Monthly Archives: February 2005

Amazon.com investing in bloggers

Posted on February 9th, 2005 by Ryan

Coming shortly after the Ask.com purchase of BlogLines, Amazon.com is investing in 43 Things. 43 Things allows people to write about their goals and accomplishments and links them to others with similar interests.

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Weblink: Baby name percentages

Posted on February 9th, 2005 by Ryan

Pretty cool Java applet that lets you view percentage of baby names since 1900.

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Weblink: Forum posting rules

Posted on February 9th, 2005 by Ryan

A funny movie of rules to follow when posting to a forum..

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AskJeeves to buy BlogLines

Posted on February 9th, 2005 by Ryan

In the next installment of internet buyouts, AskJeeves recently purchased BlogLines.

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Microsoft considering releasing more source code

Posted on February 9th, 2005 by Ryan

Microsoft is apparently considering releasing more source code. In a blog posting last week, Shawn Burke, development manager for the Microsoft Forms Team, mentioned that he has wanted to release the source code for Microsoft Forms for some time.

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Microsoft Longhorn scheduled for late 2005

Posted on February 7th, 2005 by Ryan

Microsoft is reportedly is planning on releasing the first full beta version of their Longhorn operating system by the end of June. This release will be primarily aimed at developers, but according to John Montgomery, a director in Microsoft’s developer … Continue reading →

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Microsoft releases updated search engine

Posted on February 1st, 2005 by Ryan

Over the past few months there has been a beta version of the ‘new and improved’ Microsoft search. Today they officially replace the Yahoo! powered search on their MSN site with their own.

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