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Fasticon released a package of 10 freeware “circular” Web 2 Social Bookmarks icons for use in blogs, websites, desktops, softwares. The Linux version includes .PNG files sized from 512X512 to 16X16 pixels. Great for Bloggers. The pack contains Blinklist, Delicious, Digg, Flickr, Furl, Magnolia, Newsvine, Reddit, Stumbleupon, Technorati icons.

Social Bookmark Icons is available for download as standard Mac or Windows icons as well as a handy PNG files for Linux, web or blogs.

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• Google Bookmarks Button - Adds a new button in the Firefox toolbar to manage the Google Bookmarks.
• Add Bookmark Here 2 - Adds a ‘Add Bookmark’ menu to your menubar.
• Bookmark Sync - Lets you connect to an FTP server to sync up your bookmarks.
• Boox - Adds enhanced functions to the Bookmarks sidebar.
• Foxmarks - Most popular bookmark synchronizing extension. Only syncs bookmarks.
• Google Bookmarks Menu - Adds a Google Bookmarks Menu to your menu bar.
• Google Browser Sync - Syncs your various computers Firefox browsers. Includes all bookmarks, cookies and will restore last web session.

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If you are using the default Windows Vista start menu, you will be surprised to see the lack of the commonly used Run command option. The newly designed start menu almost hides this feature. Fortunately, you can enable it yourselves.

Here is how to enable it:

1. Right Click Start Menu and select properties.
2. In Start Menu tab, you will see a button for customization.
3. Click on it and scroll through for the “Run command” check box.
4. Select it and click Okay.

Now you have the restored Run command on lower right hand corner of start menu.

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Mozilla Labs released Personas for Firefox.

Personas for Firefox is a extension that adds lightweight theming to your browser.

Personas is a prototype that builds upon the ideas that:

* themes today are too hard to find, install and use
* graphic designers should be able to style the browser without having to code
* browsers can be more than just desktop software, they can include online components
* people just want their computer to be a little more fun and personal

Features

* You can select a Persona from the dynamic menus and see results instantly without having to discover, select, download or install a separate bit of software or code.
* Personas can be added, removed or updated by their designers at any time, without requiring a software update.

Get Personas for Firefox

• Install Now for Firefox 2.0.0.* - 3.0b2pre, Windows/Mac/Linux
  Compatible with the default themes that ship with Firefox

Get Firefox | Install Personas

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Fifth Doodle from Google for this year Holiday Session from Google.

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Here is fourth Doodle from Google for this year Holiday Session from Google

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Know more about Google Doodles or Holiday Logos here.

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All popular websites are celebrates this Season's Greetings with special Doodles on their homepage. Last month all websites are celebrates Halloween with special doodles. As like every year Google changing their doodle daily.

Today Special Doodle from Orkut:
Special Doodle from Yahoo:More doodles are coming on next few days for this Holidays. I think Gmail, Youtube, Aol & Technorati will change their logo for this holiday.

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Yesterday I posted the Happy holidays from Google I doodle. Today Google celebrates this Season's Greetings with special Doodles on their homepage. More Doodles are coming on next few days for this Holidays.

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When the special day come, Google usually creating and displaying new logos on its search home page. Here is Today's logo in Google Homepage.

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Firefox 3 beta 2 is available for download and testing purposes. Firefox 3 Beta 2 includes approximately 900 improvements over the previous beta, including fixes for stability, performance, memory usage, platform enhancements and user interface improvements. Many of these improvements were based on community feedback from the previous beta.

Some of the improvements :

• Clicking on the favicon now gives information on the site owner
• Firefox now informs anti-virus software when downloading executable files
• Better password management
• Download manager further improved from beta 1
• Resumable downloading (there is a God after all)
• Text selection improvements (word by word, paragraph, multiple text selection)
• Better integration with Vista, Mac and Linux
• Single-click bookmark adding
• Web applications, such as Gmail, can now handle mailto: links
• Major architectural changes which should result in a speedier performance
• 300 memory leaks plugged (a very important fix that should hopefully reduce those slowdowns to a distant memory)

Download: Beta | Firefox 2 | Web

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Every internet user needs a decent firewall.

