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Web 2.0 Summit Conversations Going Up

November 24, 2006 We're beginning to post audio from the Web 2.0 Summit on the Conversations page. New podcasts are scheduled to arrive weekly, so visit often.

Suzanne Axtell, Communications Gal

NetworkWorld: Web 2.0 Conference: OpenID Helps Users Beat Account Management hassles

November 23, 2006 "Developers at the Web 2.0 conference are offering web users an escape from the hassle of remembering usernames and passwords across multiple web sites," observes Evan Prodromou in this LinuxWorld.com article that was picked up by NetworkWorld.

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LinuxWorld: Web 2.0 Summit: Open Source Software Borrows Back from the Open API Web

November 22, 2006 Over on LinuxWorld.com, Evan Prodromou writes: Web services, software-as-a-service, and per-node, per-hour rent-a-grid computing are meeting in the middle. Web sites, companies with server software roots, and open source developers are converging on new ideas for business IT that blur the… read more

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Associated Press: Summit draws many Internet entrepreneurs

November 18, 2006 Michael Liedtke writes: Although conditions haven't returned to the feverish levels of the dot-com boom, the Internet's business atmosphere is clearly heating up. The latest symptoms of the escalating exuberance bubbled up this week at an elite gathering called the… read more

Ben Stricker, PR Guy

ZDNet: Web 2.0 isn't dead, but Web 3.0 is bubbling up

November 18, 2006 Dan Farber writes: Nick Carr was at this best synthesizing the week that was-the Web 2.0 Summit-and he wasn't even there. I agree with other bloggers, commentators, writers, reporters, pundits, podcasters, vloggers, journalists and user generated content creators who said… read more

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WebProNews: There Is No Web 3.0

November 18, 2006 Ross Mayfield writes: John Markoff writes in the NY Times that Web 3.0 is coming. Apparently he missed my post last week, for There is no Web 3.0. The funny thing about my summation last year (Web 2.0 is Made… read more

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Fortune: Web 2.0: Why it's all about Google

November 18, 2006 Adam Lashinsky writes: Despite lofty predictions for MySpace and YouTube, almost no one in the current Web wave is making money - except Google. That could be a good thing for investors, argues Fortune's Adam Lashinsky. For a couple of… read more

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Red Herring: Hakia Raises $11 Million

November 18, 2006 Search upstart challenges Googlewith help from international array of investors. Hakia said it has raised $11 million in its first phase of funding from a panoply of investors scattered across the globe who were attracted by the company's semantic search… read more

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Fortune: Wake up and smell the copyright

November 18, 2006 Forbes' Adam Lashinsky writes:It's time for Silicon Valley to accept the same laws that govern the rest of American business, says Fortune's Adam Lashinsky. A key tenet of life in Silicon Valley is that the technology industry is different from… read more

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AdvertisingAge: How to Win Web 2.0

November 16, 2006 Matthew Creamer writes:If the term Web 2.0 means anything at all to major media companies, it's that having a potent way to get video content in front of consumers-and pull in a growing pile of ad bucks-will determine the winners… read more

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New York Times: Entrepreneurs See a Web Guided by Common Sense

November 16, 2006 John Markoff writes:From the billions of documents that form the World Wide Web and the links that weave them together, computer scientists and a growing collection of start-up companies are finding new ways to mine human intelligence. Their goal is… read more

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Red Herring: Hype 2.0: Rockers and Retreads

November 16, 2006 For one evening, at least, it felt like the good old days again.For those around for the first bubble, this week's Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco felt awfully familiar. A big name rock act, hipster god Lou Reed, was… read more

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San Jose Mercury News: High-powered speakers highlight Web 2.0 conference

November 16, 2006 Constance Loizos and Elise Ackerman write:For the 1,000 attendees at the third Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, there was ample opportunity to network, nosh, check out new startups and mingle with some of the biggest names in the technology… read more

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SF Chronicle: It happened at the Summit

November 16, 2006 Dan Fost channels Herb Caen at Web 2.0: I have been to the mountaintop. I have learned the secrets of the Palace. OK, I have been to the Web 2.0 Summit, a highly hyped Internet conference. I have overheard a… read more

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Washington Post: Windows Up On Ray Ozzie

November 16, 2006 Alan Sipress writesIf you're the man who replaced Bill Gates, you're sure to inherit a certain mystique and engender intense interest both inside Microsoft and out. But since Ray Ozzie took over as the company's chief software architect this year,… read more

