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PBworks, the leading provider ofhosted collaboration solutions for business and education, today announced itsupcoming Real-Time Collaboration Update, including true VoiceCollaboration. Geographically-distributed teams will be able to work together on writingcontent, creating meeting notes in real-time, working together duringimpromptu conference calls, and enjoying other interactive features

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Google Wave is still a new phenomenon in the social media world. There is no Google Wave App Store yet and the API is relatively new, which means that Google Wave Gadgets are hard to find. The crux of Google Wave() is the extensions/apps or what Google Wave is calling “Gadgets”. Embeds and robots will have their place, but most likely not for the common user.[Ed Note: My favorite at this moment

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With the Holiday Season fast approaching, you might want to consider "making your list and checking it twice." Lists are the new order of business in Twitterville. Some say it will take the place of "Follow Fridays." Others think its jumping on the the Google Wave and Enterprise Microblogs' bandwagon. Sort of like a Wave-lite, Twitter's new list feature seems to be attempting to combine email

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The internet regulator has approved plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses, in a move that is set to transform the online world. The board of Icann voted at its annual meeting in Seoul to allow domain names in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts. More than half of the 1.6 billion people who use the internet speak languages with non-Latin scripts. It is being described as the biggest change

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It may have only been launched a few months ago but Google's Wave collaboration platform is already attracting attention from businesses, according to one of the key architects of the service. "Google is a company whose products usually start by capturing the imagination of consumers and then business gets interested but we have already had an enormous amount of interest [from companies],"

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A famous pioneer in web technology, creating the most popular search website in use today, Google stands at the forefront of companies that are pushing everything into the developing arena of the internet. With some of the most brilliant minds at work under their roof, the services coming from their creativity have essentially changed how we communicate with each other. From Gmail to Google

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Google usually does a pretty good job of selling their latest products: from Scott McCloud’s enthusiastic but ultimately somewhat patronizing comic expounding upon Chrome’s benefits, to their lengthy (frankly, too lengthy) Google Wave tutorial videos. But it’s hard to make sense of the headline to the announcement of Google’s latest service, Social Search: “I finally found my friend’s New York

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The Los Angeles City Council today voted unanimously to “Go Google,” approving a $7.25 million contract to outsource the city’s e-mail system to Google’s cloud and transition some 30,000 city employees to the cloud over the coming year, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.Clearly, this is a big deal for the city of Los Angeles. But this vote is also monumental for cloud computing as a

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Lots of folks seem excited by Google Wave's potential to radically alter collaboration. And maybe it will, but I don't think it will do so by offering some heretofore unimagined collaboration capabilities. Instead, like Google's hugely successful search engine (or a closet organizer), it'll change our lives simply by helping us find what we need.

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The Official Google Blog says..."today we're rolling out a new experiment on Google Labs called Google Social Search that helps you find more relevant public content from your broader social circle." This is the next level in Social Media with a War already going on between, Twitter and Facebook, this changes the landscape. Bing struck first with their announcement that they will be brokering

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Google has revealed that its just launched communications service Google Wave will have an App Store of its own on the lines of the Apple App Store. The unofficial "announcement" came at the Google Wave User Group Meetup at London that was held on October 27. Apart from the news regarding the arrival of an app store, there is also news about the service getting couple of new functionalities and

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Google Wave will likely have an application store for developers to sell their creations.This is according to Google Wave co-developer Lars Rasmussen, who told Tech Radar that such a system was likely to happen. "So we haven't 100 per cent locked this in, but all the developers are asking [about paid-for apps]," Rasmussen told the site.

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When a desktop computer loses its horsepower or, worse, crashes entirely, it seems a shame to throw it away, and often unnecessary: even the most timid computer user can add a U.S.B. hard drive or connect a new monitor. But when a laptop dies, it seems like it’s the end of the line. However, new online stores and easy upgrades mean that wounded laptops can, like mine, be healed.

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Windows 7 has arrived at last. Microsoft's three-year Windows Vista nightmare is over. That operating system’s wretched reputation may have been overblown; at the outset, it was slow, intrusive and incompatible with a lot of gadgets, but it’s been quietly improved over the years. Nonetheless, the corporate software buyers who order copies of Windows by the gross weren’t impressed. As recently

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Recent versions of Windows Media Player let you listen to live streaming radio in a few different ways. You can add a stream you find yourself on a radio station’s Web site or select one from the collection offered in the Media Guide menu in Windows Media Player. Some sites that collect radio streams from around the world also give you an option to listen to the audio feed through media software

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Google's Chrome Web browser has been out since Sept. 2, 2008, and the application has garnered accolades for speed and weathered criticism for taking a long time to appear in Mac and Linux versions. The browser, which has undergone quite the evolution since its launch, already has more than 3 percent market share. To endear it to new users, Google began offering a tour of the browser's features

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Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system arrives on store shelves and, possibly, in your IT department. For Microsoft and the legions of IT administrators that rely on Windows technology, this is a big deal with implications for the global economy. The unveiling of Windows 7, especially in light of what happened with Windows Vista and the legacy of Windows XP, not only means a lot for Microsoft but

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Interest in cloud computing architecture still remains largely theoretical for many corporations. However, a growing number of enterprise companies are diving into the cloud to perform complex calculations on very large data sets. One such application that’s fueling greater awareness of cloud computing's ability to impact the corporate bottom line is in the field of predictive analytics, allowing

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At Microsoft's Windows 7 launch in New York City on Oct. 22, CEO Steve Ballmer and other executives promoted the new operating system's touch-screen functionality. Several devices on display during the launch allow users to navigate by tapping and swiping through various applications, and eWEEK was there to test a few of them out.

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Mozilla's Thunderbird team has been working on software called Raindrop that aims to unify communications channels such as e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter into a single interface with enough built-in smarts to separate the important messages from the routine. "E-mail used to house the bulk of the conversations that took place on the internet, but that's no longer the case today. In today's world

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Hey, Palm users. If you've been waiting for the WebOS Twitter app Twee to leave Homebrew status and graduate to Palm's App Catalog, get moving. Twee 1.0, by Delicious Morsel, has hit prime time. The Twee Twitter app comes in two versions: free and pro ($2.99). TweeFree has more features than other WebOS Twitter apps, including photo support via TwitPic, yfrog, TweetPhoto, and Img.ly, and you can

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Microsoft has released its new operating system Windows 7. Here are a few tips on what to look out for should you decide to upgrade your computer, and a consideration of whether it is worth the effort. For most computer users, upgrading to a new operating system is never routine, regardless of whether it is Microsoft, Apple or Linux. But installing a new Microsoft operating system might fill you

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In the aftermath of a disaster, any connection to the outside world can be life-saving. When telephone networks inevitably crumble, it can be days before those affected can contact their families or relief agencies. Wireless communication expert Mike Outmesguine has demonstrated an easy way to produce a "Network Relief Kit" - an ultra-portable method of connecting to the internet from almost any

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Initially, the fuel cell will only be available in Japan. An alternative to batteries that uses methanol and water to recharge gadgets is to go on sale in Japan. Made by electronics giant Toshiba, the Dynario fuel cell is now on sale and will only be available in a limited product run of 3000 units. Toshiba said the unit, which costs 29,800 yen (£195), can triple the battery life of portable

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A new mobile phone charger that will work with any future handset has been approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations Industry body the GSMA says that 51,000 tonnes of redundant chargers are generated each year. Currently most chargers are product or brand specific, so people tend to change them when they upgrade to a new phone. However, the new

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