Windows XP and higher has a respectable firewall, but it can be improved upon. Luckily there’s a good free one in PC Tools Firewall Plus from the makers of Spyware Doctor.

PC Tools Firewall Plus is a powerful free personal firewall for Windows® that protects your computer by preventing unauthorized users from gaining access to your computer through the Internet or a network. By monitoring applications that connect to the network Firewall Plus can stop Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers and other malware from damaging your computer and stealing your private information.

It’s compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista.

More: PC Tools Firewall Plus

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The beautiful dFlover is a 2 column wordpress themes is originally created by DezinerFolio. And Jackbook.com converted into Blogger Templates. Also he named it as Flower blogger template. This template is very suitable for personal as well as professional blog. Check it in jackbook.com and follow the guidelines before install.

Via | Wordpress Theme | Blogger Theme Demo | Download

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The “Christmas Social Bookmark Icons”, a collection of 17 freeware icons in iPhone-like style, includes icons for Blinklist, BlogMarks, Delicious, Digg, Facebook, Feeds, Flickr, Furl, Magnolia, Mister-Wong, Netvibes, Newsvine, Reddit, Stumbleupon, Ta-Da List, Technorati and You Tube. All icons are sized from 512X512 to 16X16 pixels.

Christmas Social Bookmark Icons is available for download as standard Mac or Windows icons as well as a handy PNG files for Linux, web or blogs.

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Last week Google announced that they are adding several updates to Google Analytics including the ability to graph multiple data points at once, ga.js tracking, and six new languages.

The major addition is the comparative reporting. Users can now choose two metrics and compare them on a graph. For example, visits can be compared against bounce rates. There are 25 metrics that may be compared to one another. Currently, the reporting feature only allows for two metrics to be compared.

Also, Google recommends you update your “urchin.js” JavaScript page code with the the new code that is located by going to the Website Profiles page, click “Edit” on the desired profile, then, “Check Status”. They state the the immediate benefit of installing the new code is the ability to track e-commerce transactions.

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ClamWin is a Free Antivirus program for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and 2003.

ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge. It features:

* High detection rates for viruses and spyware;
* Scanning Scheduler;
* Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.
* Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
* Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.

The latest version of Clamwin Free Antivirus is 0.91.2

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I redesigned my blog today. Because I have faced some problem with my old blogger template. When I try to rearrange my page elements I am getting a error message as follows

“We’re sorry, but we were unable to complete your request.

When reporting this error to Blogger Support or on the Blogger Help Group, please:

Describe what you were doing when you got this error. Provide the following error code and additional information.
bX-xu1zoq
Additional information
blogID:
host: www.blogger.com
uri: /rearrange

This information will help us to track down your specific problem and fix it! We apologize for the inconvenience.”

If anyone knows the solution for FTW 3 column blogger template pls help me. Because I like the template very much and I feel its very suitable for my blog. And also the home page size was more then 100 kb . The recommend maximum size for homepage is 80 kb. Blog size does not matter I can reduce the size by removing some codes.

Today I installed this new blog template. I like this blog design, Color & Font. But I dont like the date format used in this template. Also I want two sidebar in this template (I am working on this).

Another news is I am planning to create a blogger template. Soon I will create my own template and I will use the same for my blog. Don't worry I will also give the template for free download. Hope all these activities to be finished before this month/year .

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Microsoft opens @live.com email registration some months ago. But it is not worked for me. Because it was only available from us locations.
And now Microsoft enable @live.in email id for Indian. If you want @live.in email id go to sign up page and click on "Get it" button. Choose live.in from drop down box(default is live.in).

Feel free to get your new Windows Live ID and get the @live.in email address you always wanted but couldn’t have until now!

