The Week in Rojo
For the week of October 31, 2005
In case you missed them, here are some of the most read stories and feeds on Rojo, as well as the most used story tags. For the latest stories, tags, and feeds, visit the Rojo Explore page.
Microsoft finally caught the Web 2.0 bug and announced Windows Live and Office Live this week. TechCrunch had raw notes from Microsoft's big announcement and an in-depth report with screenshots . Says TechCrunch's Michael Amington: "After what I saw today, I despair for many a silicon valley startup. Seriously." Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley thinks a lot of the "new" stuff is retreads or not even out of beta. Still, she talks about what Office Live and Windows Live are and aren't. CNET News.com saw Google peeps hovering over Microsoft's presentation , particularly when Redmond's guy couldn't get his Windows Live demo to work . Beta News has the lowdown on whether this means the end for MSN.
Google's hiring like it's 1999. The company has tripled its head count to about 5,000 since two years ago, CNET News.com reports. It still has a thousand open positions, and will throw some of those bodies at Openoffice.org, says OSNews. Meanwhile the Official Google Blog reports Google is resuming scans of libraries' in-copyright works for Google Print; Slashdot makes sense of it here. Google rumor of the week: Slashdot also reports the search giant may be preparing to launch its own branded digital television DVR/satellite service. Coming soon: Google TV.
Other popular items this week: NetFlix is now selling DVDs ; online paid content nears $1 billion for the first half of 2005 (a new record) according to a story from Red Herring ; and Apple has already sold over 1 million videos through iTunes since the release of the Video iPod 3 weeks ago.
Political bloggers went to work on news of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. National Review Online applauds Alito's lengthy record and examines a 3rd Circuit abortion opinion, arguing that he'll follow precedents more faithfully than outgoing Justice O'Connor. Slate took the opposite tack: He's anti-abortion but he's no Miers-style lightweight. Good thing he's Catholic. Daily Dish finds a liberal ex-clerk who likes Alito , while Drudge Report links to Washington Times and Washington Post stories that use words like " Armageddon." New Republic Weblogs says Alito predicted his nomination while Daily Kos has the Right moaning over comparisons of Alito to Scalia.
Finally, digg links to the Hackers' Diet: How to Lose Weight Through Stress and Poor Nutrition, an engineer's approach to dieting. Check out the chapter on Taco Bell.
Here are the most frequently used tags over the last week. Click on the tag to view stories tagged. To see what stories are being tagged--and to see popular tags-- visit the Tag section on Rojo.
wordpress
google
flickr
cool
bird flu
software
firefox
blogs
music
ipod video
Here are some of the most read feeds in Rojo over the last week. To see more, visit
The Rojo User Generated Feed Directory. If you're a blogger and want to boost your numbers in Rojo, remember to
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Boing Boing
Engadget
TechCrunch
Signal vs. Noise
CNET News.com
Wired News
digg
Joel on Software
Slashdot
Lifehacker
To view the top 100 most read feeds in Rojo, visit The Rojo User Generated Feed Directory -- sorted by "Feed Popularity."
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