Archive for June, 2008
Rhapsody DRM-free MP3 store takes on iTunes’ dominance
Published on June 30th, 2008.
A full range of unprotected MP3 tracks, full-length previews, competitive prices - will the Rhapsody music store from RealNetworks be the one that finally puts the squeeze on Apple's iTunes...Filled under Information technology news - E-Commerce, latest news. No Comments.
Get Results With Great Article Writing in Five Easy Steps
Published on June 30th, 2008.
Article writing and submitting are quite beneficial to bringing traffic to your website. Articles submitted to distributors such as Ezine can continue to drive potential customers to your site long after they appear online. The good news is that it is easy to write articles.
If you follow these five basic steps to article writing you are sure to be successful! These steps are designed to attract attention which will result in targeted traffic to your site and greater sales.
STEP 1: THE TITLE
Create a catchy title that will get capture the reader’s attention right away. The title should intrigue the reader enough to want to more information about your subject by reading your article. Popular articles that are researched most often are “How to” articles and “Tips” articles. Example titles: “How to Write a Great Article” and “Tips to Increase Sales Through Article Marketing.”
STEP 2: THE OPENING LINE
After the title, your first sentence is the next important part of writing an article. You must write a great opening line to grab your reader’s attention so they will want to continue to read the information you have written in your article. You can begin with a question that should interest the reader in wanting to find out the answer such as “Do you want more targeted traffic to your website?” or start with a statement of fact to which the article is based on such as “Article marketing will increase traffic to your online business site.”
STEP 3: THE BODY OF THE ARTICLE
The purpose of the body of the article is to educate and inform. It is here that you provide information, discuss problems, and offer solutions. If you are offering tips then outline each tip in the order that is best to discuss your topic. Your content should be relevant to your topic and website.
STEP 4: THE SUMMARY
Your closing paragraph should always include a brief summary of your article and an invitation to the reader to take action. You want to explain to your reader how they would benefit and why they should act now and click on the link to your website. Remember that this is your primary purpose in writing and submitting as article.
STEP 5: THE RESOURCE BOX
No article ought to be submitted without a resource box. The resource box is a powerful tool to promoting your website. Create a resource box which tells your readers who you are and what you have to offer them in three to six sentences. Always include your link or links to your website. A good resource box can make a big difference in promoting traffic to your site.
Following these five easy steps you will be able to write an article relevant to your online business. Once you have written an article, be sure to submit it to Ezine and other article marketing publishers. The results of your efforts will be more targeted traffic to your site and a visible increase in your business.
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Nikon D700 gets real: full-frame, 12.1 megapixels
Published on June 30th, 2008.
Filed under: Digital Cameras
Also being released are the SB-900 speedlight (August, $500), and the PC-E Micro NIKKOR 45mm f/2.8D ED and PC-E Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/2.8D lenses (August, $1,800 and $1,740, respectively).
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How to Find a Freelance Writer to Write Articles For You
Published on June 30th, 2008.
Don’t want to write articles yourself but still want to capitalize on article marketing? Then using a freelance writer is for you! Believe it or not, it is very easy to find freelance writers who will write articles for you on the Internet.
There are a number of freelance websites where you can find someone who will write articles for you for a very low price. However, you do want to be careful and select those writers who will provide quality articles in which you can market for your website.
There are a few things to check into when selecting a freelance writer. First of all check to if they have good comments or feedback from previous customers of theirs. If other customers have been satisfied with their work then chances are you will also.
You also want to be sure that they write original content, as duplicate content is not allowed and will not be published by article directories. You can test the waters by having a freelance writer write an article or two and then check it on http://copyscape.com to make sure the articles were not just copied from somewhere else.
You want to choose a freelance writer that is knowledgeable in the subject you want articles written about or is willing to research information to create accurate original documents for you.
Now that you know what to watch for in hiring a freelance writer, go to the freelance site, and post your request. Writers will then bid on your projects and many of them will provide you with samples so you can see the quality of their work. Many marketers opt to choose more than one freelance writer to write for them. By doing so they increase the number of articles and increase their chances of getting great articles to submit. Remember, these articles will reflect on you so you want to be sure you are receiving quality articles.