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Forbes Blog: Bubbling Point

November 16, 2006 Forbes' Rachel Rosmarinhas posted several entries on the Forbes blog during the Web 2.0 Summit...The Palace Hotel is crammed full of ambitious tech geeks, all jockeying for a bit of WiFi bandwidth, a rare power outlet or the chance to… read more

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CNET: Ozzie: Microsoft is at an 'interesting juncture'

November 16, 2006 Martin LaMonica writes: With Microsoft's Vista and Office 2007 released to manufacturing, the software giant is preparing to adapt the products for the Web-dominated era, Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said Wednesday. Ozzie spoke at the Web 2.0 Summit here,… read more

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ZDNet: Yahoo planning a 180 on Yahoo 360

November 16, 2006 Dan Farber writes:Yahoo co-founder David Filo, who rarely gets in front of a conference crowd, chatted with John Battelle at the Web 2.0 Summit, aided by Bradley Horowitz, Yahoo vice president of product strategy. Filo is the product focused half… read more

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LinuxWorld: Web 2.0 - Tools that make the collaborative web work

November 16, 2006 Evan Prodromou writes: The Web's business and technology elite convened for O'Reilly and Associates' third annual Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco's Palace Hotel last week. Started in 2004, the meeting lends its name to what some call a movement… read more

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TalkCrunch: Interview With Jeff Bezos

November 15, 2006 Posts Michael Arrington: Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has been talking about their web services business unit a lot lately. Moments after he left the stage at the Web 2.0 Summit last week I was able to speak to him… read more

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Technology Review: The Speed of Social News Sites

November 15, 2006 "Social news aggregator Digg.com was able to spotlight Donald Rumsfeld's resignation faster than machine-operated Google News," writes Kate Greene Less than 10 minutes after the news of Donald Rumsfeld's resignation hit the wires last week, the information was visible to hundreds… read more

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Wired.com Blogs/Monkey Bites: Stikkit, Photosynth, Yahoo!, Ray Ozzie, Jonathan Miller...

November 15, 2006 Michael Calore took a lot of Monkey Bites out of the Web 2.0 Summit: Don't Write It... Stikkit! Microsoft Sets Photosynth Loose Yahoo Debuts Integrated Chat in Yahoo Mail Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie Web 2.0: AOL CEO Jonathan Miller Web 2.0: Who Owns Your Data? Web… read more

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O'Reilly Radar: Zimbra, Photosynth, Harnessing Collective Intelligence, Polar Bear in Snowstorm, and Just Having Fun

November 12, 2006 The Radar Team picked up on a few more signals at the Web 2.0 Summit: Brady: Zimbra Adds Offline Use of Their Productivity Apps Brady: Photosynth Tim: Harnessing Collective Intelligence Allison: Polar Bear in a Snowstorm interpretation of Web 2.0. Tim: Correction: Just Having… read more

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Read/Write Web: Web 2.0 Summit Wrap-up

November 12, 2006 Richard McManus has written a thoughtful summary of this year's Summit: It's the end of a hectic week of conference-going for your R/WW correspondent - and so time for a wrap-up of my thoughts on the Web 2.0 Summit. Firstly, my… read more

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Fast Company: Web 2.0 Summit Coverage

November 12, 2006 Lynne Johnson, with some help from Scott Kirsner, has posted a number of pieces from the Summit, covering social networking, Google, collaboration, video, Lou Reed's appearance, and more.

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Red Herring: TimeBridge, Intel's New Suite, Ray Ozzie on Vista

November 12, 2006 Falguni Buhta filed a trio of pieces from the event: TimeBridge Eases Scheduling Intel Announces Web 2.0 Suite Ray Ozzie: Vista Is Not Perfect Red Herring editors also posted a Week in Review piece that summarized some thoughts on the Summit, including… read more

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InformationWeek: Open Season On Closed Platforms At Web 2.0

November 12, 2006 Thomas Claburn wrote an article on how "Vendors look for ways to achieve user lock-in in a world of open networks, open source software, and open APIs." Among the many buzzwords associated with the Web 2.0 hype, none has quite the… read more

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USA Today: Next-generation Net Takes Shape at Conference

