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The Ice Sheet: Lightning in a Bottleneck

Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before.St. Pete Times reporter Damian Cristodero dropped a bomb the other day, quoting Tampa Bay GM Jay Feaster that huge changes could hit the Lightning if the team hasn't...

Sidney Crosby: Internet Star or Cyber Punk?

Canadian Press writer Dean Bennett makes the case for Sidney Crosby as "hockey's first superstar of the cyber age":He's the subject of hundreds of Internet discussion groups that compare him to Jesus Christ, ask for his hand in marriage or seek to know him better in language as subtle as spiked heels and a leather bustier....

TiVo Deleting NHL Recordings

Historically, TiVo and the National Hockey League have been getting along about as well as David Koci and one of Zdeno Chara's ham hocks. FanHouse's Eric McErlain felt letdown and deceived by TiVo when faced with a compatibility problem with NHL Center Ice PPV back in 2006. Other TiVo fans have complained that they can...

Yahoo! Officially Acquires Rivals.com

Several months back The FanHouse reported that Yahoo! was negotiating to purchase Rivals.com. That effort stalled for unknown reasons, although it was speculated that questionable business practices by a Rivals executive had tripped the deal.However, several more months have passed and the two sides have reached a suitable...

Web2.0 News From the Web

10/10/11 Contest: What Does The Term Web 2.0 Mean To You Today? Source: Read/WriteWeb 1) You must be a U.S. resident and at least 18 years of age to enter. 2) The Contest begins on October 10, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. ET and ends on October 21, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. ET. 3) To enter, simply leave a comment on ReadWriteWeb in the discussions area below.
10/29/10 India leads espousal of Web 2.0 for IT solutions Source: siliconindia India leads the adoption of Web 2.0 for IT solutions at workplace among the top three nations in Web 2.0 Technology Usage, revealed a new report by McAfee in collaboration with Purdue University's CERIAS research group named 'Web 2.0: A Complex Balancing Act'.
09/28/10 UAE's Web 2.0 adoption rate higher than US, UK Source: Zawya.com A new survey shows that corporate adoption of Web 2.0 apps in the UAE is among the highest in the world, more than the US and the Commonwealth countries of the UK, Australia, and Canada.

Background on Web2.0

Web 2.0 is a loosely defined intersection of web application features that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web.

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