You will see results in the search engines rather quickly if you have provided your freelance writers the proper keywords and instructed them to use them in the title and several times throughout the articles. One article has the potential to be worth hundreds of dollars so paying for well written articles is absolutely worth it!
Once your articles have been posted you should start to see targeted traffic sent to your site and you should also see some sales. If the sales are coming in and you’re making money, you will certainly want to have your freelance writer or writers write more articles for you.
Using freelance writers is a great way to be involved in article marketing without having to write all the articles yourself. Many marketers would rather spend their precious time in another area. By hiring writers they can maximize their time and efforts to promote their website and product. Using the tips above everyone can be successful in article marketing and begin to see the positive results that it brings.
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Animal Crossing Wii and Kid Icarus Wii confirmed
Published on June 30th, 2008.
Speculation about the E3 big announcements for Nintendo (content/view/17170/532/) has been spinning around for some time. Now comes confirmation that part of the Wii line up will include...Filled under Technology Lifestyle - New Products, latest news. No Comments.
Tesla to supply Mercedes-Benz with lithium-ion batteries?
Published on June 30th, 2008.
Filed under: Transportation
Man, Tesla's been busy today -- in addition to the announcement of the Model S and Elon Musk's promise of a sub-$30K electric car in four years, word on the street is that the company's inked a deal with Daimler AG to supply it with lithium-ion batteries for upcoming electric cars. Daimler's CEO has said the company was open to leasing battery tech to get out an electric Smart by 2010 and it's rumored that the German marque is looking to ditch gas entirely by 2015, so going to Tesla, which has been working on battery tech for some time, isn't a totally out there proposition. Just a rumor for now -- given Tesla's generally-prickly relationships with others, we'd wait for an official announcement before getting too excited about a Roadster-powered SLR, but it's certainly intriguing.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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A Review of the Creative Memories Income Opportunity
Published on June 30th, 2008.
The Creative Memories company, based in Minnesota, is in the business to help you preserve your memories through scrapbooking. They help consumers who use their products to make keepsake scrapbook albums that generations to come will enjoy.
The company was developed by a Cherly Lightle, a businesswoman and Rhonda Anderson, a homemaker, in 1987. Asha Morgan Moran is currently the company’s president. The Creative Memories company has offices in Austria, Australia, Germany, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, U.K., Taiwan, and Puerto Rico. Currently, there are more than 90,000 consultants working for the company.
Creative Memories provides products that are photo-safe and come with a life time guarantee. Should any part of their products be defective, the company will either replace or repair the item with an identical product or one that is equivalent. All of their photo album pages have edges that are reinforced and are completely acid-free, bleed-resistant, lignin-free, buffered and fade-resistant.
The Creative Memories company manufactures photo-safe albums and all of accessories to help develop a unique and one of a kind scrapbook that is sure to be enjoyed by many generations. The company also offers a home-based business that will not only provide an income, but will be joyful and meaningful. As a direct sales company, you will not find any of the Creative Memories products in retail stores.
The goal of the company is to help customers preserve their photos and memorabilia in a scrapbook. They have products that will help increase your creativity. However, if you are not a creative person, they have products that will help you to develop a scrapbook that is simple to put together and does not require a lot of creative skills.
Their products range from scrapbooking photo albums in a variety of different sizes and colors, one of a kind adhesives, journaling pens and pencils, stickers, a variety of different storage and organizational products and much more.
The company also offers products for those interested in digital scrapbooking. Pictures can be uploaded. Then, the photos will be placed in a story book that is customized for each individual. Therefore, each book is as unique as the designer and owner of the book.
All of the scrapbooking products can be purchased through an independent consultant. The consultants will come to your home and demonstrate a variety of the products. In most instances the consultant will teach a basic class in scrapbooking that will not only be a lot of fun, but will be informative. The customers can then search through the colored catalog and choose the products they would like to purchase. The consultant will then place the order. Once the products are in, the consultant will deliver them to the hostess, who can then pass them out to the party guests.
