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Rafe and Josh debate Google's Buzz

Rafe Needleman, Josh Lowensohn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:10:00 PST

Is Google Buzz effective competition to Twitter? Or is it just FriendFeed light? Webware writers Rafe Needleman and Josh Lowensohn debate.

Google's social side hopes to catch some Buzz

Tom Krazit — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST

Facebook and Twitter are the darlings of the social-media world, not Google--which hopes to change that with Buzz, betting it can organize your online social life.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

Google Gmail press conference (live blog)

Josh Lowensohn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:41:00 PST

We're heading to the Googleplex to find out what's happening to Gmail. Earlier reports have pointed to Google taking on Twitter. Tune in to find out if that's true.

Originally posted at Web Crawler

Mozilla plans to drop Mac OS X 10.4 support

Stephen Shankland — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:34:00 PST

Dropping support for Tiger means Firefox could be better optimized for newer Mac OS X versions, but Mozilla is meeting some resistance.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

TweetDeck gets a few tweaks

Seth Rosenblatt — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:50:00 PST

The latest version of TweetDeck is out, and although it's a minor update it also introduces some useful changes worth noting.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Adobe promises faster Flash on Macs

Stephen Shankland — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:43:00 PST

The Mac version of the widely used browser plug-in should catch up to the Windows version soon. Also: an apology for mishandling a bug.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

1080p streaming not coming to Netflix this year

Josh Lowensohn — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:30:00 PST

After an earlier report, the popular DVD-by-mail and video-streaming company now says it does not plan to stream full HD content to its users later this year.

Originally posted at Web Crawler

Google to make Gmail a little more social

Tom Krazit — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:50:00 PST

Sources familiar with the company's plans tell CNET that Google is ready to integrate status updates into Gmail in Twitter-like style, with a stream of text and multimedia updates.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

EA's game arsenal coming to Facebook?

Caroline McCarthy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:34:00 PST

An exec at the gaming company hinted that its 'Madden NFL' franchise will launch a Facebook version, the first application we've seen of EA's Playfish acquisition to its existing game titles.

Originally posted at The Social

How CoverItLive failed users during iPad unveiling

Rafe Needleman — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:00:00 PST

When you're covering tech's Super Bowl equivalent live, you really don't want your broadcasting platform to collapse.

Originally posted at Rafe's Radar