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ADOBE TO ACQUIRE MACROMEDIA

April 18, 2005 | In software | No Comments

SAN JOSE, Calif. - April 18, 2005 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion.

The combination of Adobe and Macromedia will provide customers a more powerful set of solutions for creating, managing and delivering compelling content and experiences across multiple operating systems, devices and media. Together, the two companies will meet a wider set of customer needs and have a significantly greater opportunity to grow into new markets, particularly in the mobile and enterprise segments.

“Customers are calling for integrated software solutions that enable them to create, manage and deliver a wide range of compelling content and applications � from documents and images to audio and video,” said Bruce Chizen, chief executive officer of Adobe. “By combining our powerful development, authoring and collaboration software � along with the complementary functionality of PDF and Flash � Adobe has the opportunity to bring this vision to life with an industry-defining technology platform.”

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Cool Reference Sites

April 11, 2005 | In search engines | No Comments RedLightGreen helps you locate the most important books and other research materials in your area of interest, and find out whether what you need is available at your favorite library.

Librarians’ Index to the Internet provides a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources, serving California, the nation, and the world.

AskNow provides immediate and reliable information from librarians throughout California 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

UCSD Reference Shelf
San Diego County Public Law Library
San Diego Public Library
San Diego County Libraries

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Added RSS Feeds via Feedshark

April 11, 2005 | In search engines | No Comments Added BinaryWolf rss feed via Feedshark RSS feed submission tool to:

• Blogdigger
• Bloogz
• Fastbuzz
• EasyRSS
• PubSub
• WeBlogAlot
• RubHub
• Search4RSS
• BlogMatcher
• CompleteRSS

How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)

April 8, 2005 | In blogging | No Comments

There are a number of technical solutions for the blogger who wishes to remain anonymous.

Invisiblog.com is a service that offers anonymous blog hosting for free. You may create a blog there with no real names attached. Even the people who run the service will not have access to your name.

If you are worried that your blog-hosting service may be logging your unique IP address and thus tracking what computer you’re blogging from, you can use the anonymous network Tor to edit your blog. Tor routes your Internet traffic through what’s called an “overlay network” that hides your IP address. More importantly, Tor makes it difficult for snoops on the Internet to follow the path your data takes and trace it back to you.

For people who want something very user-friendly, Anonymizer.com offers a product called “Anonymous Surfing,” which routes your Internet traffic through an anonymizing server and can hide your IP address from the services hosting your blog.

More on how to blog safely from EFF, a nonprofit group of passionate people lawyers, technologists, volunteers, and visionaries working to protect your digital rights. Also check out Anonymous Proxy Servers.

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The Six Basic Types of E-Shoppers

April 6, 2005 | In marketing | No Comments

Which online shopper are you?

• The ‘New to the Net’ Shopper — requires a very simple interface
• The Reluctant Shopper — requires clearly stated security and privacy policies
• The Bargain Shopper — requires getting the best price
• The Surgical Shopper — requires product configurators and archived opinions
• The Enthusiast Shopper — requires catering to their fun-loving character
• The Power Shopper — requires excellent navigation tools and lots of information

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What is ImageShack?

April 5, 2005 | In photography, web apps | No Comments

ImageShack� is a free image hosting solution. It can be used to share pictures with friends, as well as post images on message boards and blogs. It can also be used to direct link images from your personal website or online auction.

Size limit is less than 1024kb per file. Unlimited file uploads (multiple image upload is available to registered users only). Image types allowed are .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .bmp, .tif, .swf, and .png. (bmp, tif, and tiff images will be converted to .png automatically).

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Buttons Revisted

April 4, 2005 | In web design | No Comments

The “80×15 brilliant buttons”, also known as “antipixel buttons” or “badges”, are the very popular buttons especially used by bloggers. 80×15 Brilliant Button Maker.

Usually, these buttons are statical GIF or PNG images. However, in this article you will learn how to create them using the Web standards XHTML and CSS.

See my previous post for other alternatives.

Update: March 25, 2006

This site will make 88×31 buttons as well.

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