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Flashed Away
2007-09-21 14:27:00
Of all the proprietary web solutions that various corporations have tried to sell, none has succeeded as brilliantly as Flash. The product began as a plug-in called FutureSplash that allowed designers to embed vector-based graphics and animations on their web pages. Designers paid little attention to this plug-in, but Macromedia recognized its ...
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Washable Mouse
2007-08-20 15:48:00
Of all computer peripherals, the mouse is one that you must always clean. You spend a lot of time holding it with your hands… the same hands you use to eat your food, and even while working, you may unconciously touch your lips or rub your eyes with your hands. While you can’t obsess with ...
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Using Google Calculator
2007-08-14 15:17:00
A lot of people using Googl e everyday are not even aware that the world’s most popular search engine can also be used as a calculator. Why, you may ask, would you use Google for calculations instead of a handheld calculator sitting in your desk? Well, there may be lots of reason, but mainly because it ...
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Create Presentations Using Preezo
2007-08-10 06:10:00
Preezo is another Ajax-based web application to create presentation. Although free to use, Preezo has a lot of features that would let you create quality presentations that would rival those created from Microsoft’s Powerpoint. Since its online, you can access your presentation from anywhere as long as there is an internet connection. Collaboration and file ...
More About: Website , Presentations , Create , Resent

GMail Hack Demonstrated At DefCon
2007-08-06 07:17:00
During a recent Defcon session, Robert Graham demonstrated to hackers how to take over a user’s email account by simple process of sniffing network traffic and stealing cookies. In the said demonstration, a Gmail address was used and it didn?t take long for Graham to hack into the account and even send a message from ...
More About: Google , Security , Hack , Rate

SQL: Avoid ?Whenever? Whenever You Can
2007-07-31 19:33:00
SQL contains a precompiler directive, Whenever, that may at first glance appear to the uninitiated as a nice coding shorthand. The SQL reference manual says that the Whenever statement “specifies the action to be taken when a specified exception condition occurs.” But because there are so many ways a Whenever statement can screw up program ...
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Warning: Computers Can Be Dangerous To Your Health
2007-07-29 07:16:00
A study made by UK’s Imperial College’s Centre for Environmental Policy found that electrical fields from computers, televisions and other electronics can cause asthma, influenza and other respiratory diseases. The Independent reports that the research, will publish its official findings this August, claiming that the electrical fields given off by various electronics charge minuscule particles in ...
More About: Health , Computers , Computing , Warning , Dangerous

Digg Says Goodbye to Adsense
2007-07-26 14:31:00
Social news site Digg announced that it has signed an exclusive advertising agreement with Microsoft for the next three years. This deal is a big blow to Google whose Adsense program is currently being used by Digg and will be replaced by Microsoft’s. In the company’s blog, Kevin Rouse, founder of Digg, said that the move “gives us an advertising partner with a larger organization and a more scalable technology platform to keep pace with Digg’s growth. Best of all, it lets the Digg team completely focus on new feature development.” According to comScore, Digg have 4.4 million unique visitors in the U.S. for June 2007 alone, an incredible 222% increase over the same month last year. Digg had 9.5 international million visitors in June, which is 296% growth over the previous year.
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Print 2.0: The Evolution of Printing
2007-07-24 15:07:00
Surely you’ve heard of Web 2.0, but what about Print 2.0? HP recently launched an initiative called Print 2.0, which according to the company is the evolution and future of printing. HP’s estimated that Web-based printing will soar to 53 trillion pages in 2010 alone, a business valued at more than $296 billion. The company therefore ...
More About: Evolution , Computing , Printing

StatCounter?s Founder is BusinessWeek?s Young Entrepreneur of the Year
2007-07-21 08:55:00
Aodhan Cullen of StatCounter.com was recently named by BusinessWeek as the Europe’s Young Entrepreneur of the year. Most bloggers and webmasters are familiar with StatCounter which offers a free service to provide visit counter and other site metrics. Cullen, who is from Ireland, started the popular service back in 1999 when he was 16 years ...
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Wanna Win $1 million?
2007-07-18 15:59:00
Of course you do! And all you have to do is to solve a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Hmm… seems easy enough. After all, I did once completed a 5000-piece jigsaw with the help of my brother and sisters. What’s difficult with this jigsaw is that all you have is the board. The pieces, well, you ...
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Google to Give Away an iPhone and Bunch of Prizes.
2007-07-18 06:17:00
How do you like to win $2000 in cash, plus a brand new 8GB iPhone? Google , in collaboration with threadless.com, recently launched a T-Shirt design contest that will give these prizes to the winner. If you think you have the creativity then go ahead and “submit a design that you think embodies the Gmail personality most. ...
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Google Adsense: Coming Soon to Your Mobile Devices
2007-07-17 03:38:00
It may not be long before Adsense invades your mobile devices. Google recently confirmed that it had started testing version of Adsense for mobile web sites. As with other Google beta programs, there was no announcement from Google, but rather, invitations were sent to some selected users. Scott Jones, posted in his blog Self Made Minds ...
More About: Mobile , Devices , Google Adsense

Top 10 eCommerce Development of the Last Decade
2007-07-15 09:07:00
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry, recently released its list of top 10 most significant eComm erce development of the last decade. It is not a surprise that Google got the number one on this list - but not only they got the ...
More About: Ecommerce , Development , Develop , Merc

