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Cool new Web 2.0 Internet sites and startups (List #1)
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/cool-websites/cool-new-web-2...
With so many cool new web sites popping up every day, it’s impossible to write about each one in depth, so I’m coming out with a weekly roundup of some of the more popular ones that I have found! This way if you’re interested in checking out the latest cool Web 2.0 tools and services, you can quickly browse through the list.
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Tags: cool web sites, Web 2.0, startups
Rating is Everything
http://things.co.il/blog/324
Spotback allows instant rating and tagging for everything. I’ve installed their slider (below) and their sidebar widgets, and it looks quite good. Anyone can tag, rate and see relevant posts from other places.
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Oracle sues SAP for website espionage
http://www.theregister.com/2007/03/22/oracle_sues_sap/
Oracle sued SAP, alleging employees with the German firm passed themselves off as Oracle customers so they could engage in the wholesale theft of proprietary Oracle support materials.
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Start-up Zimbra takes Web e-mail offline
http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6170118.html?part=rss&tag=25...
E-mail software company Zimbra on Sunday is set to release an early version of Zimbra Desktop, Web e-mail software that will run online and offline.
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$9.99 for a Text Message? No Way, Say Parents
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/56571.html
About 13.5 million kids ages 13 to 17 own a cell phone, according to M:Metrics, and text messaging -- using abbreviated sentences punched in from the keypad that appear on the cell phone screen -- is wildly popular. Billing disputes over premium text services have spawned several class-action lawsuits.
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Google demolishes New Orleans - again
http://www.theregister.com/2007/04/02/new_orleans_demolished...
Google has moved with something approaching lightning speed to replace images of New Orleans on Google Earth which had apparently airbrushed the effects of hurricane Katrina from history.
The good burghers of the Big Easy were none too happy with a recent Google Earth and Google Maps update replacing previous candid images of the city's destruction.
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Hundreds Of Gmail, Yahoo, MSN Passwords Exposed By Entertainment Web Site
http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?ar...
A Los Angeles publisher of online lifestyle and entertainment magazines has inadvertently exposed the personal e-mail addresses and passwords for hundreds of its subscribers, InformationWeek has learned.
The victims are all members of sites operated by Splash Magazines Worldwide, which publishes local versions of its magazines under URLs like NYCSplash.com and LASplash.com.
The list of e-mail addresses and passwords for members' Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, and other accounts would turn up in the re
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Building DVD Images Of Ubuntu Repositories
http://www.howtoforge.com/dvd_images_of_ubuntu_repositories
This howto offers a simple way of creating DVD images of Debian or Ubuntu http/ftp repositories. Ubuntu doesn't offer DVDs ready to download with its main, universe, multiverse and/or restricted repositories. With the contents of this howto you can do it yourself. Having the Ubuntu or Debian repositories on DVD can be useful for those users who don't have access to the Internet where they have their Ubuntu installed but have access somewhere else to download the repository and build and burn the
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Tags: dvd, ubuntu, debian, repository, linux, burn
Scribd :: Easy way to upload and share your documents online
http://jsbi.blogspot.com/2007/03/scribd-easy-way-to-upload-a...
A kind of YouTube for e-books, Scribd lets you view documents online and share your own documents with the world.
The site makes getting content very easy, and like a fast food hamburger, you can get it the way you want. It lets you upload a Word document and download it as html or PDF or text. You can even use a text-to-speech tool to create an audio file, so you can download it to an iPod.
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Tags: internet, announcements, software, technology
Virus Protection With F-PROT Antivirus On Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
http://www.howtoforge.com/f_prot_antivirus_ubuntu_feisty
This tutorial shows how you can install and use F-PROT Antivirus on an Ubuntu Feisty Fawn desktop. Although there are not many Linux viruses out there, this can be useful if you often exchange files with Windows users - it can help you to not pass on any Windows viruses (that do not do any harm to Linux systems) to Windows users. F-PROT Antivirus for Linux is free for home use.
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