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Technology News 31st March 2008

Posted in Technology by GauharJK on the March 31, 2008
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In this issue:
* Canadian ISPs Limiting Access To CBC Shows
* Amazon Insists Publishers Use Their On-Demand Printer
* Iceland Woos Data Centers As Power Costs Soar
* Swiss Bank Secrecy Under Renewed Attack
* Study Shows Males Commonly Mistake Sexual Intent
* China Could Be Another Hurdle In MS Yahoo Bid
* Stroustrup Says C++ Education Needs To Improve
* Record Setting Silicon Resonator Reaches 4.51 GHz
* 11-Year-Old Becomes Network Admin for Alabama School
* Practical Experience As a Beginning Programmer?
* Photoshop Express Terms of Use Cause Stir, Will Be Revised
* Newspapers Are Dying, Blog At 11
* Sony BMG Sued For Using Pirated Software
* Alternate Baseball Universes
* Comcast Puts the Screws To HDTV
* Hands-On With the Windows XP-Based Asus Eee PC
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Technology News March 28th 2008

Posted in Technology by GauharJK on the March 28, 2008
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* US Ignores Unwelcome WTO IP Rulings
* Rubik’s Cube Proof Cut To 25 Moves
* Roleplayers Seek Removal of Nerf Gun Ban
* Researchers Create a Protein Map of Human Spit
* What Spooks Microsoft’s Chief Security Advisor
* Safari 3.1 For Windows Violates Its Own EULA, Vulnerable To Hacks
* China to Use Silver Iodide & Dry Ice to Control the Weather
* Google Attempts to Allay US Privacy Fears
* SCO’s “Least Supported Idea Yet”
* Comcast Makes Nice with BitTorrent
* The Next Leap In Space Exploration
* Amazon EC2 Now More Ready for Application Hosting
* Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison
* OpenOffice.org 2.4 Released
* South Park To Be Available Online Free and Legal
* Space Tourism Industry Gains New Competitor
* China’s Battle to Police the Web
* Microsoft or Apple - Who Is the Faster Patcher?
* Adobe Puts Free Photoshop Online
* Peruvian Teachers Begin OLPC Training
* Large Hadron Collider Sparks ‘Doomsday’ Lawsuit
* Cassini ‘Tastes’ Organic Material at Enceladus
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Technology News 26th March 2008

Posted in Technology by GauharJK on the March 26, 2008
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In this issue:
* Ringside Networks To Unveil Social App Server
* The Death of Windows XP
* Cubicle Security For Laptops, Electronics?
* Programmer Buys Original Ada Lovelace Painting On eBay
* More Interest In Parallel Programming Outside the US?
* Bell Canada Throttles Wholesalers Without Notice
* Columbia Holds Wake For Historic Cyclotron
* FBI Looks Into Chinese Role in Darfur Site Hack
* Someday You’ll Hate Apple (And Google Too)
* Justice Dept. Approves XM/Sirius Merger
* Windows 7 Likely Going Modular, Subscription-based
* NVIDIA Quad SLI Disappoints
* Google Looks to “White Space” Spectrum
* To Search Smarter, Find a Person?
* ISO Miscounted Cuban OOXML Vote
* SCOTUS Asked To Decide On Legal Fees In RIAA Cases
* The Arthur C. Clarke Gamma Ray Burst
* Must a CD Cost $15.99?
* South African Minister Locks Horns With Microsoft
* China Unblocks the BBC (In English)
* Municipal WiFi Moves Ahead In Houston
* Long-Dead ORDB Begins Returning False Positives

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Technology News 2008-03-25

Posted in Technology by GauharJK on the March 25, 2008
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In this issue:
* Beer-Drinking Scientist Debunks Productivity Correlation
* A New Tool From Google Worries Brand-Name Sites
* Nuclear Scanning Catches a Radioactive Cat On I-5
* California Edges Toward Joining Real ID Revolt
* FCC to Investigate D-Block Auction
* From “Happy Hacking” to “Screw You”
* Fixing the Unfairness of TCP Congestion Control
* Seagate May Sue if Solid State Disks Get Popular
* Why Microsoft Won’t Have Blu-ray on the Xbox
* Does It Suck To Be An Engineering Student?
* Sun Turns to Lasers to Speed Up Computer Chips
* Another Web-Based Game Targeting Casual Gamers Launches
* Regular Expression Pocket Reference
* Hyper-Entangled Photons — ‘Superdense’ Coding Gets Denser
* Patriot Act Haunts Google Service
* Salasaga Fills Flash Creation Hole for Linux
* Graphene May be the New Silicon
* Mars Rovers Facing Budget Cuts

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How to get your Story on the Digg Front Page?

Posted in Technology by GauharJK on the January 22, 2008
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It has been reported by InformationPile.com, an article has appeared on TechCrunch, written by Muhammad Saleem.

The writer has briefly written about the phenomenal success of Digg, and some other Social Bookmarking sites.

So, what does it take to create a good story? What sort of stories see success on Digg?

I was very impressed by that article on TechCrunch. The writer has done a commendable job. Check out this article on

9 Reasons Why The Digg Story Sells