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Top 25 Most Influential People in the Web Hosting Industry

neharocks — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:19:39 EDT

There are hundreds of influential people in and around the Web hosting industry today, but this article has listed the most visible and remarkable people who are active in speaking engagements and/or in creative and substantial contributions to society as well as to their work.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Web Hosting Web Design Web Development Internet

100 Open Courseware Collections for Aspiring Web Devs

bizexpert — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:54:48 EDT

If you're looking to break into the web dev industry, start your own development and design business, or learn a few new skills to remain a competitive force in your field, you don't necessarily have to go back to school and pay for an expensive degree. Check out these resources.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Web Development Web Hosting Web Design Internet Application

Microsoft Joins the OLPC Project

TechnologyExpert — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:06 EDT

We've known for some time that Microsoft was working hard at getting Windows XP slimmed down and running on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO-1. They've apparently succeeded as on Thursday Microsoft and the OLPC Foundation announced an agreement that will make Windows XP available on XO laptops.

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Swedish Woman,75 Has World's Fastest Broadband Connection

JessicaLaurie — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:04:56 EDT

She is a latecomer to the information superhighway, but 75-year-old Sigbritt Lothberg is now cruising the Internet with a dizzying speed.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: internet tech connection

Data Portability: It's The New Walled Garden

JessicaLaurie — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:08:52 EDT

The scuffle today between Facebook and Google has very little to do with user privacy and everything to do with user control. A huge battle is underway between Google, MySpace and Facebook around control of user profiles and, therefore, users themselves. And their three new products, Data Availability, Facebook Connect, and Friend Connect, are all

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10 Amazing URLs with Sites that Suck

DiffeeOnline — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:08:35 EDT

Then there are the ones that suck -- those complete wastes of excellent domain names that take you to a blank page (or even worse, a dreaded advertising page). Here are some URLs that SHOULD be something. They just aren't.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: domain Media internet Religion social media

Sprint Really Does Suck

Shannonyork — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:46:35 EDT

The purpose of this website is to bring light to the fact that Sprint often gouges customers, especially corporate and business customers. How do I know? Because I recently discovered that Sprint had been gouging me to the tune of $1445.25 dollars a month for three (3) years and four (4) months.

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Time to Rename the Cell Phone?

sleepingbeauty2 — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:38:56 EDT

You see them everywhere. The minute the plane hits the tarmac, someone whips one out. Walking down the street and driving a car, they're said to give you tunnel vision. Their ringing can be so annoying, movie theaters run humorous videos highlighting the consequences of disturbing the peace.

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50 Google Reader Productivity Hacks

neharocks — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:46:49 EDT

Google Reader can be used to boost your productivity throughout the day by letting you view your favorite blog's feeds and posts in one spot: through your Google account. There are a lot of little hacks to make Google Reader more productive. This article has listed 50 hacks here.

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O.K., Avatar, Work With Me

daducha — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:37:46 EDT

WHEN Nintendo released the Wii 18 months ago, it upended the notion of what video games could be. Moving beyond the sunlight-deprived young men at gaming's core, Nintendo appealed to the rest of the world with an intuitive, family-friendly entertainment experience.

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Yahoo! Preps the Troops for Proxy Fight Against Icahn

TechnologyExpert — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:26:43 EDT

On Thursday, Carl Icahn sent an open letter to Yahoo! Chairman Roy Bostock, outlining his ''plans" for Yahoo! He wants to unseat the board, replace them with a board of his choosing, and reignite the Microsoft merger talks. Bostock, of course, fired back, but CEO Jerry Yang did, in emails to both all-hands and to senior executives at Yahoo!.

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VoIP Phreaking a concern

marketplacepoint — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:27:11 EDT

The cult 70's activity of hacking telephone systems is seeing a revival through the new telephone technology, voice-over-IP (VoIP). Back then, kids, including Steve Wozniac - who built the very first Apple computers - discovered that they could open lines for free calls when...

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Strange New World: Tech Picks of the Week

digitalfever — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:49:30 EDT

Google Bumps Yahoo, Blackberry Challenges iPhone and More.

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Windows 7 (formerly known as Blackcomb and Vienna)

sapna85 — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:58:41 EDT

Windows 7 (formerly known as Blackcomb and Vienna) is the successor of Windows Vista. Windows 7 is expected to be released sometime in 2010.

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'$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft

MyWayOnNow — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:52:09 EDT

The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft, a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: microsoft laptop computer schoolchildren technology

AT&T reverses one-iPhone policy

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:12:48 EDT

Just one day after instituting a policy of one iPhone sale per customer, AT&T said Thursday that it has ended the policy both on its Web site and in its retail stores. Customers will now be able to buy three iPhones per person, a limit that the carrier enacted when the device first went on sale almost a year ago.

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Top 10 Firefox Extensions to Impress Your Friends

real-estate — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:30:58 EDT

The top 10 extensions that we 're going to show off today have been downloaded thousands, or even millions of times by Firefox users like yourself

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France's Orange signs new iPhone deal with Apple

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:12:59 EDT

French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries.

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Bender Forms Group to Promote OLPC's Sugar UI

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:45:47 EDT

Former One Laptop Per Child President of software and content Walter Bender has launched Sugar Labs, an organization that will promote the development of the open-source user interface originally developed for the XO laptop.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Sugar Labs interface Sugar open source XO OLPC Linux UI

Web Journalist Says Web is Destroying Journalism

populist — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:53:02 EDT

Marshall said traditional reporters are "terrorized" by economic and competitive challenges, living with a mix of "denial and fatalism" about the future of their craft -- and their livelihoods.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: journalism media internet competition

Jury Clears Photographer Who Refused to Stop Photographing

Elsie.D.Cole — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:08:30 EDT

Nick Evans, a former intern at The Galveston County Daily News, was cleared of his misdemeanor from refusing to stop photographing an arrest during Mardi Gras 2007. His acquittal extends further than Galveston, Texas, however, as it makes strides for photographers' First Amendment rights everywhere.

