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In Depth: The new generation of kick-ass web apps

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

It's a very exciting time to be a web designer or developer. The reason is simple: with a small amount of money, a lot of heart and a great idea, you can take on the giants of the web. Here we're going to look at some Davids who are taking on the Goliaths of the online world. bit.ly vs Digg ...

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Setting up sftp in Dreamweaver using a specific sftp port

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:42:21 +0000

SFTP stands for SSH File Transfer Protocol and it uses the SSH protocol to reliably and securely transfer files. While using sftp on Dreamweaver is not too complicated, setting it up to use a specific port is not well documented. SFTP uses the same port as SSH, the default port is 22 but it is ...

pgodel posted 7 hours ago from blog.servergrove.com

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Dragon Skin body armor gains piezoelectric sensors, keeps bullet-stopping abilities

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

This Dragon Skin armor has been knocking about since 2007, but now that piezoelectrics and intelligence have been thrown into the mix we couldn't stop ourselves from taking a peek at it. The armor's strength is derived from a reptilian arrangement of overlapping ceramic and titanium ...

WoW.com found this 17 hours ago on engadget.com

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Asana Gets $9 Million (No, It's Not a Yoga Stance–It's a Workplace Productivity Start-Up From Former Facebookers)

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:30:50 +0000

Even yet another goofy Silicon Valley name did not prevent Asana–the workplace productivity software start-up founded by former Facebookers Dustin Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein–from nabbing $9 million in funding from Benchmark Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. The round, ...

Digital Daily found this 16 hours ago on kara.allthingsd.com

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Google Chrome Themes Gallery: Minimal

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:17:46 +0000

Themes Gallery We're sorry, but themes are available for Google Chrome 3.0.195.3 and above only. Themes by Artists Themes by Google Theme preview: Minimal Minimal by Google Apply this theme Themes require Google Chrome 3.0.195.3+ Download Google Chrome 3.0 Back to themes 2009 Google - Google ...

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LinkedIn expands platform in attempt to one-up Facebook Connect

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:50:21 +0000

linkedin platform logo LinkedIn aims to be an even more central part of your professional identity, by expanding its platform today with the site developer.linkedin.com . The Mountain View, Calif.-based professional networking site already offers a platform for third-party developers , allowing ...

paidContent found this 5 days ago on digital.venturebeat.com

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Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:02:56 +0000

Wikipedia.org is the fifth-most-popular Web site in the world, with roughly 325 million monthly visitors. But unprecedented numbers of the millions of online volunteers who write, edit and police it are quitting. That could have significant implications for the brand of democratization that ...

Inc.com found this 6 days ago on online.wsj.com

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Google Is Keeping Chrome OS Simple. Maybe Too Simple.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:16:59 +0000

Ever since Google started talking about its Google Chrome OS, developers, competitors, and observers have been wondering why Google needs two operating systems : Android and Chrome OS. At today’s chrome OS briefing, Google was asked whether Chrome OS would support Android apps. The ...

Search Engine Journal found this 9 days ago on techcrunch.com

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Save $100 on Select AudibleReady Devices

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:29:41 +0000

Save $100 on AudibleReady Products and Accessories Save $100 on any of these AudibleReady products when you agree to join Audible.com's AudibleListener Gold plan for 12 months at $14.95/month. If the product or accessory that you choose is less than $100, you will receive the product for free. ...

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home found this 2 days ago on amazon.com

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My Early Black Friday Deal Arrived — Panasonic HDC-SD10

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:38:42 +0000

A few years ago, I swore not to go shopping on Black Friday ever again. So tomorrow, I’ll be relaxing from home while hordes of early-bird shoppers wake early and battle the riff-raff for special, one-day deals. This year, I grabbed a special deal in advance of Black Friday and it arrived ...

GigaOM Network found this 47 hours ago on jkontherun.com

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Why Your Worst Clients Should Still Get Your Best Service

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:00:08 +0000

Dan Cameron Why Your Worst Clients Should Still Get Your Best Service - http://freelancefolder.com/why-you... 6 minutes ago from Google Reader - Comment - Like

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Facebook : des captures d'un renouvellement de l'interface ?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:43:58 +0000

Les développeurs de Facebook sont toujours en train de remanier les pages du service. Il faut dire que la quantité d'informations à organiser est assez impressionnante et les derniers essais en la matière n'ont pas forcément plu à tout le monde.

