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Webware.com |  | | New on Webware.com | | | Facebook readies new user pages, filtering tools
Posted by Josh Lowensohn
This week Facebook unveiled changes to its home page that give users much tighter controls over the ever increasing flow of information. Beginning next week, users will get access to a new set of filters that can change the type of content that's shown--as it happens. The company also announced changes to its pages service, which turn things like fan pages into something closer to a user profile. Read more |  | Foxmarks becomes Xmarks, does site discovery
Posted by Rafe Needleman
Foxmarks, the browser bookmark utility, is now known as just Xmarks. The Xmarks plug-in shows you sites similar to the one you're on, based on what other users have bookmarked and where they've filed those bookmarks. The plug-in also gives you additional information in search results, letting you see site popularity and user ratings on your search hits. All roads also, optionally, point the user to the Xmarks site, which has more reviews of and data about sites, and a wiki-like directory of sites. Read more | | Flickr video goes HD, tells time
Posted by Josh Lowensohn
This week Flickr introduced high-definition video to its service. For now it's limited to paying Pro members only, but Flickr is also allowing its free users to upload two standard-definition videos a month. Along with the bump to HD, Flickr also introduced a clock made up of user videos. It tells you what time it is, as well as showing you videos that are coded with the time of day they were shot. Read more | | Yahoo's Inquisitor search comes to iPhone
Posted by Josh Lowensohn
On Thursday Yahoo released a mobile version of its Inquisitor search tool for the iPhone. This application is ridiculously fast. Search results stream in without chugging down the iPhone's processor, or slowing down your keystrokes. More importantly, it lets you start typing in a query less than four seconds after launching it, which in my testing was about two seconds faster than Google's voice-powered search app. Read more | | Hulu content returns to Boxee in a different form
Posted by Caroline McCarthy
Media-center start-up Boxee, which aggregates Web video for television set-top boxes, has launched a new version that restores access to video hub Hulu. The NBC Universal-News Corp. joint venture had pulled its content from Boxee after content partners took issue with it. But it's not really the same: Boxee has brought back Hulu by extending its support for RSS feeds, and is pulling the video content in that way. Read more | | | |   | | Webware productivity updates | | | Google expands offline calendar to more users
Posted by Stephen Shankland
Google Calendar users can now manage their schedule even when offline. The feature is available by clicking the "Offline Beta" link in the upper right side of the page. As with offline Gmail, the service uses Google's Gears software to store a copy of the calendar data on a person's computer so it can be accessed while the network is down. Unlike the Gmail version, however, new items can't be created or modified while offline. Read more | | Zoho upgrades Web word processor with good UI
Posted by Rafe Needleman
Zoho has improved its online word processor, Writer, with a revised user interface and a few new useful features. The interface change is a have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too experiment. The new "MenuTab" UI gives you drop-down choices from the top level of the menu, but you can also press on a top-level menu choice to display an icon bar with identical options. The icon bar is nothing like Microsoft Office 2007's tab bar, but it does work. Read more | | | | | | Stay informed on the tech topics that matter to you most |
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