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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Use of crowd intelligence to tag your Posts – “TagThis” Plugin

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<strong>TagThis</strong> is a wordpress plugin that allows the community to appropriately tag your posts. The tags are then added automatically to your post, and helps organize your blog.

Adobe Flash can modify Router’s UPnP Interface

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The generation of SOAP messages using the Flash plug-in enables the attacker to avoid the problem of password authentication, and the fact that many home routers are configured to accept SOAP messages without any type of authentication compounds the threat.

Apply for TechStars’ Summer 2008 Startup Program

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Get your startup funded and off the ground while learning from the best. Get up to $15,000 in seed funding for your new company, plus the chance to pitch to angel investors and venture capitalists at the end of the summer.

Nokia skeptical of mobile-startups but hand-shake with big Corps

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There is talk of a partnership in the works ... it's safe to say we're testing the waters and things still have to be worked out.

Sun acquires MySQL for $1 billion

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Anxiety on the part of MySQL users may stem from Sun's success with Java and Solaris. Will MySQL's support for other programming languages and operating systems now be given less attention?

No Frills ultra portable laptop for under $350

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The MiLEAP "Leaptop" from HCL will be preloaded with a Linux OS. The whole manufacturing, assembling of the "LeapTop" is being done in an Indian State - Uttranchal.

Dell to reward $50,000 to businesses that use Technology to better serve customers

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The global and national awards honor small businesses that represent the spirit of innovation in applying information technology in their business practices to improve the customer experience.

Nasscom-ICICI KP joins hands for a Rs. 100 crore VC fund

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The focus areas for the fund are wireless technologies, automotive infotronics, life sciences, energy conservation technologies and devices and medical devices. "A stage has come when companies have to think beyond their interest. Companies can grow only when India grows but this thinking hasn't yet percolated to all companies."

Java creator, James Gosling does his part of Flash Bashing

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If you look at something like Flash, when you get to the much more advanced stuff -- richer interfaces, more complex network protocols, more complex APIs -- it really falls short.

Hot tips to get the best of Linux in 2008

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Sometimes you can have a frozen window, and there are two fast ways to solve this problem without turning off your computer or restarting it. The first is the traditional key combination of Ctrl + Alt + Backspace.