Robert Scoble
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Microsoft looks beyond Vista, sees Vienna

News The software maker has changed the code name for the Windows Vista follow-on, once known as Blackcomb.

Monday, January 23 2006 09:26 AM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Software engineering/development

A standards truce in the browser war?

News Microsoft has entered into an unlikely partnership with the Web Standards Project, forming a joint task force to get its software up to snuff on standards.

Friday, August 05 2005 09:43 AM

Tags: Standards, Web browsers, Web logs, Antitrust

Facebook outage draws more security questions

News A multi-hour outage on the popular social networking site Facebook earlier today caused a fault with the site that let some users view other's personal site mail, but was not a hack, according to Facebook management.

Thursday, August 02 2007 09:46 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Authentication and encryption

Facebook's mounting customer service crisis

News It's unclear how many members still can't access their accounts after Facebook acknowledged a database issue, but one thing's for sure: the ones locked out are steaming mad.

Friday, October 09 2009 02:56 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Web 2.0, Robert Scoble, screen name, Plaxo Inc., Cable, e-mail, IM, customer service

Facebook takes aim at Twitter, buys FriendFeed

News The massive social network confirms it has acquired the startup, which aggregates user posts and comments from various sites including Twitter.

Tuesday, August 11 2009 09:01 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Twitter, social networking, Facebook, co-founder, leader, talent, Web, acquisition, Web 2.0

DataPortability has big names but a long road ahead

News A new group called DataPortability hopes to bridge one social media site to another, using existing technologies like OpenID and RSS.

Wednesday, January 09 2008 11:30 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Digital media, Next-generation technology/networks

Details unfolding on Microsoft's 'Origami'

News Microsoft's mystery product is starting to look like a new bid to work some magic with tablet technology.

Tuesday, February 28 2006 09:32 AM

Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Windows XP

MySpace announces 'Data Availability' project

News Social network teams with Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket, and Twitter in initiative that lets members share their profile data with other sites.

Friday, May 09 2008 10:09 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, Multimedia, MySpace, Google Inc., Plaxo Inc., Digg, social networking, Facebook, partnership

Facebook to open the gates with 'Facebook Connect'

News Hot off the heels of rival MySpace announcing it will connect profile content with other sites, Facebook reveals its own plan for exporting data to other Web sites.

Monday, May 12 2008 09:36 AM

Tags: Networking technology, Data Management, Security, Plaxo Inc., Digg, Advertisement, social networking, Facebook, network, marketing

Companies wrestle with employee blogs

News After a Cisco lawyer's personal blog sparked a defamation lawsuit, the company tightened its employee-blogging rules. How do other high-tech companies compare?

Wednesday, March 26 2008 10:36 PM

Tags: Web 2.0, Workplace

FAQ: Blogging on the job

News CNET News.com explains the dos and don'ts that could save you from getting fired.

Wednesday, March 09 2005 09:53 AM

Tags: Web logs

Will corporate blogging take off here?

Blogs %IMAGE=061106_Robert_Scoble_joins_PodTech.jpg% The guy who pioneered corporate blogging, Robert Scoble, recently announc...

Thursday, June 15 2006 07:10 PM

Facebook locks out Plaxo

News Facebook has fought off a major-league blogger's bid to extract his own contact list from the service, using a utility from rival site Plaxo.

Monday, January 07 2008 09:05 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services