Microsoft are eyeing a stake in Facebook; that’s the story, according to the Wall Street Journal. (Well, not so much the WSJ; more like”people familiar with the matter”)
Hot on the heels of the news that Google is about to expand on their efforts in the social networking services space, with the goal of out-Facebooking Facebook, […]

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I just noticed what looks like a bug with Google Reader in Firefox. I was reading long post by Marc Andreessen, and wanted to declutter the screen so clicked the “collapse sidebar icon” (highlighted at left; notice also the width of the scrollbar in the article pane - highlighted at right):

And I found that […]

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When I made the switch from Attensa to Google Reader, one the first things that I noticed was that there was no Search function.
Something I noticed today, though, is that this (blindingly obvious omission!) has now been rectified:

If I was being hyper-critical, I would say that the new Search box look like it’s been […]

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I love Google Calendar, and I love my Windows Mobile Smartphone too, but synchronizing appointments between the two is, quite frankly, a pain in the arse.
What makes it more complex for me is that I run one Google Calendar, but two Outlook calendars on two separate machines. If this seems strange, let me explain - my personal […]

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Thanks to Paul O’Flaherty for taking the time to point out that my RSS feed was broken.
I didn’t spot this myself because I don’t subscribe to my main feed in Google Reader, just the comments feed. Attensa was picking up my main feed posts just fine, and although I don’t use it much these days, the […]

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I’ve been using Google Reader for a couple of weeks now, and I really, really like it (I’m running Attensa’s Outlook add-on too, but that’s another post)
Today I noticed something strange. Google Reader doesn’t have a Search function… I was looking for a post from Matt Cutt’s blog relating to living the Google Lifestyle. I […]

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