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Andersen gets highest-ever attorney fees award against RIAA

Hustler101 — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:18:27 EDT

Exonerated P2P defendant Tanya Andersen was awarded $107,834 in court costs and attorneys' fees for her successful defense against the RIAA's copyright infringement charges. It's the largest fee award so far against the RIAA, and over triple what the RIAA argued it should pay.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: p2p tech riaaa piracy

$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft - AP

Hustler101 — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:58:56 EDT

The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren.

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Creating Your Social Networking Website Profile

Esgana — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:48:28 EDT

Telling new informations and idea about social networking. Safety on the internet is in our hands, that is why it is important to think about safety, as well as internet popularity.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Internet Social Networking Website Social networking website Online

Comcast Lied to FCC, Blocks BitTorrent Traffic 24/7

Elsie.D.Cole — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:04:23 EDT

New data on Comcast's interference with BitTorrent traffic shows that the company misinformed the FCC this February. Comcast has always argued that BitTorrent upstream traffic was only blocked during periods of heavy network traffic, this turns out to be a lie.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Comcast Lied BitTorrent traffic Blocks BitTorrent Traffic

Fifty Years of DARPA: A Surprising History

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:26:59 EDT

From the Internet to GPS, DARPA's Biggest Successes and Greatest Failures

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: DARPA research 50 President Eisenhower history

U.S. helps China with satellite data on quake

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:55:15 EDT

The United States has provided China with satellite images of earthquake-stricken areas, and will provide two planeloads of relief for quake victims this weekend, the State Department said on Friday.

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Mono offers open-source spin on Silverlight

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:03:07 EDT

The Novell-led Mono project this week made the first, though incomplete, public release of Moonlight, an open-source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight, a browser plug-in that competes with products such as Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe Shockwave, JavaFX, and Apple QuickTime.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Silverlight Moonlight Microsoft Novell codec

Ways on How to Download Songs for Your IPod

xcod3z — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:30:14 EDT

There are many ways on how to download songs for your IPod available in almost any sources you prefer. The internet has provided means of accessing and giving easy steps in properly utilizing the fun way of listening to your favorite music. Thus, making the full use of your IPod as a source of music entertainment and enjoyment in...

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GasPrices.com to be auctioned starting at $200k

Deidre — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:38:29 EDT

If it takes a killer Web domain name to create a profitable Web site, then online entrepreneurs might want to peek at the latest round of topical domain names being offered at auction by online vendor Moniker Online Services LLC.

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Flash Player 10 [Beta] coming with Ubuntu support

Hustler101 — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:16:33 EDT

The Flash Player 10 beta features a brand-new Just In Time (JIT) engine to load pixel bite code into the Flash Player engine. Flash Player 10 will also extend support for Linux to Ubuntu versions 7 and 8, going beyond the current Red Hat, SuSE, Mac OS/X and Windows

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The PC Repair Toolkit in your Pocket: Boot CD on a USB Stick

Elsie.D.Cole — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:41:51 EDT

Several times I've been called upon at a moment's notice to troubleshoot a misbehaving PC system either at work or at a friend's or relative's home. Being the "go to" guy for these sorts of problems is both a curse and a blessing, but I guess that is besides the point.

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AntiPhormLite confounds BT's spyware by simulating random browsing

Wil — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:39:25 EDT

AntiPhormLite is an app that generates a never-ending string of spyware radar-chaff, running a second browser that continuously, plausibly browses the web, screwing up your profile and confounding the snoops. They've posted the full source for audit as well.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Privacy Phorm Spyware Snooping BT AntiSpyware Internet Web Browsing

A Playboy model that's a serious gamer?

Elsie.D.Cole — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:01:09 EDT

Shes logged a 100 hours on FFXII and has played many other RPG's. I think she might actually be a hot gamergirl....and here I thought they didn't exist. The search still continues however for a hot chick that cooks and cleans.

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A baseball cap that reads your mind

Ousama — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:43:11 EDT

It looks like an ordinary baseball cap. But when you put it on, the cap detects and analyzes the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from your brain. It can even tell you if you're getting too sleepy when driving based on your brain wave patterns. Similar technology could also allow you to control home electronics such as TVs, computers,

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Cable sees opportunities in digital television

Ousama — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:58:46 EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters)-The U.S.cable television industry is feeling more confident going into this year's Cable Show in New Orleans,with the transition to digital television expected to pay dividends for cable operators.By February of next year,the U.S.government will require the 18 million to 22 million homes that get their television entertainment

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Xerox plans the future of today

gano — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:46:31 EDT

A rare glimpse of the future has been given by Xerox at its famed Palo Alto Research Centre (Xerox Parc).

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The 10 Most Important Technologies You Never Think About-PC World

Elsie.D.Cole — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:17:01 EDT

We certainly live in a magical world. We're surrounded by technology, yet we seldom stop to consider the amazing advances that we've come to rely on every day. Whether we're surfing the Web, making a call on our mobile phones or watching a DVD movie on our big-screen TV, we take our modern conveniences for granted.

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Tips In Finding Free Cell Phone Number Directories

jennyone — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:40:14 EDT

Privacy is a very important issue in today's society. It has given us technologies such as caller ID, masking technologies, and even inspiring technologies such as reverse cell phone lookup directories. Whatever the case becomes, at some point in time every consumer wants to know who's behind a certain cell phone number...

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Screen Lifter

mhowardx — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:15:58 EDT

This thing is amazing. Who thought it would be so easy to move my Panasonic 103" Plasma

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