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  • Leo Laporte

    They call him the hardest working man in podcasting. Now he’s extended his TWiT empire to include a live, hi-res video stream. Oliver Lindberg talks to the one and only Leo Laporte about being the glue that holds together an online community
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • Jack Dorsey

    Frequent downtimes recently sparked an intense online debate about the flaws of popular micro-blogging service Twitter. Oliver Lindberg catches up with its CEO and co-founder, Jack Dorsey, to discuss the company’s plans to make it more stable
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • Jim Buckmaster

    Online classified advertising site Craigslist is run more as a public service than for profit – a philosophy that’s led to war with eBay. Oliver Lindberg talks to chief executive Jim Buckmaster about one of the internet’s most unlikely success stories
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • Amazon Web Services: Jeff Barr

    Amazon Web Services consume more bandwidth than all of Amazon’s global sites combined. Evangelist Jeff Barr explains who’s using them and why they’ve become so popular with businesses of all sizes
    By Tom May on
  • Martin Stiksel

    They’ve been fairly quiet since the high-profile acquisition by CBS, but this doesn’t mean that Last.fm’s team hasn’t been busy. Oliver Lindberg talks to Martin Stiksel, the co-founder and chief controlling officer of Last.fm
    By Oliver Lindberg on | 1 comment
  • Janus Friis

    eBay may not be too happy about the performance of Skype, but its co-founders have moved on to promising new ventures. Janus Friis tells Oliver Lindberg why online TV service Joost is all set to revolutionise the way we watch television
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde

    It may operate in murky waters, but there’s no denying it’s given  the music and film industries a run for their money. Oliver  Lindberg speaks to Peter Sunde, administrator of one of the web’s most notorious sites, The Pirate Bay
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • Donald Katz

    It’s the tenth anniversary of Audible.com and one of the first digital audio players ever, the Audible MobilePlayer. Against all odds, the spoken-word download site is still here. Founder Donald Katz talks to Oliver Lindberg about the company’s success
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • Chad Hurley and Steve Chen

    Since the acquisition by Google, YouTube’s founders have kept a low profile. Now they’re back. In an exclusive interview, .net’s Oliver Lindberg talks to Steve Chen and Chad Hurley about the past, present and future of the world’s biggest video-sharing site
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • Kevin Rose

    Digg is the world’s most popular user-generated news site. A recent revolt showed that it really is run by its community. Founder Kevin Rose tells Oliver Lindberg how he experienced the most turbulent day in Digg’s history, and what his users want him to do next
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • Jimmy Wales

    Wikipedia revolutionised the way we look for information. Now its founder has got his eyes on the search market. Oliver Lindberg talks to one of the web’s most colourful players, Jimmy Wales, about his forthcoming people-powered open source search engine
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • Mena Trott

    Blogging had lost its fun and left many early adopters burned out. Oliver Lindberg talks to Mena Trott, co-founder and president of blogging experts Six Apart, to find out why the time was right for their latest blogging platform
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • Bram Cohen

    How do you go from “broke programmer” to CEO and co-founder of BitTorrent? Will the new, legitimate, online video store take off? Bram Cohen takes time out from his coding, recreational maths, juggling and origami to be quizzed by .net’s Oliver Lindberg
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • StumbleUpon's Garrett Camp

    Navigating the internet is a tough task, even with a search engine. That’s why Garrett Camp and his colleagues set up StumbleUpon.com, a more sociable way to find new sites
    By Tom May on
  • Matt Mullenweg

    According to Google, Matt Mullenweg is the most important Matt in the world. Fans of his most famous project, open source blogging tool WordPress, will agree. Oliver Lindberg finds out who the man behind the software really is and what’s up his sleeve
    By Oliver Lindberg on | 1 comment
  • Dean Hachamovitch

    It’s taken Microsoft half a decade to come up with a major upgrade to its browser. Why did it take so long and is it too little too late? Oliver Lindberg grills Dean Hachamovitch, general manager of the Internet Explorer team
    By Oliver Lindberg on | 1 comment
  • Philip Rosedale

    Virtual 3D world Second Life recently reached one million sign-ups, and its economy is growing faster than some real countries. Oliver Lindberg talked to its founder, Philip Rosedale, and discovered his vision of a world where everybody has a second life
    By Oliver Lindberg on | 1 comment
  • Kristopher Tate

    Photosharing site Zooomr cooked up a storm on the web. Yet, while its features are impressive, the age of its creator is all the more remarkable. Oliver Lindberg hooks up with Kristopher Tate to find out what it’s like to be a teen entrepreneur
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • Caterina Fake

    Echoing the optimism of early Nineties web culture, Flickr sprung onto the scene in 2004 and became the defining Web 2.0 app. Christian Hall caught up with co-founder Caterina Fake and discovered what the future holds for Flickr
    By Christian Hall on
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