Sep 22, 2006 3:59 PM

Morning Reboot: Friday September 22

Starting up your Friday like a '68 Dodge Dart, here's your Morning Reboot. Today is One Web Day! The mission is "to create, maintain, advance, and promote a global day to celebrate online life." PayPal may be launching a secure storage service soon. [TechCrunch] Adobe is working on a product that would place VoIP technology […]

Starting up your Friday like a '68 Dodge Dart, here's your Morning Reboot.

Today is One Web Day! The mission is "to create, maintain, advance, and promote a global day to celebrate online life."
PayPal may be launching a secure storage service soon. [TechCrunch]
Adobe is working on a product that would place VoIP technology into Flash webapps. [GigaOM]
SSIA: In an answer to yesterday's OnNYTurf.com New York City subway map, here's Gawker's NYC Subway Smell map.

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