Archive for June 16th, 2009
Jun
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Nofollow links definitely don’t pass PageRank. Over the years, I’ve seen a few corner cases where a nofollow link did pass anchortext, normally due to bugs in indexing that we then fixed. The essential thing you need to know is that nofollow links don’t help sites rank higher in Google’s search results. I pretty much let
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Jun
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Apple released security update for its Java vulnerability effecting OS Xs users running 10.5.7 and later and for those on 10.4.11 and later. This release of J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 supports all Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs. Java SE 6 is available on 64-bit, Intel-based Macs only.
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Jun
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Another decision-making tool or search engine is in town, called “Hunch” that after asking you 10 questions or less, will provide you result for decisions of every kind- based on the collective knowledge of the entire Hunch community. Hunch gets smarter as users answer questions, and learns more about them. Hunch questions basied on: First, it tries to find a question which’ll discriminate well
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Jun
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Matt Cutts answered a few new questions from the Grab Bag, a great example of whitehat linkbait:
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Jun
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Nvidia announced five new mainstream GeForce 200M series GPUs based on TSMC's 40nm process, support for DirectX 10.1 and GDDR5. The GeForce G210M features 16 stream processors running at 1,500MHz and a 64-bit memory interface, 14W thermal design power operates at 625MHz, while 512MB of GDDR3 memory runs at 1,600MHz. Next two, GeForce GT 230M and GT 240M, features 48 stream processors running at 1,100MHz and 1,210MHz respectively. Core
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Jun
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A promotional Bing vehicle being spotted in Redmond, show a truck with what appears to be a gigantic screen displaying a live Bing traffic map, to help people decide whether to take I-90 or the 520 Bridge home from work. The truck uses the phrase "Bing & Decide," the same
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Jun
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MapQuest launched an MapQuest4Mobile app for iPhones that offers a rich environment with innovative new features through personalization “MyPlaces” and customization “place widgets”, as well as PC-mobile integration. Directions, including multipoint routing, are well executed. Users can easily change the order of several stops on a multipoint trip by dragging one or more of those stops to a
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Jun
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On July 22nd, 2009, Microsoft's instant messaging client will celebrate its 10-year anniversary. Windows Live Messenger (called MSN Messenger back then) was released to the public on a warm, sunny Seattle day on July 22nd, 1999,” revealed Windows Live team. “With more than 330 million active users every month, Windows Live Messenger has grown quite
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Jun
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A small and efficient (C++) Twitter add-in for Windows Mobile 5/6 touchscreen PDA devices. Once installed, this adds a textbox to the Today screen of a Windows Mobile phone. To send a 'tweet', fill your text into the text box and hit 'OK'. Tap on the twitter icon to launch the mobile
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Jun
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Every modern motherboard comes with an embedded Flash EEPROM module, otherwise known as the BIOS chip. Short for Basic Input Out System, this is the first bit of code executed when you boot your PC. Whatever your goal is, this is your go-to guide for everything you've ever wanted to know about the BIOS. If you’re
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Jun
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Photobucket Visual Search is a new Silverlight and Windows Live Services application that makes browsing through all those pictures a breezy experience. Photos can be shared instantly through Windows Live Messenger with a single click. Another click allows you to enter the photographer’s library or search for more pictures
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Jun
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Capturing Windows 7 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 images, but also client assessment, updating and deployment are tasks that can be performed with System Center Configuration Manager 2007. Via KB969991, Microsoft offering a hotfix to make SCCM 2007 RTM play nice with Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. “You’ve a computer running Vista SP2 or in Windows Server 2008 SP2.
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Jun
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Mac OS X is widely considered as the most secure operating system around. But is it really as secure as Apple and its supporters want us to believe? You might be surprised to know that Mac OS X isn't nearly as secure as the company want to believe us, said Roger Halbheer. Security researchers at
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Jun
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Microsoft is in fact weighting in on whether Windows 7 Build 7232 will be the RTM Escrow build of Windows Vista's successor, according to Wzor. The full build of the release is 6.1.7232.0.winmain.090610-0700, indicating that the code was compiled on June 10. Of course, there is no official confirmation
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Jun
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When you try to open the SCVMM 2008 console you may receive the following error message: The SQL Server service account does not have permission to access Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). To resolve this error, ensure that the dbo user in the MICROSOFT$VMM$ database has the role of db_owner selected OR that the account
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Random From The SCVMM 2008: Admin console may fail with permissions related error
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