Mandriva Linux 2010 Alpha 1: A Faster Boot Time

Mandriva Linux 2010 Alpha 1 was just announced to be available for free download on public mirrors as DVD ISO images compatible with 32bit and respectively 64bit platforms. It comes with major new features, such as KDE 4.3 Beta 2, GNOME 2.27.3 and Xfce 4.6.1 desktops environments, the recent stable release of the kernel 2.6.30 and X.org server 1.6.

Your Photos May Still Be Online….

Did you know what is happening with your photos published on Internet when are deleted? Practically they must disappear, but in case of certain web sites or services, there are enough chances to still find your content online, even it was deleted. Practice shows that Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, MySpace and other sites will not delete your photos.

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Microsoft My Phone Service Is Free

A new service for mobile users from Microsoft, My Phone was just launched in beta stage of development. Microsoft My Phone is free to use and basically allows you to synchronize information between a mobile phone (running at least Windows 6) and a web hosted storage space associated with a valid Windows Live or Hotmail account.

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Elive Teleports Linux In Three Dimensions

Elive is a Debian GNU based Linux distribution capable to transform an old computer having just a 100 MHz processor and 64 MB RAM into a powerful work-station with an eye-candy desktop user interface. The latest Compiz Development Version, Elive 1.9.27 includes Enlightenment window manager, a fast, light and very flexible environment.

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Scoopler: Hot Internet News Delivered In Real Time

Scoopler is a new search engine which aggregates and organize content shared in real time from the most popular social networks. It constantly indexes live updates from social networking services like Twitter, Digg, Delicious and others. As a consequence, the users will get an overview about what is happening on the Internet right now.

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Prism 1.0 Beta: The Web On Your Desktop

Prism 1.0 Beta from Mozilla Labs extract the web applications to run in standalone mode on your desktop. It also has Tray icon support, so that the web application runs in a natural manner on your Windows desktop. You will no longer need a web browser for favorite websites like Digg, Twitter or other.

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First Windows 7 RC Update: Internet Explorer 8 Patch

The first update in Windows 7 RC history solves tab “hang” reporting functionality in Internet Explorer 8. Get it for free now.

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BSDanywhere: UNIX For Everyone’s Desktop

BSDanywhere 4.5, a bootable LiveCD image containing OpenBSD 4.5 has many desktop environments, practically providing UNIX for geeks. It can be used as an educational UNIX system or hardware testing platform.

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OpenOffice.org 3.1 Was Launched

Just launched, the office applications suite OpenOffice.org 3.1 will deliver to the users besides a free alternative to the commercial Microsoft Office package, new features and a better experience and work flow.It comes with improvements such as anti-aliasing technique of drawing shapes on the screen,a new file locking system and more.

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Windows 7 RC Booting Time: 16.4 Seconds

On the same machine having an Intel Celeron CPU E1200 1.6 GHz, 1 GB RAM and 160 GB HDD,we have measured a booting time for Windows 7 RC of 16.4 seconds, while Windows 7 Beta booting time was of 21.42 seconds(WindowsXP booting time is over 30 seconds). Windows 7 Release Candidate acts faster than any other OS when opening windows or shut down system

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Windows 7 RC: Official Download Link

Free Download Windows: On May 5, 2009 there was published the official download link for the Release Candidate of Windows 7 operating system. Windows 7 RC download link will be available at least through July 2009. The Windows 7 RC downloads is unlimited, as well as the number of product keys. Practically you will get a brand new free Windows.

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FreeBSD 7.2 Has A Larger Virtual Memory

FreeBSD 7.2, the UNIX based operating system comes with many improvements of the overall functionality, as well as new features. Now, the virtual memory subsystem provides support for fully transparent use of superpages for application memory, kernel virtual address space was increased to 6 GB offering a larger virtual memory space and more.

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Calculate Directory Server 9.5: LDAP Powered By Gentoo Linux

Calculate Directory Server 9.5 is formed by components updated to their latest version, such as Bind 9.4.3-P2, Kernel 2.6.28.9, OpenLDAP 2.4.16, Postfix 2.5.5, ProFTPD 1.3.2 and Samba 3.0.33. Inside this Linux distribution, the user will also find the necessary tools to configure LDAP, Mail, Samba, FTP and Jabber services.

