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Dirtch: Monitor Your Reputation and Run Background Checks

Thursday, February 11, 2010 17:38

Dirtch just launched. What is Dirtch? Dirtch is a service that lets you check out if there is “dirt” on a name you enter, e.g., illegal activities, legal problems, frauds, scams, shady dealings, bad reputation or very negative comments about a...

Will buying ACS save Xerox?

Monday, September 28, 2009 12:19

Xerox Corp. is struggling because offices are going paperless, and copy machines are not as busy or as necessary as they used to be. In an effort to offset this declining trend, they decided to buy Affiliated Computer Services for...

Netflix wants to stream to your PS3, Wii and Xbox 360, maybe even iPhone

Monday, September 28, 2009 11:20

On Sept 21, 2009, after nearly three years, Netflix announced the winner to its Netflix Prize yesterday. The million dollar prize goes to “BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos”, a team of seven engineers, statisticians and researchers from Austria, Canada, Israel and the...

TopicScoop: Twitter Search with real-time topic clustering

TopicScoop: Twitter Search with real-time topic clustering

Monday, September 28, 2009 9:48

TopicScoop launched a Twitter search service that provides more insights into the search results. Using TopicScoop is like any other search engine: Enter a keyword(s) into the search box, click Search. Within seconds, TopicScoop analyzes hundreds to thousands of tweets...

FCC to Release Net Neutrality Rule Propoal

Friday, September 18, 2009 21:38

Washington Post reports that the FCC is to release a net neutrality rule proposal on Monday. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will discuss the rules in a keynote speech at The Brookings Institute. The net neutrality rule is to prevent telecomm, cable...

Google in talks to acquire Brightcove for $500M to $700M (rumor untrue)

Google in talks to acquire Brightcove for $500M to $700M (rumor untrue)

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:25

Update: This appears to be an untrue rumor. It spread fast nonetheless because of the original tweet. Mark Glaser @mediatwit sent out a tweet: “Source with knowledge of deal tells me video service Brightcove in talks with Google about buyout in...

Microsoft Launches Bing Visual Search, Will it Win Market Share?

Microsoft Launches Bing Visual Search, Will it Win Market Share?

Monday, September 14, 2009 23:57

Microsoft today launches Bing Visual Search. You can play with it here http://www.bing.com/visualsearch For example, when you search digital cameras, it shows the images of 1,562 digital cameras in an semi-3D array, see image on the left. You can scroll up...

Wordpress blogs are being hacked, is yours safe?

Saturday, September 5, 2009 10:38

Bloggers running Wordpress beware: older versions of the popular blogging software are under attack. You need to update your Wordpress to its latest version now.  To be safe, you need to run version 2.8.4. All versions prior to this one...

RS – RS Remote Uploading

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 13:51

****This the NEWEST method for RS – RS remote Uploading.**** So here it goes :- 1.) Find a good RS link Generator site (You will find tons of them in Link Heaven). For Ex: Code: http://www.rspremium.uni.cc/ For many linkgenerators go to this site Code: www.rslinkgens.info 2.) Then put the link...

Top 5 Download Managers

Top 5 Download Managers

Monday, August 24, 2009 7:10

Downloading has become a huge part in a user’s online experience. However, almost everyone has different internet connections thus meaning they have varying download speeds. In order to achieve the best out of your internet connection, you must use a...

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