Woopra: Live Web Tracking and Analytics Tool

Google Analytics is no doubt the best free analytics tool available for webmasters and bloggers. It is an essential service to track visitor and blog/website statistics. Several complaints have been heard from people about Google Analytics saying that it updates only once in 24-48 hours and does not include any sort of live visitor tracking tool. There are many other tools that offer live tracking, but they don’t even come near to Google Analytics when website analytics is concerned. Woopra is a new live web tracking and analytics tool that lets you analyze your websites/blogs in real time. It is targeted towards small and medium ...

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Upgrade Wordpress to 2.6.3 Quickly

WordPress 2.6.3, which was released yesterday, is a patch release that fixes two security vulnerabilities involving Snoopy, a library that WordPress uses internally. All WordPress users should upgrade to the latest WordPress version to avoid being a victim of this particular vulnerability. There are many obvious and less obvious ways to upgrade WordPress, a few possible ways, in decreasing order of required time, are: Download the latest WordPress source, unzipde it on your harddisk, connect to your server via ftp and transfer the files. Then follow the upgrade instructions on the WordPress website. This is the method Windows users are most likely to use ;-)Do the above, but transfer files via scpLog on to your server via ssh / putty, do a wget http://wordpress.org/download/ to...

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Moderate WordPress Comments from Desktop

It’s been a while since I last shared an Adobe AIR tool. The last one I posted about was about GMDesk which lets you run Google services from your desktop. Many blogs have comment moderation enabled to prevent from spam. Even this blog uses comment moderation, and I daily have to moderate a big pile of comments. This has just been made easy, thanks to Daniel. Moderator is an AIR-based app that lets you moderate comments on your WordPress-powered blogs right from your dekstop in rela-time and you don’t have to login to your Dashboard just to approve/unapprove comments. Some features included in this early release are: Viewing unmoderated...

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WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 Released

We have already been teased enough by the screenshots and features of the upcoming WordPress 2.7. And again a lot of buzz has been created before the actual release of WP 2.7. Finally the first beta of WordPress 2.7 is now available for download. The WP Team has been working hard on the pretty visuals you will see. At the moment, there are many glitches in WP 2.7 for IE and Opera, but it works fine in Firefox and Safari. For all those who are eagerly waiting for the full version of WordPress 2.7, there’s a small bad news. It won’t be releasing on November 10th, 2008 as planned before since the WP Team is two weeks behind schedule. What you get on Nov 10, is a Release Candidate release of WP 2.7. Nothing has been said about the final release date, but they won’t take long since...

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Google SEO Book

We all know that Webmasters Tools by Google are here to help webmasters in every inch of their website career, but did you know there is a Google SEO book available? I never did, until my friend tweeted about it. Well, there is nothing new in this book but simply the basics covering every aspect of the Search Engine Optimization. This e-book has been named as “SEO for Beginners”. In this book you can find out about all the terminologies, and important things taking part and organizing the whole SEO setup, but from Google’s aspect. In this book some basic questions are also well answered, like: Can Google index your site?What are Robots...

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Google Optimisation Essentials Video Series

The main key to earn maximum revenue from Google AdSense is to optimize your ads well for your blog. Google Adsense has now started giving recommendations for the best optimization of the Google Ads for your blog or website. So far they have made two posts on such tips. Below is a brief overview of what AdSense said about optimizing your ads. I – For AdSense Ad Units Last Week they released their first video enforcing towards an important logic while putting AdSense adverts and making more out of them. This logic was Bigger is Better. Yes, they recommend that bigger add size will give you the maximum opportunities for your AdSense revenue. These three ad unit were their recommendation regarding choosing the best size of your ads. 300×250 medium rectangle728×90 leaderboard160×600...

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Oxite: Blog Engine by Microsoft

We hardly know of anything that Microsoft has contributed to the open-source community, and almost a week ago, Microsoft launched its very own blogging platform which is surprisingly open-source, which means free! Oxite is the blogging engine powered by Microsoft technologies which can be used for small personal blogs to large corporate websites as a CMS (content-management system). This has been launched in competition with WordPress, which is by far the most popular open-source blogging publishing platform. But it is more ASP.NET driven and only corporate web developers would like to use it. WordPress has one of the biggest user and developer community, and provides the power and flexibility that no other CMS can provide. In my opinion, Oxite is no match for WordPress in any...