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Windows 7 Release Candidate Can Be Downloaded

Windows 7 Release Candidate, an important milestone for the Microsoft’s next operating system, is available for download now to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, while the large public will have access to the Windows 7 RC starting with May 5, 2009. The Release Candidate marks the entry of the Windows 7 operating system into the final development stage.

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Windows 7 Release Candidate Can Be Downloaded

Windows 7 Release Candidate, an important milestone for the Microsoft’s next operating system, is available for download now to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, while the large public will have access to the Windows 7 RC starting with May 5, 2009. The Release Candidate marks the entry of the Windows 7 operating system into the final development stage.

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Calculate Linux 9.5 Has Desktops In A Cube

Is a Gentoo based Linux distribution designated for both PCs and notebooks. It has notable features, like the possibility of displaying multiple KDE desktops in a 3D cube, the support for a smooth deployment and running of multiple Windows applications in the same time, the easy sharing of resources between Windows and Linux users and more.

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What Could You Do With A 500 Gigabyte Micro-Holographic Disc

General Electric Company has just unveiled a new optical information storage technology which permits the inclusion of 500 Gigabytes of information in a standard DVD-size disc, made from a micro-holographic storage material. The discs will be written and recorded on devices similar to the existing Blu-ray or DVD players.

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Super OS 9.04 Is More Than Ubuntu 9.04

Super OS Linux distribution,(previously named Super Ubuntu) is just Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition but with more features, deployment options and customization alternatives: portable applications, one click applications deployment, wubi installer (Windows integration), Furius ISO Mount, App Runner, ubuntu-restricted-extras, Ubuntu Tweak.

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Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop: The Core Of Super Ubuntu

Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition is ready for download and will be the core of Super Ubuntu. Hacktolive.org will unveil their Linux distribution, Super Ubuntu with a new name and non-Ubuntu features, like App Runner, a lightweight utility which allows the easy launching of executable files (.sh, .elf, .bin, .py) directly from the context menu.

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SliTaz GNU/Linux Requires Only 16 MB RAM

Go Faster!!!! SliTaz GNU Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution which requires only 16 MB free RAM without the need of a hard drive. The size of the minimal system with text mode is 6 MB, while the graphical desktop version is just 14 MB. It can transform any old machine in a full featured multimedia studio and has over 1400 installable packages

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Ubuntu Hidden Senses Revealed By gNewSense

gNewSense GNU/ Linux project is an Ubuntu based distribution intended to be 100% free software through the removal of all non-free components from Ubuntu and Debian. It has lower booting time and runs faster than Ubuntu, even in a virtual machine deployed on a Windows operating system.

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Eight New Microsoft Security Updates For April 2009

As a part of the monthly security updates release plan, Microsoft has made available eight new security updates for various products. According to the Microsoft Security Bulletin articles corresponding to each of the issue patched, the new security updates solve five critical, two important and one moderate vulnerability.

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Eight New Microsoft Security Updates For April 2009

As a part of the monthly security updates release plan, Microsoft has made available eight new security updates for various products. According to the Microsoft Security Bulletin articles corresponding to each of the issue patched, the new security updates solve five critical, two important and one moderate vulnerability.

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Microsoft Office 2010 Is Almost Here: Free Download Exchange

On Wensday 04.15.2009, there will be provided for free download a component of the next Office 2010 software, Exchange 2010, as a beta version. In the same time, the new Office 2010 will also be available for testing at the end of 2009 year. Microsoft intends to offer to consumers an ad supported version of Office 2010 for free.

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Facebook Gathered 200 Million Active Users

Now, Facebook social network contains a record number of active users – 200 million, according to an official announcement made by Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook official blog. The reasons why this popular social network is used by such a high number of people are determined by the unique communication methods: information streaming.

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Windows 7 Could Return You To Windows 95

Microsoft will provide the possibility to move back to an earlier Windows version: you can install any previous versions of Windows, like Windows 2000 or Windows 95 for example, not only XP.

