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Parents the winner in Leopard, Vista showdown
2007-11-25 05:33:00
When Apple unveiled its newest operating system on October 26, the computer maker made its first major overture to parents by infusing Leopard with a slick set of child controls. New settings help parents manage a child’s time online, block use of certain Web sites or applications like instant chat or iTunes, and watch over ...
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PS3’s U.S. sales double after price cut
2007-11-25 05:31:00
U.S. sales of Sony’s PlayStation 3 more than doubled in the weeks following a price cut and the launch of a lower-priced version, the company said Friday. Sony said it sold about 75,000 PS3 consoles in the week of October 29 in the United States, and more than 100,000 in the following week, compared with ...
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Digg goes political - one step further
2007-11-24 15:03:00
Looks like Digg decided to add in more political fun. Yes, they have that political section that has gained considerable popularity, but now that they have this new feature - Digg the candidates (hmm, catchy), perhaps it takes politics online to a higher level? Perhaps you didn’t know those politicians have Digg accounts too.
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Unlocking Thresholds - Social Bookmarking
2007-11-24 14:42:00
It is great to know how many votes/digg/whatever… you need in order to get your story upfront. After all, it is great for planning right?
More About: Social , Social Bookmarking , Bookmarking , Unlocking , Holds

Net gridlock by 2010 study warns
2007-11-24 02:03:00
Consumer demand for bandwidth could see the internet running out of capacity as early as 2010, a new study warns. A future net meltdown could bring the return of waiting for downloads US analyst firm Nemertes Research predicted a drastic slowdown as the network struggles to cope with the amount of data being carried on it. Such ...
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Getting valuable links as a developer
2007-11-23 11:21:00
If you happen to be on these jobs and have websites, you have the opportunity to grab some high quality (non no-follow) links the white-hat way.
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How accurate is RealRank?
2007-11-23 04:55:00
In response to the ongoing Google PageRank carnage (now more than a reduction of pagerank - a pagerank straight to zero), Izea decided to come up with a new ranking system - RealRank.

PS3 updates - Firmware 2.01
2007-11-22 02:43:00
Looks like the PlayStation 3 decided to catch up with the PlayStation Portable (PSP) on firmware updates. Similar to the PSP update from 2.00 to 2.01, there are no feature releases in this version, but mainly bug-fixes - relating to improving game-play (no more freezes). You can get the update by using the “system update” feature in your PlayStation 3 ...
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Validation: Who bothers?
2007-11-21 05:57:00
Great! Now that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is encouraging webmasters to take up standards, certainly that there should be some who bothered right? This is a measly list that takes the top 15 in Alexa (screening out sites that are similar) for this test.
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Vote it up!
2007-11-20 14:10:00
We figured that maybe some people are too shy to use our posting feature, so we made something that allows you to voice your opinion. A little democracy never hurts anyone right? The voting system in Tevine is similar to other voting systems - you like the story, you vote for it. Each vote contributes a ...
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Migrating from Digg to Sphinn
2007-11-20 04:29:00
Sphinn is a great social bookmarking site, similar to Digg . This is your one-off travel guide for migrating from Digg to Sphinn. What is Sphinn? If you know Digg, you can say Sphinn is Digg (their names are similar too). Like Digg, you vote for stories, which act as a sort of “online bookmark”, and submit them in the ...

Tell you what: Make money from Tevine
2007-11-20 03:01:00
Since I have no capability of monetizing my site, I would give this opportunity to someone else. You can monetize Tevine through several means, be it advertising or, whatever… Here are some terms: -You can monetize Tevine for up to 1 month, and after that I’ll give this opportunity to someone else. -You should read the terms of other ...
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Nintendo and Sony roll out big titles
2007-11-19 05:42:00
Two new video games from Sony and Nintendo have players exploring jungle islands for lost treasure or skipping across the galaxy to save a kidnapped princess. On the face of it, Sony’s Uncharted and Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy can’t be more different. Uncharted harnesses the PlayStation 3’s graphical muscle to produce a movie-like adventure, while Super Mario ...
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Versiontracker PRO in today’s technology
2007-11-19 05:11:00
Recently, I’ve got an email from a friend of mine, saying there’s a program out there now that did what we wanted ages ago. Check our hard drives for any outdated programs, updates, hard wares, that needs updating. Well we found it here: http://www.versiontracker.com/
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Do what I say, not what I do
2007-11-19 03:19:00
Its sad to know that people have some sort of wacko theory to achieve something. Yet, they are missing something - proof! As with making anything, you need substantial proof. No, I’m not talking about the theory only, you need practical.

