Nice Alert: Our Annual Request for Civility in Comments

In which we comment on our comments.
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SceneChat Breaks Out Conversations About Videos

SceneChat today launches the beta version of a publisher plugin to create comment threads around embedded videos.
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Social File Sharing Start-Up Minus Raises a Mini-Round, but Hopes to Go Plus-Sized

The slick little start-up that lets users share files by dragging them into their Web browser has raised some cash and is looking to some pretty nerdy Web sites for inspiration in getting social.
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Google Turns Word Comments, A Necessary Office Evil, Into Discussions

Google Docs tries to wrangle one of the great annoyances of office life — collaborating on documents — into a Twitter-like discussion.

Polyvore Goes Sky High With Times Square Billboard

Polyvore, the site for aspiring fashionistas to mix and match products from various brands to create their favorite outfits, is making its debut on the Times Square catwalk.

A Digital “Magazine” With One Subscriber

A new iPad app called Zite makes the news-gathering process a lot easier. The app crawls over half a million Web domains to find specific reading material that would be of interest to users, according to their social network and online reading behavior.
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Apple and Samsung Hammering Out $7.8 Billion Display Deal

With demand for its iOS devices growing, Apple is once again moving to secure vast storehouses of parts with which to build them. Cupertino is said to be finalizing a massive component contract with Samsung, one that would make it the company’s single largest customer.

YooMee Games Opens the Chuck E. Cheese of Online Arcades

What do you get when you give casual game players the chance to compete for cash and prizes? A really addictive experience. Or at least that’s the hope of YooMee Games.

News Corp.'s First "Daily" Ad Is Missing One Word, And It Begins With "I"

Rupert Murdoch and company worked very hard to get Apple on board for the Daily’s launch, and Murdoch says this year “belongs to the iPad.” So why not mention the tablet by name?

Mobilized Gets Hands-On With Google’s Honeycomb (Video)

Following its big reveal of Honeycomb on Wednesday, we had a chance to see the new tablet version of Android in action. In a video, Google shows off new features, such as improved notifications and 3-D graphics.

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