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Technology Newsfeeds for 1/6/2009

Website Excavator 7.1.0 (Windows)
Search Web pages, enumerate, and download resources. Follow the initial Web pages to make a spread-search. Search efficiency will be improved greatly through the filtering of webpage address if you know the basic structure of a Web site. Each task can process 300 resources.
Absolute Sound Recorder 3.7.3 (Windows)
Absolute Sound Recorder lets you record sound from a microphone, line-in audio, streaming audio from the Internet, or music played by Winamp, Windows Media Player, QuickTime, RealPlayer, Flash, and games, without losing any quality. It supports MP3, WMA, and WAV output formats. It also features support for a built-in player...
Website Layout Maker 2.48 (Windows)
You can create a Web site quickly and easily with Website Layout Maker. Just drag and drop layouts for creating a Web site. The created site is fully div-tag-based. It provides three stages, Theme, Layout, and Element. You can use all these stages with practical page preview. The Web site...
SpellbookMaster 2.1 (Mac)
During those intense roleplaying sessions it is all too easy to lose time browsing through the big, hardcover books looking for spell descriptions. SpellbookMaster makes it easy to find spells fast. Search spells by name, class, level, domain and more. Create spell collections by dragging spells from the list...
DeepTrawl 2.0.4 (Windows)
DeepTrawl is an application which takes the headache out of finding Web site errors. Without DeepTrawl, keeping your Web site error free is a laborious manual process of checking for dead links, spell checking static and dynamic content, validating your html page by page to insure browser compatibility and many...
Website Excavator 7.0.9 (Windows)
Search Web pages, enumerate, and download resources. Follow the initial Web pages to make a spread-search. Search efficiency will be improved greatly through the filtering of webpage address if you know the basic structure of a Web site. Each task can process 300 resources.
Top US domains by traffic in October 2008
Rank Website Market Share 1. www.google.com 6.17% 2. mail.yahoo.com 4.7% 3. www.myspace.com 3.91% 4. www.yahoo.com 3.78% 5. mail.live.com 1.94% 6. www.ebay.com 1.56% 7. search.yahoo.com 1.49% 8. www.facebook.com 1.24% 9. www.msn.com 1.17% ...
Blueball Trifecta 1.0 (Mac)
Our pro Blueball Trifecta Designs bundle gives you a true 3-column design layout for your Sandvox site for the first time ever in any Sandvox design! Plus you also get an optional 2nd custom image location in the top of the right hand column area! The Blueball Trifecta designs feature...
Human hair to feed plants?
You all know that agricultural crop production relies on fertilizers, such as composted waste materials. But I bet you wouldn't have thought to add human hair to animal manure to produce better and greener fertilizers. Yet, a study done by Mississippi State University researchers has shown that human hair, 'combined...
Rename Master 2.9.2 Build 2203 (Windows)
Rename Master is a FREE utility for renaming large groups of files with a few clicks. Anyone that has worked with websites, file archives, or collections of music, videos, or pictures has probably spent way too much time renaming hundreds of files.This utility will add, remove, or replace parts of...
Avant Browser 11.7 build 21 (Windows)
Avant Browser allows users to browse multiple Web sites simultaneously and to block all unwanted pop-up pages and Flash ads automatically. The integrated cleaner helps users clear all traces and maintain privacy. The built-in Yahoo and Google search engines enable users to search for Web pages, images, groups, directories, lyrics,...
Website Excavator 7.0.7 (Windows)
Search Web pages, enumerate, and download resources. Follow the initial Web pages to make a spread-search. Search efficiency will be improved greatly through the filtering of webpage address if you know the basic structure of a Web site. Each task can process 300 resources.
Ocean science may hold key to predicting our future climate
A new assessment from NOAA indicates that while human activity and greenhouse gases may be altering the earth climate, to be able to predict future regional climate we will need to understand the oceans better. Said a NOAA scientist: "Improving predictions of regional sea-surface temperatures will be...
Easy Website Snapshot Free 5.0 (Windows)
Easy Website Snapshot Free is a useful Web site conversion tool. It has an exclusive function that can help you convert Web page on the Web site directly to popular formats as TXT, HTM, JPG, and BMP. No other software like it can convert the Web page on the Web...
Website Block 3.15.1 (Windows)