GMail now >5 GB
2007-11-18 13:32:00
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that Google mail was going to overtake hotmail in just 2 months time. Well, I was wrong. Google did it way faster, and managed to hit more than 5GB in just less than a month. Looks like Google may have bought much more server space than before, because the growth ...
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Statcounter now PR10 again
2007-11-18 03:08:00
Statcounter has regained its status as a PR10 site (i.e. max Pagerank), which they lost it in April 2007. Here is a brief history of its pagerank: January 2007: 10 April 2007: 9 July 2007: 9 September 2007: 6 Today (November 2007): 10 I guess they managed to lift their Pagerank penalty (involving selling links). Of course, StatCounter is not the only site whose Pagerank has changed after the last update.

How-to: Appraise your own sites
2007-11-17 12:31:00
Asking others to appraise your site helps fetches you a quick indicator of how good your site is. Of course, avoid relying on other people’s opinion - what matters is how much you think your site is worth. (more…)
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Phishing mail, interesting…
2007-11-16 14:10:00
For some strange reason, I have been getting more phishing emails than in the past. Looks like my personal email address is getting circulated. :p Well, at least these emails were easy to spot (aside from the fact that I do not have a PayPal nor Egold account). Though, there is something interesting about phishing email: The way how email services like Google and Microsoft (Windows Live Hotmail) handles them. (more…)
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Mac OSX update - 10.5.1
2007-11-16 04:18:00
Looks like Apple released a new update for its operating system. This update adds quite a lot of features (judging its file-size). You can update your install using the software update feature on the system itself, or if you prefer, download it from the Apple site. You can view a whole list of changes from the Apple site.
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Is Google juice finite?
2007-11-16 04:05:00
There is an observed trend that the overall Google pagerank decreases over time. Looking at some older models of Google pagerank, this trend could be explained by the growing number of sites, and the spreading of pagerank. Of course, this is by looking older models. Google probably would have solved this problem probably, or did it?
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Finding how fast readers read
2007-11-16 02:20:00
I came across YackYack, which has an interesting feature related to word count and the time taken to read them. Their estimate may actually be pretty much true, given that it takes a person 1 minute to read about 250 words (with some breaks as well). With pictures, it may even take faster (hmm, that reminds me…). Of course, these estimates is assuming that you are not speed reading.
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Google: Lifting your pagerank penalty
2007-11-16 02:09:00
If you are one of the few whose pagerank got hit by the recent update, it may have been because of a penalty. Google (actually, Matt Cutts) suggested several steps to removing the penalty: 1) Read the Webmaster Guidelines 2) If you have any sort of paid links on your site, remove them (or if you cannot, you can reason it out) 3) Submit re-inclusion/re-consideration request *Of course, there are some who do not have such links, but still receive a penalty for it. Might be because of some elements on the page that look something like that (eventhough it isn’t). Of course, it isn’t just all that: You need to ensure the problem does not come again. This way suggested by Google is a great start for tackling the problem of people trying to profit from PageRank, which Google does not want.
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The Google alogarithm cycle
2007-11-15 12:58:00
For about a few days, most pagerank checking tools were unable to display PageRank results (although the Google toolbar does so without problems). Apparently, it appears some folks does not seem affected by the problem (notably DigPagerank, which now works again through some miracle, as well as the tool Andy Beard has). This came in light when it was discovered Google changed the algorithm for its PageRank checker (by testing the new and old versions of the toolbars). Of course, there are rumors that it might have already been found. It is not sure whether the change is Google’s plans, or probably just another rumor. However, the change in alogarithm would mean that we would get a nice PageRank update a little earlier than expected.
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Wall street journal supports Digg
2007-11-15 11:05:00
Just recently, the wall street journal spawned new “Digg This” links. This means that all content is available on wall street journal for free. Sounds like a great move by Wall Street Jorunal. Of course, it is likely that it will support other stuff (in fact, they also used the Sphere API). Digg has a short post on this.
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Deconstructing DigPagerank
2007-11-15 10:36:00
