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Syntagma launches Sideways Health

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:25:21 +0000

Syntagma Media have launched a health oriented blog, called Sideways Health. Network owner John Evans says:

The site will provide many tips on how to maintain health in unexpected ways.

Indeed. That’s something a lot of us probably needs.

Expression Engine 2.0 news

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:00:30 +0000

Darren Hoyt’s got some nice Expression Engine 2.0 news. I’ve never tried this particular platform, but they say it’s good.

There’s no bidding war now?

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:28:28 +0000

According to the Digg Blog, there’s no bidding war between Microsoft and Google. What did you expect them to say, really? Then again, it might still be true…

Digg for sale, Google and Microsoft wants it

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:29:33 +0000

TechCrunch reports that Digg is for sale, and that Microsoft and Google both wants it. Google is rumored to bid $200-250 million, and Microsoft is said to be below that number. Read more at TechCrunch. Is it worth it?

Martin Neumann launches KickstartPress (finally!)

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:21:11 +0000

My old colleague Martin Neumann have finally gotten around to launch his e-book etc. venture, called KickstartPress. It was about time buddy!

BuddyPress joins Automattic

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:25:52 +0000

Matt announced that Automattic is now backing BuddyPress, and have hired its creator, Andy Peatling. BuddyPress is a WordPress MU project that aims to create a social network platform, and having it under Automattic’s wings ensures it’s development of course.

IE8 Beta is out

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:26:50 +0000

The Internet Explorer 8 Beta is out, for you to test away.

Latest WordPress news

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:14:09 +0000

The excellent Lorelle (interviewed here) have a new WordPress post up on The Blog Herald. It’s a great recap of what’s in store next week, when WordPress 2.5 is out, as well as other news from the community.

OStatic launches within the GigaOM network

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:36:41 +0000

The recuperating Om Malik announced the launch of OStatic (launch post) a little while ago. OStatic is an opensouce focused blog within the GigaOM network, and it looks pretty good. I’ll be following this one.

TypePad says they’re the best

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:01:03 +0000

Six Apart have updated their hosted blogging platform, TypePad, and claims they kick everyone else’s ass in that particular niche. Maybe they do, although Andy over at The Blog Herald thinks it’s a bit silly to compare a service that costs money to free options.