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Googles UFOs stolen the L and left crop circles instead
Help! Google's UFO has stolen the L! New Google Doodle crteates buzz

After 10 days Google’s UFO created a buzz on the internet and half of the world was searching for “unexplained phenomenon”, a new UFO has appeared on the Google home pages with a less mysterious Twitter message. Help! Google's UFO has... 

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DevZone

Creating an automatic news sitemap for a TypePad blog Creating an automatic news sitemap for a TypePad blog

Google News is one of the most popular news sources on the internet. It is a very convenient way to obtain information about, practically anything which happened in the World. The news is submitted by Google News Publishers, which are either websites like The Guardian is, or simple blog-like websites,... [Read more]

Internet Explorer 8 – How to add WebSlices for Wordpress Internet Explorer 8 – How to add WebSlices for Wordpress

Probably it’s just me, but I think the idea behind web slices are great. I feel the same as when RSS started to appear on the net: I get information way faster than the traditional way — going to the web site and see whether something has been updated–, RSS saves me a great deal of... [Read more]

DefiThis un-minified Javascript and code explanation DefiThis un-minified Javascript and code explanation

We published a while ago a small WordPress plugin which enables the users to look up words in a specific database, by highlighting with the mouse the word they want to look up then following a link to an administrator set online database (like Google Definition service or Dictionary.com) which will do... [Read more]

Cleaning up unnecessary linebreaks in Dreamweaver Cleaning up unnecessary linebreaks in Dreamweaver

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 I think most of the developers who invested in Dreamweaver encountered at least once situation when, unexpectedly the code was filled up with empty lines. Removing each one manually is easy, but not if the code is tens of thousands of lines long. So, there has to be a better way... [Read more]

WP-Plug: DefiThis WP-Plug: DefiThis

First of all, what the heck is DefiThis? DefiThis is the first Wordpress plugin we released for public use and is currently in beta state. Why? Because we’d like to hear your feedback. What does this plugin do? It adds a new feature for your blog’s users: when they highlight a word with their... [Read more]

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SafeZone

Google Cash system author, Chris Carpenter testimony: I am not a scammer Google Cash system author, Chris Carpenter testimony: I am not a scammer

Facebook ads, press releases and even Google ads make users to pay for an e-book — which original author was Chris Carpenter –, still creates buzz on the internet. Hundreds of users are complaining at the Federal Trade Commission and other complaint boards about fraudulently charged credit... [Read more]

Is Google Ads Free a Scam – review and insights Is Google Ads Free a Scam – review and insights

We were asked by one of our readers to shed some light on this system because he smelled it’s scam. Started our research by finding information regarding whether it is Google Ads Free a scam or not, but sincerely what we found are blogers claiming it to be a scam because of how the website Google... [Read more]

Spam report of year 2008 Spam report of year 2008

The Devoracles servers handle the mail traffic for a few other domains as well. One of our biggest issue in 2008 was spam, our customers who we host the mail servers for were extremely revolted at a given time because of the servers’ inability of effectively catching spam. Later we successfully... [Read more]

Google scams – Scams using the Google brand Google scams – Scams using the Google brand

Google is one of the greatest brands of the internet, that’s an incontestable statement. If not the greatest. This greatness brings with itself publicity, however this publicity brings with itself an unwanted thing as well: scams using the Google brand. In this article we will list some of the... [Read more]

Cyberwize – Pyramid game, scam, everything you want to avoid Cyberwize – Pyramid game, scam, everything you want to avoid

Every now and then we get emails from people who have been scammed. Usually we already know about the scam they report, but not in this case. Peter Horn, who just started to explore the internet, found a promising “work from home” offer, and since they were extremely convincing, he jumped... [Read more]

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HardWare

HP ProBook 4510s – business class redefined HP ProBook 4510s – business class redefined

Whether you’re a tech enthusiast or a businessman, you will definitely adore HP’s new ProBook S series notebooks. Even though they are the little brothers of the well known EliteBook, their price-quality ratio beats most of the HP notebooks’. [Read more of this review]  Read More →

eMachines d620 – A review and deja vu eMachines d620 – A review and deja vu

We have tested and reviewed a half a dozen eMachines notebooks. Reviewing the eMD620 by eMachines was much like a deja vu: it is exactly the same as the eMachines e620 from the inside, but looks a bit differently from the outside. [Read more of this review]  Read More →

eMachines e720 – Your everyday friend you can rely on eMachines e720 – Your everyday friend you can rely on

Looking for a bargain notebook which will do almost any job you assign to it? The eMachines e720 might be the portable PC you are looking for! [Read more of this review]  Read More →

