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Microsoft Puts Its Blog Service on Automattic Pilot

in News on September 27, 2010 at 1:12 pm PT

Discretion being the better part of valor, Microsoft has chosen not to engage in the blog-platform battle and will instead send the 30 million users of Windows Live Spaces on a mass migration to Automattic’s WordPress.com. If they all make the journey during the six-month transition, the partnership announced today will more than double the current WordPress user base of 26 million (this site among them).

Flock Web Browser Eases Multitasking But Has Drawbacks

in Personal Technology on August 6, 2008 at 6:26 pm PT

Flock, a little-known Web browser, attempts to take the pain out of online multitasking by keeping your social networks, photo sites or news feeds visible at all times. The browser works well, but it isn’t for everyone.
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SnagFilms Finds Virtual Theaters for Documentaries

in Personal Technology on July 16, 2008 at 6:02 pm PT

SnagFilms is a great idea for getting documentary films in front of more people, writes Walt Mossberg. It’s a new service that allows anyone with a blog, a Web site, or even a page on a social-networking site, to open a virtual movie theater and show these documentaries, free.
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