Thanks to gamers from all over and l33t-speak (that�s hacker language for the laymen out there) shout — “w00t!” — has just been named as the “Word of the Year” by the Merriam-Webster Online Web Site. According to the Merriam-Webster Web site, the word �w00t!� (spelled with two zero�s instead of two letter O�s) is an acronym for �We owned the other team,� but is mainly used as an interjection to express joy, most especially in the case of triumph.

Such as other coded languages, l33t-speak was developed for exclusivity so as to make it harder to detect hackers� online conversations. And as the nature of speakers of coded languages, despite the popularity of “w00t!,� I�m sure that these guys have moved on and have coined another term to substitute for it. But I�m sure that whatever that new term is, it would eventually get out of its exclusivity and may even be the next catch phrase of 2008.

Source: Yahoo! News

Yep, those bloody pirates have struck again! But the British police were right to save the day as they conducted a dawn raid in Cardiff, Welsh and arrested three people suspected of involvement in Internet-based music and film piracy rings. Two men (one of which is the ring leader) and a woman were said to be part of the biggest suppliers of pirated music and films in Britain, earning about 3,000 pounds (6,173 $) a month. Now I understand how these cyber thieves find the piracy business a lucrative one. Too bad it�s considered illegal and unethical. But piracy is not going to end unless people stop buying from them. Just some food for thought, folks.

Source: Reuters

Honestly, I don’t have any patience in waiting for Firefox to start, freeze a little bit, and sluggishly respond to my keystrokes when all I want to do is to take a quick peek at an Australia business directory. Chrome can do the same things in less than half the time.

However, as amazingly quick and responsive Google Chrome may be, its pop-up blocker leaves a lot to be desired. I still get a bunch of pop-ups that escape Chrome’s largely inadequate blocker, and it’s irritating at the least. Browser speed trumps pop-up blockers every time though, so I thought I can live with that. Turns out I can’t.

So I was thankful for this Google Chrome extension that actually blocks more pop-ups than the built-in blocker. The Better Pop Up Blocker improves the default Google Chrome pop up blocker by blocking pop up windows opened by javascript & other annoyances that it misses like alert, prompt, and confirm boxes. They often occur when you simply click on what looks like blank space or text that shouldn’t do anything, let alone annoy you with a pop up window.

Synchronization with hosted Microsoft Exchange Server allows contact with mails on phone. But ahead of synchronization with email Exchange hosting, you should see to it that you are carrying a wireless gadget that can support the local provider of Mexico. Also, if you are not a native of Mexico, in order to utilize the benefit of MS Exchange, check with your country’s local wireless providers about their compatibility with Mexico’s wireless carriers. Also, it’s always good to surf through the country’s wireless provider’s website to know what they offer. Telcel is the biggest wireless provider in Mexico.

Spanish is the official language of Mexico. Nevertheless, language is never a barricade for the natives of Mexico while enjoying the benefit of Exchange Server 2010 as hosted Exchange 2010 is there available in the market in different lingos.

Businesses which do have high rankings in the search results enjoy a lot of benefits. They will see a lot of traffic directed to their websites because of these rankings and this means the potential for a greater number of sales too. When you have top rankings, it is easy to become a bit complacent and become used to the advantages it can provide. Site owners which have achieved the top are often those which are content with the way their business is running.

However, rankings are never safe and are never guaranteed. Many factors can affect your rankings and result in a big change virtually overnight. If you have been ranked at the top for certain searches for a considerable amount of time and then all of a sudden are not, this can have devastating consequences on your business.

If you have experienced a drop in rankings recently, it is not time to panic but time to try and figure out why and time to try and get your website back on top.

Firstly, you have to make sure only ethical SEO services and techniques have been used within your SEO campaign. If you use black hat SEO, the search engines will notice and will punish your website with low rankings. Ensure only white hat SEO has been used within your SEO campaign and if black hat SEO methods have been adopted, stop this immediately.

Secondly, links play an influential role in rankings. If you want the search engines and others to find your website, you have to have numerous high quality links to your site. Begin building more links to your web pages from relevant and respectable sources and this will help you to regain your position within the search results.

If you have not changed your SEO campaign and have been using ethical SEO, it may be you have experienced a drop in rankings because of the actions of others. The behaviour of your competitors can make a big difference to your performance. Find out who is now outranking you and try to work out why. Find out what they are doing and then try to do better.

Finding out your rankings have dropped is disappointing but does not mean it is time to give up. There are many things you can do and SEO experts can provide you with the help you need. If you have a problem with rankings, seek professional SEO assistance.

We at www.searchengineoptimisation.com help our clients to achieve top rankings within the search results so they can get the attention and traffic they deserve.

