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Web 2.0 Summit winds down

After three days, the Web 2.0 Conference has wound down. CNET News.com reporters covered the show in depth. These are the latest stories from the Web 2.0 frontier:

Google says speed is king

Search executive Marissa Mayer says instant video posting made YouTube a winner.

Microsoft shoots for 3D multi-photo viewer

Combining a browser plug-in with hosted Web services, Photosyth creates a 3D navigation through stitched-together photos. Images: Microsoft's 3D photo album

Yahoo to embed instant messaging in e-mail

Live chat for Yahoo Mail users in a couple months will be as easy as opening an … Read more

What we liked at the Web 2.0 show

Demo fatigue set in early yesterday here at Webware HQ. After watching 13 five-minute demos back-to-back in the Launchpad session at the Web 2.0 Conference (or Summit, depending) with no break except for a brief stretch when one presenter's machine needed to reboot, it became hard to focus. But we've condensed the best and worst of the Launchpad session into a five-minute video. Plus: An exclusive peek inside the Web 2.0 Conference schwag bag!

In addition to our Web 2.0 Conference blog posts, News.com has a full rundown of news from the show, with … Read more

Spinning the Web at the Web 2.0 Conference

Which of the emerging Web-based technologies will drive business in the future? That's the focus of the third annual Web 2.0 Summit taking place in San Francisco this week amid talk of a growing investment bubble. CNET News.com writers report from the conference:

'Skypecasts' coming to your blog soon Skype co-founder says next version of the Net phone product will give bloggers and others the ability to hold audio chats.

Intel unveils 'Web 2.0' software suite Chipmaker teams with SpikeSource and others to launch a package of apps for blogs, wikis, and social networking.

Intel trying out software … Read more

Web 2.0 Conference starts today

Lots of interesting things happening at the Web 2.0 Conference today.

News.com's Martin Lamonica has a conference preview in his story, Does Web 2.0 bubble have a silver lining?. Over at ZDNet, Dan Farber has a preview too: Web 2.0 Summit: The players and the products.

More as it develops.

Jangl gives phone numbers to relationships, not individuals

Like most people my age, I guard my cell phone number closely--so closely that I cut myself off from people with whom I might otherwise want to talk. Some new services, like GrandCentral, give me control that the phone carriers don't by putting a second phone number between callers and me. GrandCentral will let me screen calls and determine who can reach me and when. That's great. But as soon as I call somebody from my cell phone, Caller ID gives me away--and my privacy and control evaporates.

Jangl is a very weird and potentially very useful service … Read more

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