China clarifies web filter plans

The cartoon Green Dam Girl has been used to mock the filtering plan.
Protests have forced China to clarify whether net-filtering software has to be used on every new PC.
From July, every PC sold in China was supposed to be supplied with the Green Dam Youth Escort software.
The software was created to stop people looking at "offensive" content such as pornographic or violent websites.
But widespread disapproval inside China, legal challenges and overseas criticism have forced the Chinese government to clarify its policy.
"The use of this software is not compulsory," an official with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) told the AP news wire.
The state agency that created Green Dam has said it was possible to uninstall the program. But it was unclear whether those that did so would face prosecution.
In its ruling this week, China said anyone removing or refusing to use it would not face official sanctions.
Green Dam busters
The change comes thanks to growing criticism from Chinese people about Green Dam. A legal challenge has been filed to MIIT demanding a public debate on the legitimacy of making computer firms put the software on PCs.
Petitions calling for Green Dam to be scrapped have circulated widely and analysis shows that it does a piecemeal job of stopping pornographic sites and inadvertently blocks sites dealing with sexual health issues.
A website set up to challenge Green Dam has gathered tens of thousands of comments from those who say the filtering system is crude and blocks many legitimate sites.
The China Daily newspaper, which typically backs the government, has written stories critical of the filtering policy and reported that many PC makers were refusing to install it.
Some critics have drawn a manga-style cartoon of Green Dam Girl to mock the software's aims.
China has the largest net-using population in the world and many have turned to the web to publicise issues such as corruption that would otherwise go unreported.
Tests carried out on Green Dam outside China also showed that it left PCs open to many different security risks.
Analysis by Scott Wolchok, Randy Yao, and J. Alex Halderman at the University of Michigan found weaknesses in the URL, text and image filtering system and vulnerabilities in the software that makes machines susceptible to being hijacked.
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Pictures From Phone to Computer

We all know that cell phones are one of today's big crazes. An even bigger one is camera cell phones. Before we know it, all cell phones will probably have camera abilities, because the world today likes to see real images rather than just words. So, it may be a good idea to know what you can do with the pictures you take on your phone after the shooting is done.

Picture Messaging

A common way that people transfer photos from their cell phones to their computers (that doesn't really have any additional cost from your regular monthly bill) is picture messaging. It works pretty much the same as text messaging; you just have to have text messaging enabled on your cell phone. If you don't, this method will not work.

Note: Expect this method to be a little different for various phone models, but the following directions are pretty basic and similar for all phones.

If you would like to send a picture to another person's cell phone or if you want to e-mail a picture to a friend or even to yourself, you just need to open your phone and go to the Menu. Find your phone's Media Gallery and then choose Pictures. At this point, you can pick the photo you'd like to send. Once you have it chosen, go to Options and choose Send in Message (like you're sending a text message). This is where you choose to send it to one of the Contacts listed in your phone or if you want to e-mail it to someone or yourself. Pick the person you're sending it to and push the OK button and then Send.

You can also send text with the picture if you want to do that. If you end up e-mailing the picture to someone, you will just have to type in their e-mail address and they will get it in their Inbox. You just need to make sure the person you're sending the picture to has picture capabilities too.

Data Cable

Another way you can transfer photos to other people is to put them directly onto your computer, so you can e-mail them to your friends or save them to a disk or a CD. So, to do that, you have to have some sort of a USB data connection kit, which comes with the cable cord that plugs your phone into your computer's USB port and the software that will help you in transferring the pictures from your phone. You usually have to purchase these kits separate from your phone. The store where you buy your phone should have them available and they will be able to tell you which one will work with your type of phone.

Once you have your phone and computer connected, you can start transferring the pictures. Again, keep in mind that these kits are phone specific, so you need to make sure that you get one that will be compatible with your phone model.

Bluetooth

Another way to handle the pictures on your cell phone that is becoming more popular every day is a wireless technology called Bluetooth. Bluetooth works with short-range wireless technologies that allow you to easily send photos from your phone to a laptop or desktop computer. The computer you are sending them to just has to be equipped to accept the pictures.

The most difficult (but it can sometimes be fairly easy) part about Bluetooth is matching the phone to the computer, so they are both compatible with each other. But, once that it is done, sending the images couldn't be easier.

