Quoted: Google sees HTML5 as a more logical future for Web improvements than its own Gears software. No surprise, given its work on the standard and dislike for plug-ins. Read this blog post by Stephen Shankland on Webware.

Quoted: The plan we've come up with is to remove regional networks completely and create a simpler model for privacy control where you can set content to be available to only your friends, friends of your friends, or everyone.
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We're adding something that many of you have asked for — the ability to control who sees each individual piece of content you create or upload

Quoted: The $2.7 billion deal, valued at $7.90 a share, has already been approved by directors of both companies.

Quoted: If you've moved a few pages or even a whole site, here are a few ways to get your visitors to where they were going by automatically redirecting them.

Quoted: The Web is built for browsing—not deep reading. Everything about reading on the Web is designed to shorten your attention span. Every link promises that whatever you’re currently reading isn’t nearly as interesting as the thing behind the link.

Handy site for examing HTTP requests/responses

Quoted: view request and response header of a HTTP connection and HTML source

Quoted: It’s possible to instruct Windows Live Messenger to revert back to classic style, where its main window is represented by notification tray area icon. The hack is to run Windows Live Messenger in Windows Vista compatibility mode in Windows 7 in order to move WLM icon back to system tray.

Quoted: Hardware manufacturers may also choose to do new Windows 7 drivers to take advantage of under-the-hood improvements in the new version. But Microsoft claims the Vista drivers will work in the vast majority of cases.