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The San Francisco conference, now in its fifth year, is no longer simply about cutting-edge Web applications. This year it's also about pushing the limits of those applications to address world problems ranging from global warming to struggling financial markets to failing health care systems.

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Zuckerberg: Sometimes Facebook goes through 'painful changes'

Openness is the site's ultimate goal, young CEO says at the Web 2.0 Summit, but he doesn't think it's an ideal starting point.
• Oh, dear, here come the 'Facebook to buy Twitter' rumors
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)
November 6, 2008 3:14 PM PST

Jerry Yang: I'm a fighter

The Yahoo CEO, hit hard in recent months by a tepid economy and a failed takeover bid from Microsoft, now has to deal with the dissolution of its hyped (but controversial) search ad deal with Google.
• Yahoo's Jerry Yang runs into a wall
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)
November 5, 2008 6:15 PM PST

Web freeloaders can breathe easy

As the Web 2.0 Summit kicks off this week in the midst of a rough economy, the "freemium" model for online services makes more sense than ever.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)
November 4, 2008 4:00 AM PDT

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