Hands on: NHL.com 2.0 goes top shelf with streaming video

Hoping to catch up with the other leagues, the NHL has launched the public beta of its new website, which includes a brand new subscription-based video service streaming league-wide games and a new fantasy pool in cooperation with Yahoo! Sports.

September 25, 2008 - 11:17AM CT - by Frank Caron

Yahoo plans a more social, open homepage design

Yahoo has announced an upcoming homepage redesign that will open the page up to third-party content and services. Combine this with ambitious plans for social network, and you may have a Yahoo that is focusing on the right things again.

September 12, 2008 - 11:58AM CT - by David Chartier

TechCrunch50: The best three companies from day two

Ars Technica handpicks the three best launches from the second day of the TechCrunch50 competition: Fitbit, Swype, and Devunity.

September 10, 2008 - 08:14AM CT - by Clint Ecker

TechCrunch50: Three standouts from day one

Ars Technica handpicks the three best launches from the first day of the TechCrunch50 competition: FairSoftware, OtherInbox, and Yammer.

September 09, 2008 - 09:30AM CT - by Clint Ecker

First look: Raptr, a gamer's Facebook with some rough edges

Ars gets a first look at a new social service called "Raptr," now in public beta, which lets gamers connect with their peers through shared titles and aggregate data from the most popular gaming services around.

September 04, 2008 - 01:15PM CT - by Frank Caron

Design customization lets you have a reddit of your very own

Fans of social news site reddit will be pleased to know that, if they choose to become "redditors" themselves, they can now completely customize their own reddit with whatever design they please, in addition to plopping it onto a custom domain name.

August 26, 2008 - 07:10PM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

Hands on: Rejaw melds microblogging with instant chat

Rejaw is a new combination microblogging and chat service with a focus on conversation features and real-time, instant updates. This could be the truly useful evolution that microblogging needed.

August 07, 2008 - 06:17AM CT - by David Chartier

Sony bets on Rocketboom distribution for push into new media

Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired exclusive distribution rights to Rocketboom, one of the oldest video blogs in the industry.

August 05, 2008 - 05:20PM CT - by David Chartier

Dashboard widget: Remember the Moof for Remember the Milk

Remember the Milk is a feature-rich, web-based task management service. Remember the Moof is a Mac OS X Dashboard client that complements it.

August 04, 2008 - 05:14PM CT - by David Chartier

Hands on: Delicious 2 cleans up social bookmarking

The new version brings a host of changes centered around speed, search, and design. We went hands on to see just how tasty the new Delicious is.

August 01, 2008 - 05:03AM CT - by David Chartier

Scrabulous goes for bonus points, relaunches as Wordscraper

Scrabulous, a popular Facebook Scrabble knockoff, may have gone down, but it isn't out. Redesigned as "Wordscraper," Scrabulous' creators hope its revised creation falls outside the limits of Hasbro's copyright.

July 31, 2008 - 11:01AM CT - by David Chartier

Scrabble owners spell L-A-W-S-U-I-T for Facebook knockoff

All's fair in social networking and addictive casual gaming—until you rip off a copyrighted game, of course. Hasbro Inc. is suing the creators of a popular Facebook game called Scrabulous, which looks and plays remarkably like one of its own copyrighted creations.

July 25, 2008 - 01:24PM CT - by David Chartier

Facebook developer conference yields promises, not releases

Facebook announced a number of significant improvements to its application platform and previewed more of how Facebook Connect may change the definition of social networking. Too bad none of this stuff will arrive for months.

July 24, 2008 - 12:22PM CT - by David Chartier

Pedias of world beware: Google Knol now open to the public

Knol is Google's approach to wikis that focuses on genuine content from verified authors—and paying said authors for their time. The new product is drawing attention and scrutiny from nearly every possible angle, and now it's open to the world.

July 23, 2008 - 04:09PM CT - by David Chartier

eMusic dances to new social rhythm, still has left foot

The DRM-free retailer will introduce major new features over the next few months as it incorporates media from social outlets like YouTube, Flickr, and Wikipedia. This is certainly a good start, but the company has a ways to go before we welcome it to the social.

July 23, 2008 - 01:15PM CT - by David Chartier

Hands on: Facebook redesign tries to clear the social smog

Facebook has launched a long-anticipated redesign with usability, content aggregation, and privacy in mind. Ars Technica goes hands on to see how far the social network has matured.

July 21, 2008 - 08:16PM CT - by David Chartier

Last.fm gets a makeover, ventures into iPhone, living room

CBS' music streaming service has unveiled a new web site that is more mature, integrated, and easier to use. It's also branching out from the desktop onto mobile phones and even into the living room.

July 17, 2008 - 07:10PM CT - by David Chartier

MobileMe says sorry with a month of free service

Users of Apple's MobileMe will get their subscription extended by 30 days, but there are no promises as to when the service will actually be usable.

July 16, 2008 - 03:01PM CT - by Charles Jade

Autonomo.us group hopes to free data locked in web services

All the content that social network and web 2.0 users are generating is mostly locked up in each service they're using. As the major players like Google and Facebook work on opening their vaults, a new group formed from members of key organizations hopes to tackle the larger questions of data ownership and privacy.

July 16, 2008 - 12:30PM CT - by David Chartier

The MobileMe changeover: Everything you need to know

Apple's switch from .Mac to MobileMe and all its new features is fast approaching. Read up on what the new service brings, what you need to do to prepare, and a few of the catches and .Mac features that Apple will retire.

July 09, 2008 - 06:30AM CT - by David Chartier