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[27 Aug 2008 | 106 Comments | 900 views]
What is a feed?

What is a feed?
If you’re used to surfing the internet and viewing blogs, you probably already know what a feed is. If you don’t, then read on. A feed is basically way for a blog’s or website’s visitor to subscribe to the site using a web page, feed reader or email to subscribe.

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[5 Aug 2008 | One Comment | 150 views]

Cuil – The New Google?

Is Cuil, the new kid on the search engine block, really as good as the developers say? We checked, and the results are NOT so promising…

First of all, the design of Cuil’s search results page is very inconvenient. You just can’t find what you’re looking for!
And the results themselves seem to be completely irrelevant and definitely not what what the user searched for. Read on and see what Cuil gives us when we search for “Windows”…

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[10 Jul 2008 | 4 Comments | 36 views]

The upcoming week, 14 – 20 July will be Firefox week here in xptricks.net. We’ll be posting many tutorials and reviews on Firefox and other browsers. You might find it handy to bookmark us (Ctrl + D) or subscribe to our feed. Here’s the post guide of the week:

Monday 14th: Firefox 3 – The New Look OF Firefox. We’ll start off nice and big with our review of the latest version of Mozilla Firefox. Don’t miss it.
Tuesday 15th: 10 Reasons Why Opera And Firefox Are Better Than Internet Explorer. In …

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[8 Jun 2008 | 18 Comments | 301 views]

Wow. Looks like there’s a tidal wave sweeping the web. First it was ThePlanet, then went Amazon and now, even adsense is down.. I wonder what will be next.. Google.com ?
If google itself went down, There would be chaos. People screaming on the streets, whole cities burning down because no-one can google the solution.. Looks like I Power’s prediction that the Internet will end by 2012 is coming true. In a terrible way.
We are all dependent of Google, even though we might not notice it. Most of us run …

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[2 Jun 2008 | No Comment | 16 views]

Everyone should have a home. Everyone. If you’re Buying a home in Ohio, or anywhere near, tere’s a great site to help you. The Cleveland Ohio Real Estate Blog. It has loads of news and information about Ohio and the real estate market. Make sure you check it out!

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[27 May 2008 | 4 Comments | 91 views]

Welcome to the fifth monthly Carnival of Computer Help
and Advice. A big thank you to all the blog authors
who contributed their posts. Limitation of space means
that some did not make it into this month’s carnival.
If you want to submit your own articles, see the
information at the bottom of this post.
Paul Wilcox, a regular contributor to this carnival and writer of Security Manor, presents valuable advice in his Keeping Children Safe On The Internet article. A must-read for all parents. On the subject of security, Wong SK explains a Step By …