Search Engine Optimization- If I Had a Hammer
Search Engine Optimization- If I Had a Hammer explores a little known a little know aspect of website design than can cause an improper description of your website.
New PC-BSD 1.4 beta includes enhanced desktop eye candy
The new PC-BSD 1.4 beta, released last week, offers 3-D desktop support via Beryl as well as late-model components such as KDE 3.5.7, FreeBSD 6.2, Xorg 7.2, a selection of fresh GUI tools and utilities, and a variety of optional components, as detailed in the full release notes. PC-BSD is a desktop-oriented distribution based on FreeBSD, similar to DesktopBSD, but outside the official FreeBSD project. It strives for user-friendliness primarily via a graphical installation program and a KDE graphical interface.
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PHILLY news hottie Alycia Laneshould get a sense of humor. The KYW-TV reporter blew up last week at Philadelphia magazine for jokingly naming her "Best Pen Pal" in its Best of Philly issue - a nod to our scoop about how she sent bikini photos to NFL...
EcoCard Payment Option
Money, money, money. Many of us who play regularly at online casinos would agree that the online payment method which a player selects can make or break the game. After all, what fun is there in pla...
Why formatting your Hard Drive is not always the best solution
You have been surfing the net for months, installing programs to check them out and then removing them. As far as you know your computer is working perfectly. When out of no where, you start receivin...
Intel Promises Wi-Fi-WiMax Chipset In 2008 (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Laptop makers Lenovo, Acer, Asus, Panasonic, and Toshiba are all signed up for Intel's upcoming 25-watt Montevina mobile platform.
Neowin at Digital Life 2007: Toshiba Gigabeat T400 and U202
One of Toshiba's main attractions, at Digital Life, was their latest models in the Gigabeat line of portable media players, the 2GB U202 and the 4GB T400. Both units were prominently displayed throughout the Toshiba booth, though I'm not sure the devices actually warrant that much attention.
I spent most of my time with the T400, though the U202 operated very similarly. To be honest, I have nothing nice to say about either device besides that each device is very responsive. Other than that, I was taken back by how many points Toshiba managed to screw up on. Let's start with the display. At no point in my testing of the device did any of the screens or menus actually use the entire area of the screen. The image that did appear in the middle of the black was also lack luster, at best. Colors were faded and the screen wasn't as bright as most other main stream competitors on the market.
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Whois studies approved, privacy deferred (AP)
AP - A panel on Internet names voted Wednesday to defer long-simmering questions on whether names, phone numbers and other private information on domain name owners should remain public in open, searchable databases called Whois.
Morgan Stanley upgrades National City
Welcome to our daily roundup of subprime and credit-crunch-related news from MarketWatch.
Apple Inks Latin American Deal for the iPhone
America Movil, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America, said today that it has inked a deal to bring the Apple iPhone to more than a dozen countries starting later this year. Mexico-based America Movil, which operates in 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as the United States, did not disclose financial details - including whether it would be the exclusive iPhone provider in the targeted countries. Apple has so far struck exclusive deals for the iPhone with AT&T i...
Wix Flash Web Sites - SEO Friendly?
If you're looking to create flash websites or widgets, then recently launched online application Wix may be worth looking into ( especially if programming and design are not your strengths ). Wix is essentially an online editing platform that enables users to design web content such as audio, video, images, music and text and publish it anywhere ... (Read on Source)
New Theme Parks and Attractions Opening in Asia
New Theme Parks and Attractions Opening in Asia.
Solar supergrid 'could power Europe'
Solar energy generated in the Sahara Desert could provide enough energy to power the whole of Europe, it has been posited. Arnulf Jaeger-Walden of the European commission's Institute for Energy has spoken of the possibility of harnessing the power of the desert sun at the Euroscience Open Forum in Barcelona, the Guardian reports. (Read on Source)
AMC Gets Mad at Mad Men Tweets
AMC (American Movie Classics) has a show called "Mad Men" about an ad agency in the 60s. Some people like this show so much that they create fictional profiles on Twitter and pretend to be characters. AMC caught wind of this and decided it wasn't too thrilled.