As long as your phone has the Bluetooth software on it, you can send the images without any extra charges billed to you. You can also send photos to other Bluetooth users' phones without any wires or additional charges. This seems to be the most versatile way to go if you're looking to maybe spend a little more money up front for the Bluetooth works, but it will save you money in the long run when you don't have to pay any extra charges when sending your pictures back and forth.

E-mail

Another way for you to send pictures between your friends and family is to e-mail them. Your cell phone has to have e-mail capabilities for this to work, but a lot of the phones these days come with that ability. You can e-mail them to other people or, as mentioned above, to yourself. You just have to type the e-mail address in the To: field just like you would if you were using Outlook Express and it will be sent.

If you see something while you're out and about that you just have to take a picture of, you can snap the photo on your phone, send yourself a quick e-mail and when you get home, the picture will be on your computer waiting for you. You can then send it off to other people or do something like set it as your desktop wallpaper.

Removable Memory Cards

Another new technology that is presenting itself with camera phones is an external memory card for your phone. The phone just comes with a slot for the card and you can transfer the shots to your computer in a snap. You will need to purchase an external memory card reader so it will all work, but it's one of the easiest ways to go if you takes several pictures with your cell phone.

When you have the card reader installed, you just remove the memory card from your phone, insert it into the reader and your computer will recognize it as another drive. You can then drag and drop the photos wherever you want them to go, e-mail them to others, etc. The options are pretty endless with this choice. You can then get rid of the existing pictures on your phone (since they're on your computer and not lost) and go out and take more. It's that easy!

Just one more reminder: all of these applications work differently with different phones, so make sure you refer to your phone's manual before doing anything you're not sure of. But, all in all, this is all really cool when you think about it. Who would have thought we could do so much with a little phone? Technology is just out of this world! Source: Tech News

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7 Reasons Why You Get No Love From Google

Everybody wants more search engine traffic
. It helps grow your readership, it converts well monetarily, and it gives you a warm fuzzy feeling when you check your stats.
However, like many bloggers out there you probably aren’t getting as much love from Google as you’d like. Here are some possible reasons why.
1. Your SEO isn’t up to scratch.
There is a lot of depth to search engine optimization but the basics are simple to understand and implement.
Turn on permalinks.
Keywords in post titles and content.
Descriptive anchor text.
Internal linking.
Relevant outbound links.
Minimize duplicte content.
2. You don’t have enough content.
It’s simple numbers. The more pages you have indexed, the more traffic you will potentially receive.
Long tail searches are sending more and more traffic every day. Even if it’s only the odd visitor, if you have a large enough portfolio of content those visits start to add up.
3. Your content doesn’t stand out from the crowd.
Google likes unique content. If you aren’t doing enough to distinguish your content from that of others in your niche, you’ll find it hard getting your pages to rank.
4. Your niche is highly competitive.
Developing search engine traffic is not a short term endeavour and will take even longer to grow in a competitive niche.
Be prepared to work twice as hard for a fraction of the reward.
5. You are targeting a niche with a low search volume.
If no one is searching for your keywords, you won’t get any traffic.
Do your research.
There are hundreds of tools on the web to help you with keyword research and analysis. My personal favourite is SEO Book’s keyword suggestion tool.
6. You haven’t built up enough quality backlinks.
Links are your blogs lifeblood when it comes to search engines. You need links to rank but the quality of those links are far more important than the quantity.
Trust and relevancy are the two most important factors when building backlinks. A single link from an authoritative site that Google trusts is far more valuable than a hundred links from month old blogs.
Equally important is the relevancy of links. For example, if your blog is about cell phones, links from a diet blog are not going to carry much weight.
First focus on getting relevant links from sites which already rank in your niche, then worry about the numbers. Or better yet focus on developing trust.
7. Google doesn’t trust your site yet.
Trust is something many people overlook. When Google trusts your site, magical things start to happen.
Not only do you start ranking for keywords in your niche but you start ranking for searches you aren’t even targeting.
The following article at Scoreboard Media titled “I stopped Trying To Rank for Anything When I Realized I Could Build Traffic For Everything.” really opened my eyes to the power of domain trust, and the advantages it has over link Hoarding. Source: Tech News Be Sure to Leave Your Comments!