With the upgradation of Small Business Server to new versions, lot have been added and changed every time. It all started with BackOffice Small Business Server 4.0, which was then got upgraded to BackOffice Small Business Server 4.5 then to Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 then to Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 which then got upgraded to Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 R2 and finally to Microsoft Small Business Server 2008. These are some of the differences which could be thought of now, but there are lot more to it! Don’t forget to browse through and enjoy the benefits of Small Business Server hosting.

Small Business Server 2003 R2 is the updated version of SBS 2003, with its main focus on security. SBS 2003 R2 includes Update Services, which centralizes management of updates and patches. Elsewhere, the mailbox store limit for Exchange Server 2003 has increased to 75GB and the Premium version includes SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition. The upper limit of 75 users or devices still holds, but CALs have been improved to provide better access to additional Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server systems without the need to buy more licences. On the other hand, SBS 2008 includes the latest versions of component technologies including Windows Server 2008 SP2, Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (in the Premium edition), and Windows SharePoint. Services 3.0. SBS 2003 R2 includes x86 (32-bit) technology and SBS 2008 include x64 (64-bit) technology. In SBS 2003 R2, set up asks technical questions and allows you to place data stores in the UI but in Small Business Server 2008, setup doesn’t ask technical questions, if you want some, look at the answer file to enter the migration path, or make modifications to setup, making it more predictable, easier and faster. In Small Business Server 2003 R2, Windows Firewall is disabled, which is otherwise in SBS 2008. In SBS 2003 R2, DHCP can be deployed on Router or SBS server, in SBS 2008, DHCP strongly recommended on SBS server which can be disabled using advanced console only.

Also in SBS 2003 R2, there is a feature called “To Do” list, in SBS 2008, you will find “Getting Started” List. The User Templates in SBS 2003 R2 is renamed to User Roles in SBS 2008. In the earlier version, backup was NTBackup based, support for USB disk drive and Tape, in the new version, backup is based on new VSS technology, and is much quicker, but no longer supports tape. Earlier version only provided Email Reports Daily and Instant alerts from a defined list but SBS 2008 provides an extensible list of alerts and daily reports. No anti-virus is included in SBS 2003 but the new version includes 120 day trial versions of OneCare for the Server, and Forefront Security for Exchange.

The browser war may be dominated by Firefox but with Chrome, IE and some other players it continues to be anyone’s game. With more and more people using the internet for their everyday computing, browsers have become an integral part of computing in the internet age. Social media, an arena being focused on by Google is still blooming and may be the target of Mozilla for their release of the newer version. Truly, it has been streamlined, having more space for pages and allowing better control over what the user needs and wants.

Podcasts, or non-streamed webcasts, are digital media files released in episodes. Unlike streamed data where the data are transmitted and received as it is being transmitted, Podcasts are treated as web feeds and a special client application software is needed to access, analyze, and download these feeds for new files. The downloading process can be done automatically and are stored on the computer’s local memory, ready for access even when offline, and ready to be saved to any media device like your iPod.

I now have hundreds of podcast music and videos that I can enjoy anytime of the day. With this technology, I am able to listen to my favorite inspirational messages from my laptop while riding the train on the way to work. I can even download media files from cool websites like the Australia business directory or European online travel tours. Having the ability to save files that have been automatically downloaded to my laptop has given me more control of my files and multimedia documents that I keep track of. And all these go straight to my ipod in one easy step, to be enjoyed in an even more convenient way. I’m loving my iPod, thanks to podcasting.

I read a Facebook blog and it stated there a few reasons why they did it.

1) Making mobile more social. Although I have never used my mobile phone to check and update my status and those of others (and all because my mobile phone is a dinosaur), I guess people who do has greatly appreciated this improvement. New mobile apps are being built to accommodate mobile user’s growing needs.

2) Next evolution of Messages. The device or medium for receiving messages is no longer an issue. Their tool automatically shifts gear to whatever the receiver prefers based on hardware and applications availability.

3) Friendship pages launched. Now, searching for connections and network relationships are a breeze. True, this can be a drag for people who are keeping “secret” friendships. But otherwise, it is a fast and easy way to stay connected and informed about people related to you in the network. It even links to personal domain names of your friends.

Angsts about the new Facebook is coming to a slow halt, hopefully. Change is always faced with reactions, both good and bad. I say give it a chance. Privacy issues with the new Facebook interface are for those people who have a lot to hide. But that is just my opinion.

Oracle recently released its latest version of its software, Identity Manager. For those who are new to this, it’s a user provisioning and administration software application that enables companies to update, upgrade, and add or remove user accounts from other applications and directories. Oracle states that the latest version of Identity Manager improves compliance since it provides “granular” reports which identified which users has access to specific data and other pertinent and sensitive information – which has always been a challenge for companies who wish to meet “regulatory mandates such as Sarbanes-Oxley, FFIEC and PCI.”

SOURCE: Internetnews