Twits and Such for 2008-08-31
Loving the freedom of a shaved head # Iphones and grocery lines are a great combo, still too many hysterical mothers in this place # This grocery line is too damn ghetto # fund-raising is so hard… http://www.justgiving.com/thatgodfreeheslikeamarine # (Read on Source)
Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Potential Approach
Eukaryotic cells employ multiple strategies of checkpoint signaling and DNA repair mechanisms to monitor and repair damaged DNA. There are two branches in the checkpoint response pathway - ataxia telangiectasia-mutated (ATM) and ATM-Rad3-related (ATR). Many viruses are now known to interact with DNA damage sensing and repair machinery. These ... (Read on Source)
Judge Approves Common Fund Assessment Reallocation
NEW YORK - The ephedra multidistrict litigation judge on Oct. 17 granted a motion by the plaintiffs to change the common benefit fee for each gross settlement to allocate 1 percent to expenses and 5 percent to attorney fees (In Re: Ephedra Products Liability Litigation, 04 M.D. 1598 [JSR], S.D. N.Y.; See October 2007, Page 8). Full story on lexis.com
T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream), Google Android: What's it about?
The first Google Android based phone will be unveiled tomorrow, but what will the T-Mobile G1 / HTC Dream ultimately offer you?
Ubuntu: Not A Small Business Server Replacement (Yet)
Works With U: "One market that Ubuntu has yet to crack is that of the SoHo server. Millions of office workers all over the world send email via, print through and save documents to a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server. But is Ubuntu ready to compete head-on against SBS? The current answer may not thrill Ubuntu fans."
KpackageKit: Future of Package Managers on Your Desktop
Polish Linux: "PackageKit is a system designed to make installing and updating software on your computer easier. The primary design goal is to unify all the software graphical tools used in different distributions."
BioMed Central sold to Springer
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CM4all helps leading Swiss hosting company Hostpoint expand into the French- and Italian speaking se
Building on strong growth and customer retention from four years’ sales of the CM4all WebsiteCreator, Hostpoint has launched its "web-o-mat" version of the web site building software in three additional language versions.
Once Again, Telco Told That It Can't Stop Muni Fiber
Telco monopolists really are amazing sometimes. For years, we've been seeing them abuse their monopolies, offer poor (and expensive) service thanks to a lack of competition -- and then freak out, when they're actually challenged in the marketplace. And, of course, nothing gets them more worked up than the threat of some sort of "municipal" competitor. Time and time again, they go to court to block any muni-fiber offering, and time and time again they lose. The latest is TDS Telecom having its case dismissed in Monticello, Minnesota, where voters have approved a bond issue to set up a municipal fiber network. Such networks have been tremendously successful elsewhere.
TDS, of course, claims that it should be illegal for the government to compete with them, but they leave out many of the details. First, they have no real competition, because the government granted them a monopoly. So they're already in many ways the beneficiary of a gov't program. To claim that no one else can benefit from the gov't is simply anti-competitive and ignores the monopoly they themselves received. Second, since this is a bond issue, there's no taxpayer money at issue -- and the citizens of the town approved it. Finally, perhaps if TDS didn't rest on its monopoly laurels, it wouldn't now be facing competition. All this has made clear was that TDS failed to deliver what the town wanted, so the town got together and came up with a solution. Good for them.
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Economic Changes and Web 2.0 - some thoughts
I was taking with a friend, Sebastian, who runs Blogspeedway.com along with me, today who mentioned I should do a post on LeWeb03, Seesmic’s layoffs, the economic situation (which I covered in End of an Era and ? The Man Who Won as Others Lost - Plus Social Media doing Good in the Recession?). (Read on Source)
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1 Taxable income excludes zero bracket amount from 1977 through 1986. Rates shown apply only to married persons filing joint returns beginning in 1948. Does not include either the add on minimum tax on preference items (1970-1982) or the alternative minimum tax (1979-present). Also, does not include the effects of the various tax benefit phase- ... (Read on Source)
Seve Ballesteros suffers suspected brain haemorrhage
Seve Ballesteros will undergo an emergency operation after suffering a suspected brain haemorrhage. (Read on Source)
I'M GAY MARRIAGE. AND I'M A PC.
Via Dana Goldstein , the "No on Prop 8" (Prop 8, by the way, is the ballot initiative to ban gay marriage) ads are some of the best political ads I've seen. Arguably, they're a bit too Gen-Y to be applicable in other parts of the country, but for California, they should do just fine. My two favorites: The messaging of these ads is pretty ... (Read on Source)
Headsmacking Tip #9 - Vertical Content Can Earn You Links
For the next in our headsmacking series, I thought we'd look at the ever-challenging task of bringing links to your site. Though it may seem daunting, sprinkling some creativity on the link acquisition puzzle can definitely make the process easier (and sometimes, more fun, too). One of the strategies that seems to elude many site owners and ... (Read on Source)
Obama Makes History
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the nation's 44th president yesterday, riding a reformist message of change and an inspirational exhortation of hope to become the first African American to ascend to the White House.
Movers & Shakers: Tuesday's biggest gaining and declining stocks
A rundown of companies that made notable moves in the stocks market Tuesday.
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