Techmeme turns to curated news

For all the algorithms and clusters of Commodore 64s that are keeping Techmeme running, it seems as though the fully automated, self aware TechmemBot hasn't quite replaced humans just yet. Joining the ranks of...

Google News dips into meme tracking for blogs

"Google News dips into meme tracking for blogs""Early Wednesday, Google updated its blog search tool to track news stories as they pop up on various blogs. Like Google News, the company is taking a product that...

ZDNet.com: Slashdot, you don't matter much anymore (opinion)

" There once was a time that Slashdot was the nexus of news from the technologists in the trenches. To have your online article"Slashdotted" was akin to receiving heavy airplay on  the radio. I've seen some...

The Gang of 60

According to Markus at Plentyoffish, Digg's editorial is decided by less than 60 people.  That sounds like old media to me."I think of blogs as nothing more then a distributed forum. Each blog represents a forum thread, and what sites like DIGG.com, Techmeme and...

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