Web site Block software utility allows you to block unwanted Web sites from display in Internet Explorer. If a website is blocked the user is forwarded to a blank or blocked info page and the contents of the page are not loaded on your PC. Stop loading banners and ads,...
Picture Resize Genius 2.9.4 (Windows)
Picture Resize Genius includes the ability to batch resize pictures, batch resize photos, and perform batch image resize functions for the purpose of e-mail and Web sites, or just to save space on your hard drive, or whatever reason you might have. The resizing allows you to force a specified...
Records Master 6.77 (Mac)
Records Master is a secure file manager that allows you to collect important records (such as bank statements, credit card statements, bills, or receipts) or PDFs in a database and allow for: easy addition of new files importing, organization of files in hierarchical folders, optional organization of files by date,...
iMonitorPCPro 3.0 (Windows)
iMonitorPC is the equivalent of a digital surveillance system for your computer. It records the users activity, such as programs used, websites visited, social network usage, chat room activity(MSN, YM, GTALK, AOL, Skype, ICQ). It also includes website blocking, activity reports, screen shots, user warnings, program usage limits. It can...
SiSkype Enterprise Edition 2.4.0.1 (Windows)
SiSkype Enterprise Edition is a Business Skype Solution for Asterisk/IPPBX. SiSkype-Connect SIP to the Skype NetworkKEY Features: Receive Skype calls from customers who are using Skype Make free calls to numerous Skype users from a SIP extension Provide one more choice of making landline/mobile calls through SkypeOut Receive calls from...
Nokia Email unable to connect issue solved on my new Nokia N85
After seeing my buddy Rafe's OLED display on the new Samsung I7710 S60 device I pulled the trigger on a new Nokia N85 when the North American versions became available last week. I found a decent deal at Newegg and trust them so I placed my order and to my...
SearchDay | Search Shifts and Predictions for 2009
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Search Ad Quality Score 101; What Makes a Successful Online Promotion?; 5 Web Resources to Find a Job in Search; and more.
SearchDay | Use Caution When Growing Your Site
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Use Caution When Growing Your Site; 50 Most Memorable Moments in Search for 2008; Online Holiday Shopping Down 3% Overall for 2008; and more.
SearchDay | Will Social Networks Become the New Inbox?
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Will Social Networks Become the New Inbox?; SEO Site Structure 101; The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Google 2008 Review; and more.
SearchDay | Assembling Your Landing Page Optimization Dream Team
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Assembling Your Landing Page Optimization Dream Team; Online Spending Soars Before Christmas; Keep Tabs on Santa's Whereabouts; and more.
SearchDay | Social Media and SEO -- Friends with Benefits?
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Social Media and SEO -- Friends with Benefits?; The Small Business Guide to Choosing Keyword Phrases; Hubspot Releases State of the Twittersphere Report; and more.
SearchDay | Revisiting 2008 Search Predictions
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Revisiting 2008 Search Predictions; SEO Site Structure 101; Holiday E-Commerce Sales Flat Overall; and more.
SearchDay | Local Search: Where's the Love?
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Local Search: Where's the Love?; SES Chicago 2008 Recap; YouTube Rolls Out HD, Niche Landing Pages; and more.
SearchDay | PPC Landing Pages: PPC Visitors Have ADD
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: PPC Landing Pages: PPC Visitors Have ADD; Link Building Strategies in Troubled Economic Times; Google Website Optimizer Launches New Help Forum; and more.
SearchDay | Buying Links is Hard Work
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Buying Links is Hard Work; What Will 2009 Bring Us?; Online Video Wins the 9-5 Hour, Weekdays; and more.
SearchDay | Social Shopping: Build Long-Term Traffic and Trust
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Social Shopping: Build Long-Term Traffic and Trust; Google Product Search + Mobile = The Future?; Yahoo! Unveils Social Inbox; and more.
Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes (AP)

Phil Schiller, senior vice-president of worldwide product marketing for Apple, delivers his keynote address Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online music store to 69 cents and plans to begin selling all tracks without copy protection.