DigPagerank, a “new” pagerank checker to the scene, is actually unlike other pagerank checkers. Upon peeking its innards (of course, doing a little bit more than just “View Source”), I noticed a few things that actually make it stand out from other (older) pagerank checkers. *Newer checkers seem to be of the same level as digpagerank, using both server and client side. How DigPagerank actually works Digpagerank first compiles a list of datacenters (which are hardwired into Digpagerank), and then uses a little AJAX [i.e. some sweet pieces of JavaScript] to call out to Google datacenters as if it were the Firefox Google toolbar. Of course, there is more behind-the-scenes work, like making a nice code that is specific for certain links. That’s why clicking on the “Stop” button won’t stop Digpagerank from doing its work. Of course, due to AJAX’s built in security, one cannot access external servers like Google Datacenters directly...
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Say no to affiliate links, Say yes to friend links
2007-11-14 15:31:00
Going over through my (few) backlinks, I’ve wondered if actually getting links from friends would be much easier compared to those who pretty much spent most of their budget on links. Here is my take on this: Get some links from your allies. Building interconnected sites can be kind of bad (illustrated with Engadget getting penalized for 10 days for unknown reasons), but it does allow all sites to rise as one. Accumulating links from fellow friends can be actually easy work. You can be surprised at how often your friends actually support you despite being rivals (they are friends after all). There are some nice ways to get “friend” links: 1) Ask directly. Sometimes it works. 2) If they have a blog, ask them go “Do-follow”, then participate in commenting. 3) Participate in their forums. Though, there is one draw-back. You can never get a lot of links unless you have the same number of friends as the same number of users at DigitalPoint.
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Google should make PR an API
2007-11-14 15:11:00
Ever wondered why Google decided to make OpenSocial open, but not its famous green bar? PageRank has often been regarded as one of the most useful tools in determining the quality of a site, though not neccessarily the most accurate. As with any ranking system, there are bound to be problems like selling of links, which Google countered during the last PageRank update. PageRank may be regarded as “dead” and “inaccurate” by some, but it is one of a few ranking systems that are available. PageRank should be made an API. After all, Google is stabbing its own feet limiting PageRank to only those who visit the Google directory and have the Google toolbar (which is not supported by some web browsers). PageRank checkers are in the grey area in the TOS, and cannot be regarded as following or breaking the Terms of Service. Then again, maybe Yahoo should make something like YahooRank and replace Google’s PageRank. That should give more options.
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Microsoft aims to make Xbox more family-friendly
2007-11-08 01:27:00
Microsoft on Wednesday showed off a new Xbox feature that will allow parents to set the amount of time that kids can play games. The move is part of the company’s effort to broaden the reach of the Xbox 360 to include more families. The company also recently introduced a lower-priced Xbox 360 Arcade model that skips a hard drive, but includes a handful of casual games like Pac-Man and Uno. Microsoft is also working to expand its Viva Pinata title into a franchise of products aimed at younger kids. “All of those things are starting to make Xbox a much broader gaming world than it was even six months ago,” Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices unit said in an interview. The move comes ahead of an important holiday selling season, with consoles from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft all now in volume production. Nintendo’s Wii has been the surprise hit, but Sony has dropped the price of the PlayStation 3 and Microsoft is counting on H...
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Gexes hits 200+ unique a month!
2007-11-08 01:23:00
 A site developed by me on October 28th, with a specific target visitors, gained popularity less than two days. I’ve about to write this as some tips for some sites ;) . Looks like yesterday Gexes recieves more than 200+ unique visitors a day! With deriving 5Gb bandwidth a month. Gexes.com has a traffic rank of:  2,102,478 , with a SEO score of 88% (use to be 97%, but i removed some things) I’m amazed to see a site developed 10 days, and already has gain popularity. Here are some tips you should do to improve your site: - Make your site special, and something you would go visit for, pretend you are a visitor (example: I made a rapidshere dowloader site, because i needed to download off rapidshare easier, since i used rapidshare a lot, and I know a forum full of visitors needing this) - Take a minute to look at your site, think about it, if you were a visitor, what would you want, and what did you hate (As I took a look at my site, I wrote down some changes i needed to...
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