AddThis.com recently announced that they’ve integrated Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo e-mail systems right into the AddThis menu.

As part of this release, they’ve also launched a bit of a redesign of the “more menu”.

I for one think this link sharing / bookmark service is the best one out there. If you think otherwise please let me know which service you use and why it’s better.

aMSN is a free open source MSN Messenger clone, with features such as:

• Offline Messaging
• Voice Clips
• Display pictures
• Custom emoticons
• Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported)
• Webcam support
• Sign in to more than one account at once
• Full-speed File transfers
• Group support
• Normal, and animated emoticons with sounds
• Chat logs
• Timestamping
• Event alarms
• Conferencing support
• Tabbed chat windows

For a full list, see the features page. More features can be added to aMSN with plugins , or completely change its look with different skins!

And finally, the best part is that it is platform independent. Choose your download package over at Sourceforge.net.

This one is just hilarious… Makes you laugh, and maybe also think a bit

Kicking the public out of a courtroom is an option that should be used rarely and extremely judiciously, which is what makes U.S. District Judge James Ware’s decision Monday disappointing.

Ware shuttered the doors to a San Jose, Calif., hearing pitting Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, probably the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, against Harvard University classmates who claim Zuckerberg stole ideas and source code from a similar venture called ConnectU. Ware took this extraordinary step without notice, without a formal request from either side, and without even specifying why it was necessary.

So what’s so special with this hearing that calls for a private status? Follow the story on CNet News.

Google Friend Connect lets you grow traffic by easily adding social features to your website. With just a few snippets of code, you get more people engaging more deeply with your site.

Attract more visitors. Visitors bring along friends from social networks like Facebook, orkut, and others to interact on your site.

Enrich your site with social features. Choose engaging social features from a catalogue of gadgets provided by Google and the OpenSocial developer community.

No programming whatsoever. Just copy and paste snippets of code into your site, and Google Friend Connect does the rest.

Google Friend Connect is being made available to a limited number of site owners as it approaches general availability. If you are interested in participating, fill out this short form.