The Friday Linker (for 7-14 -06)
Friday, July 14, 2006
End your weekend with a list of our favorite news items from around the 'Web, as well as websites that we find interesting. Welcome to "The Friday Linker". Have any cool news items that you think should be here? E-mail Joseph Wilkinson with your suggestions...
Tech News:
Tech News:
- Google Spreadsheets getting Charts soon?: Google Spreadsheets, an Internet-based spreadsheet offering that launched last month, is rumored to be getting an update that will allow users to create and edit charts. Should we expect macros next?
- Feedster New President, New Money: Feedster, a blog search engine based in San Francisco, has raised a new round of funding (Many people are thinking somewhere between $1 and $5 million), as well as a new president, Tyler Goldman.
- Earthlink Debuts RSS Reader, Social Bookmarking Site: Earthlink just launched an RSS Reader called myEarthLink, as well as a social bookmarking service that's similar to del.icio.us. Do we honestly need another RSS reader? Or another social bookmarking service for that matter?
- Mac OS X: Viruses and Security: Todd Woodward from Symantec has admitted that Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system is immune to file-infecting viruses, but goes on to say that Mac users need to worry about rootkits and worms.
- ReactOS Reviewed: The Next Windows?: ReactOS is an open-source operating system that is intended to be compatible with Windows XP. Neosmart has a great, 5-page review of ReactOS, including screenshots. Rock on open-source!
- The Analysis of a Digg Effect 4X in 10 Days: CyberNet takes a look at how important Digg can be for getting large amounts of traffic in short periods of time.
