Archive for November, 2006

Foss.in, a conference dedicated to pooling together headliners and close followers of the FOSS (Free Open Source Software) movement, opened its doors at the National Science Symposium Center in Bangalore, India, on Friday. The crowd is slated to disperse throughout the world after three intensive days of workshops, discussions, orations, and demonstrations, ending today. Two [...]

Are you planning to set up a school reunion but find that it takes so much time and effort just to send out invitations to your ex-schoolmates? Don’t you wish there was a better and easier way to plan and follow up on your events? Now, there’s a better way to do that. EventWax is [...]

Can’t be bothered shelling out top a top level domain? Want something that actually works and has 100% uptime? Want a domain that is actually free? Well, now could your chance! CO.NR is dishing out free domains all round, left, right and centre. I’ve already grabbed my snazzy domain, Tech.co.nr, and have been very impressed [...]

Mashable! has a review of Webjam, an alleged “Swiss Army knife” of Web 2.0 niftyness that might whet your appetite for making a web page, blog, and/or profile if you’re deficient of any significant code-editing skills. European in origin, Webjam consists of several tools, several moldable pages, and several others, all worth exploring, if only [...]

Drawing great looking diagrams, flow charts and floor plans is no longer a chore with the new free service Gliffy. Gliffy gives you the power of diagram programs such as Visio right in your browser! If you’re not familiar with diagram programs, the concept is very simple. Drag and drop objects and/or arrows to show [...]

With the increase of popularity of web 2.0, it’s definitely an irresistable attraction for hackers to get dirty with their phishing strategies. In one of the recent cases, *Russell Shaw from ZDNet* received an email from Playdater, who claimed that he has got Russell’s email from someone and decided to share the video because Russell [...]

What’s at the heart of Web 2.0? This isn’t a holistic definition, but among the key factors – An ability to tag data or information in multiple ways – Ways to share the information without changing the core, enabling many people to act on it. – Linking it up to other pieces of data; or [...]

Are you a book worm? You don’t have to admit, but if you’re one, then you should visit Google’s Book Search the next time you’re planning to get or read an ebook. Dion Almaer recently shared some interesting reviews about the recent Ajax upgrade of Google book search on Ajaxian.com. Being someone who’s been reading [...]

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