As Web communication shrinks, so do links

NEW YORK — On the short-messaging service Twitter, space is at a premium: You've got 140 characters to make your point, and you probably don't want to waste half of it on a super-sized link to your latest YouTube obsession.

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The fox remains but it has gone cuter. Yes you guessed it right. The most popular browser in the world gets a new species of its own kind, Fennec - mobile version of Firefox browser. The testing is still limited to  Nokia N810 tablet. But don't you worry.Stressing more on platform independence, desktop computers running Windows, Mac OS, and Linux all will compatible to run it on its own. Other improvements, according to the Mozilla release notes, include tabbed browsing, integrated Web search (built into the address, or awesome bar), access to multiple search engines, and both bookmarks and tags.
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E commerce has grown into one of the most feasible ways to establish a market presence. For those already reining the market it’s a channel for cheaper and more efficient distribution chain for products services. There are a good number of firms who have tasted success with eCommerce. Especially the Open source ecommerce applications are being largely used to fillip businesses. The whole game is how to fit the ecommerce app to your benefit.  Full article (743 words) »

Cyn.in (pronounced as sign in) is a web based enterprise service which is a blend of blog and wiki (preferably called bliki by them). It is a group collaboration software created by Cynapse, that inter-connects your people with each other and their collective knowledge. So tol elaborate,It helps teams to create collective knowledge by sharing workspaces, applications, documents, files and digital content within a secure, unified environment. cyn.in combines the capabilities of collaboration tools like wikis, blogs, file repositories, micrologs instant discussions and other social applications into a seamless platform. The new version of Cyn.in 2.1, released in December include- an integrated microblogging application (twitter), the introduction of an activity stream, and a simplified user interface.

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File managers essentially manage your file systems. They provide you with an interface through which you can easily organize and manage the files. It is through these file managers that you create, open,edit, view , search the files on your hard drive. There are diverse file managers that you can use to manage your files in Linux. If you are looking for the top quality free file managers for LINUX, here yo go.

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Today is a particularly sad day for all of us at JPG and 8020 Media.

We've spent the last few months trying to make the business behind JPG sustain itself, and we've reached the end of the line. We all deeply believe in everything JPG represents, but just weren't able to raise the money needed to keep JPG alive in these extraordinary economic times. We sought out buyers, spoke with numerous potential investors, and pitched several last-ditch creative efforts, all without success. As a result, jpgmag.com will shut down on Monday, January 5, 2009.

If you don't believe your eyes, so can't I. Just received and e-mail from Laura Brunow Miner, Editor in Chief of the immensely popular jpgmag.com and with nearly 20,000 photographers contributing to it. While its a very shocking news to most of us, it seems that they left no stone unturned before being nailed down in this "extraordinary economic times"

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Broadband service in India is much less reliable than their counterparts in USA. While in USA, I used Pacific Bell 1.5 Mbps connection for 3 years without a single minute of downtime or any other problems. This was back in 1998-2001. In India unlimited (marginally @ 256 Kbps - bits per second) broadband service came much later. There are three major players in the market: BSNL DataOne Broadband (unique in providing zero customer support), Tata Indicom Broadband (personal experience so far), Airtel Broadband, all ADSL technology based. I also used cable Broadband (read narrowband) from Alliance Broadband (more). However even with such low end services (in terms of unlimited bandwidth & reliability) you can forge a reliable and yet affordable broadband solution for your business or home (gaming & MMORPG?). The solution is simple.

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Please read: How To: Load Balancing & Failover With Dual/ Multi WAN / ADSL / Cable Connections on Linux for the simplest solution. Please read below to gain a better perspective on the possibilities.
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Rails has taken the right route and went for full disclosure unlike for example the WordPress team, who still believes in the flawed concept of security by obscurity. After a full assessment of the security vulnerability (details below) Rails team decided they needed yet another emergency patch to fully close the hole. Full article (254 words) »

WordPress Filters are functions through which data flows or is changed. They're good for making on-the-fly changes to data (like adding acronyms to certain words). An exhaustive list of all filters available in WordPress 2.x along with annotations (where available) are provided.

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Firefox 1.0.7 is a security and stability release. It is strongly recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.

This version includes several security and stability fixes, including a fix for a reported buffer overflow vulnerability and a fix for a Linux shell command vulnerability. Details below.
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