Friday’s Reader’s Digest

xMax technology:
Read Dean Bubley’s reservations.

Ajax technology:
Articles in the Wall Street Journal and on Wired News.

Web 2.0:
Tim O’Reilly’s ‘what is’, Nicholas Carr’s ‘amorality’ and Om Malik’s dwelling on the subject.

Social networking:
An amusing story in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Podcasting:
From an advertising angle, in BusinessWeek Online.

STM publishing:
Stevan Harnad’s response to SSHRC’s consultation, calling for the ‘green road’ to OA publishing.