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Forget IE Back And Forward Buttons: Bumpers With A 40 KB Exe

Browser Bumpers provides an enhanced way to navigate the browser history: just touch the left or right screen edge in order to go back or forward in the same browsing session. The main application functionality will allow you to navigate faster, without the need to use the Internet Explorer browser back and forward buttons.

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DiggBar Improves The Social Networking Experience

This utility will allow to the Digg users to better perform common tasks, like sharing stories, reading comments published for a “dugg” article, rapidly finding related Digg news and more. On the other hand, the DiggBar will automatically generate a short URL for the currently viewed web page.

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Ping.fm Updates Over 30 Social Networks Simultaneously

Ping.fm allows you to update the content related to your account on various social networks from a single location. Until now, there are supported over 30 services.You can update the status on all of the supported social services by sending the desired content one time from the Ping.fm website dashboard, instant messaging clients, SMS, email,iPhone

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Hot On Alexa: A New User Interface And More Statistics

On March,31,2009 the Alexa GUI was redesigned. Now,the Alexa service gives you more traffic related data by the addition of three new types of traffic history graph: Pageviews per User,Bounce Rate, and Time on Site. In the same time,on the Alexa front page,there is shown a list of hottest URLs existing currently on the web, updated every 5 minutes.

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An Amazing Mixture: Ubuntu 8.04 And Windows XP

You may not believe, but it is true: Ubuntu 8.04 - the Hardy Heron, can be mixed with the Windows XP, without the need to install anything.The result is obvious: the native performance of an Ubuntu Linux distribution obtained on top of Windows XP desktop. The users are able to run Windows and Linux based applications in the same time.

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Puppy Linux 4.2 Has Widgets And Still Almost 100 MB

Puppy Linux 4.2 has almost 100 MB (99.99 MB precisely) in size, corresponding to the Standard Edition,while the Retro Edition has exactly 100 MB, these values being targeted with the purpose of keeping the distribution lightweight.The users have the possibility to choose between two window managers (IceWM or JVM),extra themes, widgets, web desktop.

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Win32/Conficker Worm Strikes Again: A Global Virus Attack?

The recent reports about the new version of the Win32/Conficker (W32.Downadup) threat, reveal the fact that starting since April 1st, 2009 the worm will change its mechanism of action, but concrete information regarding what it will do, there are not specified yet.

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Internet Dies: Facebook Is Monitored By Governments

It seems strange, but soon your MySpace, Bebo and Facebook activities and personal details could be recorded by the UK government agencies, according to the Internet press news based on various official statements."The idea to monitor MySpace, Bebo and Facebook is a new addition to plans to store information about every phone , email and more"

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ExecTweets Introduces Twitter In The Advertising World?

You might have noticed the small box on your Twitter profile page, where until now, various Twitter services links were published, like Search for example. Starting with the ExecTweets project, initiated by Federated Media and Microsoft, into the same box there could be promoted many more third party applications as ads.

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Hotmail On POP3: 2MB Or 5G Free Storage Space?

Google indexed a short description of the Hotmail not compliant with the current state of the service (screenshot). Practically, now Hotmail service offers up to 5 GB space for email storage, with the possibility to increase it automatically and POP3 access worldwide.

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Facebook And Twitter United Through TweetDeck

Made on Adobe AIR platform, TweetDeck is a desktop client intended to monitor the information published on social networking services like Twitter, Twitscoop, 12seconds and StocktwitsTweetDeck. In the latest version there are included elements which integrates Facebook into the functionality of TweetDeck.

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Opera Turbo: The Fastest Internet Navigation Speed

Opera Turbo is the latest server-side compression technology which delivers a high browsing speed over Internet connections with a low bandwidth by reducing the network traffic up to 80% during data transfer.

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Search Cloudlet Improves Twitter Navigation

The new version of Search Cloudlet, the Mozilla Firefox add-on developed by INTSPEI which facilitates the narrowing of search results on Google and Yahoo with tag clouds, now has built in support for Twitter. It is integrated with the existing Twitter features and elements in a natural manner: the tags are shown into all Twitter pages.

