From the monthly archives:

September 2008

Netflix API To Let Devs Tap Into Movie Database

September 30, 2008

Netflix will release an API offering access to their database of over 100,000 movies and 2 billion movie ratings.
Free for commercial use.
Developer site to go live tomorrow morning.

Mashable

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Use Your Email as Your OpenID Login

September 30, 2008

Email to ID links your OpenID account to your email address, allowing you to simply enter your email anywhere an OpenID login box appears.
Leads to easy, quick website registration. Full walkthrough here.

Mashable

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Tuesday Tech Stock Snapshot: Google Down 16%

September 30, 2008
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New Kid’s Virtual World, Tootsville, Launches

September 30, 2008

Tootsville is a new virtual world aimed at kids within the 6-14 age range looking to compete with the likes of Disney’s ToonTown and Club Penguin.
Tootsville’s essential goal is to entertain and educate simultaneously.
The site is free, however, very limited in entertainment value unless kids can get their parents to pay the fee to upgrade [...]

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AOL Launches AIM Beta For Mac Users

September 30, 2008

AOL just released its AIM for Mac Beta 1.0 service.
This is a questionable release as Mac users have become used to third party applications like iChat.
AOL claims that “AIM for Mac is one of the most requested applications from our users, and the “buzz” has been increasing with the successful launch of AIM for iPhone™.”

Anyone [...]

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