Dumb Theives leaves stolen ATM after it falls off Truck

PHENIX CITY, Ala. - Ripping an ATM from its concrete base isn't easy. Losing it seems even harder. Thieves at an Alabama bank managed to do both. Phenix City Police Chief Ray Smith said the thieves used a stolen backhoe, a pickup truck and a flatbed trailer to pull off the job at a Wachovia branch in the eastern Alabama city early Monday.
Smith said the thieves loaded the ATM onto the trailer and headed north on Summerville Road. He said that along the way, the ATM fell off the trailer.
Smith said the thieves had abandoned the backhoe at the bank and had no way to load the ATM back onto the trailer, so they drove away without it.
Smith said the backhoe and the ATM have been processed for evidence.
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How to enable the Hibernation feature in windows XP?

In windows environment, the hibernation is a built-in feature used to increases your work performance and also minimizes the windows startup time. For example, if you have to keep open a lot of files and windows applications then you can leave you system in hibernate mode without closing the open programs. When you restart computer after hibernation, all the running files and applications will be restore as you have left them. Windows store the all hibernated information in the Hiberfil.sys file using system root folder. The size of this file is roughly equal to the RAM of your system.



Follow the given steps to activate the hibernation in windows XP:

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

First click on Start button> Control Panel, click on Performance and Maintenance then click on Power Options.



A new "Power Options Properties" dialog box will appear, select Hibernate tab and then select the "Enable hibernation" check box to enable the hibernate feature.
If you system does not support the hibernation feature then the hibernation tab
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Blogging for Beginners- What are TrackBacks

Trackbacks - a topic I’m constantly asked for information about.
Summary: TrackBacks automate the interlinking of blog posts, but often don’t contribute to search engine ranking.
TrackBacks are notoriously difficult to explain and is an exercise that makes a great judge of the skill of any self-described ‘blogging expert.’ So here I go!
You get comments right? Easy enough. You write a post on your blog. Someone reads it and thinks you’re either sliced bread or vile ooze and comments accordingly. Just like having a mini-guestbook for each post.
What if I want to leave a comment about your blog post on my blog? That’s where TrackBacks come in.
Let’s say I read something pretty fantastic on your blog and so I write up a post about on my blog: “Hey you gotta check this out, here’s a quote from it and here’s the link to it.” And I link to that particular post on your blog. And I click publish.
Unbeknownst to most, your blog platform - whether it is WordPress or Movable Type or TypePad, scans all the links in a post each time a post is published. It finds my link to your post and then goes out to your blog and checks to see if your post is accepting TrackBacks. If so, my blog sends a little ping! to your blog as if to say, ‘Hey! Andy’s talking about you over on his blog.’ and your blog answers the ping and says ‘Alright, I’ll make a note of it.’ And then your blog makes a little note on that particular post that in effect says, “Besides all these comments under this post, here’s someone talking about this post on their own site - and here’s the link to it.”
So readers of your blog can see not just what the commenters are saying about it on your blog - but what other bloggers are saying about. I’ve seen a post’s list of TrackBacks described as ‘Other blogs linking to this post.’ Many blog tools, like WordPress, lump comments and TrackBacks into the same list.
You don’t have to know how TrackBacks work in order to use them, you can simply set a post to be able to receive trackbacks and set your blog to send them when you publish new posts. Your blog platform should do all the heavy lifting and email you when there are new TrackBacks - just like it does when there are new comments to a post.
TrackBack was first created by Ben and Mena Trott during the early days of Movable Type and has gradually been integrated into the features of most popular blog platforms. A similar technology is pingbacks which has the added security of checking to see if the pinging site actually exists.
Of course like anything fun or cool online, the evil bastard spammers got busy funneling their sewage into automated TrackBacks pingbots that left everyone’s blogs with dainty messages about mortgages, online poker and Viagra. Most comment spam blockers are now configured to also scan TrackBacks to help stem the tide of spammy TrackBacks.
One of the best parts about TrackBack is that it helped to increase your blog’s linked-ness and search engine ranking. With the introduction of the ‘no follow’ attribute, links in comments and TrackBacks are usually often not included in the calculation of your blog’s Google PageRank. I presume this applies to the other search engines as well. Still, the findability may not be in the search ranking - but links from other blogs is always a Good Thing.
In TypePad:
To enable TrackBacks by default in TypePad, go to Weblogs > (Your Blog) > Configure > Preferences > Comment and TrackBack Preferences: Check the checkbox ‘Hold comments and TrackBacks for approval.’ And set Default TrackBack Status set to ‘New posts accept TrackBacks.’ (for receiving TrackBacks)
In WordPress:
To enable TrackBacks by default in WordPress ,go to Options > Discussion: Check the checkbox ‘Attempt to notify any Weblogs linked to from the article.’ (for sending TrackBacks) Check the check box ‘Allow link notifications from other Weblogs. (for receiving TrackBacks)
In Movable Type:
To enable TrackBacks by default in Movable Type, go to (Your Blog) > Configuration > Preferences > Publicity/Remote Interfaces/TrackBack: Check the checkbox ‘Allow TrackBack Pings On by Default.’ (for sending TrackBacks) Check the checkbox ‘Email New TrackBack Pings.’ Check the checkbox ‘Enable TrackBack Auto-Discovery.’ (for receiving TrackBacks)
Source: Andy Wibbels is an award-winning blogger and author of Blogwild! A Guide for Small Business Blogging. (This is a TrackBack) Speak Your Mind and Be Sure to Leave Your Comments!
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Change What your Power Button Does