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2,500 Plus Year Old Content On iPhone Brings You 500$

Read 10 books that revolutionized the world evolution, many of them having content dating since the year 610 CE. Each book includes a secret clue, hidden inside images or text. If the users identify correctly the clues corresponding to all books, they can obtain a price of 500$ by completing the quiz published on Code In the App website.

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Firefox 3.5 Is Coming Soon: Free Download Portable Edition

Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is available for free download from the official website. If you do not want to affect the current Firefox installation, Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 3.1 Beta 3, allows you to test the new features without performing an installation process.

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Automatically Clone Your Windows On A Bootable USB Drive

The cloning process is automatically and can be performed on another hard drive internal or external (USB) which will be also bootable, as the primary drive (the one containing the Windows operating system). In this way, you will be able to perform an advanced backup of the current system with the same custom preferences, ready to run anywhere.

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RadarURL Tells Who Is Online On Your Website

RadarURL is a free online service, which provides various tracking data in real time, related to online users.On the advanced traffic statistics page there are shown charts presenting different data, like the current number of visitors and their location, currently viewed pages and top countries.

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The Best Windows 7 Transformation Packs

How to instantly transform Windows XP into Windows 7: Get one of the best Windows 7 Transformation packs or do it manually.

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Tiny Core Linux Has Just 10 MB In Size

Maybe the smallest desktop-based Linux distribution, which requires only 10 MB free space on an USB drive, CD or an internal hard disk drive, Tiny Core Linux could give you a new experience and maximum Internet speed with a customizable X desktop and by running entirely in RAM. The Tiny Core Linux distribution is powered by Linux 2.6 kernel.

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1 Million Of Free Articles: Guardian Open Platform

The Open Platform is formed by two products, namely Content API and Data Store, which provides free access to the Guardian content published since 1999 (approximately one million of articles, videos, images and more).

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The Truth Behind Social Networking: Marketing Trends

A recent report made by The Nielsen Company on social networking new global footprint, entitled “Global Faces and Networked Places”, shows important characteristics of the online communities evolution process. The data contained in the report indicates that the social networking sector was preferred by the two-thirds of the users, as compared with

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Wolfram|Alpha Gives The Answers Not Found On Google

Wolfram|Alpha computes the answers to your questions, as compared to Google which only search a database of answers. This new revolutionary system could be the search engine of the next millennium.

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Google News “Moved” To YouTube

Back in 2007, Google decided to give different perspectives over the news published through Google News service by displaying related videos alongside the news articles. Recently, into the page displaying the YouTube videos corresponding to News&Politics section, were introduced videos associated with latest Google News articles.

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Windows Vista And Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 RC

The Release Candidate of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Build 16670 is available for free download under the Customer Preview Program, since March 4, 2009. It is built on the structure of Service Pack 1, delivering all the updates included into it, plus the support for new hardware and improvements of the OS.

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Internet Explorer Death: Free Download Windows 7 Build 7048

The Windows 7 Build 7048 for 64bit platforms can be freely downloaded from torrent links. The good news is that starting with this version, for the first time in the Microsoft Windows existence history since 1997, the user is able to remove Internet Explorer web browser automatically, based on an intrinsic feature of the operating system.

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Recommended By Google: Get Internet Explorer 7

The question is why Google recommends Internet Explorer 7, while its own web browser, Chrome is the main competitor of Internet Explorer. On the other hand, in the Common Issues section of Gmail Help, you will also find the recommendation of Firefox and Chrome, but on the first place is still Internet Explorer 7.

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Microsoft Linux: Is A Must To Checkout

While looking for new Linux distributions through the Google Search service, based on the “Linux distro” key phrase, on the first page of results returned for this query, the fourth entry shown the next home page title and description: “Microsoft Linux - the premier linux distro: Learn how you can use Microsoft Linux Technologies"

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Best Free Professional WordPress Themes

Practically, the WordPress magazine themes have an universal destination, suitable for publishing various content types, like articles, videos or pictures. The next free premium WordPress magazine templates can be downloaded and used for free. Their functionality is easy to modify according to your website needs, as well as ads places.

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NexentaCore: OpenSolaris Kernel Mixed With Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

NexentaCore Platform mixes the power of OpenSolaris kernel with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) usability. The latest version of NexentaCore Platform (2.0 beta 2) is compiled with a minimal number of core packages based on the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) software repository. The result is a 100% pure native Debian environment, very simple to use.