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Embed RSS Headlines Using Google AJAX Feed API

Now with Google’s code generating tool, it’s very easy to embed RSS headlines into personal sites or at other places where JavaScript is allowed. All you have to do is choose a style, feed expression and generate the code! Can it get anymore easier? The code can be easily customized to suit your web-design, contains no ads and is a great tool for web beginners. Choosing a style is very easy. You get to choose from three styles vertical, vertical stacked and horizontal. You can see an example of the horizontal style in the image above. In feed expression, you just add the name of the blog, and Google will find the feed for that blog...

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Download WordPress 2.6 Beta 1

Finally, the first beta of WordPress 2.6 has been released, with many new features in it and is now available for download. WordPress is one of the world’s favourite blogging platform. This release won’t be as big as WordPress 2.5, but will be worth upgrading to, because of the number of interesting new features it has. WordPress 2.6 is slated for a mid-July release which will have many usability improvements including the features mentioned below. Features Here’s a brief list of new features that are included in this beta, and will be included in the final WordPress 2.6 as well. The old bookmarklet is back in WP 2.6Caching of Admin...

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How To Remove Navbar In Blogger Blogs

You see a navigation bar on the top of every blog hosted at Blogger. With this navigation bar, you can search blogs, visit the next blog, sign in or create a new account. You can even flag a blog for posting some objectionable content. One thing I like about WordPress.com blogs is that they don’t display any navigation bars at the top or at the bottom, but here at Blogger.com they don’t provide any option to remove it. I was hoping to see an option to remove this in the latest Blogger Draft features. But who needs them when you can manually tweak it not to display the navigation bar. How To Remove Navbar In Blogger Blogs 1. Open your...

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WordPress 2.6 Released – Download Now!

Yesterday, the first release candidate of WP 2.6 (codename Tyner) was released and a day later, the final version of WordPress 2.6 is out and is now available for download. WordPress again brings in lots of new features and usability improvements with its latest version. They have also done some minor tweaks to improve its security. What’s hot and new in WordPress 2.6 One of the major features to be added is the WordPress Turbo, that uses Google Gears to save your WordPress Dashboard files on PC and load pages at lightening speed.Then comes Post Revision, with which one can track all the changes made to their posts and restore any old...

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Sunday Highlights – 3

hey readers! Enjoying your Sunday? :) I hope it’s going well for you. It’s almost night time here and I had awesome day today. This week has been great for me. I finally got over with my laziness and upgraded to WordPress 2.5.1 yesterday. :) May 19, 2008 – May 25, 2008 Amazing Face ArtUpload Files To Multiple File Hosts At OnceDownload UXtheme.dll Patch For Windows XP SP3Free Webroot Desktop Firewall License KeyGoogle Hacks – The Ultimate Google Exploit ToolIE7Pro 2.3 Released – Download NowFree Facebook ThemesDownload Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 Special EditionAd-Aware 2008 Final ReleasedWordPress 2.6 FeaturesRapishare Happy Hours Detector – Firefox Extension50 Rapidshare Search EnginesSneak Peak At The New Facebook Profile DesignHow To Try Out New Facebook Des...

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Happy Birthday WordPress

My favourite blogging system and the best CMS around turns 5 today, on May 27. I started using WordPress in Feb. 07 on DJ Flush’s (of Sizlopedia) recommendation. I was always a big fan of Joomla, and thought it was the best CMS around. But I just tried WordPress once, and since then there is no looking back! With all the tons of exciting features, and ease of usability and flexibility of designs, there can be no better CMS than WordPress. I would like to congratulate, Matt and all other WordpPress developers, on its birthday and would like to see it grow more in the coming years. If you are interested in reading my WordPress related...

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Coming Soon: Google Adsense For RSS Feeds

FeedBurner is finally rolling out the most-awaited feature for Google AdSense: AdSense for RSS Feeds. The rumours were on for quite some time now, and yesterday they finally announced that they will be releasing it next week. Previously, only a few beta-tester publishers were allowed to use AdSense for RSS Feeds. But from next week onwards, all publishes will be able to enjoy the benefits of this ad-publishing program. Initially, it will be experimented with a few AdSense publishers, and then soon will be expanded for everyone. Ad Sample Image Source: Digital Inspiration One of the biggest advantages I see for bloggers in this program...