Although the companies main feature is selling products for scrapbooking, they also give back to the community. The Antioch Company, which is Creative Memories’ parent company, began giving back to the community in the 1920’s. Today, the tradition continues with employee matching contributions, donations, as well as department and team volunteerism. Employees have helped to build and refurbish homes, answer phones for campaigns in the community and even scour public parks.
The Creative Memories company began in 1987 as a way for consumers to preserve their memories through scrapbooking. The company provides all of the products a person needs to make the perfect scrapbook that will passed down from generation to generation.
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A Review Of The Popular CPanel Website Hosting Software
Published on June 30th, 2008.
When you are about to start your own internet company there are many questions you may have. For instance there is a lot of information about servers and domain names that are very hard to understand. You obviously want to have the most control when dealing with your website, such as how to modify the website and make sure it is on the top search engines.
Cpanel is the backend website software that runs most linux based hosting services. What Cpanel offers customers is a way for website hosting customers to manage their domains through a web interface. This means that you have control and the responsibility of managing your own site. You can manage the emails, files, backup info, FTP, CGI scripts, and even the website statistics.
When you choose to become a part of Cpanel you are asking for the domain owner control panel to be handed to you. You are still going to have technical support from Cpanel in case there are any questions are problems with the software product, but it offers you the control you need to run a successful business on the internet.
They also offer webhost manager and webmail panel. This means you have server administration and a reseller panel as well as a webmail access panel when you are with this web hosting company.
When you sign up with Cpanel you are getting a license agreement to use their technology. You have to keep up with the agreement, which is an every year charge to keep yourself on this web hosting server. You are able to have support, as well as new operating system versions in case you ever upgrade to a new operating system like windows vista. You have to options when you decide to choose Cpanel for you business needs.
You can get the Cpanel and WHM package that offers the webhost manger as well as the hosting control or you can get the Cpanel Server Suite. The second option is currently in beta testing so they have not completely fixed any errors it may have, but it does offer you the knowledge and tools you need to have a successful business. You will find that you have the central management with this program for your servers.
This website hosting software is great for someone who is not necessarily a one website business owner. In other words it works great for someone who has multiple websites and will continue to grow in the website business. The websites don’t have to sell the same products, but can be multiple product websites.
They can also be service websites. The fact is whatever you have the website for doesn’t matter as long as you can make a return out of the software program from the webhosting company. You want the product to work for you and your business, but not pay out for something that doesn’t really fit in your current business venture. You are the only one who can decide if the program will work for you, by reading about it.
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Link supports multiple memory channels
Published on June 30th, 2008.
Sonics Inc. rolls out its new flagship SonicsSX, a new chip-level interconnect technology supporting multiple memory channels to address what it says is a growing memory bandwidth problem faced by a broad range of people who develop video processors.Filled under EETimes Latest News, latest news. No Comments.
Adobe, Google, Yahoo enabling Flash searches
Published on June 30th, 2008.
In a move that could add substantial volumes of Flash content to Internet search results, Adobe is working with Google and Yahoo to provide optimized Flash Player technology to enhance the searching of this content.
The project, being announced Tuesday, will enable searches on Flash content to return text and links, which can then be indexed, said Justin Everett-Church, Adobe senior product manager for the Flash Player. Content from a Flash application or even a game or advertisement will be available to search engines. Pages containing a Flash .SWF file will be returned in a search.
"The Flash Player is going to be used by Google and Yahoo on their servers to run Flash content at runtime," Everett-Church said. "This means much better search results for end-users. [Until now], it has been a challenge to search Flash content on the Web."
Google will begin offering Flash search capabilities Tuesday while Yahoo plans to do so in a future update to Yahoo Search. With Google's rollout, millions of rich Internet applications and dynamic Web experiences utilizing Flash will become searchable without the need for companies and developers to alter the content.
Adobe's move was described as a positive one by an analyst in the search engine space, who nonetheless said she would take a wait-and-see approach to gauge the exact benefits.
"Historically, search engines haven't been able to crawl Flash content at all," said Vanessa Fox, an editor at Search Engine Land, an online journal covering the search industry.