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Quake Live Can Be Played For Free

The new web browser based game QUAKE LIVE, released as open beta, can be played free of charge directly in a web browser, on computers having Windows XP or Vista operating systems and Internet Explorer 7, FireFox 2.0 or higher installed, only with the help of an ActiveX plugin which ensures the automatic update of the game files on client side.

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AdSense Ads Are Not Compatible With Copyrighted Content

The ads publishing is automatic by the inclusion of a certain JavaScript into the website pages. The only problem is represented by the fact that you are not allowed to display AdSense ads on web pages having content copied from other websites.

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Adobe Reader Could Bring You A Backdoor Trojan Virus

According to McAfee and Symantec security companies, Adobe Acrobat 9.x and 8.x versions are affected by a security flaw that allows attackers to infect users computers with a Backdoor trojan virus through malicious PDF documents. In response, Adobe corporation defined this vulnerability as being critical, determining the application to crash.

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Microsoft Service Pack 2 RC 6002.1667.090130 For Vista

Microsoft has just launched for testing the Service Pack 2 (SP2) Release Candidate (6002.1667.090130) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The Service Pack 2 RC comes with many bug fixes and performance improvements alongside the ones contained in SP1 (SP2 RC offers 691 bug fixes).

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Yahoo! Rich Ads: A New Challenge For Advertisers

Recently, Yahoo! has decided to implement a new type of ads in order to be displayed on listings corresponding to certain search queries: rich ads (images and videos).

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Twitter Search: Now In The Home Pages

Now, there was decided the introduction of Twitter Search right inside the signed-in home pages in order to be tested by a limited set of users before the feature will be available for every existing Twitter account.

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Google Mobile App For Windows Mobile

Google has made available for free download Google Mobile App for mobile devices powered by Windows Mobile version 5.0 and higher. It is an application that saves the user time because now you will do not have to open a web browser to perform a search with Google search engine or access the favorite Google services.

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Bounce Rate Helps You To Improve Website Efficiency And SEO

Bounce Rate is a critical parameter that could help you to improve website traffic and ROI. This articles discusses a few important aspects that will help you to reduce the value of the bounce rate and have more visitors. You can be in the top 10 Google search engine pages listings with the appropriate bounce rate.

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ScribeFire Blog Editor: Automatic Blog Posting From Firefox

ScribeFire Blog Editor is a full featured tool that allows you to post articles directly from a web browser window to any existing blogs deployed on popular platforms like WordPress, Movable Type, Drupal, Textpattern, Roller and more.

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Google, Yahoo And Microsoft Eliminates The Duplicate Content

Google, Yahoo! And Microsoft Eliminates The Duplicate Content. The major search engines services provided by Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft adopted an unique solution to eliminate the problems caused by duplicate content: the canonical link tag.

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It is Official: YouTube Goes Offline

A recent post on YouTube Official Blog shows the fact that video owners will have the possibility to permit the downloading of their files.

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Kaspersky Website Cracked By Romanian Hackers

The attacks were based on SQL injection and the penetration of usa.kaspersky.com was successful, but the hackers did not compromised or stolen sensitive data, like personal details or activation codes. The attack through SQL injection was possible due to a vulnerability of the website, which was fixed after the notification of the hacking attempt.

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Chrome For Mac And Google Chrome 2.0.162 Beta For Windows

The latest version of Google Chrome ( 2.0.162 Beta) for Windows and the latest build of Chromium for Mac OS X are available for free download. Google Chrome 2.0.162 Beta can be obtained through the Google Chrome’s Dev channel. It contains new features (Web Font support and command line switch for the location of the disk cache) and many bugs fixes.

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Google Friend Connect Social Bar

Google has released the Google Friend Connect Social Bar, which can be introduced at the top or the bottom of website pages. It has the role to ensure a better exposure of the social gadgets and as a consequence to increase the visitors accessibility to all social networking features from a single place.

