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“According to cyber security company Webroot , the evil variety of hackers have started using Google Trends to lure unsuspecting people into a malware trap. It’ s not really rocket science. Malwaremongers are simply checking out top news stories from Google Trends Labs, then creating fake blogs with a bunch of keyword-heavy texts related to those terms. When an unsuspecting victim stumbles onto such a site, he/she will be greeted with a malware cake instead of the info they’ ve …”
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“Over the years, WordPress has consistently proven to be the most popular blogging system out there. Millions upon millions of blogs run on WordPress, and that’ s not counting those that are hosted on WordPress.com , Automattic’ s free, hosted blogging service. But it’ s not just a blogging platform; as many have discovered, it works really well as a fully-fledged content management system — it really comes down to how the theme is written, and often the plugins that …”
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“The 2008 US Presidential election process is in full swing, and with the first Presidential debates scheduled for tonight, it’ s time everyone learned more about the candidates. While each of the candidates have their own official sites and social networking profiles, there are many sites that can help you boil down how each candidate stands and votes on the issues. You can also find lots of tools to get behind the rumors, see who is donating money to them, …”
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“I’ve mulled the idea of writing this opinion for several days now. Mostly because I’ ve wanted to give this one decent try before crying foul. But I’ve demurred enough. There’s no getting around it. MySpace Music is really, really bad. First, some kudos to Tom and company. The way MySpace Music has grown into the de facto social music network, where most any band or solo musician absolutely must keep a page, is definitely a great thing. No denying …”
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“Gmail turned online email on its ear when it popped up a few years back.  Naturally, there are more than just a few Gmail extensions for Firefox for an improved user experience. Want a more dynamic signature?  How about the ability to open multiple Gmail accounts at once in the same browser?  What about the chance to write your emails from right to left? All of these and more are available via these 13 Gmail extensions. As with any list …”
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“Disclosure: I’ve been a tech guy for much longer than I’ve been involved in marketing. I’ve been building things, and acting as a consumer far longer than I’ve been the person connecting those two groups. That’s turned into an advantage as I begin to help with more PR campaigns. I’ve been able to sniff out the trouble before it happens, avoiding the need to do damage control later. If your company, no matter how big or small, has hired a …”
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“Richard Stallman is going berserk over cloud computing. In an interview with the Guardian , he claims that the whole thing is stupidity. He claims that you should not use web applications to do your computing, because it’ s just as bad as using a proprietary program. Do your own computing on your own computer with your copy of a freedom-respecting program. If you use a proprietary program or somebody else’ s web server, you’ re defenceless. You’ re putty …”
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“OpenID is an excellent solution for establishing a single identity for all your online accounts, but many people haven’ t even tried it yet. For some, the concept of using a URL address for a login ID instead of the traditional email address is still completely foreign. However, Email to ID  could be what the doctor ordered and what these creatures of habits need. It could also be what OpenID needs in order to expedite wide-spread acceptance as the single …”
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“By Aaron Strout and Joe Cascio Although experts in the social media space have been talking about how businesses might adopt microblogging tools like Twitter and Plurk , only recently have we started to see a series of new vendors cropping up in the enterprise microblogging space. This has been due in part to businesses needing to figure out how Twitter can benefit the enterprise. The fact that the mainstream press has started covering this topic has also helped to …”
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“After having done two FriendFeed lists – the top 10 Web applications for FriendFeed and 7 essential GreaseMonkey scripts for FriendFeed – we thought we’ d do one more to round out the collection. Here are 7 popular desktop applications for FriendFeed that will let you comment or like an item without leaving your application window, update to FriendFeed and Twitter, and much more. Which one is your favorite? Let us know in the comments. Alert Thingy Alert Thingy is …”
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