One of the most popular Ajax-based applications/extensions, AjaxIM, recently got a major upgrade. For those that haven't heard of it, AjaxIM is a Prototype-based instant messaging client that you can include in your web applications.
It uses AJAX to create a near real-time IM environment that can be used in conjunction with community, intranet, and social [...]
The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday.
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