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For The First Time In History: Free Gifts From Microsoft

A notable offer from Microsoft Office Live Small Business includes a free domain name for an entire year (.com, .info, .net or .org), 500 MB web hosting space, email management, marketing and collaboration tools, as well as free $100 in text ads.

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For The First Time In History: Free Gifts From Microsoft

A notable offer from Microsoft Office Live Small Business includes a free domain name for an entire year (.com, .info, .net or .org), 500 MB web hosting space, email management, marketing and collaboration tools, as well as free $100 in text ads.

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Connect To Twitter Directly From Desktop: Twhirl 0.9

Twhirl is a desktop client made initially for connecting with Twitter microblogging service, but into the following software updates many enhancements have been added, such as the possibility of accessing multiple accounts in the same time from Twitter, laconi.ca, Friendfeed and Seesmic.

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Facebook Adds The Like Button For Content Rating

Facebook added a Like feature, similar to FriendFeed, in order to provide the users the possibility to rate comments, images, notes and more.

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K-Meleon Browser Is Faster Than Firefox

As compared with Firefox, K-Meleon web browser has a faster startup and pages loading time, even on older computers.

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Yahoo! And GMail In The Same Inbox

How to get Yahoo! and GMail messages in the same inbox free and automatically.

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TinyMe 2009 Versus Puppy Linux, Slax and Damn Small Linux

TinyMe (a remaster of PCLinuxOS), a lightweight Linux distribution capable to offer a full desktop experience, while the occupied hard drive space is minimal, is an alternative to Puppy Linux, Slax or Damn Small Linux, intended to ensure a fast speed of applications execution and of an optimal computer behavior.

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OpenID Could Be Implemented Into Facebook In The Near Future

Recently, it was announced the joining of Facebook to the OpenID Foundation Board. This move suggests the fact that in the near future, the Facebook users will be able to use their OpenID identification data.

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Yahoo! Search Pad: The Notes And Search Sessions Organized E

Yahoo! launched Search Pad, a new tool that helps users to organize their search sessions and various information related to them. Search Pad is an application integrated into Yahoo! Search, designated primarily for taking notes about visited websites shown in a search result page.

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Firefox Web Browser Was Updated: Free Download Firefox 3.0.6

Firefox web browser was recently updated to the version 3.0.6. In this update several security issues and a long list of bugs were fixed. This release is a part of the Mozilla Corporation’s ongoing security and stability process.

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Fix Windows XP Using The Recovery Console

Detailed steps to fix Windows XP Using The Recovery Console (When Safe Mode Is Also No Longer Working). Unique tutorial on the web.

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Skype 4.0.0.206 For Windows Was Released

Skype is a free to download and use communication tool that allows users to perform calls, video-calls and instant messages anywhere in the world. This new version, as compared with the previous ones, comes with distinctive enhancements, such as full-screen video calling, improved call quality and an easier application deployment.

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How To Grab Google News Automatically

A detailed tutorial on how to grab Google News automatically.

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Explore A 3D Shipwreck Of Titanic With Google Earth 5.0

Google Earth 5.0 allows you to dive into the deepest parts of the oceans and discover unseen places like Mariana Trench and the Shipwreck Of Titanic in 3D. The tour can be recorded for further usage (replay or sharing).

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Microsoft Loves Firefox: Live Search For Firefox

Due to a popular demand, Microsoft has recently released a Firefox add-on to enable the addition of Live Search service into the Firefox search box. Interesting....Will this Microsoft marketing trick work?

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The End Of The Desktop Computer: GDrive Is Almost Here

GDrive myth becomes reality: the proof of the imminent launch of GDrive, alongside StarOffice and Google PinYin integrated into Google Pack.

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KNOPPIX 6.0: 8GB Of Free Software On An Ordinary DVD

KNOPPIX Linux distribution can be deployed as a LiveCD which includes 2 GB of executable free software, without being the need to install any application on the local hard drive, because the software existing on the LiveCD is easy accessible through on-the-fly decompression. The Knoppix LiveDVD edition provides over 8 GB of executable software.

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Ultimate Tips For Ubuntu Users:Ubuntu Pocket Guide Goes Free

Useful recipes for beginners in mastering all aspects related to Ubuntu installation, configuration, software management, key features and tweaks.