It's time to think outside the box on this Quicktip. The power button on the front of your PC; what does it do? It tends to put my computer at home to sleep when I press it, but what if you've got other stuff you'd rather it be doing?
What about just shutting the system down? Perhaps you'd like it to make your PC hibernate? Shoot, what if you don't want it to do anything at all?
Here's the tip.
For Windows Vista:Type “Powercfg.cpl” in the search box minus the quotes. Once the Power Options window appears, click on “Choose what the power button does” off to the left. Here, you can assign a function to the power button and away you go!
For Windows XP: Click Start>Run and then type in “Powercfg.cpl”, once again, minus the quotes. Under the Advanced tab you'll see options for how you want the power button to react to your press. Funny, though, that only XP gives you the option to have Windows ask you what you want to do when you press the button. This option is strangely absent in Vista. I guess Vista doesn't ask, Vista only tells!
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Conserve your LCD Monitor's Lifespan
Like all electronics, LCD monitors have a lifespan. Usually, this can be up to ten years or so, but even after only a couple of years our monitors can begin to dim; giving us a dark, eye-straining image that can make it difficult to get anything accomplished! You can tweak the brightness, fiddle with the contrast, but the damage has already been done. Your backlight is dying and you need to start shopping for a new monitor.
But wait! Say the monitor you're using still looks good at the moment. Is there any way to prolong the life of your LCD?
Why, yes, folks, there is! It's really easy, too! Notice the row of buttons on the front or side of your monitor? That's the adjustment panel. Here, you can set your monitor's brightness, contrast, horizontal and vertical positioning and a bunch of other settings to make your viewing experience better!
For now, all we're concerned with is the brightness and contrast. To make sure the backlight in your monitor lives as long as possible, turn both of these down a bit; just to tolerable levels. This takes the strain off of your monitor's backlight and will ensure that your investment sticks around for awhile!
As an added bonus: Here's a neat site that has all sorts of tests and explanations to keep your LCD monitor looking good and performing up to spec: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
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I Don't Have a F*#@ing Twitter: Kanye

Seems like all you hear in the news and on the world wide web is Kanye West bitching about he would never be on Twitter.. So I thought you all might want to read the story about someone using stealing his identity and using it on twitter which Kanye West did not like!!( Hey and whats wrong with Twitter?) I use it! Any Comments on this article??? Speak your mind and lets hear them..........................................
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Using Google to track swine flu fears