Digg-lite and Adsense-lite
2007-07-12 15:02:00
Digg-lite: Here’s another site that is taking a shot at the succesful digg-like model. Jayde-Online recently launched DropJack, a social content network site featuring news, articles and advice chosen and voted on by its members. Jayde-Online has been in web business for sometime and is the owner of SiteProNews.com. Instead of Digg-ing stories, you ...
More About: Adsense , Digg , Lite , Sens

Directory Submission: Is It Worth It?
2007-07-10 17:24:00
There are thousands of sites offering directory listing, two of the biggest ones are Yahoo! Director y (paid) and DMOZ (free). Often, webmasters neglect submitting sites to directories, thinking that it is too tedious and does not worth the effort. However, it is always a smart move for a search marketer to pursue directory listings ...
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iPhone: The Early Hacks
2007-07-08 11:02:00
Barely a week after its initial release, hackers and techies are already doing their hard work on the iPhone. Here are some of the current hacks in progress that I have found: Activation - Jon Lech Johansen (also known in hacking community as DVD Jon) was able to find a way to activate a brand new ...
More About: Hacks , Apple , Gadgets , Iphone , Early

Download IT-Related Magazines for Free
2007-07-07 09:57:00
Sys-con media has always been one of the best IT-related web portal, presenting the latest news, events and useful articles on various IT topics. But what really makes Sys-con stands out are their publications, which are also available in digital editions and you can download for free. With titles such as Java Developers Journal, Ajax ...
More About: Books , Magazines , Download , Free , Late

iPhone Developer?s Guidelines
2007-07-05 14:24:00
Apple released the guidelines for developers who are planning to design a website or create web-based application for iPhone. For those who are familiar with using Safari Web Kit engine, the transition will be minimal as the same engine is used for both the desktop Safari and iPhone. However, it is important to know ...
More About: Apple , Iphone , Developer , Guidelines , Lines

A,B,C and 1,2,3 With Google
2007-07-04 16:08:00
Last night, as I was tinkering with my websites and looking for ways to optimize the pages some more to gain higher PageRank, I decided to have some fun with Googl e . I typed in letters A-Z and see what would be the first result that Google will give me. Excluding stock quotes and Wikipedia entries, ...

Video: iPhone Suffers on Slow Network
2007-07-04 04:21:00
AP Technology editor Matt Fordahl gives his initial impressions on Apple ’s iPhone and its performance on ATT’s sluggish EDGE network.
More About: Video , Gadgets , Iphone , Network

Other Uses of USB Flash Drives
2007-07-03 15:38:00
These days, flash memory drives are not merely used for storing files and copying them across different computers. As capacity gets higher and higher, consumers and software developers are bound to find more usage for this device, other than using it as a keychain. It is quite affordable now to buy a 2GB, 4GB, 6GB ...
More About: Hardware , Flash , Flash drives , Lash

Useful Search Sites You May Have Not Known
2007-07-02 15:11:00
When it comes to Internet searching, most people uses either of the big three: Google, Yahoo and MSN. There are, however, some search sites I have found to be useful and a time-saver: Search Mash is actually Google’s test search site. This displays search results from the web along with matching images, blogs, videos and Wikipedia ...
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Google Adsense Got Rounded
2007-06-30 13:34:00
If you have a website or blog and have been using Google adsense to monetize, note that Google recently introduced minor changes. Publishers now have an additional option to configure the shape of ad blocks - specifically, you can have a slightly-rounded corner, or a well-rounded corner instead of the usual square. As with the ...
More About: Adsense , Google Adsense , Sens , Round

Will iPhone Live to All its Hype?
2007-06-28 16:20:00
People are actually camping out at Apple store, hoping to be one of the first to purchase the most anticipated product of the year. The iPhone buzz is all over the blogosphere, but it is just the tip of the iceberg. Expect lots more iPhone-related postings in a week or so - particularly reviews of ...
More About: Iphone , Live , Hype

Use Mashups to Create Smashing Websites.
2007-06-27 15:21:00
From American Heritage Dictionary: mash-up or mash·up (m?sh’?p’) n. An audio recording that is a composite of samples from other recordings, usually from different musical styles. For web geeks though, mashup does not relate to music alone. Mashup is a term used to describe a website or application that combines data from two ...
More About: Websites , Shin , Create , Mashups

Latest and Hot iPhone Review
2007-06-27 05:59:00
From Apple insider, editors from USA review and Newsweek gave another iPhone review as follows: “If you’re looking for quibbles, flaws and omissions, you’ll certainly find them in this first version of the iPhone,” Levy wrote for Newsweek.” But the bottom line is that the iPhone is a significant leap. It’s a superbly engineered, cleverly designed and ...
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Map Search: Google vs Microsoft
2007-06-26 13:44:00
Although Googl e Maps seems to be the more popular between the two, Microsoft ’s Map search is actually not too far behind. In fact, comparing Microsoft’s Bird’s view with that of Google’s Satellite view, I find that Microsoft’s images have better resolution and better details. You can judge for yourself - check out these views for ...
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Do You Tell Microsoft About Windows Errors?
2007-06-25 15:27:00
I’m sure all Windows XP users are familiar with a pop-up window similar to the one below: Yep, we’ve all seen it, one time or the other. My question is: have you actually clicked that button to report the error to Microsoft ? Maybe its just me, but I always feel that clicking that button is useless ...
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Your iTunes Music on a non-iPhone Mobile Phone
2007-06-23 08:54:00
You don’t have to wait for iPhone to get your iTunes music to your mobile phone. A new service ? called nuTsie ? was recently launched by Melodeo. This service enables users to bring iTunes music to 15 different types of phones, and word has it that Melodeo is looking to expand that number to ...
More About: Music , Mobile , Itunes , Gadgets