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Microsoft IE 8 RC 1 Is Not For Windows 7: Acid2 Passed

Windows 7 users cannot install Microsoft IE 8 RC 1 yet. This new release of the popular web browser Internet Explorer shows an enhanced support for new and future web standards, as well as a faster browsing speed. The IE8 RC 1 has passed the Acid 2 test.

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Citizen Journalism On BloggerBase Platform

BloggerBase is a new online magazine and blogging platform that implements an unique concept defined as “citizen-journalism”. It is based on social networking principles: bloggers will have the opportunity to promote valuable content to a wide community.

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Add-Ons That Makes Firefox Faster

Firefox by default is not optimized to deliver the best performance while you are browsing. Get these free add-ons and tools to make Firefox faster. They automatically configure Firefox to have an improved behavior by rendering pages faster and by optimally manage the network connection potential.

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The Free Download Link For Windows 7 Beta Is Still Available

The period of availability for Windows 7 Beta download was extended until February 12th. Go and grab a copy for free, if you do not have one yet.

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Must Have: 12 Automatic Tweaks For Windows 7 On Steroids

SetteMaxer (a free utility) will automatically perform twelve tweaks that will put Windows 7 on steroids instantly.

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Plinky Fights Against Google Blogger's Block

Plinky, the bloggers inspiration feeding tool is made “to help fight blogger’s block”. Will it win?

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Out Of The Box Windows 7 Codecs For Free

Get DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) of H264 files playback in Windows 7 for free.

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Free Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition Beats Kaspersky and AVG

Free Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition beats Kaspersky and AVG with a better system resources management: the scanning speed is of 36 MB / second) and the memory and CPU power used is with several order of magnitude lower than in the case of Kaspersky and AVG.

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CCleaner Optimizes Google Chrome

CCleaner helps you to optimize Google Chrome and Windows. Is a popular and powerful free tweaking software for any Windows version.

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Enigma Desktop: Now On Linux

Enigma Desktop For Linux Is Ready For Free Download.

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The New Version Of Google Calendar Gadget For Google Desktop

Get the new Google Calendar gadget for Google Desktop or iGoogle.

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Over 10 Million Computers Affected By The Conficker Worm

Over 10 million computers were affected by the worm known as Win32/Conficker (W32.Downadup). Your computer could be affected too. This article describes the symptoms of infection and provides links to removal tools and methods of infection prevention.

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Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring Alpha 2 Is Here

Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring Alpha 2 was just released and is available for free download. KDE, GNOME, XFCE are updated, while icewm was replaced by Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment.

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Extreme Google Search: The Preferred Sites Feature

After the recent launch in November 2008 of SearchWiki, which allows anyone having a valid Google account to add, delete or comment the search results or modify their order by re-ranking, a new experimental feature was added to Google Web Search preferences: preferred sites.

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Direct Downloads of YouTube Videos With Full Quality As MP4

The most interesting and convenient method of directly downloading the YouTube video files with full quality (MP4) is based on JavaScript.

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Twingly Performs Simultaneous Searches Of Multiple Microblog

Twingly provides a search service for six microblogging platforms: Twitter, Jaiku, Identi.ca, Bleeper, Bloggy and Pownce.

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Microsoft Virtual PC On Windows 7

Microsoft Virtual PC will help you to run two or more operating systems in the same time and switch between them with a single mouse click. This article will show how to install Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 on Windows 7 and describes the necessary steps to create a new virtual machine.

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Google Closes? A Long List Of Projects Will Be Discontinued

Google has announced the closing of several existing projects: Google Video, Google Catalog Search, Google Notebook, Dodgeball, Jaiku and Google Mashup Editor. These decisions could represent the consequences of the current economy state and dynamics, reflected over the global level of Internet usage.

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Ubiquity Changes The Natural Sense Of Web Browsing

Ubiquity is a Firefox add-on that will allow you to browse the web in a different manner: you will not have to type URLs, just add commands. For a Google search for Windows 7 for example, just write google Windows 7. You can also automatically send email, translate text and more just by typing a few words.

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“Portable” Computers With PortableApps.com

Learn how to take all computer applications on the road.

