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When given a choice of login systems, visitors to mainstream media properties such as Slate, Forbes, Newsweek, Discovery, Time and Press Enterprise are most likely to choose Yahoo, according to data collected by commenting system Echo, which helps power such sites. Read more »

Not content to control their own domains, social web sites are trying to conquer everyone else, by becoming the dominant log-in system for the web. Inside Facebook reports that MySpace is using Facebook Connect for a small feature. TechCrunch says Twitter will soon battle, too. Read more »

The MTV video music awards are on tonight, but as the tired joke goes, when was the last time MTV really played a music video? When it comes to the spreading of music in video form, it’s all about the web these days. A couple of […] Read more »

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AppleInsider’s Kasper Jade today reports that Apple has new plans for its workhorse laptop, the MacBook. This will be the first time since the product’s launch in 2006 that the company’s entry-level Mac has received a complete design update. The MacBook is the best-selling computer in […] Read more »

Now that Facebook has launched its Facebook Connect and Google countered with Friend Connect, surprise surprise, MySpace is launching its own effort, MySpaceID. (It was, until recently, labeled Data Availability.)  MySpaceID consists of two core components: Open Standards (“The Open Stack” including OpenSocial, OAuth, and OpenID) […] Read more »

Given how much has already been written about Facebook Connect, you would think that the service has been available for eons. In fact the service that was first announced in May — which allows you to use your Facebook login to access Facebook’s partner web sites, […] Read more »

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