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Financial Frights and Blogging About it
In the fallout of America's financial implostion, the most vulnerable Seattle-area Internet firms are taking preventative measures to avert potential operational setbacks, largely by...
Seattle Makes FCC Case
A proposal to create a free, national wireless Internet service got a boost as Federal Communications Commission engineers concluded that concerns are overblown about...
Live Search Perks, MS Surfaces
A new Live SearchPerks program announced today will reward users who install a small desktop counter to their PCs that calculates how many times...
Birth of G-Phone, Death of WaMu
Local telecom carrier T-Mobile has unveiled the first mobile device powered by Google software, a smartphone seen as a potential rival to the popular...
The Gist of E-mail, Amazon Freemies
What if you could organize your E-mail by blending your business or personal contacts with other relevant information, from Web links to blog posts,...
Palindrome: Live Search Local Search Local Live!
Live Search Local Listings Center, the hub of Micosoft's Local Search universe, has been brought to life like the smash hit PC video game...
IE8 Beta Is Privacy Rich
Microsoft on Wednesday released Internet Explorer 8 beta 2, which adds a slew of new privacy and security features.IE8 beta 2 is available in...
Google Chrome & Crowdsourcing
Google enters the Web browser market today wih a browser that it is touting as a game changer in Web surfing capability and usability....
Classmates Gets World Class Digs
Classmates.com, a fixture in the South Sound's Renton business community for the past 13 years, will be relocating its operations to Seattle next year...
Angie’s Seattle Top Ten List
Angie's List, the runaway hit local household (and now local heath care) rating and referral service, is on a roll. The better business brainchild...