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MediaPost Publications Comcast Taps Hispanic Web Portal 03/08/2006

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:40:34 +0000

Comcast and Terra.com, the largest U.S. Spanish-language Web portal, announced a partnership Tuesday to produce "Comcast Latino," where Comcast's high-speed Internet subscribers can access news and video clips, plus a range of Web services like e-mail. For Comcast, the biggest U.S. broadband ...

Technology Liberation Front found this 21 hours ago on mediapost.com

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Today Only: All AT&T Phones for a Penny with New 2-Year Service Plan

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:01:14 +0000

AT&T Today only, save big when you sign up for a new 2-year contract with AT&T. Existing AT&T customers not eligible. Offer valid for new customers only. • Get your choice of any new AT&T phone for a penny• Pay no activation fee--a savings of up to $36 per line• FREE Two-Day Shipping Offer ...

jkOnTheRun found this 20 hours ago on amazon.com

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Amazon Unloads AT&T Phones for a Penny

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:00:20 +0000

The crazy retail deals are still going strong today here in the U.S. During my daily check of Amazon for the MP3 special of the day, I noticed the e-tailer is offering any AT&T phone for a penny today . There’s also no activation fee, which saves $36 — personally, I think ...

GigaOM Network found this 20 hours ago on jkontherun.com

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In The Age Of Realtime, Twitter Is Walter Cronkite

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:46:36 +0000

Screen shot 2009-11-27 at 6.21.44 PM The year is 1963. It’s November. At 1:40 PM ET, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite comes on the air. “In Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at President Kennedy’s motorcade in downtown Dallas. The first reports say that President Kennedy has been seriously ...

IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis found this 32 hours ago on techcrunch.com

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Requesting reconsideration of your site

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:26:37 +0000

Watch a video on why your site may not be appearing in search results and how to get it reconsidered . If your site isn't appearing in Google search results, or it's performing more poorly than it once did (and you believe that it does not violate our webmaster guidelines ), you can ask ...

Search Engine Journal found this 32 hours ago on google.com

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Webmasters/Site owners Help

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:26:37 +0000

Google Help Webmasters/Site owners Help Using Webmaster Tools Your site on the web Links to your site Links to your site Print You can perform a Google search using the link: operator to find a sampling of links to any site. For instance, [link:www.google.com] will list web pages that have links ...

Search Engine Journal found this 32 hours ago on google.com

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Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server 3.5

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:01:51 +0000

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Dutch TV network distributes CC-licensed documentary series via Mininova

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:01:51 +0000

Dutch public broadcaster VPRO is making a new documentary series dubbed "Century of the cities" available via Bittorrent. The network has already uploaded torrrents for the first two parts of the series to Mininova, where currently a few dozen users are seeding the files. vpro documentary on ...

NewTeeVee found this 29 hours ago on p2p-blog.com

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Mininova limits its activities to Content Distribution service

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:01:51 +0000

Hi all, Today is an important day in the history of Mininova. From now on, we are limiting Mininova.org to our Content Distribution service. By doing so, we comply with the ruling of the Court of Utrecht of last August. Unfortunately the court ruling leaves us no other option than to take our ...

NewTeeVee found this 29 hours ago on blog.mininova.org

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Acer travelmate 4200 rechargeable batteries

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:15:15 +0000

Acer Batbl50l6 Travelmate 4200 4203 4230 Battery # Brand :Acer # Voltage : 11.1V # Capacity : 4800mAh # Color : black # Condition : Brand new # Availability : In Stock * 1. Brand New, 100% OEM compatible. * 2. Highest quality Japanese battery cells. * 3. Guaranteed to meet or exceed ...

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Twitter: Report Famed Golfer Tiger Woods Seriously Injured After Crash Near Florida Home

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:28:30 +0000

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Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Hard facts about comment spam

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:33:08 +0000

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 7:17 PM Webmaster Level: Beginner It has probably happened to you: you're reading articles or watching videos on the web, and you come across some unrelated, gibberish comments. You may wonder what this is all about. Some webmasters abuse other sites by ...