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For The First Time: Slax On Windows 7 Screenshot Tour

Run Linux and Windows applications in the same time on Windows 7 with Slax, a modular, portable, very compressed (lightweight) and fast Linux distribution.

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How To Connect To Internet Through LAN (Local Area Network)

This short tutorial explains how to connect to Internet in Windows 7.

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Jump From Windows XP Directly To Windows 7

A simple tutorial on how to install Windows 7 directly from Windows XP without a LiveDVD. In less than 30 minutes, you will be able to dual boot Windows 7 and XP. All applications from Windows XP can be used in Windows 7 without reinstalling them, just create shortcuts.

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Unlimited Downloads And Evaluation Times For Windows 7 Beta

Get free Windows 7 Beta direct download links and unlimited times activation key.

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Google Searches Not Equal Environmental Danger

The level of Google search carbon dioxide emission is a statistical value. But not the CO2 should be the concern in this matter. There are many other factors influencing the greenhouse effect.

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Over 100,000 iGoogle and Google Gadgets On A Linux Desktop

gOS 3.1 Gadgets (SP1) allows you to run one of the 100000 existing iGoogle and Google Gadgets on startup. Even more, any web based application could be deployed as standalone from the desktop.

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The Precursor of Google Chrome 2.0

Recently, a new Google Chrome version available for free download was developed: 2.0 Pre-Beta (2.0.156.1). It is clear that the increased frequency of the releases of Google Chrome browser suggest the Google intention of making it more popular while always offers significant new features to keep up with the web browsers market trends.

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More Accessible News For People With Disabilities In A 2 KB

Accessible News Slider has only 2KB in size and makes easier the access to news based content for people with visual disabilities.

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How To Run Multiple Windows Applications With One Click

Lacuna Launcher is a free to use Windows application that gives many options to control the way in which programs are launched or documents and URLs are opened. Lacuna Launcher will allow you to set a delay between applications launching, specify their starting order and execute multiple tasks from a single shortcut with a single mouse click.

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Free Download Microsoft Windows 7 Beta And Windows Live

Windows 7 Beta and the latest stable version of Windows Live Essentials are available for free download.

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SystemRescueCd Automatically Restore Your System

If the operating system is damaged and you cannot recover valuable data, SystemRescueCd is a free utility that can repair it only by booting the CDROM or an USB drive.

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FreeBSD 7.1: An Operating System Having Over 30 Years Old

FreeBSD 7.1 is ready for free download since the beginning of year 2009. It represents a Linux distribution having an advanced structure and functionality, suitable for current server or desktop computers, because FreeBSD is capable to offer an incredible performance for complex demands, such as hosting of high traffic websites.

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First Look At Puppy Linux On Windows Desktop

Puppy Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution than can be on your Windows desktop in less than 3-4 minutes without an installation or to damage your current operating system. It has only 98 MB and many useful tools for an average or advanced computer user.

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Web Analytics For Everyone: Piwik

Piwik needs less than five minutes to be installed on a compatible web server. This application is capable to monitor multiple websites with the help of a short JavaScript code that must be inserted into the web pages which need to be analyzed in order to obtain the traffic related reports.

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Flash Based Movies And Applications Are Available on TV

Broadcom platforms will allow the display of Flash based content with the help of digital television starting from the first half of 2009. As a consequence all Flash movies or applications available online could be comfortable viewed directly on TV.

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Joomla Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine

Joomla is a popular free and open-source content management system (CMS) that can be used to power all kinds of websites. Smashing Magazine provides their latest developer's toolbox for this great CMS.

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AMD Neo Processor Will Be Included Into HP Notebooks

HP Pavilion dv2 is an ultrathin notebook having less than one-inch thick and four pounds weight. It will be equipped with a new AMD platform (codenamed “Yukon”) based on an AMD Athlon Neo processor and ATI Radeon X1250 integrated graphics (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3410 discrete graphics is optional).

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Ubuntu 8.10 With Extra Features: Super Ubuntu

Super Ubuntu is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 8.1 (Intrepid Ibex), offering extra features and an improved support for multimedia, Internet, Windows applications integration, graphical interfaces and more.

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