Yahoo Opens Digg Rival to All Publishers

Yahoo has expanded its "Buzz Up" content recommendation service to include many more publishers, stepping up its challenge against Digg.
Almost any publisher can now add a Buzz Up button to its Web site, Yahoo said. If a Web site doesn't have a button, users can also submit a link to the content via Yahoo.
Since its launch in February, Yahoo slowly built up the number of publishers participating in the service from 100 to 400. It has now opened it to almost any publisher -- although it said the service is "currently focussed on the U.S. only."
The change means that users will be able to "buzz up" more types of content, including the news, video and blogging sites that helped drive the popularity of Digg and similar sites such as Reddit and StumbleUpon.
Buzz Up has its ownWeb page, and Yahoo said some of the most popular content there could end up on its main home page.
Publishers can benefit from the "social content voting" because a less-trafficked site could see a surge in visits if an item is highlighted by enough visitors। That can mean more clicks or page views for advertisements, which increase a Web site's revenue.
Reference : http://www.pcworld.com/article/149987/2008/08/.html?tk=rss_news

Delicious Library 2.0 Adds Dozens of Features

Delicious Monster has released Delicious Library 2.0, a major upgrade to their cataloging software for Mac OS X. Priced at US$40, it's a free upgrade for registered users.
Delicious Library helps you maintain an up-to-date catalog of CDs, DVDs, books, video games and other material. It can read barcodes from packages, either by using a barcode scanner (sold separately) or using an iSight camera or other webcam, if connected. You can also input the information manually, if you need to. The software connects to Amazon.com to get bookshelf information, but keeps it all stored locally in its own database.
Version 2.0 adds dozens of new features, such as one-click Web publishing to .Mac and connectivity with Transmit; many new categories; rules-based "Smart Shelves;" better performance for large libraries and fast graphics with Mac OS X v10.5.3; export to iPhone; Bonjour sharing; improved iSight scanning; auto-pair and auto-connect for Bluetooth scanners; autocomplete improvements; currency conversion; new cover graphics; new fields for items and many other changes.
System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.3 or later -- certain features now depend on Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard," and some new graphic features require Mac OS X v10.5.3, which had not yet been released as Macworld posted this article.

Reference : http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146368-pg,1/article.html