 | | Facebook upsets users with terms of service edit | Last weekend a small change to Facebook's terms of service became a very big deal. The company changed it stance on content ownership, allowing it to retain control over things like notes, photos, and videos--even if users had deleted them or canceled their account. A few days later, amid criticism from both users and the media, Facebook reverted back to its old terms. However, this is the third major privacy misstep the popular social network has made within the past two years. Can you entrust your data to Facebook? We investigate.
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Webware.com |  | | New on Webware.com | | | Mix your own Gmail theme
Posted by Seth Rosenblatt
Google's thrown in a slight change to Gmail's Themes option. You can now select your own colors for background, links, tabs, and text in a what-you-see-is-what-you-get editor. Read more |  | Facebook brings comments to your site
Posted by Rafe Needleman
On Thursday Facebook released a new widget that enables Facebook comments to be added to any Web page. Blogs that want to make it easier for their readers to leave comments can simply add this to their site. Facebook users log-in with their Facebook accounts, via the company's Connect service. Read more | | How-to: Browse the Web while gaming
Posted by Josh Lowensohn
Our friends at Gamespot round up four different browsers you can use while playing games on your PC. Why run these instead of your standard browser? Simple, these browsers have been designed to run as lean and mean as possible, and play nice with an application that's running in full-screen mode. Read more | | The firewall vs. the cloud
Posted by Rafe Needleman
Not all Web 2.0 start-ups are seeing the need to offer local access to their services, but it's important. Sites can go down, and having an infrastructure that you manage locally can make a big difference towards security and reliability. We run down some cloud services that are offering "local" versions. Read more | | AccuWeather floats a new weather widget for AIR
Posted by Jessica Dolcourt
AccuWeather has a new weather-checker for Windows, Mac, and Linux that runs on the free Adobe AIR platform. It's about as basic as they come, with just enough information for the daily or five-day forecaster. There are daytime and nighttime readings, icons that communicate clear, cloudy, or rainy conditions at a glance, and the ability to change locations. If you want to run a widget, but don't want to install a special program to do it, this app will help you out. Read more | | | | Webware for your health | | | Find answers to your medical questions with these five sites
Posted by Don Reisinger
I am, sadly, well-acquainted with medical research sites. While everyone knows WebMD and probably uses the site to find out about medical conditions, you might be surprised to know there are a slew of sites that offer similar service, providing outstanding medical information. I've picked five worth using. Read more | | Medpedia makes medical information easily accessible
Posted by Don Reisinger
The Medpedia Project is a joint effort of Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, Berkeley School of Public Health, and other global health organizations. The site features a repository of up-to-date medical information, contributed and maintained by health professionals from around the world. Read more | | | | | | Stay informed on the tech topics that matter to you most |
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