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Published to Twitter
Twitter is a microblogging and social networking website. Tweets are limited to 140 characters and may include links to other sites. Twitter was originally developed by the podcasting company Odeo as a web-based SMS service for internal communications, first used in March 2006. It was launched as a public service in July 2006, and became its own company in April 2007. Rapid growth saw users post hundreds of thousands of tweets in 2007, hundreds of millions of tweets in 2008, and billions in... Read Full Story
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Published to Internet Explorer
Microsoft's web browser Windows Internet Explorer 8 is now out of BETA, with the finished version available to download today. Internet Explorer 8 will also be the default browser included with Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, due to be released later this year. IE8 offers improved compatibility in the handling of HTML, CSS, RSS, Ajax, etc. New IE8 features include: a redesigned Favorites Bar with additional functions, InPrivate mode (a stealth mode that retains no data of your... Read Full Story
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Published to Web Design
Xara released a replacement for its WebStyle software today: the new Xara Web Designer . Designed to be easy-to-use for the novice website designer, it includes professionally designed site templates and web graphics: with headings, navigation buttons, logos, etc. that can be dragged and dropped anywhere on the page. Any aspect of the design can be customized. Users can re-arrange page elements, adding their own text, inserting graphics / photos, adding videos, etc. The interface is WYSIWYG... Read Full Story
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Published to Google
Yesterday, Google released details of its web browser project: Google Chrome . Rather than the usual press release, Google sent out a Comic Book by artist Scott McCloud , featuring Google staff explaining the features and development of the web browser. Google Chrome is an open source project: built using Apple's WebKit and Mozilla's Firefox rendering engines, and includes a brand new Javascript engine and Google Gears . Further details were published at the Official Google Blog , revealing... Read Full Story
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Published to Web Hosting
1&1 Web Hosting 's Microsoft and Linux packages now include unlimited traffic to your website/s. From today, as part of 1&1 Web Hosting 's Performance Boost, data transfer limits have been removed, allowing for unlimited webpage impressions, downloads and uploads on all shared hosting packages. 1&1 Web Hosting have also significantly increased webspace allowances for both new and existing web hosting customers – by up to 5 times the previous amount. And, this month, 1&1 Web Hosting have also... Read Full Story
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Published to Google
Today, Google has launched a new search statistics service : providing "more flexibility and functionality for advertisers and marketers to understand search behavior" . Similar to Google Trends , the new service: Google Insights for Search delivers data on search volume over a period of time, allows you to compare several search terms, and provides regional search statistics. Both services present search volume graphs, but Google Insights for Search also provides regional search volume data... Read Full Story
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Published to Bill Gates
Highlights from this year's Wall Street Journal D6: All Things Digital conference are now online. Microsoft 's founder and Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer shared the stage for the opening session, discussing Bill relinquishing his daily role at the company (CES 2008 video: Bill Gates' Last Day at Microsoft ), the recent failed acquisition bid for Yahoo! , competing with Google , negativity towards Windows Vista , and the next generation Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (video... Read Full Story
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Published to Computers
To introduce new readers to PC Pro Magazine , Dennis Publishing have launched a trial subscription offer of 3 issues for ONLY £1 with FREE delivery to your door. For 13+ years, PC Pro Magazine 's team of expert journalists have delivered in-depth tutorials, product tests, exclusive previews, analysis, advice and reviews, keeping readers up-to-date with all the latest computer hardware and software news. Each issue of PC Pro Magazine includes a FREE DVD with software, applications, games and... Read Full Story
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Published to Windows 7
This week, the BBC News channel's technology programme, Click , features presenter Spencer Kelly trying out the pre-release "candidate" version of Microsoft's latest operating system: Windows 7 . Spencer and Computeractive's Tom Royal look at the new operating system's interface, including the redesigned taskbar - now called the Superbar, new methods for controlling on-screen windows, and the multi-touch functions for touch-sensitive screens . The final retail version of Microsoft's Windows 7... Read Full Story
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Published to Affiliate Marketing
AffiliateFuture , one of the UK's top affiliate networks, has today launched VeraciTag: a patent-pending cookie-less tracking technology. With some web browsers and anti-spyware software now blocking cookies, this new technology provides a more secure, privacy-protecting alternative for tracking affiliate sales. VeraciTag works by storing anonymous information in the web browser and can not be blocked, as cookies can. For merchants, VeraciTag offers a more accurate and reliable method of... Read Full Story