November 11, 2006 An article from Jefferson Graham: Yahoo (YHOO) on Thursday previewed a new tool that wraps instant messaging into its hugely popular e-mail program. Launching in early 2007, the feature will enable Yahoo members to see their mail contacts online and instant-message… read more

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San Jose Mercury News: Web 2.0: The Third Year

November 10, 2006 The Summit was "a chance to mingle with giants in tech," write Elise Ackerman, Constance Loizos and Michelle Quinn: For the 1,000 people gathered at the third Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, there was ample opportunity to network, nosh, check… read more

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Wired.com: Web 2.0 Replaces Music Teachers

November 10, 2006 Michael Calore has posted this article on one of the Launch Pad sponsors, In the Chair: In the cacophony of mashups, widgets and collaboration tools demoed at the third annual Web 2.0 Summit here, one rang out as the biggest crowd… read more

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Marketplace: Web 2.0: Making Money

November 10, 2006 From the Marketplace entry: "A weeklong conference looking at the future of the Internet wraps up today. It's all about monetizing the Web, Rachel Dornhelm reports."

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U.S. News & World Report: Five Internet Stars To Be

November 09, 2006 Justin Ewers writes: Call it the Grand Summit of the Internet Digiterati. Or a geekfest worthy of Star Trek. The Web2.0 conference in San Francisco is an annual gathering of those hardy souls in Silicon Valley-and beyond-who are still hanging on… read more

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Washington Post: At Web 2.0 Summit, a Look At What's in Store (and Storage)

November 09, 2006 A post from The Post's Alan Sipress: Jeffrey P. Bezos, chief executive of Amazon.com Inc., outlined his ambitious strategy for selling online storage and computing power before a crowd of entrepreneurs gathered here Wednesday for the Internet industry's marquee conference and… read more

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PC World: Ray Ozzie, Yahoo!, Photosynth

November 09, 2006 Editor in chief Harry McCracken has posted several entries: At Web 2.0 Conference I'm sitting in a ballroom at San Francisco's Palace Hotel, where the Web 2.0 Summit began today. If interesting stuff going on on the Internet has an epicenter,… read more

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O'Reilly Network: Lou Reed and Launch Pad

November 09, 2006 Master podcaster Daniel Steinberg has started to post audio from the Summit, brought to you by the Intel Software Network and Intel Software Partner Program: Lou Reed at Web 2.0 Day two of the Web 2.0 Summit 2006 began with conversations… read more

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CNET: Ning brings social networking to the masses

November 09, 2006 Martin LaMonica writes: Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini took the stage at the Web 2.0 Summit here Wednesday to publicly launch Ning.com, which lets people build Web sites for online socializing. The company has been operating for more than a… read more

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Associated Press via SF Chronicle: Internet startups jostle for right to appear at elite Web summit

November 09, 2006 Web 2.0 Conference/Summit regular Mike Liedtke writes: Although conditions haven't returned to the feverish levels of the dot-com boom, the Internet's business atmosphere is clearly heating up. The latest symptoms of the escalating exuberance bubbled up this week at… read more

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Internetnews.com: Google Wears a Bullseye at Web 2.0

November 09, 2006 David Needle writes: The second day of the Web 2.0 Summit featured some of the Internet's heaviest hitters talking strategy, new products and how to compete with search king Google, one of several sponsors of the event. "There is… read more

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SF Chronicle: Web 2.0 Summit a tech schmoozefest

November 09, 2006 Verne at the Chronicle writes: All things Internet were the topic at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco this week, where technology luminaries including Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos and Netscape founder Marc Andreessen spoke Wednesday. And while big names… read more

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Reuters: Skype Tests New Features in Bid to Diversify Sales

November 08, 2006 Eric Auchard has filed another story: Web telephone-calling company Skype on Wednesday unveiled new software with automatic click-to-call features designed to make shopping easier and that also encourages users to join group conversations...Speaking to an audience of Internet industry insiders at… read more

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Red Herring Coverage of the Web 2.0 Summit

November 08, 2006 The folks at Red Herring have been busy at the Web 2.0 Summit, with six articles so far, including stories on the Barry Diller/Arthur Sulzberger session on old vs. new media, Intel's announcement of their Web 2.0 Suite, Google's Eric… read more

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CNET Leading the League in Web 2.0 Summit Coverage

November 08, 2006 Complete CNET coverage of the Web 2.0 Summit can be found at Spinning the Web 2.0 at conference and their new blog, Webware.com.