Intel Celeron E1400 – Review and benchmarks Intel Celeron E1400 – Review and benchmarks

Intel Celeron E1400 BoxThe infamous Intel seemingly always thinks about its less rich clients as well, likely that the Celeron family was designed for them. Each Celeron is way cheaper than the similar model from the higher class, in the Celerons’ case cheaper means that there’s a high loss of performance. Just like at the Intel Celeron... [Read more of this review]

Asus P5N-EM HDMI review – when cheap does not mean incompetence Asus P5N-EM HDMI review – when cheap does not mean incompetence

$80. That was the price which the label of the Asus P5N-EM HDMI motherboard said. I needed a motherboard which supports Core 2 processors and should have integrated video and audio units, because it was going to be used in a file-server and video/audio performance didn’t matter. After testing a few days the Asus P5N-EM HDMI, I arrived to the... [Read more of this review]

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ServerSide

Installing PHP 5.x on Apache – Windows 7 (beta) in CLI mode Installing PHP 5.x on Apache – Windows 7 (beta) in CLI mode

Windows 7 -Coy fish If we already managed to install Apache 2 on Windows 7, the next step should be PHP. So let’s see how to install PHP as an Apache module, running on Windows 7. First, download the latest PHP as a Windows binary from PHP.net. Download the ZIP package, not the installer. When this is done, create a directory named PHP5 in the... [Continue reading...]

Installing Apache 2.2 on Windows 7 (beta) Installing Apache 2.2 on Windows 7 (beta)

I know, I know. Why would anyone want to install Apache on a beta operating system. But why not? I installed because I was interested whether Apache works on Windows 7 or not . And it does work. I chose this time the already compiled version, coming with MSI installer, I advice you the same. Let’s see the install process step by step: Go to Apache... [Continue reading...]

What is a recursive DNS query? What is a recursive DNS query?

One of the most important part of the Internet is the DNS; I guess that’s clear for everybody. DNS is a distributed database, the largest in the world but in — at least — one aspect is extremely vulnerable: recursive queries. We distinguish two type of DNS queries: Iterative or non-recursive Recursive Each 13 root server is configured... [Continue reading...]

WHM – System Reboot WHM – System Reboot

WHM offers two modalities of reboot: Graceful and Forceful. In every single case you should use only (really, only) the graceful method. The graceful method will kill all the running processes before sends the reboot signal, forceful on the other hand will only attempt to kill the processes. If you are used to Windows operating systems, you know about... [Continue reading...]

WHM – Networking Setup WHM – Networking Setup

For the guys from cptxoffice.net: If you think I said something wrong, please contact me so we can correct the issue. In the Networking section of WHM you will find by default 3 gadgets: Hostname Nameserver IPs Resolver configuration Each of these gadgets is extremely important both for you and for the server. Especially if you want the server to... [Continue reading...]

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SEOLike

Ethics of content scraping and feed aggregation Ethics of content scraping and feed aggregation

Nowadays’ one of the most interesting phenomenon of the internet is content scraping and blogs’ feed aggregation. Many complain about it, but I think not all of the cases are a good reason for complaining. There are two type of content scarping: when the scraper links back to your website making it clear that the published content is “borrowed”... [Continue reading...]

Selling links on your blog: Ethics or Money? Selling links on your blog: Ethics or Money?

Who doesn’t like money? Everybody loves to have with a few bucks more in his pocket and I guess no webmaster is exception of this rule. The easiest way to get money from a blog or website is to advertise on it. Advertising companies is the usual and widely accepted way, this includes AdSense and AdBrite, or if we go on the affiliate network way,... [Continue reading...]

Blogrush is gone… No probs… Blogrush alternative is coming Blogrush is gone… No probs… Blogrush alternative is coming

Cos We create another one! OK, seriously. I was very disappointed when got the email from blogrush.com saying that they go out of business. By the way, this is the second company or service I was extremely satisfied with and went out of business, the first was Koreru.com, my former webhost. After I was customer for about a year or so, they decided... [Continue reading...]

The road to a professional content | Ethics and Standards The road to a professional content | Ethics and Standards

Like it or not, blogging and online publishing in general is part of journalism. The problem is that the content is written by untrained people who extremely often commit mistakes a professional journalist wouldn’t do. The first step to the professional content, in my humble opinion is to follow the standards and ethics of the journalism, thus... [Continue reading...]

The road to a professional content | Introduction The road to a professional content | Introduction

A professional content is easy to understand, to read, has a well formed structure and title. Blogging which is nowadays one of the most popular hobbies the people choose, either because they want to share their life, experiences and difficulties they had or because they are simply bored. The only problem with blogging is that usually it has nothing... [Continue reading...]

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