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Why digg is destined for failure
This story has mostly positive ratings. 114 votes / 2 sinks

Why digg is destined for failure

Gadgets & Tech – Digg's negative user community is rotting the social news site from the inside out. That, and some questions about the long-term value of social news sites in general to content publishers.

Voted for on December 12, 2006 04:32pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks

Weaver leads Cards to World Series Win

Sports – St. Louis beats Detroit 3 games to 1 to win the 2006 World Series

Submitted and Voted for on October 28, 2006 07:29am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks

Cardinals win World Series

Sports – The St. Louis Cardinals are World Series champions. Jeff Weaver surrendered just one earned run over eight innings to help the Cardinals put away the Detroit Tigers in five games with a 4-2 win Friday night in St. Louis.

Voted for on October 28, 2006 07:29am

AOL offering Web APIs for instant messaging
This story has mostly positive ratings. 27 votes / 1 sink

AOL offering Web APIs for instant messaging

Gadgets & Tech – AOL will make its AIM instant messaging network web-friendly, making web-based APIs and widgets available to anyone who wants to incorporate AIM functionality right into their Web sites and online communities

Submitted and Voted for on October 19, 2006 10:14am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 19 votes / 1 sink

AIM Buddy Feed

Gadgets & Tech – AOL has rolled out a feature that I have been asking for for years. Called Buddy Feeds, the AIM buddy list is used as an RSS reader:

Voted for on September 28, 2006 03:45pm

Olbermann to Bush: Are Yours the Actions of a True American?
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Olbermann to Bush: Are Yours the Actions of a True American?

Politics – Keith Olbermann makes yet another special comment, this time in regards to Bush, Fox News and the attempts to blame Clinton for 9/11.

Voted for on September 26, 2006 11:40pm

Branson makes 3bn climate pledge
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Video Branson makes 3bn climate pledge

News – Virgin boss Richard Branson has pledged to donate $3bn (£1.6bn) to fight global warming.

Voted for on September 21, 2006 05:20pm

On the floor at the Clinton Global Initiative conference
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Video On the floor at the Clinton Global Initiative conference

News – After the opening session, I walked around the crowded upstairs and shot some quick footage, catching Madeline Albright, Michael Douglas, Chris Tucker, Anne Hathaway, Russell Simmons, and a few other notables in this quick, short video.

Voted for on September 21, 2006 04:50pm

CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE
This story has mostly positive ratings. 119 votes / 1 sink

CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE

Politics – Karina and I will be attending the Clinton Global Initiative this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, helping to cover the event with the team from AOL. We'll tag all our stories cgi06, so make sure you stay tuned to that tag if world politics are of interest to you.

Voted for on September 18, 2006 09:48pm

AOL to stream NBC shows
This story has mostly positive ratings. 48 votes / 1 sink

AOL to stream NBC shows

Gadgets & Tech – Time Warner Inc.'s AOL on Monday plans to announce that it will offer two new NBC programs on its Web site a week before their broadcast TVpremiere.The shows, "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and "Twenty Good Years" are produced by Time Warner-owned Warner Bros. Television for NBC.

Voted for on September 11, 2006 09:03pm

Federer captures third straight U.S. Open title, wins 2006 Open
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Federer captures third straight U.S. Open title, wins 2006 Open

Sports – NEW YORK -- Roger Federer joined John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl as only the third player in the Open era to win three straight U.S. Open titles, beating Andy Roddick 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 in Sunday's final.

Voted for on September 10, 2006 09:45pm

HP's Boardroom Shake-Up Bad News for Shareholders
This story has mostly positive ratings. 52 votes / 2 sinks

HP's Boardroom Shake-Up Bad News for Shareholders

News – The news that California is investigating questionable tactics by Hewlett-Packard's board of directors has already hurt the company's shareholders.

Voted for on September 08, 2006 05:13pm

Netscape at the Movies: Hollywoodland
This story has mostly positive ratings. 57 votes / 4 sinks

Video Netscape at the Movies: Hollywoodland

Movies – This week, I review "Hollywoodland", a new film noir based on the real-life mystery surrounding the death of TV's first Superman, George Reeves, starring Ben Affleck, Diane Lane, and Adrien Brody.

Voted for on September 08, 2006 05:13pm

Digg's Top User Says Goodbye
This story has mostly positive ratings. 116 votes / 2 sinks

Digg's Top User Says Goodbye

Gadgets & Tech – Digg's Top User Says Goodbye

Voted for on September 07, 2006 11:54am

Facebook Users Revolt, Facebook Replies
This story has mostly positive ratings. 71 votes / 1 sink

Facebook Users Revolt, Facebook Replies

Gadgets & Tech – There has been an overwhelmingly negative public response to Facebook�s launch of two new products yesterday. The products, called News Feed and Mini Feed, allow users to get a quick view of what their friends are up to, including relationship changes, groups joined, pictures uploaded, etc., in a streaming news format.

Submitted and Voted for on September 06, 2006 07:20am

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