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San Jose Mercury News: Google Ties, Growth Overseas on the Menu

November 08, 2006 "Levinsohn takes up inside Fox Interactive," writes Constance Loizos: Fox Interactive Media -- the digital division of News Corp. formed last summer when it acquired the popular Web site MySpace -- has mushroomed under President Ross Levinsohn, 43, formerly president of… read more

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Read/Write Web: Web 2.0 Summit Launchpad

November 08, 2006 Writes Richard McManus, "The Launchpad at the Web 2.0 Summit is a popular event, the venue is packed. 13 companies have 5 minutes each. Here are some quick impressionistic views of how it went...."

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Press Release: Cambrian House Launches Web's First Wishing Well

November 08, 2006 "The Spirit of Robin Hood Lives On With Opportunity to Make and Grant Wishes At RobinhoodFund.com And On Second Life," is the headline of the press release issued by sponsor Cambrian House: Based on tales of the legendary Robin Hood,… read more

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O'Reilly Radar: Stikkit and oDesk

November 08, 2006 Two of the Radar team members have posted about Launch Pad Sponsors, Stikkit and oDesk: Stikkit - Sticky Notes Reborn from Allison Randal oDesk/O'Reilly Tech Visualizations from Brady Forrest

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Press Release: Cambrian House Completes First Ideawarz Tournament, Validates Crowdsourcing Model

November 08, 2006 Sponsor Cambrian House Inc. (thanks!) announced the winner of its first IdeaWarz tournament, FundableFilms (known as FilmFunder in the tournament) at the Summit. The press release notes that FundableFilms will connect aspiring film makers with other members of the industry… read more

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TechCrunch: The LaunchPad 13 at Web 2.0 Summit

November 08, 2006 Michael Arrington has posted a good overview of yesterday's Launch Pad: The annual Web 2.0 Summit kicked off today at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The Summit, which has been sold out for months, is noticeably larger than last year… read more

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VentureBeat: The Web 2.0 Launch Pad

November 08, 2006 Writes Matt Marshall, "Our favorite event at the Web 2.0 Summit is the Launch Pad, where 13 new start-ups launch and give a five-minute presentation."

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ZDNet: More from the Web 2.0 Summit

November 08, 2006 Dan Farber's been busy... Yesterday's Web 2.0 Summit included a few highlights worth mentioning. Elinor Mills covered Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom's chat with John Heileman, Skype plans to offer bloggers and others the ability to hold audio chats in the… read more

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Reuters: Google CEO denies rumor of YouTube legal reserve

November 08, 2006 Web 2.0 Conference/Summit "regular" Eric Auchard writes: Schmidt was interviewed on stage at a session of the three-day Web 2.0 event by conference organizer John Battelle. In a two-part question, Battelle asked whether Google's deal included a secret reserve for… read more

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CNET Launches New Blog, Webware.com

November 07, 2006 CNET just launched their new blog, Webware.com. They'll be revealing everything about the newest, hottest, Web-based applications. Rafe Needleman and Elinor Mills are here at the Web 2.0 Summit blogging about the Launch Pad companies launched during the conference.

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ZDNet: Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Inside the Mind of the Net Generation

November 07, 2006 Dan Farber has posted a foursome of stories--many more to come, I'm sure: Google CEO Eric Schmidt: We would never trap user data John Battelle and Tim O'Reilly kicked off the industry heavyweight portion of the Web 2.0 Summit with a… read more

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Forbes: AOL May Have A Clue. No, Seriously. and The New, Old Thing

November 07, 2006 Over on The Bubbling Point, Rachel Rosmarin has posted a couple of entries: AOL May Have A Clue. No, Seriously. The same month that Time Warner's AOL unit dealt itself the worst public relations blow in its history--in August, it unintentionally… read more

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Macworld UK: Analysis: Web 2.0, Net Recovery at a Crossroads

November 07, 2006 Another article from Juan Carlos Perez, this one featured in Macworld UK: As industry leaders meet this week at the third annual Web 2.0 Conference, the internet sector faces rotund challenges and exciting opportunities. The event, considered the ultimate conclave of… read more

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Reuters: Intel Group to Sell Web 2.0 Collaboration Software

November 07, 2006 Eric Auchard and Scott Hillis have collaborated on this article: Intel Corp. has formed a partnership with top Internet software makers to create a set of Web tools for office workers to share information with colleagues, the companies said on Tuesday....The… read more

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PC Magazine: Intel Compiles Web 2.0 Suite Of Their Own

November 07, 2006 Another article from Natali T. Del Conte: Intel announced on Tuesday their endorsement of the Web 2.0 era with SuiteTwo, a combination of several Web 2.0 applications designed to operate on PC-based hardware. SuiteTwo was announced at the Web 2.0 Summit.… read more

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San Jose Mercury News: Web 2.0 Event Hot Ticket in S.F.

