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Name: DealBase
Quick Pitch: DealBase.com scours the Web for hotel deals and special offers and [...]

New features coming for Time Capsule and AirPort: the ability to support 802.11b/g devices while also broadcasting 802.11n wide signals at the same time, according to Apple Insider.
Currently, existing models can only run in b/g support mode or n wide signal mode at one time, providing either a large range of compatibility or high [...]

Time for a quick look back at the items that hit our radar but didn’t quite warrant the full-post treatment—now with more visions of the future!

Microsoft Office Labs Vision: 2019 VideoSee video. Love the future. It’s unwieldy but awesome. [via Gizmodo]
Xandros instant-on platform: Who needs it?New instant-boot Linux platform. Webware does not like. We’re still [...]

Part One of a Two-Part Series
We’re moving beyond the days of a simple search box in which you type a query and get a list of results. Today, companies are trying to build a smarter web - one that understands what things are, how they relate, and perhaps most importantly, what things you’re going to [...]

Hillel Fuld authors a blog about technology and marketing at Technmarketing.com. You can follow him on Twitter.
Since the proliferation of the Internet, instant messaging (IMing from here on in) has become a very popular means of communicating on the Web. Even with the rapid growth of Twitter, many people still communicate using IM.  Now, there [...]

We reported the Author’s Guild’s litigious anger about the Kindle 2’s text-to-voice feature, claiming it violates audio book copyrights. It’s an arguable position, but Amazon has gone ahead and caved to the literate man.
Amazon has backed down for the Guild’s comfort rather than for any legal motivation, since it’s pretty clear that a robotic reading [...]

Before you put the short month of February behind you, let’s take a quick look back at this month’s most popular posts:

Absolutely Amazing Video Game Remake WallpapersDeviantArt member Orioto’s high-resolution, you-won’t-believe-your-eyes paintings of classic video games for your desktop are a must-see for any gaming enthusiast.
YourFonts Turns Your Handwriting Into a Personlized FontYourFonts is a [...]

Okay - have we all had a good long laugh at the digital cognoscenti who managed to get themselves infected by that Google Worm last week? Are we done yet? Apparently not. *Chortle.* *Guffaw.* Okay, now I’m done.
I’m painfully aware, though, that whatever laughs I’m having at the expense of those folks are going to [...]