From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Is YouTube Coming to online gaming business?

YouTube
Is YouTube Coming to online gaming business?

Google’s intention is not clear about this patent submission yet. YouTube already offering annotation services on their hosted videos. Mashable believes, with the behavior described in this patent, you could create a game that jumps from video to video based on your responses or one that pauses the video and requires you to answer a question before resuming playback. It also has potential applications in advertising mechanics.

Twitter banned 370 easy to guess passwords… Try something new today!

Twitter
Twitter banned 370 easy to guess passwords... Try something new today!

Twitter has been suffering a lot; downtime and hacked account – everything is just becoming Twitter’s headache. Now Twitter has taken initiative to prevent users from using easy to hack passwords. You will find an arrow of passwords banned from Twitter’s signup page.

Wordpress 2.9 Now Available for Download

Wordpress
Wordpress 2.9 Now Available for Download

The latest version of the self-hosted version of WordPress (WordPress.org) – version 2.9 – has just been rolled out to users. This version has been “Carmen” in honor of magical jazz vocalist Carmen McRae. According to a blog post by Matt Mullenweg, founder of Wordpress, over 500 tickets, bugs, and enhancements have been addressed. Latest version came 6 months after it’s previous major version 2.8.

How To Take A Screenshot on an iPhone or iPod Touch?

Apple
How To Take A Screenshot on an iPhone or iPod Touch?

Here is a small tutorial on how to take screenshot on an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch. All these screenshots can be downloaded to desktop, email to or set mms to friends. All you required, an iPhone or iPod with latest version of firmware installed. Latest Firmware 3.x can be downloaded from Apple’s Downloads section and install via iTunes.

Who is The Daddy of Twitterati?

Twitter
Who is The Daddy of Twitterati?

The ULTIMATE question is who is the Most Influential personality rocking Twitter world? INQ Mobile has just released their 2009 Twitter influence study, determining the most influential Twitter users in both the UK and the world. Guess what? Neither Oprah nor Ashton is in the leading place. It’s Mashable founder Pete Cashmore rocks both Lists.

[Thesis Customization] Placing Banner Advertisement In Wordpress Blog Header

Thesis Theme
[Thesis Customization] Placing Banner Advertisement In Wordpress Blog Header

In early days of using Thesis Theme for Wordpress Blog, I was facing a problem in positioning a banner advertisement at header. I found a temporary solution but when I tried to resize the window, advertisement was moving off from it’s position and messing up the whole layout. However, I kept experimenting on the same code and ultimately I fixed the problem.

Here Comes Google Dictionary… Is It The End of Dictionary.com?

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Here Comes Google Dictionary... Is It The End of Dictionary.com?

Till today, when we search any keyword phrase on Google, it shows the search result and at on the top right-hand corner it shows a definition link that takes searchers to Dictionary.com. I guess Dictionary.com received a huge traffic from Google and made huge money. Addition to that Dictionary.com is a Premium Adsense Publisher, as [...]