November 07, 2006 "3-Day Conference Will Have Latest From Start-Ups, Mainline Firms," is the headline of Constance Loizos' piece: If you're a tech news junkie, you're in for an exciting week. The third Web 2.0 conference gets under way in San Francisco today, and… read more

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San Francisco Chronicle: Whose Data Is It?

November 07, 2006 Dan Fost's Tech Chronicles post covered one of today's workshops, "A panel discussion at the Web 2.0 Conference, (sorry, Summit) this morning addressed the notion of how the shifting landscapes of law and technology can often create thorny and confusing… read more

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Press Release: oDesk and O'Reilly Partner on Globalization Mashup for Tech Skills, Rates

November 07, 2006 Launch Pad participant oDesk made an announcement today: "oDesk Economy" Data Visualization Site Displays Global Trends in Contract Programming Today oDesk (www.oDesk.com), an online marketplace for remote work, and O'Reilly Media announced a partnership to publish data and trends on the… read more

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Macworld: Web 2.0 Conference: Flash, Firefox to Unite

November 07, 2006 Over at IDG News Service, Juan Carlos Perez has filed a report, picked up by Macworld: Adobe will contribute source code to the Mozilla Foundation as the two organizations aim to establish a standard scripting language that developers can use to… read more

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Answerbag.com Answers Your Web 2.0 Questions

November 07, 2006 Don't forget, even if you're not there in person, you can still be a part of the conversation at the Web 2.0 Summit, now underway in San Francisco. Answerbag.com is providing live Q&A; throughout the conference. An Answerbag representative will… read more

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ZDNet: Web 2.0 Definition Updated and Enterprise 2.0 emerges

November 07, 2006 "The annual Web 2.0 Conference starts this Tuesday," writes Dion Hinchcliffe, "and with it comes an important update of the vision of the next generation of networked applications."

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Press Release: Top Scientists Create New Meaning-based Search Engine

November 07, 2006 Web 2.0 Summit sponsor hakia has raised $11 million in funding since the company was founded, according to today's press release: hakia, the Web's new meaning-based search engine, today announced the company has raised $11 million since its founding. hakia… read more

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PC Magazine: Can You Be Competitive With An Open API? and Startup's Outlook Plugin Hopes To Make Scheduling Easier

November 07, 2006 Natali Del Conte has published a couple of pieces in PC Magazine: Can You Be Competitive With An Open API? If all Web 2.0 developers worked together, how would they compete? Startup's Outlook Plugin Hopes To Make Scheduling Easier TimeBridge, a new scheduling… read more

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Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices

November 07, 2006 At the Web 2.0 Summit this week, O'Reilly is releasing a new publication, Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices. An excerpt is available for download, and Tim O'Reilly has written a Radar post on the report.

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Press Release: Web 2.0 Expo Registration Now Open; Web 2.0 Conference Renamed Web 2.0 Summit

November 07, 2006 For those of you arriving onsite today confused by the Web 2.0 "Summit" signs, not to worry - you're in the right place. Today, O'Reilly Media, Inc. and CMP Technology today jointly announced that the Web 2.0 Conference has been… read more

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CNET News.com: Does Web 2.0 Bubble Have a Silver Lining?