Search Engine Roundtable found this 47 hours ago on googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com

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Cyber Monday Deals: Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart, J.C. Penney, and more

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:51:53 +0000

It is looking as if this year’s Cyber Monday will be the biggest yet, with a recent report concluding that 9 out of 10 retailers will be having some kind of Cyber Monday special offers for customers. If you didn’t realise by now, Cyber Monday is the Monday that follows the ...

Rover found this 2 days ago on product-reviews.net

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Achtung! Google Analytics is illegal, say German government officials

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:17:52 +0000

[Germany] Several federal and regional government officials in Germany are trying to put a ban on Google Analytics , the search giant's free software product that allows website owners and publishers to get detailed statistics about the number, whereabouts and search behavior of their visitors ...

Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim found this 4 days ago on eu.techcrunch.com

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Playlick - Official Website

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:49:48 +0000

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Playgrub - Official Website

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:49:48 +0000

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5 Star Wars Status Updates

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:32:27 +0000

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Black Friday Deals: The Only List You Need - Black Friday

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:05:00 +0000

Black Friday is a week away, and thousands of markdowns are already announced. Our master list of Giz-friendly deals a hefty read includes similar items priced differently at different stores. Keep it refreshed, cuz we'll be updating it all week. Not All Deals Are Created Equal Check ...

Crave: The gadget blog found this 5 days ago on gizmodo.com

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iPhone Developers Aren't Stupid, PPK, on FarukAt.eş

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:16:53 +0000

Your app is immediately available to every iPhone and iPod Touch customer out there, for not a single marketing penny spent; Your app is found where most users look for apps : in the AppStore; You don t have to set up a payment interface for customers of your app to pay you, Apple has taken care ...

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B&H in Hot Water Again; Do You Have What it Takes to Say No?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:46:50 +0000

B&H in Hot Water Again; Do You Have What it Takes to Say No? B&H, a well know supplier of all things photographic is once again in trouble for discrimination. Some of you might recall that Last March B&H paid out $4.3 million to 150 Latino workers because they were denied equal pay, benefits ...

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Chrome OS Virtual Machine Build Ready for Your Testing [Downloads]

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:48:36 +0000

If you're aching to try out Chrome OS after taking a glimpse earlier today, friendly power user Mark Renouf has compiled a VMware image of Chrome OS for testing out in your virtual machine...

ReadWriteWeb found this 47 hours ago on lifehacker.com

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Mobile Web Design

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:50:22 +0000

A web standards approach for delivering content beyond the desktop Much has been written about mobile devices. Plenty has been written about developing websites for the so-called “standards era” of the web. However, little has been written about the two colliding. This resource aims to fill that ...

SitePoint found this 11 days ago on mobilewebbook.com

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6 Reasons Why Twitter Japan’s Subscription Model Might Work (In Japan)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:24:51 +0000

Japan is the only market in the world where Twitter offers an official mobile client (launched last month ). And in this country, the mobile web is bigger than the fixed Internet, with no signs of a reversing trend (not too few people even expect the gap to be widening in the future). Japanese ...

The Next Web found this 39 hours ago on techcrunch.com

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Twitter Japan to introduce payment model

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:12:34 +0000

Twitter Japan to introduce payment model by Anita Davis 27-Nov-09, 15:08 TOKYO - Twitter Japan has further moved to differentiate itself from its global counterpart through the introduction of a tiered payment model that will charge audiences to view tweets from premium Twitter accounts. ...

ReadWriteWeb found this 42 hours ago on media.asia

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Twitter To Make Money In 2010 With ‘Non-Traditional’ Ads: Biz Stone

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:04:32 +0000

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Biz Stone says next year is when Twitter will start making money, and “non-traditional” advertising is how. The Twitter co-founder, speaking to reporters in Tel Aviv Tuesday, said his company will “start making money” in 2010 and will unveil its plan ...