Using Google to track swine flu fears Celeste Biever, biomedical news Swine flu(H1N1) has dominated the headlines (ours included) for the last 10 days. Now that the virus seems less nasty than initially feared, the appetite of the public and media for other issues has returned. But how did our interest in swine flu compare with our interest in other scary health threats, such as bird flu in 2005, or with slow burn issues like cancer? And how does it compare with other big news stories?To get some idea, we asked Google Trends, a tool that lets you explore the number of searches that have been made for certain terms, relative to the total number of searches.The conclusion? While the swine flu outbreak has motivated large numbers of web users, Barack Obama is still more popular.
Searches for swine flu in recent days massively outnumber those for bird flus for bird flu's other popular names - avian flu and H5N1 - doesn't make a total anywhere near that for swine flu Swine flu also beats interest in the Bernard Madoff scandal, which peaked at the end of 2008 .And although interest in cancer is high and steady, it can't approach swine flu.To find a cultural event that generated more web searches you have to look to Barack Obama at the time of his election in 2008 and inauguration in January .Such comparisons provide a neat way to visualise and measure what people are really thinking about. But Google's data has useful applications as well. Last year researchers at the firm showed that search trends can acurately predict the number of flu cases in a country, they might even predict future economic activity too. Google has already started trying to track the spread swine flu in Mexico using its trends tool - should the World Health Organization be using the same method? Source: Scientist News Be Sure to Leave Your Comments!

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How to get more traffic to your blog or website

No matter what kind of articles you write, whether they are for a blog, a web site, or for an article directory like Helium, there are some specific things that you can do in order to get your articles more views and more traffic. While there are some things that may be unique to each of these particular formats, here are some of the universal methods for driving traffic and views to your articles:
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Many Internet writers prefer to focus on one of these methods exclusively, while other Internet writers choose to use many different forms of marketing for their articles. It may be, at the very least, trying several of these methods to see which will provide you with the most views and traffic.

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How to Twitter and get Followers

I understand this topic has been discussed over and over again. There is probably very little you can’t find on other blogs. I also don’t claim to be a “social media expert” as so many do. I just want to help new people understand how twitter works and how you can make the most out of your twitter experience. I want to show you the tools I use, as well as how I build friendships on twitter.
Twitter Tools
TweetDeck - Probably the best twitter client for your desktop. It allows you to take control of your twitter feed by having different groups. The groups are helpful when you start to follow more and more people. Another key feature is the search filter. With it you can follow topics that interest you, and find new users to follow.
TweetBurner - If you post a lot of links into twitter. You want to be able to follow how many people click on it, and when. This is the ultimate tool to do this with. At the writing of this article however, they are having some problems with users signing up, but they still show you how many clicks your links are getting.
Twitter Grader - A interesting tool that calculates a score for you based on number of followers, numbers you follow, and number of tweets. Then you can compare yourself to other twitter users in your area. I find this tool to be a nice way to find other twitter users around your area.
Quitter - This tool follows your followers. Lets you know when someone stops following you, and what your last tweet was before they stopped. Can be helpful to see if your doing/saying something a lot of people don’t agree with.
Friend or Follow - Here you can type in your twitter name. In return they will tell you who are your friends, who are just following you, or who you are just following. Can be used to weed out people that you don’t need to have on your friend list.
For a list of almost every twitter app there is on the market. Go to: Mashable.com
Social Twitter
# - This tool is underused on twitter in my humble opinion. When you are writing a twitter with a link to a video, do #video, or a link to something funny do #funny. The # is what twitter uses to group similar tweets together. I use this as much as possible, because I know there are people out there listening to #video with twitter search. Since they are watching it, they will see my post and possibly find it interesting, in return following me.
RT - You have probably seen people write this, or Re-Tweet. This is a very popular thing to do on twitter. It helps people with links or message get seen by a bigger group of people. So if you RT @USERNAME, there is a bigger chance that this user will do the same back to you if you post something if value. This propels your name to a new group of users, that in return might follow you because of the link.
#FollowFriday - A fun community tool that people use to let their followers know about people they find funny, cool, whatever. If you work hard and are continually submitting valuable information, its likely that people will include you on their #FollowFriday. So in return, if you find someone interesting, do a #FollowFriday for them as well.
Ask Questions - Ask your followers questions. Get them to think about topic. Basically get a back and forth exchange going.
Share - Share information with your followers. Try to give them valuable resources, or tricks of the trade.
Reply - Try to do a @ reply as much as possible. If someone is asking for information and you know the anwser, reply and help them out. This is the best way to get others to notice you.
Source: GinSims Be Sure to Leave Your Comments!