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Sunday Highlights – 4

First, I would like to apologize for my absence from my blog, without any notice, for 2 days. Actually, I recently bought a new PC and was having a few compatibility problems between my new motherboard and my Internet modem. My PC was restarting randomly without any errors. I was worried if there was any fault in the hardware, but 2 days of playing with things myself, I found the actual problem. Everything is now back to normal, and regular posts like before will resume. :) Let’s head on to this week’s highlights now. May 26, 2008 – June 1, 2008 Introducing Windows 7 With Real ScreenshotsHappy Birthday WordPressTurn Windows XP Into Media Center With Media PortalFeedReader 3.13 Midrelease 2 ReleasedYahoo Messenger 9.0 Beta Gets New FeaturesHow To Revert Back To Old Google FaviconHow...

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May 08 – Blog Roundup

The last time I did a roundup post was somewhere in November 2007, when my stats were dropping. But since then, a lot of things has changed. I took a 4 months break because of my exams, and then returned back at the end of April and having posting regularly since then. The stats have been pretty interesting than what they were back in November. Now let’s kick off with this year’s first roundup post, and first begin with the best posts of the previous month. Do let me know which one you enjoyed the most. Blog Posts: RapidShare Happy Hours Detector (2)Free Orkut Themes (first wave)How To Install Windows Vista On PSPHow To Type In Bold In...

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FeedCompare: Compare FeedBurner Subscriber Count

If you thought Alexa is the only tool from where you can compare traffic stats of site, then think again! I’ve found a new tool which lets you compare your FeedBurner subscriber count with up to 4 blogs/sites in a row. Visit the FeedCompare site, and just enter the FeedBurner feed name, or enter the FeedBurner feed URL. Then click the red “Compare” button to view the comaprison. This tool can be very useful for bloggers who want to compare their feed readers count with other blogs or sites. Visit FeedCompare to compare fee...

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Windows Live Writer Gets New Features

Windows Live Writer (WLW) is one of the most widely used blog editor, and is my favourite too. In fact, this post is also being written on WLW. Yesterday, Writer Zone announced a new Technical update to Windows Live Writer which includes a number of improvements and new features. A brief listing of the features have been given below. One of the most notable feature is the crop and screenshot feature which can now be down right from Windows Live Writer without the use of Paint or Photoshop. Another interesting feature is of visual effects i.e reflection, rounded corners etc. that can be added to our images. We can also rotate images...

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Big List Of Ping Services

Wondering what’s ping? It’s nothing near to the game ping-pong, :p in fact, using ping services you can notify and update different blog directories and search engines, that you’ve updated your blog. And the sooner your new content gets included in the search engines and blog directories, the higher are the chances that you get more traffic from these sources. Below is a list I found on DailyBlogTips, and would like to share it with you all. I have also included some of the ping services that were not included in the list I found. WordPress bloggers can update their blog’s ping list from their Admin Dashboard > Options > Writing. http://rpc.pingomatic.com/http://api.feedster.com/pinghttp://api.moreover.com/pinghttp://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/pinghttp://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2http://ping.amagle.com/http://ping.bitacoras.comhttp://ping.blo.gs/http://ping.feedburner.comhttp://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.phphttp://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.phphttp://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.phphttp://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/http://rpc.newsgator.com/http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/pinghttp://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2http://topicexchange.com/RPC2http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2http://www.blogoole.com/ping/http://www.blogoon.net/ping/http://www.blogsnow.com/pinghttp://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgihttp://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloudhttp://www.popdex.com/addsite.phphttp://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2http://www.wasalive.com/ping/http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2http://1470.net/api/pinghttp://api.feedster.com/pinghttp://api.moreover.com/RPC2http://api.moreover.com/pinghttp://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/pinghttp://bblog.com/ping.phphttp://bitacoras.net/pinghttp://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPChttp://blogdb.jp/xmlrpchttp://blogmatcher.com/u.phphttp://bulkfeeds.net/rpchttp://coreblog.org/ping/http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatthttp://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/http://ping.amagle.com/http://ping.bitacoras.comhttp://ping.blo.gs/http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpchttp://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/http://ping.exblog.jp/xmlrpchttp://ping.feedburner.comhttp://ping.myblog.jphttp://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.phphttp://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.phphttp://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.phphttp://ping.weblogs.se/http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/http://rpc.newsgator.com/http://rpc.pingomatic.comhttp://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/pinghttp://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2http://topicexchange.com/RPC2http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.phphttp://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2bhttp://www.bitacoles.net/ping.phphttp://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2http://www.blogoole.com/ping/http://www.blogoon.net/ping/http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdateshttp://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.phphttp://www.blogsnow.com/pinghttp://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgihttp://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.phphttp://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloudhttp://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.phphttp://www.popdex.com/addsite.phphttp://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/http://xmlrpc.blogg.dehttp://xping.pubsub.com/ping/...

