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Six Apart Shuts Down Vox

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:01pm
Six Apart is shutting down its Vox blogging service. Users have until Sept. 30 to export their data to another free blog publishing service like Six Apart's TypePad. After that, Vox will be gone.


Chrome 6 Arrives, Just in Time for Cake

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 1:31pm
Google is celebrating the second birthday of its Chrome web browser with the release of Chrome 6. Among the new features are an updated user interface, auto-fill for web forms, extension syncing, increased speed and numerous bug fixes.


Google Testing Out Full-Featured Google Apps

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 10:00pm
There's a sign of hope for frustrated Google Apps users who feel left out of getting all the cool toys regular Google users get: Google is inviting select users this week to test out Apps with all the bells and whistles.


Why Does 'Twitter API' Keep Asking for My Password?

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 3:11pm
Sites around the web — including Wired.com — are getting splashed with a mysterious dialog Tuesday, thanks to a change in the way Twitter handles user authentication.


Twitter Moves to OAuth: The OAuthcalypse Is Nigh

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 4:30pm
Twitter is killing support for basic user authentication in third-party apps on Tuesday morning. Instead, Twitter will now require all third-party app developers to use OAuth for user authentication.


Chrome 7 Shows Off Hardware Acceleration, 'Tabpose'

Sun, 08/29/2010 - 11:45pm
Google's web browser will soon gain hardware-accelerated graphics — the latest trend for browsers that has already shown up in early builds of Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4. It also gets a new animated tab organizer.