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Now it is easy to find the Gmail contacts in Orkut. Orkut added a new feature to automatically find the Gmail contacts in Orkut. To find your find you just need to click one button only.

How to find Gmail contacts friends in Orkut

1. Login into Orkut with your Gmail ID
2. In Orkut home page or friends page the new feature "Find friends" is available in left side bar. Click on the find now to get the list.
3. Orkut will display the list of friends who all are already signed up in orkut. And also not in your Orkut friends list.

If any profile found you can easily invite them to add in your friends list.

[Via: Orkut blog]

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Blogger has added OpenID commenting for BlogSpot. Now if someone is using AOL or LiveJournal or Wordpress, he is allowed to comment using his identity from these publishing services.
OpenID commenting is now live for all Blogger users, not just Draft users. A few updates with this release:

• OpenID icons now appear on Post Pages in addition to comment.g; they have their own CSS class (openid-comment-icon) in case you'd like to customize their display
  
• Nicknames with "www" in their URLs are now correctly parsed
• Comments from Blogger/Google accounts now have the Blogger favicon

If your blog allows anonymous comments, OpenID-signed comments are enabled by default. Otherwise, you can turn on OpenID signed comments by restricting your Who Can Comment? setting to Registered Users - includes OpenID. This will exclude anonymous commenters.

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Google Notebook launched a new blog at http://googlenotebookblog.blogspot.com/

Hello, loyal Notebook fans! As Notebook evolves, we're staying up to speed on your thoughts by reading your blog posts. Now, we're pleased to introduce a blog of our own so that you can keep up with news and tips about Notebook.

[Via: Official Notebook Blog]

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Google today celebrates Saint Lucy’s Day.

Saint Lucy's Day is the Church feast day holiday dedicated to St. Lucy and is observed on December 13. It marks, together with Advent, the beginning of the Christmas season. Traditionally an important feast day in all of Western Christendom, it now retains traditional forms of celebration mainly in Scandinavia, parts of the United States and southern Europe. [Wikipedia]

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Google Talk Gadget now allows user to change their avatars directly from web camera. It is very simple just follow these steps to change your GTalk picture

• Click this button to launch Google Talk Gadget.

• Click on your avatar to change. Small popup window will show the list of the default avatars avail in Talk Gadget.
• Click Take photo as shown in picture

• Now Click "Take Photo" Button to capture image from Webcam.

• Click Save. Done! Now you will get your photo as Google Talk Picture.

[Via: Google Talkabout ]

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Aerox is Windows Vista visual style. It is one of the best visual styles for Windows.


This theme is only for Windows Vista. If you you are using Windows Vista then try here.

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nDesign-Studio.com has released a Christmas Holiday Icons pack. The pack included 49 icons in various formats: GIF, PNG, ICO, and vector EPS. It is free. You can use them for any purpose — commercial or personal. Only restriction is you can not resell/redistribute them.
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Messenger Plus! Live is an add-on for Windows Live Messenger (WLM) which adds lots of features and extras that make your instant messenger easier, more useful or just tons more entertaining.

The latest version 4.50 released on December 9th 2007. This new version is compatible with WLM 8.5 and WLM 9.0 Beta. New features of Messenger Plus! live are

• Full WLM 8.5 Compatibility, Beta Support for WLM 9.0
• Messenger Skins Revamped!
• Better Windows Vista Integration
• New Modes for Contact List Clean Up, Including “Which Contacts Have Me”
• New Auto Accept Filters Available for “Send Webcam” and “View Webcam”
• Tabs have been reprogrammed to better improve user experience
• The Log Viewer has had Several Improvements including a Print Preview button
• Lots of Bug Fixes
  

And it's all free. You can download Messenger Plus! Live directly from Website

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Earlier this year YouTube launched a pilot of the YouTube Partner Program, to enabling some of the most popular and prolific original content creators within the YouTube community to earn money from their videos.
Today YouTube expanding the YouTube Partner Program. Now, anyone living in the United States or Canada can apply to become a partner at www.youtube.com/partners.