"I'm sort of reserving my judgment a little," she said. It is good that search engines are working with Adobe to surface Flash-based information, but the impact remains to be seen, Fox said. She added she has not been able to get examples of how many more pages can be indexed via the project.
"It could be a large impact or it also could be really small," said Fox. There are ecommerce sites based on Flash technology that now could make their content more visible, according to Fox.
"The idea of this is that search engines will now be able to extract the text and the link," but information maintained only in videos will still be invisible, she said. Video search capabilities could be added at some point, Everett-Church said.
"I do think developers who are implementing Flash on their site probably still need to pay attention to search engine optimization," Fox said. Adobe's effort probably will not fix all the current issues, she said.
Google and Yahoo, in prepared statements, both espoused purported benefits of the endeavor.
"Google has been working hard to improve how we can read and discover SWF files," said Bill Coughran, Google senior vice president of engineering. "Through our recent collaboration with Adobe, we now can help Web site owners that choose to design sites with Adobe Flash software by indexing content better."
"Yahoo is committed to supporting webmaster needs with plans to support searchable SWF and is working with Adobe to determine the best possible implementation," said Sean Suchter, vice president of Yahoo Search technology engineering.
While Adobe is working with Google and Yahoo initially, plans call for eventually making the new search capability available to benefit all content publishers, developers, and end-users, the company said.
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Robot Learns to Use Tools
Published on June 30th, 2008.
By shoving objects around on a table, UMan figures out how they work.Filled under Infotech, latest news. No Comments.
Penguin-Recognition Software
Published on June 30th, 2008.
Remote cameras and software could be a boon to threatened-species monitoring.Filled under Infotech, latest news. No Comments.
FBI Illegally Tapped Phone Phreaks In 1969
Published on June 30th, 2008.
xmedar writes "In his talks about the history of Apple, Woz has often recounted how the 1971 Esquire article 'Secrets of the Little Blue Box' set him on the road to phone phreaking. Now someone has obtained the FBI file of one of the phreaks, Joe Engressia (who later changed his name to Joybubbles), via Freedom of Information requests. The file reveals that Engressia was illegally wiretapped by the FBI and the phone company back in 1969. J. Edgar Hoover considered the blind college student a national security risk and wrote a memo about him to John Ehrlichman."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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FBI Illegally Tapped Phone Phreaks In 1969
Published on June 30th, 2008.
xmedar writes "In his talks about the history of Apple, Woz has often recounted how the 1971 Esquire article 'Secrets of the Little Blue Box' set him on the road to phone phreaking. Now someone has obtained the FBI file of one of the phreaks, Joe Engressia (who later changed his name to Joybubbles), via Freedom of Information requests. The file reveals that Engressia was illegally wiretapped by the FBI and the phone company back in 1969. J. Edgar Hoover considered the blind college student a national security risk and wrote a memo about him to John Ehrlichman."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Nikon D700 presentation video revealed early, it’s very nice
Published on June 30th, 2008.
Filed under: Digital Cameras
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A Review of the EGold Payment Processor
Published on June 30th, 2008.
There are numerous methods of online payments available for people everywhere. These have been created at first to suit certain types of customers and afterwards have developed and widened the variety of their customers. eGold is one of the most popular and trustworthy online method of payment that people from numerous countries have adopted for sending and receiving payments through the internet.
The very feature that differentiates eGold from other payment methods is the fact the money transfers made through eGold are backed by real gold. This is a very important detail that is meant to bring more credit to this payment method. Many people that are using eGold have taken this detail into consideration and have considered it very trustworthy.
There are also other methods related to this payment service. They are the same reliable but the difference is that these are not backed by gold. They include other types of guarantees, such as silver, platinum or palladium but their efficiency is also given a lot of positive reviews.
eGold has brought a new type of guarantee for its payment services and that is why increasingly more people are adopting it as their basic method of sending or receiving money online. The payment services of this electronic currency are also guaranteed by a great experience that eGold Ltd. has gained during its banking activity from the past years.
Most of the reviews that eGold payment service has received from its customers take into consideration the most important aspects and details of money transfer. Hence, it is a reliable, trustworthy money transfer method and it also functions very fast and efficiently.
