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Google Web Elements Make Popular Google Apps Available by Copy and Paste

Google has just released Google Web Elements, a collection of popular Google Apps including Maps, Conversation, Custom Search, Calendar and YouTube News, among others.

New WhiteHouse.gov Launches as President Obama is Sworn In

As Barack Obama was sworn-in as the 44th President of the United States, a new WhiteHouse.gov was inaugurated as well.

Android Goes Open Source and Releases Source Code as G1 Hits the Market

On the advent of the Android G1 phone tomorrow, Google has made source code available to the world for its Android mobile platform.

Top 20 Percent Projects at Google

eWeek profiles "20%" projects -- a reference to the one day each week that Google developers can spend creating the next big thing. Obviously, not all make the cut but a few famous examples (think GMail) and a few not-so well known are featured in this eWeek slideshow.

Top 20 Percent Projects at Google

Yahoo Gallery Highlights Applications Using Yahoo API

Thanks to Yahoo and a developer named dataffect, I can now track USGS earthquake data and map it on the good ole US of A. Or I can find Long Beach hotels close to the airport, courtesy of 'cityres'.

Google Gears Will Power MySpace E-Mail (VIDEO)

According to an announcement made at Google Developers Conference in San Francisco, MySpace e-mail is getting a shot in the arm from Google Gears. Read our piece on Google Gears: Google Gears: The future of application development?

Google Offers Hosted AJAX Solution

The gang at Google Labs have announced a new hosted AJAX library solution intended to provide a globally-available, load-balanced sets of common used toolsets which are often used in the development of web-based applications.

3 Keys to Effective Web Project Management

We are often asked by our clients at the beginning of an engagement to outline keys to an effective web project. We've likely all seen projects which start off promisingly and end badly -- either over budget or minus the cohesion necessary to meet the desired objectives. And while we can't give away the store for free (it took some convincing before Warner would let me post this!), we offer these three keys to starting -- and finishing -- a project successfully.

LAMP My Ride: The Pursuit of the Open Source Car

Open source software -- with its emphasis on a network of programmers and developers to create and enhance the final product -- has led much of the Web 2.0 revolution. In recent years, groups of engineers are trying to apply the principles of Open Design to the development of a new kind of automobile.

Google Launches Google App Engine Web Services Infrastructure

Today, Google unveiled its Google App Engine for building web applications and services limited to the first 10,000 developers.

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