Check out Mini-Techmeme for simple mobiles or Techmeme Mobile for modern smartphones.
4:25 PM ET, December 20, 2006

Techmeme

 Top Items: 
Market Wire:
Nielsen//NetRatings Announces November U.S. Search Share Rankings  —  Nielsen//NetRatings (NASDAQ: NTRT) reports November 2006 data for the Top U.S. Search Providers.  —  Top search providers, ranked by total searches.  Searches represent the total number of queries conducted at the provider.
RELATED:
Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
2007 Predictions for the web and software  —  It is that time of year again.  Time for predictions for 2007.  First out of the gate is Richard MacManus of Read/Write Web with a must read opus that covers just about everything.  —  My prediction for the top 5 hot areas for 2007 should be no surprise to regular readers of my blog.
Discussion: Incremental Blogger
RELATED:
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
2007 Web Predictions  —  Written by Richard MacManus, Ebrahim Ezzy, Emre Sokullu, Alex Iskold and Rudy De Waele.  Also John Milan wanted to contribute, but unfortunately got caught up in the Seattle storm - so best wishes to John and all our Seattle readers.
Niall Kennedy / Niall Kennedy's Weblog:
del.icio.us API for URL top tags, bookmark count  —  Social bookmarking site del.icio.us has exposed a new API providing the top tags and total number of bookmarks for any URL in its system.  Yahoo's Developer Network provided a short preview earlier tonight of a soon to be released del.icio.us web badge …
RELATED:
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
God bless the re-inventers
Discussion: Smalltalk Tidbits …
BBC:
BBC moves to file-sharing sites  —  Hundreds of episodes of BBC programmes will be made available on a file-sharing network for the first time, the corporation has announced.  —  The move follows a deal between the commercial arm of the organisation, BBC Worldwide, and technology firm Azureus.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Pandora Goes Social  —  Pandora, which plays streaming music for free via a flash player on its site, is one of the first companies we profiled on TechCrunch, back in August 2005 during the original Bar Camp meetup.  I still listen to it most of the time I'm writing blog entries.
Mike / CrunchNotes:
The Truth About TechCrunch UK  —  If you've been following the events around the Le Web conference and TechCrunch UK, this might be of interest to you.  If not, it won't.  I'm not filling in all the background material to keep this as short as possible.  —  I've thought about the TechCrunch UK issue …
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
Newsmaker: Virtual magnate shares secrets of success  —  newsmaker Since its public launch in 2003, the virtual world Second Life has become a haven for entrepreneurs.  And while the number of people making a considerable profit is still relatively small, it is growing rapidly.
Gizmodo:
12-year Old Gets Pr0n-Filled Zune For the Holidays  —  Chanell Martin thought she was being a cool mom when she gave her 12-year old daughter a shiny new Zune for the Holidays.  But as it turns out, her daughter's "welcome to the social" was anything but innocent.
Discussion: Engadget, Neowin.net, CrunchGear and digg
AdAge:
10 Internet Acquisitions from 2006  —  Bubble?  What bubble?  Check Out a Few of the Year's Major Media Transactions.  —  1 YouTube by Google , $1.65 billion  —  The year's biggest valuation is also the most debated: Is YouTube going to be a steal at Google's purchase price once it becomes …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Why I Am Breaking Up With Netflix  —  I was a die-hard Netflix fan.  Apart from when I lived in Canada or Europe, I've been a Netflix customer for the last five years.  There is a very tanglible tingle when a Netflix movie arrives in the mail, packaged up in its red envelope.
Jenn Shreve / Wired News:
You've Got Mail, and Your Period  —  Women hoping to become pregnant are transforming themselves into busy data machines, tracking everything from waking temperature to moods and various bodily fluids.  A cottage industry of websites feeds the obsession by offering online charts and e-mail services to alert women on their fertile days.
Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!:
Hands On With HAVA  —  First seen at CES last January, the HAVA place shifting device began shipping in August.  Initially Monsoon Multimedia offered one box with WiFi to stream your home television feed, but they've since changed gears and are now offering two cosmetically redesigned boxes: one with WiFi @ $249, one without @ $200.
Discussion: PVR Wire and Gadgetell
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Police blotter: Google searches nab wireless hacker  —  "Police blotter" is a weekly News.com report on the intersection of technology and the law.  —  What: Wireless hacker pleads guilty when his Google searches are used as evidence against him.  —  When: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rules on October 27.
Discussion: Google Blogoscoped
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Techmeme at 4:25 PM ET, December 20, 2006.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Techmeme Sponsor Posts: 
Tribe AI:
Is AI just hype?  —  Find out how top enterprises use Tribe to get real business results.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more  —  We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics.  Download reports immediately for just $100.
Zoho:
All new Zoho Workerly 2024  —  Staffing businesses around the world face a unique set of challenges when it comes to managing their temporary workforce.  With a constantly shifting job market and changing staffing needs …
Comprehensive.io:
Browse salary data from 3,000 startups for free  —  Click for FREE, immediate access to real-time compensation benchmarking data.  Paid version helps HR automate comp reviews and communicate total compensation to employees.
Sponsor Techmeme
 
 See Also: 
Techmeme: site main
Techmeme River: reverse chronological Techmeme
Techmeme Mobile: for phones
Techmeme Leaderboard: Techmeme's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Techmeme RSS feed
Techmeme on X
Techmeme on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Jackson West / NewTeeVee:
John Furrier on Podtech's Strategy
Discussion: Web Strategy and Scobleizer
Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM:
Live from Milpitas, Earthlink WiFi
Louis Hau / Forbes:
Porn Still Dominates Video Downloads
Ryan Stewart / The Universal Desktop:
Should Rich Internet Applications be cross platform by definition?
Discussion: JD on EP
Google Blogoscoped:
Google Pimps Own Services in Search Results
Discussion: Bloggers Blog and Googlified
Google Blogoscoped:
Reactions on Discontinuation of Google API
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Upgrades Personals - Does This Stuff Work?
Discussion: Blogging Stocks
Trollaxor / MacSlash:
Security Update 2006-008 [U]
 Earlier Items: 
Sara Kehaulani Goo / Washington Post:
A Search for Ourselves  —  User-Generated Content Dominates Google's 2006 Hot List
Josh Hallett / hyku | blog:
Visit Florida - Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Dell PC (Screenshot)
Mike / Techdirt:
Are Sites Like Digg, YouTube And MySpace Still Exploitation …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Zoho Goes Wiki
Robert McLaws / Windows-Now.com:
Microsoft Launching Live Drive @ CES?
Jim Allchin / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Windows Vista and protection from malware
Stuntdubl SEO / Stuntdubl Business Search …:
10 Reasons Digg Could be the New Google, and Suggested Improvements