Telefonar on-line

Enquanto por cá ainda estamos a descobrir a possibilidade de fazer chamadas telefónicas on-line, no Reino Unido verifica-se já uma elevada utilização destes serviços.

Net phoning starts to win friends

Awareness of net calling technology is steadily growing among Britons, suggests a survey.

Exemplos de serviços
Skype
IOL Talki

O nascimento do Google

Há dez anos atrás a Internet não tinha o Google, o motor de busca que revolucionou o modo de pesquisar informação na World Wide Web. A revista norte-americana Wired conta como tudo começou...

O artigo
The Birth of Google
Larry thought Sergey was arrogant. Sergey thought Larry was obnoxious. But their obsession with backlinks just might be the start of something big.
By John Battelle

Google Blog Search

Google unveils blog search site

Google has unveiled a website that lets people search web journals or blogs.

Os links

http://blogsearch.google.com/

www.blogger.com

O lado político da vlogosfera

Vloggers get political in Norway
By Clark Boyd
Technology correspondent

A video-blogger from Bergen in Norway is turning his camcorder on politicians, ahead of Norwegian parliamentary elections on Monday.

A citação
"I see myself as a mix of sort-of archivist, someone trying to capture things immediately. "
- Raymond Kristiansen, 27 anos

"Rip, mix and share"

BBC opens TV archive to remixers

The BBC has released the first TV clips from its archive onto the internet for people to "rip, mix and share".

O link
http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/

Testemunhos | A dependência do jogo on-line

'My life as an online gamer'

After China introduced measures to combat addiction to online role-playing games, gamers from around the world gave the BBC News website their perspectives on addiction, sleeplessness and life as a gamer.

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A blogosfera e o furacão Katrina

Storm blogs offer Katrina insight

The web has once again proved its worth as a news source as blogs offered a vivid description of the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina.