The production of content by the general public rather than by paid professionals and experts in the field. Mostly available on the Web via blogs and wikis, user-generated content refers to material such as the daily news, encyclopedias and other references, movie and product reviews as well as articles on any subject, all of which have been traditionally written by editors, journalists and academics in the past. Also called "peer production." See blog, wiki, Wikipedia, Web 2.0, YouTube and crowdsourcing.
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- Blog posts 2009-11-29
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
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- Amazon, please ignore AdrianNormally I'm right with Adrian, but he obviously doesn't have a Kindle, which is my favorite device. To Amazon: don't add battery sucking features (like wi-fi), we don't care about multi-purpose (it's a bookreader!), i don't want cr@apps on my Kindle (it's a bookreader!) and I don't...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Oxygen Phone Manager II for Nokia Phones 2.18.8 (Windows)
- Oxygen Phone Manager is the most complete software tool for managing the content and settings of a Nokia cellphone from a personal computer. It is compatible with nearly all currently available models of Nokia and can communicate with the phone through different types of connections: a cable, InfraRed or Bluetooth...
- Software downloads 2009-11-24
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- Software downloads 2009-11-24
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- Software downloads 2009-11-24
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
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- Goodbye RupertI am not going to use Bing.Google will find stuff I am interested in.Too lazy to use Bing.Bing is dead.Something will dethrone Google, but it ain't Bing.Goodbye Google...You can't earn money without paying for content made byothers...Google has milked the industry for years without giving anything back...There's no such...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-22
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
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- Product reviews 2009-11-20
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- Product reviews 2009-11-20
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- Software downloads 2009-11-20
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
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- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Spytech SpyAgent 7.0.09 (Windows)
- Need to track your computer users and monitor activities at all times? Ever need to keep tabs on your child or spouse while they use your computer? Are your employees abusing work hours? Spytech SpyAgent is our award winning, powerful computer spy software that allows you to monitor everything users...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
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- Software downloads 2009-11-19
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- Blog posts 2009-11-18
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