use them to their full potential. Your top trusted editors in each category already are human editors / filters. As you go deeper into any category you find more duplication. Many blog platforms allow you to subscribe to an individual category.

Google Earth To Showcase Beautiful Buildings

Architecture is one of those subjects that appeals, on some level, to just about everybody; from your basic suburban house to St. Basil’s Cathedral, it’s just too entwined in our lives to go unnoticed.  Now architecture is being noticed by Google Earth - The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has helped design two new 3D layers for the software.

China To Web: “Adhere To Correct Propaganda”

If you use the right euphemisms, it's almost enough to give you warm fuzzies: the Chinese government, according the country's president, is developing plans to "actively and creatively nurture a healthy online culture." Unfortunately, China's state television forgot to dress up the language, and instead disclosed the less comforting thought that "development and administration of Internet culture must stick to the direction of socialist advanced…