Small Business Technology News: April 9 – 22, 2009
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Log of Tweets and Links from my PC Techs Twitter for April 9 – 22, 2009:
- @cactusjoe1 It’s a real bummer when web application developers don’t take the time to make their applications cross-browser compatible.
- New botnet identified with 2 million infected computers, could you own one of them? http://www.darkreading.com/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=J2N12SRZKGSNIQSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=217000166
- "The Cyber Command", cool movie title? Not quite: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2345781,00.asp?kc=PCRSS05079TX1K0000992
- Don’t need to go very far, very fast? Get a Peapod: http://www.businesspundit.com/chryslers-peapod-car-now-for-sale/
- Earthlink suffers Earth Day crash: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131976
- How to fix iTunes error 5002: http://www.it-echo.com/2009/04/23/how-to-fix-itune-error-5002-problem.html
- Apple to shareholders: "What recession?" http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2009/tc20090422_557162.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
- A collection of 94 Photoshop tutorials: http://www.bukisa.com/articles/71956_94-exclusive-photoshop-tutorials
- Hackers in tax season, how IRS refunds vanish: http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-04-21/news/tax-refunds-can-vanish-through-your-computer-2
- Display your total number of Twitter followers on your WordPress blog: http://onguides.net/display-the-total-number-of-your-twitter-followers-on-your-wordpress-blog/
- Woohoo! I’m an official victim of the ‘Missing User Images’ bug! http://status.twitter.com/post/98960090/missing-user-images
- Powering the entire state of Texas with the sun? http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/22/entire-state-of-texas-could-be-powered-by-solar/
- Be sure to update your Firefox browser to version 3.0.9: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10224719-83.html
- The iPhone for $23/month: http://mediumjones.com/my-23month-iphone/249
- A net quote about Tweepular, "This is quite literally one of the best Twitter management tools I’ve ever used." http://www.tweepular.com/
- 10 Twitter tool evaluations plus Tweepular: http://www.dailyseoblog.com/2009/03/10-twitter-tools-to-effectively-manage-your-followers/
- iBotnet targets the MAC, is no one safe? http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/22/first.mac.botnet/index.html
- Look out pagerank, Google to change search algorithms: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/04/20/google-set-to-change-ranking-algorithm
- 20 Most Important Inventions of the Next 10 Years: http://tech.msn.com/products/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=18821223>1=40000
- RT @ManiKarthik: Are Re-Tweets the new Backlinks ? (DailySEOblog) http://www.dailyseoblog.com/2009/04/are-re-tweets-the-new-link-backs/
- Informative review of the Google App Engine: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=362
- Stay away from the crippled Windows 7 "Starter Edition": http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/windows-7-starter-edition.html
- More analysis on the Sun buyout, is MySQL doomed: http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/04/oracle-buys-sun-is-mysql-doome.html
- Is your data safe from the mob, malware and SQL injections? http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/163387/are_hackers_working_for_the_mob.html
- Big funding for artificial intelligence and more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8010075.stm
- What will happen to MySQL? Oracle buys Sun Microsystems: http://gigaom.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/
- Are you about to be taxed on products purchased online? http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/15/business/econwatch/entry4948813.shtml
- Epson Unveils Multitouch X-Desk: http://www.gearlog.com/2009/04/espon_officially_unveils_multi.php
- A look at 15 WordPress plugins: http://www.thisismyurl.com/tutorials/wordpress-help/the-best-wordpress-plugins-and-why-to-use-them/
- Giveaway of the Day – Sothink JavaScript Web Scroller 2.1: http://www.sothink.com/product/javascriptwebscroller/index.htm
- Racetrack, computer memory of the future? http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Racetrack+speeds+memory/1488396/story.html
- Viruses and the spread of malicious software doubled in 1 year: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2345234,00.asp
- Leisure Suit Larry online: http://sarien.net/larry
- Adobe leads the way to net apps on the television with Flash in set top boxes: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8008070.stm
- Help us come up with a new slogan, win $100. https://www.mypctechs.com/tshirt
- In the shadow of the iPhone. Top Apps for the Tmobile G1: http://www.kellbot.com/2009/04/day-1-with-the-g1/
- Technical report on ‘wiping’ hard drive data: http://sansforensics.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/overwriting-hard-drive-data/
- How is your computer security? http://bitsnbytes4biz.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/alert-how-is-your-computer-security/
- RT @CameraFraudAZ: AZ Republic Reports: Expansion of Speed Cameras Halted – http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2009/04/07/20090407photosuspend0409.html
- Dirty IT jobs http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/even-dirtier-it-jobs-muck-stops-here-002
- Love him or hate him? Bill Gates donates over 1 million dollars to childhood pneumonia research: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/5122033/Bill-Gates-donates-1.3-million-for-childhood-pneumonia-research.html
- Did Apple steal touch screen technology? http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/apple-accused-of-touch-screen-patent-infringement-2009048/
- People who make posts saying Captcha is doomed are? You guessed it, doomed! http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09
- 10 Places to Find Absolutely Free Vector Graphics: http://tutorialblog.org/10-places-to-find-absolutely-free-vector-graphics/
- Free tools that every windows programmer should install: http://ianhickman.blogspot.com/2009/04/6-free-tools-that-every-windows.html
- Just listed myself in the http://localtweeps.com local Twitter directory in ZIP 85048
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