Archive for June, 2006
World Cup Extension For Firefox
Google has developed an extension for Firefox that integrates with the social network Joga and allows you to view the latest scores from the World Cup, videos of the best goals, and talk with other fans about your favorite teams.
You can view the score of the latest match in the status bar. The extension will [...]
Remotely Enable Remote Desktop
Remote desktop is a nice feature of Windows 2003, XP, and 2000 server that lets you remotely login to, and work on the system as if you were there. Many times you find that you need it enabled - but the machine you are trying to access is far across your network where it is [...]
Web firm tastes success on spam
A small Welsh computer company has won the right to include the word “spam” in a trademark, despite objections from a multi-national food corporation. NetBop Technologies developed a filter it called “bopspam” aimed at combating unwanted e-mails, known as spam.
But US-based Hormel Foods, which makes the meat product of the same name, initially objected [...]
Protected: Edit Wordpress themes using Dreamweaver
WordPress, like most PHP-MySQL CMS, use template files to control the appearance of websites. The webpage is assembled from several PHP files controlling specific aspects of the site like the header, sidebar, main content and footer.
To use Dreamweaver to edit or customize WordPress themes, you need to combine these different PHP files into one page [...]
11 Practical Uses for RSS in Business
Are you wondering what you can use RSS for right now? Here are some practical examples of RSS at work.
Use Your Own Content
Almost ANY web based content can be transformed into an RSS feed. The only real requirement is that the information changes regularly.
News Headlines
Typically, the main use of RSS is to present headlines and [...]
Tropical Storm ALBERTO
Here’s the latest information on Tropical Storm ALBERTO.
Warnings and 3-Day Cone
Warnings and 5-Day Cone
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Google Earth 4 now available for Mac and Linux
Today Google announced the availability of Google Earth 4 Beta, which is a free download not just for Windows, but also for Mac OS X (yes, it’s a universal binary) and Linux. Aside from going multi-platform, Google Earth 4 sports a new, sleeker interface, support for textured building models with SketchUp integration, and some KML [...]
Robert Scoble to Leave Microsoft, Joins PodTech.net
It looks like recently funded PodTech.net has hired Microsoft’s Robert Scoble, who writes one of the most popular blogs, and he’ll be moving from Washington to Silicon Valley. [via: digg]
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