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Web Audio

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

You can now put audio anywhere that you can put html code or even just a link to your .mp3 file will work.
So many uses, so many options. You have to admit, it’s really starting to show up everywhere. Don’t be left behind. The internet is changing so rapidly that, you’re either on top of […]

Slagitoff.co.uk for Frustrated ebayers

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Get it off your chest - That’s the message from the latest internet
forum www.slagitoff.co.uk
Put together with the aim of relieving stressed out, office bound web
surfers and frustrated ebayers the site allows members to “get things off their chest”.
“Many people have stressful jobs and lifestyles these days” reckon the
creators of the site. www.SlagItOff.co.uk […]

Phony jobs websites closed

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Canada’s Competition Bureau says it has shut down two Edmonton-based websites that duped job seekers around the world with promises of lucrative salaries, but oilcareer.com is already back online and open for business.
A Google search for “oilcareer” leads to countless allegations of fraud from people saying they paid hundreds of dollars for services they […]

Ireland’s entrepreneurs switch on to eBay

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

LUZERNTECH is one of a growing number of Irish companies that carry out most of their business on global auction site eBay, writes Joe Brennan.
The Blanchardstown-based firm, set up in 2002 by Ken Doyle, former general manager at Marconi Ireland, with partners Shane Manton and Patrick Sherlock, sells new and refurbished consumer electronics such as […]

Salesforce.com under threat ?

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

Oracle, the US software and database giant, has a tried and tested policy for dealing with uppity rivals: it buys them.
Size is not an issue. Huge firms like Peoplesoft and Siebel have all succumbed to Oracle’s advances.
So will Salesforce.com - challenger not just to Oracle, but SAP and Microsoft as well - be the next […]

Amazon direct from your mobile

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

The company behind Mobile Auctions for eBay has launched a new service that allows you to check prices on Amazon from your mobile phone.
Users can easily browse Amazon, check prices, availability, postage and buyer product ratings. At the press of a button they can add the item to their shopping basket or to their wishlist […]

Convicted data thief gets eight years

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

A bulk e-mailer who looted more than a billion records with personal information from a data warehouse has been sentenced to eight years in prison, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Scott Levine, 46, was sentenced by a federal judge in Little Rock, Ark., after being found guilty of breaking into Acxiom’s servers and downloading gigabytes of data […]

Apple teases launch of mysterious, ‘fun’ products

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

Apple Computer confirmed on Tuesday that it plans to introduce some “fun new products” next week, but declined to say more about what those products might be.
In an e-mail sent to journalists, the company merely said the invited scribes should come to Apple’s Cupertino, Calif., headquarters next Tuesday to learn more.
“Come see some […]

Microsoft reveals piracy battle plan for the UK

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

Microsoft has launched a campaign targeting software piracy in the UK. Called ‘Keep IT Real’, the campaign aims to reduce the UK piracy level for Windows by five per cent to 11.7 per cent within three years. The company says its goal would help the UK economy.
“Keep IT Real will help us to address the […]

New layout

Monday, February 20th, 2006

I was getting tired of the old layout, and it had some usability problems. After a few hours of tweaking things, I have created a layout that looks a bit nicer. It has a sky-blue theme, and I moved things around in the code so I can make new color schemes easily. I replaced the Feedburner icon with the one from Firefox (and now IE 7). The tabs now have room across the whole page header, which should fix some problems for people viewing with low resolutions. The new logo has a slight cloudy sky appearance.

Now I would like to find a way to implement faux columns. The 2 columns not being the same height bothers me. I changed some things in the forums, and took out some old code. The forums need a lot more work though.