Revisiting Hulu

Dan Moren takes a second look at online video site Hulu a year after its private debut to see what changes the service has made.

Ballmer: Yahoo acquisition won't happenMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer said a Yahoo acquisition is still off the table, despite Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang's decision to step down.
Google to archive 10 million Life Magazine photosGoogle plans to add up to 10 million photos from Life magazine's, dating back to the 1750s, to its Google Image Search pages.

Review: Blogging apps for iPhone Bloggers with either an iPhone or iPod touch have several tools that allow them to post entries or photos when they’re on the go. But which tool is right for you? Scott McNulty evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of iBlogger, TypePad, and WordPress.
Review: Yelp for iPhone Some Yelp fans may be disappointed by the limitations of this mobile version for the popular business directory site. But the Yelp iPhone applications offers a useful and easy way to find nearby businesses.
Review: Facebook 1.1 for iPhone Facebook boasts 90 million active users—the company's iPhone app lets you stay in touch with your little subset.
Review: Firefox 3.0 Powerful and polished, Firefox 3 improves on its predecessor in nearly every respect. However, users may not get all of the dramatic speed boosts promised.
Review: NetTrekker educational search engine If your child spends many hours on the Internet researching his or her homework, a yearly subscription to NetTrekker will prove to be an affordable, efficient, and trustworthy aid.

Bugs & Fixes: When MobileMe contacts refuse to delete Ted Landau wanted to clear some contacts from his MobileMe account. After trying several dead-ends, he ultimately tripped over what is almost certainly a bug in Apple’s MobileMe software. And he came up with a work-around, too.
Use Gmail to fight spam The best spam-fighting tool out there might be Google’s Gmail, according to PC World’s Rick Broida.
Geek Factor: The etiquette of social networking With the rise of social networking, we're also facing a host of new etiquette questions: Is it OK to embellish online profiles? How many friends are too many? Dan Tynan collects some expert advice.
Practice good online password security Learn how hackers were able to access Governor Palin's Yahoo e-mail account, whether you should be worried about that, and what you can do to minimize the risks of the same thing happening to you.
Earthlink and the devil's spam filter Want to make friends and influence people? Dial down Earthlink's address-approval "feature."

Analysis: In Google book settlement, business trumps ideals Google avoided a trial when it settled a lawsuit with book authors and publishers this week. But it also missed the chance to establish a positive legal precedent for copyright fair use on the Internet.
PC World: Eight ways Twitter will change your life It seems that everyone is atwitter about Twitter. Even PC World. So here's PC World's list of ways Twitter works -- and doesn't.
A visit with Guy Kawasaki Jason Snell sits down for a brief chat with Apple veteran Guy Kawasaki to talk Alltop, App Store evangelism, and old columns.
Where classical music and iPhone apps converge Apple's progress in handling classical music on iTunes suggests the App Store's design will also gradually improve.
Google has redefined ‘beta’ Paul McNamara of Network World considers why so many Google products are slapped with a beta label.