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FeedDemon 2.7 Released

Newsgator gas released a new version of FeedDemon, the best RSS reader for Windows. FeedDemon 2.7 includes several bug fixes, many new features and tons of performance improvements. The most notable newly added feature is the “Find Feeds“. Now you can subscribe to multiple feeds related to your query at the same time. And best of all, FeedDemon is still free! Download FeedDemon 2.7 For some reason, the FeedDemon home page still says FeedDemon 2.6, but if you download it, the installer is actually for FeedDemon 2.7. Via [Digital Inspiration] Free RapidShare Premium Account Giveaway Hey readers, I just got over with the free domain giveaway,...

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WordPress 2.6 Features

The talks about WordPress 2.6, the next version of WordPress, have already started. WordPress 2.6 is going to be another much-awaited release because of the introduction of many interesting features and usability improvements in it. I’ll give you a very brief overview of what this latest version of WordPress is going to offer. WordPress 2.6 Features New and improved bookmarklet (Yes, it’s coming back!)Post words countShif-click checkbox selection hackWiki-style revisions management of blog postsGoogle Gears support for writing posts offlineIdenticons If you would like to know more about these features, head over to WordPress Expert....

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Schedule Posts For Later Publishing In WordPress

WordPress is, no doubt, the best blogging platform and CMS (Content Management System) available. There are endless features in it, and since the new version, WordPress 2.5, is out it’s even more fun to use it. I’ve been using WordPress for the past 1 year now, before that I was with Joomla and worked on that. But seriously, WordPress is more easy, user-friendly and faster to use. Here’s a small WordPress tip I would like to share with you all. As you all know, previously, I took a 4 months break because of my exams. In the meanwhile, you you kept getting posts on Sizzled Core regularly for some time, even when I was...

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New Macbook Pro Core i5 and i7 Models Now Available

The much awaited moment has finally arrived. Apple has announced the new 15 and 17 inch Macbook Pro which comes with new i5 and i7 processors. Few hours back, Apple Online store was down due to maintenance and upgrading. The new Macbook Pros are finally on the Apple Online Store and the good thing is, there is a reduction in the price of Macbook Pro 17inch. The new price of 17 inch Macbook Pro is $2300 while the price of 15 inch Macbook Pro is $1800. However, there is no change in the price of 13 inch Macbook Pro. Furthermore, the hard disk has been upgraded to 500 GB. To view the complete specifications, check here So, will you get the new Macbook P...

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iPhone 4G/HD Dropped in a Bar

iPhone 4G/HD pictures claiming to be leaked images of the upcoming iPhone device have been popping up now and then online. But none of us is sure how authentic they are. Something interesting was found by Engadget today. A device which seems to be the iPhone 4G/HD was found in an iPhone 3G case dropped in a bar. So, does this look like the real deal? iPhone 4G/...

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WWDC 10 Live Video Streaming Links

WWDC 10 is about to get started in about 45 minutes and and the excitement is at its peak! You can catch the live streaming of the keynote from several places here. WWDC 10 Live Keynote! Here I will be posting the live video streaming feed links I’ll find online to watch WWDC 10 online live! WWDC 10 Live Video Streaming Links Here’s one I have found so far. Bookmark this page or keep it opened as I will be refreshing it as soon as I find more working ones! Video is always better than live keynote blogging! ;) UStream WWDC 10 Video Streaming Watch here if the above video doesn’t wo...

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Farmville for iPhone, Farming Comes to iPhone in June!

WWDC 2010 is going on live right now and guess what was just announced? Okay, so you did read the title… Farmville for iPhone! Yes, the farming craze has just been announced for the iPhone. Farmville for iPhone will be available by the end of June for the 1 year anniversary of the launch of Farmville. Flash dead? More details will be updated lat...

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iMovie for iPhone for $4.99 in the App Store

iMovie for iPhone app has just been announced and is now available in the App Store for $4.99 only! It works just like the iMovie desktop app, but on a smaller screen! It gives you almost all the features for premium video editing and a lot more! iMovie for iPhone Features Here are the features of iMovie announced at the WWDC 10 a few minutes ago. Records geolocation in videosTransition effectsThemesVideo export to 360p, 540p and 720p You can download it from the App Store for $4.99 for your iPhone! Photo Credits: Engad...

