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  • May
  • 10
  • 2008

Five Tools Everyone Working Online Should Have (IMHO) - ReadWriteWeb

The number of people whose work is touched by the internet these days is hard to imagine. Many of us have been working full-time online for a while, but for the vast majority of people online today that's not the case. Here at RWW we communicate with people with a wide range of experience working online every day.

I put my phone number on my personal blog, and I write for the 11th most linked to blog on the web. I get maybe 3 unwanted phone calls a week as a result. That means that just about anyone else should be able to put their phone number and IM on…

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  • May
  • 09
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Web Designer Wall - SEO Guide for Designers

A fantastic guide to Search Engine Optimization for Web Designers, providing good rules to follow when designing and building websites, including advice page titles, content, links and how search engines work.

One good example of bad Title Tag use would be the default WordPress theme. In case you didn’t know, the title tag of the default WordPress theme isnt that useful: Site Name > Blog Archive > Post Title. Why isnt this…

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  • May
  • 08
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Charles Arthur explains how to make the most of Twitter | Technology | The Guardian

Real-time micro-blogging is gaining in popularity. If you're wondering what's the point, here's our guide

Twitter.com obviously. You don't need to sign up; you can watch the flow of messages from a particular user at their username (eg Guardian Technology's, which is at twitter.com/guardiantech). However, Twitter only becomes useful…

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  • May
  • 08
  • 2008

OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Released!

OpenOffice.org 3.0 integrates ODF 1.2 support, Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters, charting enhancements, improved note capabilities in Writer, new icons, enhanced pdf export, multi-monitor support for impress, and a start center. For Mac OS X users, OpenOffice.org 3.0 will now run without the need for X11 to be installed.

If you've been looking out for OpenOffice.org 3.0 or are just looking for a new software package to try out this afternoon, OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta has been released. OpenOffice.org 3.0 integrates ODF 1.2 support, Microsoft Office 2007 Import…

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  • May
  • 08
  • 2008

JavaScript Information Visualization Toolkit

The JIT is an advanced JavaScript infovis toolkit that was based on 5 papers regarding different information visualization techniques.

Different techniques for radial layouts have been proposed. These techniques mainly vary on the angle span (or angular width) calculated to place a node’s children. Ka-Ping Yee, Danyel Fisher, Rachna Dhamija and Marti Hearst…

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  • May
  • 06
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Laptops: How to Thief-Proof Your Laptop

No-cost steps to take BEFORE your diaries, home sex vids & bank accounts fall into the hands of a thieving stranger…

+1 by ac042186 at 10:52 PM on 05/05/08 Reply by Email * At my university, they've been trying to promote STOP security plates. But I think it's supposed to help you recover your laptop/item more than prevent it from being stolen….

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  • May
  • 05
  • 2008

Electricity Around the World

Wonder what kind of converter you'll need to charge your iPod when you're abroad? Wonder no more. This chart tells you what each country uses for electricity so you can come prepared with the right stuff.

This stuff is provided for the personal use of travelers on the Internet. Original sources have been cited. This site is not responsible for the accuracy of this information. - S.K.

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  • May
  • 04
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VirtualBox 1.6 is a major update with 2000 improvements

Among the highlights:
* The new Sun livery
* Solaris and Mac versions no longer in beta
* Guest Additions for Solaris
* Seamless windowing for Solaris and Linux guests
* SATA support for up to 32 hard disks per VM (first product in the industry to do SATA!)
* PAE support for guests (memory model required by some server OSes)…

Sun xVM VirtualBox software is the world's most popular open source virtualization platform because of its fast performance, ease of use, rich functionality, and modular design.VirtualBox 1.6 is a major update, incorporating over 2000…

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  • May
  • 04
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Wifi antenna hack that will turn your $30 router into a $300 router

Make wifi signal booster using aluminum foil with pre-made template. Gain your wifi signal up to 12Db

As I promise before (Cheap Solution for Wireless Signal Booster (Homemade Wireless Antenna)) I would like to give instructions on how to create your own Wifi signal booster. Right now i am using free Wireless connection from school…

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  • May
  • 04
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The “Hello World” Program, in 366 Programming Languages!

“Hello World” is the traditional first program you write when learning a new language, first appearing in K&R’s “The C Programming Language” book in 1978. Since then it has been implemented in almost every programming language on the planet. This collection has it in 366 coding languages (even LOLCode!) and 58 human ones! Is your favourite here?

Hello World in BIT. No comments possible. LINENUMBERZEROCODEPRINTZEROGOTOONELINENUMBERONECODEPRINTONEGOTOONEZEROLINENUMBE RONEZEROCODEPRINTZEROGOTOONEONELINENUMBERONEONECODEPRINTZEROGOTOONEZEROZEROLINE…

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  • May
  • 02
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Coming to America: Getting visas to do business in Silicon Valley

Perhaps the only thing that can destroy the ecosystem here is the U.S. government going out of its way to mess everything up. In particular Ive been concerned about H1B visa quotas that severely limit the number of foreign workers that can come here legally.

Nik - It varies depending on the country of citizenship. I was told that it is anywhere from $200,000 to a million. Basically, the amount of money you need to start a business, with employees + physically location until you start…

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  • Apr
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Cory Doctorow: How to stop your inbox exploding

Some obvious, and some not so obvious, hints to keep your email in check.

Many of us are obliged to join up to mailing lists for social or work or family reasons, even though most of the messages are irrelevant to us — for example, a list for planning an annual event in which you play some small part. Resigning…

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  • Apr
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How Best to Submit Our (Or Any) Stories to Digg

Social news site Digg has long been the big kahuna of sites where users submit and vote on tech news stories. Though tech content there has dropped dramatically (as we wrote about in this post) and Yahoo Buzz promises audiences that dwarf Digg’s - it’s still fantastic to get a tech story on the front page of Digg.

Spread your love around and check out different social news sites. You might find that you like some of them better than others, or that your personal taste in stories might go over better in one place or another. In all of these sites, the user…

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  • Apr
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Dual Boot: Have Your Mac and Windows Too with Boot Camp

You can have both a Mac and a PC on a single computer, using Apple’s new Boot Camp software. Boot Camp lets you install Windows on your Mac in addition to Mac OS X.

The following post was originally published in Chapter 11 of our new book, Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better. You can have both a Mac and a PC on a single computer, using Apple's new Boot Camp software….