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SearchEngineLand’s take on Search Wikia

Aggregation of what people are sharing on Google Reader. Cool. Need more people signed up though. Also could do with being opened up with shared links on other RSS readers like Newsgator. What about del.icio.us etc too?

PayPal has taken additional steps to make it easier for developers to work with non-profit organizations for accepting donations online.

Michael Arrington trashes the alpha launch of Wikia Search, the ‘human powered search engine’.

Mashable’s view on Wikia Search

A more positive view of Wikia Search from Matt Mullenweg

After the recent discussion about Ning and porn, it looks like educators are taking up Ning in significant numbers.

Great extension for FireFox that runs Twitter in a sidebar. Thanks to Jeremy Gould for the tip.

The Arts Council has announced that Dedalus, which was to celebrate 25 years of publishing later this year, is to lose its funding from January. The campaign to save the publishers starts here!

Proof (as if it were required!) that Jeremy Clarkson is indeed a twat.

The key to using Google Docs (GDocs) document editing effectively is to understand that it’s a web word processor rather than an outright replacement for full-featured desktop word processors like Microsoft Word.

“When you launch a new search engine, admitting defeat at the outset isn’t exactly a promising start. Jimmy Wales founder of Wikia Search–which launches today–did just that.”

John Naughton on the Scoble/Facebook kerfuffle.

This Techmeme video clip captures 50 hours of Techmeme activity and replays it in 50 seconds. So you get a good idea about how the Techmeme homepage changes over a period of time.

Piece by John Naughton on attending a function thrown by Robert Maxwell. Fascinating reading.

The event follows the decision to launch a web-based channel as recommended by the Power of Information report that will “improve the Government’s responsiveness to demands for public sector information”.

The Times’ list of the greatest post-war British writers. Larkin at #1? Pff…

Stupid, but fun.

Great book review blog.

Excellent, thoughtful film review blog

Cool tips and tricks for the Linux newbie.

Advanced tips and tricks to use various WordPress functions within a theme.