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iOS 4.0 is the iPhone OS 4

iOS 4 download now available! Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, just announced at the WWDC 10 event (day 1) that the iPhone OS 4 has now been renamed to iOS 4. The good part? It is now available for developers and will be available for download for public soon! Not much details right now, but will be added soon in this portion. Check back soon! Download iOS 4 for iPhone, iPod Touch You can download iOS 4 for iPhone and iPod Touch here: Download iOS 4 for iPhone, iPod To...

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Unannounced Features of iPhone OS 4.0

Steve Jobs announced some of the most exciting features for the iPhone OS 4.0 which is to be released in summer for the iPhone and iPod Touch and later this fall for the iPad. Most of the emphasis was on the main seven features that were demoed and announced today. In total, there are over 100 new features added in this latest OS 4.0. We have already covered the seven main features briefly, now let’s put soem light on the list of announced features. iPhone OS 4.0 SDK Features AccelerateAutomated testingQuick lookIn-app SMSPhoto library accessFull access to camera/video dataFull map overlaysOver 1500 new APIsEmbed PDF meta dataCarrier informationDate...

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iPhone OS 4.0 Multitasking Video

We have already seen what Apple has to offer in the upcoming iPhone OS 4.0. My favourite feature in the iPhone OS 4.0 is multitasking! That is one feature I can’t live without in a smartphone and that is what might make me move to an iPhone when the next-gen iPhone comes later this year. iPhone OS 4.0 beta (8A230m) firmware is already available for download for developers now. Here’s a quick video I found on YouTube which demonstrates the multitasking feature of the iPhone OS 4.0 on an iPhone 3GS....

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iPad Widgets for Homescreen, Coming Soon?

So, yes, they are coming in future! Widgets for the iPad home screen is imminent. Yesterday, at the iPhone OS 4.0 event, Jason Chen of Gizmodo asked Steve Jobs if they have moved away from widgets? He replied that they have just shipped it over the weekend and rested the next day. On asking if it was possible, then yes, Steve replied, “Everything is possible.” At the developer’s preview yesterday, Apple announced several new exciting features for the iPhone OS 4.0 which is to be released in summer for the iPhone and iPod Touch and later this fall for the iPad. iPhone OS 4.0 SDK is now available for download for developers. iPad Widgets...

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How to Install iPhone 4.0 Beta Firmware without UDID

In order to try out the new iPhone 4.0 beta, you need to have a developer’s account on Apple in order to install and try out the latest beta OS from Apple for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. But today I’m going to share how you can install iPhone 4.0 beta without UDID registration. iPhone OS 4.0 beta was released in a developer’s preview event a couple of days ago which brings over 100 new features to the iPhone OS with multitasking being the biggest one! How to Install iPhone 4.0 Beta Firmware without UDID Yes, it’s possible! iH8sn0w has shown a way how you can activate and install iPhone OS 4.0 beta firmware without UDID registration...

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Opera Mini for iPhone Available in App Store

Apera Mini for iPhone has finally been approved by Apple and is now available for download in the App Store. First Opera Mini for Android, and now finally the iPhone! Opera has gone a great deal to get Opera Mini approved for the iPhone and iPod Touch users. It was submitted to Apple back in March, but none of us had expected Apple to approve it. This is what the Opera CEO has to say in the press-release: “We are delighted to offer iPhone and iPod touch users a great browsing experience with the Opera Mini App,” said Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software. “This app is another step toward Opera’s goal of bringing the Web to more people...

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Apple Store Down, New MacBook Pros Coming?

Apple Store is down, and this only means one thing, that the new MacBook Pro 2010 can be released today. All the rumours are pointing towards only one thing, that yes, indeed, Apple is most likely to update their MacBook Pro lineup today. Last week, Macworld Australia heard from sources that new MacBook Pro models will be announced next Tuesday, that is today, the 13th of April. Their source is also familiar with Apple product cycles and inventory levels. Stay tuned to find out what Apple will, most likely, reveal today. New MacBook Pro with Core i5 and i7? New iMacs? Or bo...

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New MacBook Pros Leaked Specs

The new MacBook Pro 2010 models are just round the corner and looks like there has been a leak of specs of the upcoming new MacBook Pros. AppleInsider has collected some bits from its sources and they tell that Apple will unveil the new MacBook Pros today and they all come with new processors and a 4GB RAM minimum. According to them: According one person familiar with the matter, each model will ship with 4GB of RAM, including 2.4GHz and 2.66GHz 13-inch models, 2.4GHz, 2.55GHz and 2.66GHz 15-inch models, and a 2.53GHz 17-inch model. Additionally, the new line may include three different types of screens options: Glossy, High Resolution...

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