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Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
New Gmail features on the way — There are at least two new features that are making their way to Gmail accounts near you. The source code for Gmail confirms both of these features, but for most people the variable enabling them is set to "false". — The first feature is one that lets users delete …
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Ionut Alex. Chitu / Google Operating System:
New In Gmail: Apply Filters To Old Emails — Until now, Gmail allowed users to set filters only for the future emails. Now when you create a filter or update one, Gmail allows you to apply it to old emails (see Also apply filter to 160 conversations below in the screenshot). That's a very useful feature.
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Maria Aspan / New York Times:
TV Is Now Interactive, Minus Images, on the Web — Many "Rescue Me" viewers weren't happy, and they weren't being quiet about it. — The June 20 episode of the series, on FX, concluded with a violent sex scene between the main character, played by Denis Leary, and his estranged wife.
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Dan Mitchell / New York Times:
Tail Is Wagging the Internet Dog — THE media columnist Jack Shafer was confused, and maybe a little jealous. He wondered last week why a two-year-old article by Paul Boutin, his fellow Slate writer, was suddenly drawing huge traffic numbers. Mr. Boutin's article was a light …
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Blackfriars' Marketing
Adam Knight / macgeekery.com:
Optimizing AirPort Connectivity — Interference. It's the biggest problem these days with wireless ethernet and it will kill the speed of your connection. A 54Mb connection is capable of 6.9MB/s at 100% performance. You won't see 100% performance. You'll be lucky to see 90% (6.2MB/s).
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog
TDavid / Things That:
Create a playlist of the hit songs and albums for all your birthdays (UK charts) — With the everyhit.com date engine you can find out what songs were #1 on your birthday. — Then you can go a step further and display the hit songs and/or albums for every birthday through history and create the ultimate birthday hit song playlist.
Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
Bot Obedience: Herding Googlebot — I noticed a useful session at the upcoming Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose. In exactly a month there will be a Bot Obedience class. People sometimes ask me about how to "sculpt" where Googlebot visits, and my only other post …
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Robert McMillan / PC World:
Google's Binary Search Helps Identify Malware — Thousands of malicious Web sites pinpointed thanks to a little-known capability in Google's search engine. — SAN FRANCISCO — A little-known capability in Google's search engine has helped security vendor Websense uncover thousands of malicious Web sites …
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Alice Hill's Real Tech News
Amanda Termen / CNET News.com:
Anaheim's first taste of EarthLink muni Wi-Fi — EarthLink's Wi-Fi network in Anaheim, Calif., offers a taste of the wireless broadband service that soon will be rolled out in several larger U.S. cities. But it also underscores the challenges still facing municipal broadband projects.
Mathew Honan / Macworld:
Analysts: Windows on Macs will not open corporate doors — Apple's switch to Intel processors and the Macs newfound ability to run Windows natively may lead to increased adoption in the home and small business marketplace, but will probably not translate to an increased presence …
Warner Crocker / GottaBeMobile.com:
Updating the Top Tablet PC Apps In My Tablet PC Toolbox — Before I joined up with the GottaBeMobile Gang I used to periodically update my list of Top 10 Tablet PC apps that I use everyday on Life On The Wicked Stage: Act 2. I haven't done an update to the list in awhile, but I have updated the toolbox.
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Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
Voice Phishers Dialing for PayPal Dollars — Be the first to comment on this article — Internet security experts have discovered a new phishing scam that uses voice recordings to pilfer money from PayPal accounts. — In the newest social engineering attack, identity thieves …
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Media Guerrilla:
Real Men of Genius — There are so few ads I actually pay attention to these days, with the exception of one: Bud Light's "Real Men of Genius" radio spots. Don't ask me why, they just crack me up. Anyway, I've attend a tear of blogger conferences the past several weeks …
Jesse D. Lewin / 10:
Phil Torrone brings Make to Microsoft — Picture this: It's a sunny Friday a little after lunch, and you're dreading the hike back to your desk and the piles of work that scared you towards the solice of your burrito in the first place. Typically this is the most depressing moment in a day...