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Strap Chrome OS Onto Your Dell Mini 10v

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:00:07 +0000

You Dell Mini 10v netbook owners who can’t wait to try the early builds of Google Chrome OS on your system don’t have to wait any longer. You don’t even have to run it in a virtual machine like Kevin did, because Dell has you covered. Some folks at Dell spent some time with ...

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GVNotifier.NET Puts Google Voice in Your Taskbar [Downloads]

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:24 +0000

Windows only: When the AIR-based site-specific browser just won't cut it, GVNotifier.NET uses the .NET framework to bring Google Voice notifications and one-click calling and SMS to your desktop, out...

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Dell Offers Customized Chrome OS Build for Mini 10V Netbooks [Downloads]

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:29:53 +0000

If a Dell Mini 10V netbook was on your Black Friday shopping list, you're in luck—at least if you're the hacking type. A Dell technologist posted instructions on running Google's Chrome OS on...

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Tiger Woods Seriously Injured in Car Accident

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:47:22 +0000

World champion golfer and sports icon Tiger Woods is in serious condition after his car crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree near his home in Isleworth, Florida. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Woods hit the hydrant with his 2009 Escalade after pulling out of his driveway at around ...

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What If Steve Jobs Hadn’t Returned To Apple In 1997?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:49:17 +0000

Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Traditionally we take stock of the things that we’re thankful for on this day each year. And I realized that one of those things is Steve Jobs . I’m thankful that he returned to Apple in 1997 and did the things he has done since. It wasn’t at all a ...

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Black Friday Traffic Up 87 Percent Pre-Thanksgiving Week

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:10:50 +0000

Wal-Mart receives most traffic from Black Friday Websites; overall visits to top 500 retail Websites increased 6 percent last week New York, N.Y., Nov. 24, 2009 - Experian Hitwise announced today that online traffic to a custom category of Black Friday advertising Websites increased 87 percent ...

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Mininova deletes illegal torrents, steps to the straight and narrow

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:27:00 +0000

Mininova was the largest BitTorrent tracker in the world, but after losing a lawsuit its founders have been forced to stop guiding users to illegally hosted, copyrighted material. Five-year-old BitTorrent website Mininova has deleted all torrents not uploaded through its carefully ...

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Online Retail Thriving: 8% Growth Expected This Holiday Season

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:22:14 +0000

Yesterday we reviewed the past decade in online retailing. Today we look at some forward-looking statistics about e-commerce. In particular we analyze the upcoming holiday season and how online retailers can expect to fare. Amazon.com was founded in 1995, but it famously didn't make its first ...

Silicon Alley Insider found this 4 days ago on readwriteweb.com

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Index of /files/cto

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:48:36 +0000

Index of /files/cto Icon Name Last modified Size Description [DIR] Parent Directory - [ ] ChromiumOS_Mini10v_Nov25.img 25-Nov-2009 14:21 7.5G

ReadWriteWeb found this 47 hours ago on linux.dell.com

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Chrome OS Wi-Fi Support Running on a Mini 10v... Source Code Available

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:48:36 +0000

Last week, Google released ChromiumOS to the open source community at http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os . ChromiumOS is a small, optimized OS whose purpose is to make it extremely simple and easy to browse the web. Without a network connection, ChromiumOS is not very interesting. ...

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Chinese Video Site Ku6 Gets A Big Second Round As Well

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:19:19 +0000

image The slew of big Chinese digital media fundings continue: Ku6 , the online video sharing site based in Beijing, has received “tens of million” of dollars of funding in its second round. Investors included UMC Capital, SBI, Itochu and Hotung Group. DFJ and DT China, two first-round ...

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Shanda Founder Closes In On His Dream

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:19:19 +0000

HONG KONG -- Acquiring Ku6.com, a Chinese version of Youtube, would bring Shanda's founder and chairman, Tianqiao Chen, closer to realizing his ambition to use Wall Street cash to dominate online entertainment markets in China. Shanda Interactive Entertainment ( SNDA - news - people ), a ...

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61 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For [Downloads]

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:28:00 +0000

As we prepare to stuff our faces with a bountiful Thanksgiving feast, we turn our Thanksgiving spirit to the gobs of free software we love to say thank you to the developers, and to give our...

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