on Life and Livingness – by Tom

Imitation may be the most sincere form of flattery but in the online world, it can take steal your revenue. To check for sites copying your web pages, use Copyscape. It will scan for duplicates of your material:http://www.copyscape.com/

When hackers crash their systems while developing viruses, the code is often sent directly to Microsoft, according to one of its senior security architects, Rocky Heckman. http://www.zdnet.com.au/hackers-accidentally-give-microsoft-their-code-339305548.htm

Joins Google, Adobe in auto-update movement to take patching out of users’ hands http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php

There are about ten common Facebook marketing tactics. (You can probably think of more, but most are a derivative of one of these ten.) It may surprise you to learn that five of these tactics don’t even work – that’s fully half! http://www.sitepronews.com/2010/07/08/5-common-facebook-tactics-that-dont-work/

Internet Explorer shortcuts: CTRL+I (Opens the Favorites bar). CTRL+H (Opens the History bar). CTRL+W (Closes the current window or tab)

http://www.websquash.com/ebooks/index.htm

Google will stop developing its email-like collaboration tool Wave “as a standalone product” as early as next year following low demand for the service. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/223651,google-to-wipe-out-wave.aspx

Here’s a tool that will enable you to check the search results across different data centres. http://www.digiwebtools.com/google_datacenter_search.php

Synonym challenges. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/helping-computers-understand-language.html

Here’s a handy little definitions page for those diving into SEO (Search Engine Optimisation http://www.submitexpress.com/seodictionary.html

New device produces entangled light. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/213800,toshiba-invention-brings-quantum-computing-closer.aspx

Here is some great data on SEO results http://chitika.com/research/2010/the-value-of-google-result-positioning/

Then check out this free course http://theoctoblog.com/ctcseo/3weekemailcourseoptin.html

Adobe co-founders Chuck Geschke and John Warnock have written an open letter rebutting accusations from Apple that Flash is a closed system, and arguing that Apple’s stance could “undermine the next chapter of the web”. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/174700,adobe-founders-return-fire-at-steve-jobs.aspx

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office confirmed a patent held by i4i that has been at the heart of a dispute with Microsoft. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/346169/patent_office_upholds_i4i_patent_microsoft_dispute/?eid=-301

Software provider picks up mobile database player for roughly $US5.8 billion http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/346461/sap_acquire_sybase_bid_go_mobile_/?eid=-301

IBM researchers have developed a manufacturing technique capable of etching 1,000 three-dimensional world maps on materials the size of a grain of salt. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/172831,ibm-develops-nano-manufacturing-technique.aspx

This is really easy to use, free and very helpful! http://www.reactionengine.com/