How To Increase Traffic to Your Blog

11 02 2008

One important topic for blog owners is how to increase traffic, which is easier than it seems, once you know how. In this article, we cover 7 specific methods of increasing traffic to your blog. By Terry Detty. 1105

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Mac OS X (Leopard) 10.5.2 Update Released

11 02 2008

Now available via Software Update:The 10.5.2 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.

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iTunes connection Solutions

10 02 2008

Having problems connecting to the iTunes Store? Having problem authorizing your computer to play music? If you answered yes to any one of those questions, then read on for the solutions to fix each problem. First if you have not, try my first possible solution to error 9808 following this link. If that solution does not do the trick for you then follow along for another solution. First close iTunes if you have it open right now. Then go to C:/Documents and Settings/username/Local Settings/Application Data/Apple Computer/iTunes. Delete or cut the preferences.xml file which contains your iTunes preferences. Then go to C:/Documents and Settings/username/Application Data/Apple Computer/iTunes and delete or move the preferences.xml file. For Mac users, there is only one file you must delete or move a to a new location and is located at User > Library > Preferences > com.apple.itunes.plist. Restart iTunes and it will recreate those two (or one) files with the default settings. Feel free to set your preferences back to what they were and then connect to the iTunes store and enjoy! :) If there are any other solutions and or recommendations about this solution, feel free to post them in the comments section.



Bluetooth to Use Wi-Fi for Faster Data Transfers

10 02 2008

Wired.com reports “Bluetooth could get a lot faster next year by piggybacking on Wi-Fi technology already built into many gadgets, making it easier to transfer large amounts of music between computers and cell phones.”

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Yahoo’s Board REJECTS Microsoft takeover Offer!

10 02 2008

Board members concluded the unsolicited $44.6 billion offer massively undervalues the Web pioneer, a person familiar with the situation told the newspaper.

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iTunes Error -9808

9 02 2008

When trying to connect to the iTunes Store this afternoon, I could not connect and I got an error from iTunes stating that my connection timed out and that there was an unknown error -9808. So I did a bit of Googling and came up with a few solutions. First you could try to fix your internet settings if you are running Windows XP. Go to Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > Advanced, make sure that SSL 3.0 is checked and TLS 1.0 is checked. Also under Security make sure that the “Check for server certificate revocation (requires restart)” is unchecked. Then click ok and fire up iTunes. This solution worked for me and it may or may not work for you. What is your solution for solving this widespread itunes problem?



Yahoo may consider Google alliance over Microsoft

9 02 2008

Yahoo Inc would consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo’s strategy said on Sunday.

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Wine 0.9.55 Released

9 02 2008

What’s new in this release: Direct3D improvements, including driver version emulation; Beginnings of support for OLE objects in Richedit; Several fixes to the animation control; A bunch of fixes for regression test failures; Lots of bug fixes.

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50 Proprietary Programs We All Hate–and the OS Alternatives

9 02 2008

It’s not the price of the software that makes the real difference (although it’s a reason to migrate from one software to another for many people); it’s the idea that proprietary software comes with boundaries that keep the user experience confined to… well, being the user. Here are 50 commonly used programs that have open source alternatives.

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Safari on Mac OS is about to get a speedboost

9 02 2008

ComputerWorld reports that the new nightly version of Safari for Mac is super fast compared to the regular Safari shipped with Leopard.