Zude: Swiss army knife of the social web?

I found this really interesting video about Zude, a web site that reminds me of a mashup. This came from CNET after I watched the video about Stanford displaying some new technology from Stanford University's annual Cool Products Expo, me being the gadget man as I am. Zude is a product that comes from Fifth Generation Systems. It's not out yet, it comes out May 1 of this year. It touts itself as "easiest and most powerful way to express yourself on the web. It is both an enhancement to the myspace's of the world as well as the next generation and ultimate evolution of web interaction -- and so much more", according to their web site.

That's a really tall order, in my opinion. This really just sounds like a mashup, which really is nothing new. I think what they're trying to say is that it is kind of a mashup, but for the end user, they don't have to write any code, whereas right now, you need to know the API of the other system that you want to add to your mashup. I've just registered, so I'll see exactly how this works and if it's something that maybe I can use. Oh and by the way, Zude kinda sounds very close to Zune, Microsoft's MP3 iTunes wannabe player, just thought I wanted to say that.

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The top 5 most wanted gadgets

Being GadgetMan, I'm always looking at and reading about the latest gadgets. At CNET, they've released the top 5 most wanted gadgets in their CNET video. What are they? You'll have to watch to find out.

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