November 06, 2006 Writes Martin LaMonica: Hundreds of technology executives and investors will congregate this week to take the quickening pulse of Internet entrepreneurship. At the third annual Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, dozens of industry players will gather to break down topics… read more

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LinuxWorld: Web 2.0 Conference Preview: Tools That Make the Collaborative Web Work for You

November 06, 2006 Evan Prodromou writes: Outside the 650 area code, you might be able to go out for dinner without overhearing three Web 2.0 conversations, but new web technologies and business methods can still help your business. In our coverage of the upcoming… read more

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Read/Write Web: Web 2.0 Conference and Web 2.0 Report

November 06, 2006 "Tomorrow morning I'm traveling to San Francisco for next week's Web 2.0 Conference," writes Richard McManus. He continues: I attended it last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. Read/WriteWeb's coverage of the 2005 conference is here - and needless to say… read more

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San Francisco Chronicle: Digital Utopia

November 05, 2006 "A new breed of technologists envisions a democratic world improved by the Internet," writes Dan Fost: Behind the random silliness of YouTube videos and the juvenile frivolity of MySpace Web sites lies a powerful idea: Everyday people are using technology… read more

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Reuters via CNET: Amazon Moves Deeper into Selling Web Logistics

November 03, 2006 Another article on Amazon's aims: Amazon.com is turning its expertise running the world's largest online store into a kind of utility business that supplies Web logistics services to companies. In a series of projects, some announced and some in public trials… read more

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Press Release: Foldera to Demonstrate Its Latest Milestone Release at the Web 2.0 Conference

November 03, 2006 Foldera, one of our Web 2.0 Conference sponsors (thanks!) has just issued a press release about the service they'll be launching next week: Foldera(TM), Inc. will provide the first public demonstration of the latest milestone release of the company's information organization… read more

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BusinessWeek: Jeff Bezos' Risky Bet

November 03, 2006 Rob Hof's cover story in BusinessWeek is an excellent primer for some of the issues to be addressed the Web 2.0 Conference, which will roar to life on Tuesday: Yes, Amazon founder and Chief Executive Jeffrey P. Bezos, the onetime Internet… read more

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Web 2.0 Conference Live Q&A; via Answerbag.com

November 03, 2006 Web 2.0 sponsor (thanks!) and social knowledge platform Answerbag.com will be providing live Q&A; during the Web 2.0 Conference next week. What's cool is that not only will conference attendees be able to ask and answer questions online, but interested… read more

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Chosun Biz/Tech: SK Com Chief Explains Web 2.0

October 02, 2006 SK Communications runs Cyworld, a hugely popular social networking site in Korea. Or, as the article describes, "The company does not operate Cyworld -- its customers do." SK Communications president Yoo Hyun-oh attempted to nail down the will-o-the-wisp that is… read more

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Web 2.0 Conference: Call for Entries for Shorts 2.0

September 28, 2006 We're planning a fun new activity at Web 2.0 in November: Shorts 2.0. We're asking for nominations of the funniest and smartest video shorts to showcase on opening night and to highlight throughout the plenary sessions at the conference. I… read more

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The Times: You Can't Fool the Children of the Revolution

August 15, 2006 Jonathan Webber mentions one of last year's Web 2.0 Conference panels led by Safa Rashtchy in an article on how media is changing: It's common these days to hear businessmen talk about their children's habits; a focus group of one, or… read more

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BusinessWeek Podcast: O'Reilly's Guide to Web 2.0

June 09, 2006 Rob Hof interviews fearless leader Tim O'Reilly about Web 2.0. There's no buzzword more popular in tech today than Web 2.0. Conceived during a brainstorming session for what became the Web 2.0 Conference now held annually by O'Reilly Media Inc.… read more

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The Economist: The Enzyme that Won

May 15, 2006 It's The Economist's turn to ponder "what exactly is Web 2.0?" gleaned, I suspect, from the Where 2.0 preview for press we held recently that took a little detour into a Web 2.0 discussion.

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IT Conversations: AT&T;: The Networked Future is Open

May 01, 2006 As the copy on ITC notes: Hossein Eslambolchi, president of AT&T; Global Networking Technology services, believes in a future of intelligent, open networks and smart devices. He expects a transformation from existing legacy systems and applications to a seamless, ubiquitous virtual… read more

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Washington Post: Web Words Of the Day

April 13, 2006 "Quick, name this era -- the one the Internet is in right now," writes Leslie Walker in this article that also tries to define the term Web 2.0 and mentions the conference.

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PBS Mediashift: What is Web 2.0, and Should You Care?

April 12, 2006 In an effort to "explain the jargon of the digital media revolution," Mark Glaser cites Tim O'Reilly, Tim's What Is Web 2.0? essay, and mentions the Web 2.0 Conference (hey, isn't that our conference logo?) in his Web 2.0-defining post.

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