Even in recession, CES to have stuff worth seeing (AP)

This undated photo provided by Nvidia Corp., a leading maker of graphics chips for computers, will be touting $199 glasses that turn compatible monitors into true three-dimensional displays, spicing up games like 'Far Cry 2,' 'Spore' and 'Left 4 Dead.' Gaming in 3-D, with and without glasses, has been possible for years, yet has never caught on. The support of a big name like Nvidia might make a difference. (AP Photo/Nvidia Corp.)AP - The recession figures to tone down the flashiness of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past years.


Apple's Jobs has hormone imbalance, will stay CEO (AP)

In this photo combo, Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs is seen on Sept. 17, 2007 in Berlin, Germany, left, and on Sept. 9, 2008 in San Francisco, right. Jobs, looking to end health rumors, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 said that a hormone imbalance is to blame for the weight loss that has prompted worries about his health. (AP File Photos)AP - Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company.


Logitech to cut salaried staff by 15 percent (AP)
AP - Logitech International SA, a maker of mice, webcams and other computer peripherals, said Monday it is cutting its salaried work force by 15 percent in response to weak consumer demand amid what it expects to be an extended global downturn.
Live blog: Macworld 2009 keynote (CNET)
CNET - We're posting live updates from Macworld 2009 at San Francisco's Moscone Center, where Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, Phil Schiller, is delivering the keynote speech.
Hackers hit MacRumors keynote coverage (CNET)
CNET - Some nasty pranksters, likely associated with Web forum 4Chan, have hacked into Apple gossip mainstay MacRumors' live-blog coverage of Tuesday's Macworld keynote. Hosted on a separate domain, MacRumorsLive.com, the site was plagued by offensive messages about Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health and general inanity (i.e. "SEX ME") before finally succumbing to "technical difficulties."
Apple rolls out movie, pix software upgrades (Reuters)

Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing for Apple Inc., announces the new 17-inch MacBook Pro laptop during his keynote address at the Macworld Conference and Expo, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)Reuters - Apple Inc, missing master pitchman Steve Jobs and facing subdued expectations during its final appearance at the Macworld trade show, rolled out upgrades to its home movie and photo software on Tuesday.


Motorola Phone Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Motorola on Tuesday announced two new mobile devices with social responsibility and social connectivity in mind. The Moto W233 Renew is made of plastic from recycled water bottles, while the Motosurf A3100 is a high-speed touch tablet with a customizable home screen. Both devices are debuting at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Firefox, Safari Cut Into Internet Explorer's Market Share (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The latest data from Net Applications indicates that Internet Explorer lost market share in December to browsers from Mozilla and Apple.
AMD: Creating a New Laptop Category (PC World)
PC World - Netbooks have their appeal--tiny budget machines with just enough oomph to run Windows XP. Ultraportables have horsepower in spades, but they cost too much to suit some people. This year we're going to see a whole new category of notebook take shape that falls somewhere between ultraportables and netbooks--and AMD is hot to have its processors on board.
D-Link Promises Fastest 11n Router Ever (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - In addition to new routers, the home networking company promises new cameras, new storage, and a unique companion monitor for your PC.
Video games inspired by TV, movies, board games (AP)

This screen grab released by Ubisoft shows insane bunnies taking over the TV schedule in ”Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party”. (AP Photo/Ubisoft)AP - Like so many American creations — baseball, comic books, rock 'n' roll — the video game is a mongrel art form. Literature, music, art and film all get jumbled together in this relatively new medium, but even that isn't enough: Designers have to figure out how to make the whole package interactive as well.


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