The fees of the banking operations are also low for this payment service and the satisfaction of using them for different payment or pay procedures is guaranteed by a great experience in the field and also by the gold that this payment service is based on. There is also a great transparency when choosing to transfer or receive money online by eGold.
Taking that into consideration we may consider that this payment service offers many advantages and among these you may also observe the great transparency of the service. When you are transferring or receiving money by this method you are always notified by the steps and details of your transaction. This helps you stay informed and also helps eGold gain more credit and be more trustworthy for its customers.
All these details and the numerous other advantages that this transaction method offers are meant to ease the online banking processes and to give the company more credibility in front of its customers. By consulting the information available on the central site of eGold.
You are likely to find the details and features of this payment opportunity and also to get familiar with the policy, terms and conditions of eligibility to transfer o receive money through eGold. The trustworthiness of this method has brought many clients to this service and their satisfaction has been stated in their positive reviews on eGold.
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ACCC puts Telstra on notice over service connection times
Published on June 30th, 2008.
The ACCC has detected significantly poorer performance from Telstra in the time taken to connect new end user services for wholesale customers compared to retail customers, and says it will...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
How To Get The Cellphone Ringtones You Want
Published on June 30th, 2008.
There’s no doubt that cellphone ringtones have become one of the latest crazes in the technology world. With practically every new cellphone that’s introduced having the ability to allow individuals to download pretty much any type of ringtone they want, what more could consumers want? On the other hand, there are plenty of issues that go along with placing ringtones on a mobile phone that could make it a lot easier. For example, the Apple iPhone is supposed to be the best cellphone when it comes to downloading songs and having them used as ringtones.
However, there’s a lot of controversy surrounding that phone simply because it’s only allowed by Apple on a certain network. Even though many people have recently discovered how to unlock the Apple iPhone, the issue is still there. So the simple question becomes about how one can get quality music ringtones quickly to their phone.
Create Ringtones Yourself: Many people are tired of waiting for cellphone companies to “approve” songs or music artists as ones in which they’ll allow in their official and safe-to-use ringtones list. However, there are several ways in which an individual can create ringtones without any help from the phone company. The simple way of doing this is to buy a cord for your phone, many of which are available for a very low cost on the Internet.
This will allow the phone to be plugged into the computer. One also simply needs a music program that will splice, dice, and reconfigure songs so that they can be chopped down to the exact size that can fit on a cellphone. All that one needs to do is transfer songs to their phone after it’s been made, and they can enjoy having them as ringtones for as long as they keep their phone.
There is also another important method of creating ringtones by oneself that individuals should know about. Usually these are costly services, but there are places to go on the internet that will allow you to repeat the process discussed in the previous paragraph. However, the only difference is that these companies will actually send the created ringtone to your phone instead of making you hook your cellphone up to the computer. This process is a whole lot easier, but as mentioned, can be costly.
Download Ringtones From Third Parties
Most every individual knows that cellphone service providers usually don’t have all that much of a selection of songs that can be used as ringtones. This is perhaps a big reason why there are many third party vendors that are willing to send you pre-made ringtones from the internet.
For example, there are some companies that will allow anyone to subscribe to their service in exchange for a small fee per month, and this service will allow individuals to enjoy a limited number of ringtones sent straight to their phone each and every month. Many people choose to get their cellphone ringtones in this way not only because it can be fun to do, but also because it’s much easier than either waiting for songs to be approved by a service provider or making the ringtones by oneself.
All things considered, one really has to wonder why cellphone service providers do make it difficult for individuals to get new ringtones delivered to their phone at a low cost. Nevertheless, there are many ways in which someone can directly bypass their own service provider and download or receive any music ringtone that he or she wants!
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How the new Digg Recommendation Engine works
Published on June 30th, 2008.
Filtering the 16,000 new entries on Digg every day is an impossible task, for a human. However, the Digg Recommendation Engine can do it for you by analysing your past...Filled under Information technology news - Search engines, latest news. No Comments.
Sony applies for “tactile pixel” haptic touchscreen patent
Published on June 30th, 2008.
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