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ProBlogger muses about the role of blogging and social networking and has a cautionary tale for those considering giving up their blogs to spend more time on social networks like Facebook. The bottom line: don't. Or so argues Darren Rowse. Technorati Tags: blogs, Facebook, social…

Microsoft has announced the launch of Microsoft Search Server 2008 which will deliver enterprise wide search just like the Google Search Appliance - but with a free Express version available as a free download and with no ceiling on numbers of documents searched. Technorati tags:…

For those following the storm of protest around the Beacon advertising system introduced by Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, the founder, has now apologised to users and added a switch so that the feature can be switched off. Technorati Tags: Facebook, social media

The NUJ has voted at the Guardian for a new contract which scraps from current 9-day-in-any-fortnight cap and increases working weekly hours from 35 to 40. The deal didn't come cheap: the Guardian agreed to a 4.8% pay increase now and a further inflation-related on…

Wired launches its 10th Annual Vapourware Awards for software (and hardware) which promised to deliver but is just not there. Some of the nominations already on the site: Duke Nukem Forever - delayed countless times Tesla Roadster - the world's fastest clean energy car (slowest…