From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Happy 11th Birthday Google!

by Admin on September 27, 2009

Welcome back!

google_11th_bdayIt’s Google’s 11th Birthday, today, 27th September. To celebrate, Google has changed the logo with double “l”

Originally the search engine used the Stanford website with the domain google.stanford.edu. The domain google.com was registered on September 15, 1997. They formally incorporated their company, Google Inc., on September 4, 1998 at a friend’s garage in Menlo Park, California.

You can check more about Google’s history here.


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@Mentions are live on Facebook

by Admin on September 15, 2009

There was a post on Facebook’s Blog recently mentioning that Facebook would soon be launching @Mentions like Twitter. Facebook enabled this functionality to its users yesterday.

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Now, when you type a status update and type ‘@,’ an auto-updating drop-down menu with the names of your Facebook friends will appear. While users could always write the name of their friends in a status update, these names are now linked to a user’s profile.

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Whenever somebody tags you in a status update, a notification will appear. For now, however, there is no place where you can easily find all the updates where somebody tagged you. It is also worth noting that while Twitter actually displays the @ symbol in status updates, Facebook just replaces it with the full name of the tagged person.

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Obviously, this now makes Facebook even more like Twitter than ever before. At the same time, though, this is also a very useful feature, as it allows your friends to easily head over to the profile of the friends you tagged in your updates. Facebook’s Twitter-like new Facebook Lite interface, however, doesn’t support @mentions, yet.


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$2.99 Domain on GoDaddy!

by Admin on September 13, 2009

Want some discount while purchasing .COM domains on GoDaddy?

Then you’re at the right place.

Coupon Code: 299BUYCOM

Using this coupon code, you can buy a .com domain on GoDaddy for just $2.99 (excluding ICANN fees).

NOTE: This coupon will work only for new customers, i.e. you need to sign up using a new GoDaddy account. The domain will cost you for total $3.17 (including taxes & ICANN fees).


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Mozilla updates Firefox to 3.5.3

by Admin on September 11, 2009

Mozilla Fixes Security & Stability Issues

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Mozilla fixes several security and stability issues in this release. There’s nothing terribly exciting in this release, but it’s always good to make sure you’re using the most stable and secure release, so go to Help -> Check for Updates to upgrade to 3.5.3.

You can download the latest stable version here.


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TweetDeck v0.30 launched

by Admin on September 11, 2009

TweetDeck Beta got an update recently. TweetDeck is a successful Twitter desktop client. This release of TweetDeck brings your friends even closer than before. You can fully manage your Facebook wall and pages and MySpace integration is available as well.

You can now update your status and mood on Facebook, keep up-to-date with your friends on MySpace, make comments, view photos, videos, events and applications using on MySpace using TweetDeck.

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What’s new in v0.30?

MySpace Integration, Improved Facebook Integration

Full Powered Facebook

Your Facebook Friend’s feed appears as a separate column in TweetDeck. You are able to comment on them from TweetDeck now. Besides you will also notice whether someone commented on your or your friend’s updates and you are able to reply instantly. Of course indicating that you like an update is as simple as well. Just click the thumb up.

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TweetDeck befriends MySpace

Update your MySpace status and mood from TweetDeck.  Keep your finger on the pulse with new MySpace columns to stay up-to-date with your friends’ status and moods, comments on your profile and view the full activity stream choc full of photos, events, videos and apps. I personally don’t use MySpace much, so I haven’t yet tried it with TweetDeck.

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Improved Image Uploading with Drag and Drop

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Showing what you’re up to is also a whole lot easier. Simply drag and drop photos into TweetDeck to post to Facebook or Twitter.  There’s also a little preview so you can make sure you’re sharing the right photos. :p

And there are many more features released with this update of TweetDeck. You can check them all.

You can download TweetDeck here.

Happy Tweeting.

-Mahesh.


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Many of you may be knowing that changing Wordpress login username is one of the ways to protect your Wordpress blog. After a fresh install of Wordpress on your host, you sign in with the default username “admin“. You cannot change this username directly from the Admin panel.

But don’t worry! There’s another way to change this username. It’s through phpMyAdmin. This is not a new hack/method. But, it’s quite useful from security point of view, esp. for Wordpress newbies.

Following are the steps to change Wordpress username through phpMyAdmin:

Step 1: Login to your phpMyAdmin using your SQL Database username and password

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This can be done through cPanel of your host.

Step 2: Browse to your blog’s database

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Step 3: Find wp_users:

(Edit the default WordPress table prefix “wp_” if needed)

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Once you click on browse in your wp_users database, you will be shown the users on this blog. Scroll down to the ID which says user_login as admin(by default). Once there click on edit button, the edit button will appear as a pencil logo.

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Step 4: Edit the values:

Once clicked on edit, you will be taken to a page that appears as below. Here the second field user_login will have admin under the value column. Change this from admin to anything you prefer.

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Once done with the change save and click go on the page.

There we have changed the WordPress user from the default admin to something we prefer. This is one way to ensure your WordPress blog is one step secure than it was before.

Happy Blogging.


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Google’s Orkut gets a new Favicon

by Admin on September 4, 2009

Google.com’s social networking site Orkut has a new favicon!

I don’t use Orkut much, but when I logged in today I found out that its favicon has been updated.

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The new favicon is more glossy and brighter than the earlier one. So go on and check it out : orkut favicon

Happy Social Networking.

-Mahesh.


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Namecheap.com Coupon Code – September 2009

by Admin on September 3, 2009

Here is the coupon code for NameCheap.com for September 2009.

Coupon Code: DREAMTIME – $8.81 domain name registration at Namecheap.


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