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WordPress Stays Hip with the Times, Adds Gears and Looks to OAuth
via ReadWriteWeb by Marshall Kirkpatrick on July 02, 2008
Open source blogging platform WordPress may have won most peoples' hearts as the best blogging platform in town, but that doesn't mean its core developers are resting on their laurels. The company made two statements last night about moves its users are sure to love. WordPress announced last night on the company blog that WordPress.com users have a new blogging option called "Turbo,"...
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PDF Download Gets Even Better
via Web Worker Daily by Mike Gunderloy on July 02, 2008
I’ve mentioned PDF Download before - it’s one of my favorite unobtrusive Firefox extensions. It sits in the background, and when you click a PDF link, you get a choice as to whether to open them in the browser, open them in an external viewer, or view them as HTML. Now, there’s a beta of version 2.0 available, and it’s better than ever.The new version supports Firefox 2/3 and Flock and...
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Microsoft Equipt: 3 Office, OneCare licenses for $70/year
via Ars Technica by (Emil Protalinski) on July 02, 2008
Microsoft has announced Equipt, a software bundle consisting of Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, and Windows Live tools. The subscription-based Microsoft Equipt will set you back $70, per year, but comes with three licenses.Read More...
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Older Versions of WordPress Hacked
via SuccessCREEations, Inc. by Chris on July 02, 2008
WordPress blogs are starting to gethackedin greaternumberslately. The problem is getting serious enough that the WordPress podcast recently addressed out of date WordPress blogs being hacked.Even my good friend Mark Goodyear went to log into his blog and discovered that GoodWordEditing was hacked. In his case he couldn’t even log into the blog’s dashboard anymore.Old WordPress Versions...
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iPhone 3G will be available with AT&T's Family Plan
via IntoMobile by dusanb on June 18, 2008
Here's something that will be of interest for all of you that look to get the newly revealed iPhone 3G not only for themselves, but also for the other members of your family. iPhone 3G will be available with AT&T's Family Plan!Voice plans starts at $39.99, which is the same as the regular one-line starting plan, and the addition lines will be $9.99 a month. AT&T obviously thinks it will...
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Happiness CCXII
via RickMahn.com » Happiness by Rick Mahn on June 17, 2008
A quiet lunch without Internet access, without office drive-by’s, without interruption, allowing one to write.
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Skype 4.0 beta is available- concentrates on video
via jkOnTheRun by James Kendrick on June 18, 2008
... we'll be giving it a try to see how it works. The folks at TechCrunch have given this beta a whirl and posted a brief review of what they found so if you're like me and prefer to hear what's improved before you install head over and check it out. They do mention that this new version puts an emphasis on handling threaded conversations which many will find very useful indeed.
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How Brands Can “Buy” Social Media
via Web Strategy by Jeremiah by jeremiah_owyang on June 17, 2008
This isn’t a religious post, so if you’re a social media purist, I hope you can have an objective viewpoint about what is happening, before deciding on what’s right and wrong.Although many brands are launching blog or community based to engage in conversations with customers, many other brands are starting to participate by ‘purchasing’ their way into social media. The benefits are...
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Igniting an open revolution: Firefox 3 officially released
via Ars Technica by segphault@arstechnica.com (Ryan Paul) on June 17, 2008
Mozilla has officially released Firefox 3, which includes a multitude of significant improvements and new features. Ars covers the release from Mozilla's headquarters in Mountain View, where the developers are celebrating the start of a revolution in Internet empowerment.Read More...
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Good Advice Hiding in Plain Sight
via TerryStarbucker.com by Starbucker on June 17, 2008
... workspace is really my second home, with many knicknacks, books, pictures, plaques, art prints, posters, and (mostly) piles of paper. It’s a comfortable place I often take for granted, rarely actually looking around at the accumulation of “stuff” and all the memories and lessons that they represent.Most of the time I’m “thinking forward”, trying to stay a few steps ahead in my...
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