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eVoice Receptionist - New virtual receptionist service from the people that brought you eFax. (Too bas they don't have an agent program.) Press release 10/22/7

AT&T's Faulty New Connection—Broadband? With its new broadband TV service, the giant phone company is betting consumers want to watch TV away from home. But the perk is pricey 9/15/6 BusinessWeek

Real Estate Ads Move to the Internet Real estate listings are moving online, and newspapers are racing to protect their classifieds market by following them. BW 9/8/6

PC recycler cleans up Demand for PC recycling services is taking off, and PC recycling company Newmarket IT is taking on $50 million in funds to expand its operations. CNET 7/21/6 enhanced

PODCAST O'Reilly's Guide to Web 2.0 There's no buzzword more popular in tech today than Web 2.0. Conceived during a brainstorming session for what became the Web 2.0 Conference now held annually by O'Reilly Media Inc. and CMP Media, Web 2.0 describes the new online services such as the volunteer-written encyclopedia Wikipedia, Yahoo's Flickr photo-sharing site, online marketplace eBay, and search engine Google. Unlike most of the first generation of Web sites, these services have an innate social component, often "harnessing collective wisdom," as O'Reilly Media CEO Tim O'Reilly puts it. Here, O'Reilly explains what Web 2.0 means for business, as well as what executives should be wary of when they try to use Web 2.0 services in their own companies. BusinessWeek - CEO Guide To Technology 7/13/6 click to download MP3

U.S. to update alert system for disasters The people who brought the nation the ominous announcement, "This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System," are working on an alert system for disasters that could ultimately send messages simultaneously to millions of cell phones nationwide. CNET 7/13/6

Disrupting your desktop New web tools are changing how office work gets done. Fortune 7/6/6

Microsoft aims to end 'phone tag' For a long time now, Microsoft has been touting the end of phone tag. Next week, the company may finally take a step in that direction. CNET 6/20/6

Video: Latest salvo in browser wars CNET's Robert Vamosi looks a look at the Opera 9 browser, just released. Here is a browser with BitTorrent capability and widget-friendly. CNET 6/20/6

Tucows to acquire NetIdentity Large portfolio of surname-based domains expected to personalize web services offered to over 6,000 Internet service providers. Tucows Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Mailbank.com Inc. (doing business as NetIdentity), a privately held, profitable business owning and managing a domain name portfolio that Tucows believes is one of the Internet's largest collections of surname addresses. Yahoo.com 6/19/6

Accela Communications - Accela Communications provide services that accelerate sales & business growth for companies and partners through the use of on-demand rich media, web response management tools & a network of information technology websites.

How We Use the Web Today - A new study presents one of the clearest pictures of how people get their fill of Web-based media, especially at work. Just how do Americans get their news and entertainment over the Web? And how does the Web stack up against TV, newspapers, and other media when it comes to media consumption? Those are questions that advertisers have long wrestled to answer, with mixed results. BusinessWeek 6/16/6

Social networks--future portal or fad? Social networks like MySpace and Facebook are the zeitgeist for online executives and investors, just as they are for millions of young people. But attendees at the Piper Jaffray Global Internet Summit here still can't decide if these companies are next-generation portals, or merely flash-in-the-pan communities that will eventually fade from popularity like one-time high-fliers Geocities or AOL. CNET 6/14/6

EBay taps JotSpot for member wiki EBay on Wednesday introduced a wiki, built and hosted by JotSpot, and a blogging service aimed at EBay buyers and sellers. CNET 6/14/6

Why Corporate Web Sites Stink There's a raft of new tools for improving the way sites interact with users — but many businesses have yet to learn how to use them. Why are so many new consumer Web sites so cool while business sites just sit in the Internet ether, flat and lifeless like old magazines stacked up in a dentist's waiting room? BusinessWeek 6/13/6

Create and share your own symbols Sometimes, it's difficult to imagine online communication without emoticons and other graphic tags. Recognizing our growing dependence on them, Mikons.com provides a way to create and share "your own personal tags that symbolize your life." CNET 6/13/6 TA Editor's Note: The service is pretty easy to use. I made the symbol a the beginning of this paragraph in about two minutes. It makes for a cheap & easy way to make your own logo. Be careful though as the service is somewhat addictive.

Start-up aims to help Web publishers A start-up dubbed Baynote is set to launch Tuesday to offer on-demand software as a service so Web site publishers can make it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for. CNET 6/13/6

Publish your media to anywhere, from Fabrik We are slowly -- too slowly -- moving towards unified storage: One interface to access our data no matter where it is, be it our computer, a file server we own, a cell phone, or a hosted storage service somewhere on the Net. We need unified storage because managing the file systems and keeping track of what's where is getting way out of hand. One small step towards unified storage is coming from Fabrik, a startup run by ex-Maxtor exec Mike Cordano. Fabrik wants to be your one and only file system. It doesn't quite succeed at that, but there are some good and useful ideas in the system. CNET 6/12/6

Google guns for Microsoft Google's launch of a Web-based spreadsheet on Tuesday is further proof that the company is eyeing Microsoft's Office stronghold. Now the question is: Should Microsoft be worried? CNET 6/6/6

Google Spreadsheet review I got access to Google Spreadsheets this morning, shortly after I wrote up my quick take based on the screenshots on Google's site. After actually using this product, some pros and cons stand out. CNET 6/6/6

ThinkFree to enter 'Web office' fray ThinkFree is turning to AJAX to build on online version of its desktop productivity suite, joining the ranks of Google and others pursuing online desktop applications. CNET 6/6/6

MobilePro Announces Formation of ProGames Network MobilePro Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: MOBL), a leading broadband wireless services company, announced today the formation of ProGames Network, Inc. The company's business plan is to focus on developing tools, content and specialized connectivity for online gamers. MobilePro.com press release 6/2/6

Google: No Web browser plans Google executives said they have no plans to build a browser and downplayed threats from Microsoft's new advertising system and plans to bundle search into the next version of its operating system. CNET 6/1/6

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