As announced on April 11th, ABC is now offering shows streaming on their website. The shows can be watched on your computer and have from 3-4 commercials (that cannot be skipped), placed throughout. This is a trial launched by ABC currently set to run until June 30th. At the completion we expect them to monitor the website viewership as well as the effect this program has on their $1.99 iTunes offering.ABC
Via [Zatz Not Funny]

From Gadgetell

Google Calendar was released two weeks ago and we are already seeing some really interesting ways to make use of the sharing function. (If you are not aware, you can mark events on your calendar as public so other people can see what is going on and when you are busy and free).

Clinical Cases suggested that doctors make use of this function. Doctors can make their calendars public (just the appointment times not any personal information) so you can see the availability and compare it to yours when scheduling an appointment.

Lifehacker suggested that the color coded feature can allow people with medical issues to track their well being over time. This can also be expanded to tracking your diet. (You can also do this in Outlook and others, but it is nice if you want to share it with a trainer or doctor).

Finally for you techies out there, TruePath Technologies really displays the possibilities when using the sharing function paired with categories and chat to plan outages and service on network servers.

We would love to hear what other ways do you plan to share your time with people?

Read [Clinical Cases]
Read [TruePath Technologies]
Read [Lifehacker]

From Gadgetell

Goowy is a new Web 2.0 solution that creates a personal webtop. What does that mean? Well, a webtop is like your desktop on your computer except is exists on the web. Essentially, you can have lots of different things on your screen that you would expect to find on your desktop but all accessible via the web.

Goowy allows you to access:

• IMs via AOL, MSN, Yahoo, and ICQ
• Upload, manage and share your files online with 1 GB storage
• Manage email, contacts and calendar
• Manage tasks and notes
• Organize your web data with a personalized start page
• Play games

They have a pretty cool demo that allows you to see what it is like or you can go ahead and sign up for a free account. Accessing your information from wherever you are is the hottest trend right now and Goowy provides a top of the line option.

Goowy

From Gadgetell