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Mozilla Labs has launched a new project called Jetpack that could drastically change how users interact with Web sites and manage third party add-ons. In a nutshell, it enables developers to create code packages that can be toggled on and off without the end user having to restart their browser

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Mozilla’s Jetpack to bring next generation add-ons

Google is giving brands and content publishers another way to track YouTube viewership metrics by letting them view it inside of Google Analytics . Brands can now keep an eye on information that had not previously been available through YouTube’s built-in Insight analytics system, including bounce rates, page views, stay time, and whether certain users are coming back for more

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Google gives partners analytics on YouTube pages

If you’ve casually been using Wolfram Alpha , but don’t want to give up your Google addiction reliance, there’s hope for you yet. A new Firefox extension lets you keep using Google, while showing Wolfram Alpha results on the side of the page

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Firefox add-on puts Wolfram Alpha in your Google

Google co-founder Larry Page and CEO Eric Schmidt have admitted that when it comes to the public’s thirst for real-time, up-to-the-minute news and conversation, Twitter’s beating them. This was reported by the U.K.’s Guardian , as the two executives took the stage at Google’s Zeitgeist conference in London

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Google execs admit Twitter’s winning real-time game

Netflix's streaming service will appear on Windows Media Center within the next couple of days. (Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft has struck a deal to bring Netflix’s streaming movie service to Windows Media Center, the companies said Tuesday

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Netflix coming to Windows Media Center

SAN FRANCISCO–Yahoo is continuing its attempt to redefine Internet search by focusing on intent, not results. The company held a “Search Chalk Talk” here Tuesday to discuss the state of Yahoo’s search efforts, a renewed priority under new CEO Carol Bartz . There were a few tidbits of news–such as the one-year anniversary of Yahoo’s SearchMonkey project –but the talk really served as a further reminder that Yahoo’s future vision of search revolves around structured data

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Yahoo wants to objectify search

(Credit: Mellmo) A data report reader may not seem like the most exciting candidate for an iPhone app, but if you’re working in the field–or are even just a numbers nut–the new RoamBi app will catch your eye. RoamBi (short for ‘roaming business intelligence’) is good-looking, all right, and it manages to cram a breadth of information into its gorgeous charts and graphs. Unlike many mobile versions of spreadsheet readers, you’ll almost never need to scroll through a tiny spreadsheet to analyze your data

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RoamBi iPhone app makes data uberpretty

Translation is making its way into more Google services this month, having just been added to Gmail’s labs. If you get a message in a different language, there’s a new link that’ll show up in the top of the message that lets you translate it to whatever language you have Gmail set to. You can also set it up to do the translation to any language of your choice

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Gmail now translates your (scam) e-mails

Once you’re lucky, twice you’re good? So went the title of a recent book about Web 2.0 entrepreneurs. Pretty soon, we may have an idea whether it applies to Caterina Fake

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Flickr co-founder presses beta button

PALM DESERT, Calif.–The Demo conference was small this year. Only 39 companies presented, down from the usual 60+ at this show. The audience was smaller, too.

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The best and worst of Demo 09