The YouTube Partner Program allows “independent video creators and media companies” to have a share of the advertising revenue generated from their videos hosted on YouTube.

Who qualifies for partnership?

• You create original videos suitable for online streaming.
• You own the copyrights and distribution rights for all audio and video content that you upload -- no exceptions.
• You regularly upload videos that are viewed by thousands of YouTube users.
• You live in the United States or Canada.
  

If you think you meet all the criteria above and feel like earning a few extra dollars from YouTube, you can apply for the program here.

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Google launched Gmail in 2004 after hearing one frustrated emailer's story. Many years and iterations later, Gmail team is still open to listening to your stories and feature suggestion/improvements.

Now Gmail inviting you to share yours with the world. All you need is a video camera and a great story. Feel free to get creative with special effects or choreography or just tell it like it is. Just make sure it's 30 seconds or less and submit your video by December 31st, 2007. Go to http://gmail.com/yourstory to find directions on how to submit yours.

[Via: Gmail Blog]

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Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser that makes browsing more efficient than ever before. Firefox includes pop-up blocking; a tab-browsing; integrated Google searching; simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively; a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser; and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.

Additional features include:

* Live Bookmarks - RSS integration lets you read the latest news headlines and read updates to your favorite sites that are syndicated.
* Extensions - Small add-ons that add new functionality to your Mozilla program.
* Themes - Allows you to change the way your Mozilla program looks with new graphics and colors.
* Privacy and Security - Built with your security in mind, Firefox keeps your computer safe from malicious spyware by not loading harmful ActiveX controls.
* Plugins - Programs that allow websites to provide content to you and have it appear in your browser.

Get Mozilla Firefox with Google toolbar for the best experience you can have on the web. Download the latest version from below.

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Can't use gmail chat? Don't have time to install Gtalk? Want a simple solution? Then try using gTalk from your sidebar!

Just found this cool addon which adds a GTalk sidebar in your Mozilla Firefox browser and you can browse the web as usual while chatting with your friends.

To open either press alt+G, the icon or the entry in the view sidebar menu.

Install | Web | [Via : Firefox Add-ons]

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The official website of Wordpress already released some data on the new version of Wordpress, version 2.4 is expected to completed by January 24, 2008. Among the new features are:

• The redesign of administration panel.
• Widget-based administration panel.
• The ability to ctrl+z (undo) in comment editing.
• System search for both posts and pages.
  

[via: Wordpress]

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Google just launched another new feature in Gmail. You can now chat with your buddies on AIM in Gmail Chat. To use this feature click on options link in chat module of Gmail and select sign in to AIM, AIM login will popup. Once you login all your AIM friends will be populated to your friends list and you can start chatting with them. You will get Aim icon in the right side of user name for AIM users as shown in the image.

Here's more about AIM in Gmail:

• Signing in and out
• Chatting with someone
• Keeping contacts visible in the chat list
• Changing which AIM screen name you sign in with
• Does Google store my AIM password?

Gmail Blog | Gmail Help | Google Blog | What's New on Gmail

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Gmail has added colored labels. Now, instead of just seeing the text of a label, you'll see the label in color (Like folder). You can use either white text on the selected color or colored text on a lighter background of the same color.

GMail Help | GMail Blog

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Just four days after releasing of Firefox 2.0.0.10. Mozilla released another version of Firefox 2.0.0.11. the release notes shows the major changes only. Latest release corrects a compatibility issue with some websites and extensions discovered in Firefox 2.0.0.10.

The new version of Firefox is available for free download on the Mozilla Web site.

Download| Release Notes | Home Page

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Lot of resources available in net to design a wordpress theme. But, I feel Deziner Folio tutorial for developing a wordpress theme is very useful and simple.

Place: Developing a Wordpress Theme

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