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Yes,

I have updated my blog to WP 2.5. And I must admit, I am thrilled with the Interface and Design. It’s Fantabulous.

It has been 24 hours since its out, but this time I chosen to do this upgrade asap. As I really wanted to lay my hand on the new Look.

Why I am Thrilled about WordPress 2.5

There are so many things new out there that it will take time to figure out them completely. Still best things I found are…

• Completely changed post-editor with better image & file uploading. Also added support for image galleries. I loved new AJAXified tagging support as I mentioned about it earlier too.
• One-click upgrade to wordpress plugin. This is I guess can’t get any better now!
• Tag-management support is added.
• The style of adding the Post URL is out of the World.
• Dashboard can have widget now. Check WordPress.com stats widget for an example.

For more detailed list, check wordpress development blog!

I will have more insight once I am over with my Play with it.

Shocking NEWS about CTRL+C (u must read)

Please be very careful when u press ctrl + c ..

Here is some useful information for all. Ctrl+C may be the most important work we do everyday. But it’s not a very safe thing to do. Read on to know why. What happens when you press Ctrl+C while you are On-line… We do copy various data by Ctrl + C for pasting elsewhere.

This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a combination of JavaScript’s and ASP.

Just try this:
1) Copy any text by Ctrl + C
2) Click the Link: Sourcecodesworld.com
3) You will see the text you copied was accessed by this web page.

Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit card numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information.
Forward this information to as many friends as you can, to save them from on-line frauds !

Anna Maria Virzi, has written a nice article on SEO Challenges.

Few of the main challenges for the SEO specialists include:

• The Hippo Symptom
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Competitive Disadvantage
• The Great Divide
• You Know, It Don’t Come Easy

Find the complete Article here…

WordPress 2.5 is almost ready to go. We should expect them to roll it in few more days.

You can have a preview of the new version here. Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of WordPress 2.5 is now available for download, with the team looking for feedback.

According to today’s blog entry, the software is “basically done and stable”, and:
could be released today, but we’d like to incorporate feedback from a wider audience before making it available to the general public. After a few days of your feedback we’ll set a final release date.

I am just waiting to have the final version….

The TFT or LCD screen is one of the most expensive component of your notebook or desktop computer and they’re very sensitive to dust, fingerprints or even when you cough or sneeze without covering the mouth and nose.

Unlike the standard CRT monitors with Glass screens, you are not advised to clean an LCD Monitor by wiping it with a piece of dry lint-free cloth since the sensitive display is likely to get scratches from dust particles.

So how do you clean an LCD monitor screen without buying any of those expensive LCD Monitor Cleaner solutions or Monitor Wipes available in the market ? We look at some proper methods and precautions before you clean the monitor (should apply to HDTVs, projection TVs and Plasma TVs as well)

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If your Skype calls are sounding less than optimal, get some technical detail. In your Skype UI, click over to Tools | Options | Display Technical Call Info. One of the more important stats displayed there is Round trip. If this reads 100 milliseconds or more, your call traffic is getting seriously delayed. Try placing the call again, and if that doesn’t solve your problem, it’s time to check your gateway settings.

I think we already know the potential Yahoo Answer is having in terms of Branding. If you’re in the social media wave or doing SMO (social media optimization), Yahoo Answers is worth a shot.

With Yahoo Answers you can basically brand your site, bring more link juice and generate good traffic like other social bookmarking sites or network sites does.

Yahoo Answers gives you an excellent opportunity to build some excellent trust and recognition by helping your target customer, giving them answer to their decision making questions.

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Google is looking for our Opinion for Improving their Services. This is one of their important method to increase their reach out. One of the reason, Google is a big success as they really pay attention to their inputs. They are very good in giving what their user needs and I think thats the reason we all appreciate them.

In recent week, we have seen Google conducting various survey on all of their products. Last week we gave out input to improve Webmaster Console. Though this one is more of knowing which of their various services are good.

I have already given my thoughts and inputs and if you think you can contribute towards the betterment of their product find the survey here.

Here are the Fast Facts for eBay.Com.

Millions of items are traded each day on eBay.com and some 1.5 million people make all or part of their living selling on eBay.

If you think this was something WOW, then hold your nerves I have few more up in my sleeves to share.

Here are few details about eBay traffic and storage infrastructure as was revealed by Paul Strong of Ebay to Chris Preimesberger of eWEEK. Some highlights:

• eBay maintains four copies of most of its databases.
• It takes 30 minutes to build the eBay.com site - in the last 2.5 years, there have been 2 million builds.
• On an average, eBay.com runs into issues for about 50 seconds per day.
• The site averages more than 1 billion page views per day.
• Users trade about $1,700 worth of goods on the site every second.
• The site currently has about 600 million listings and about 204 million registered users.
• The world’s time zones provide a kind of natural load-balancer. When there’s surge in traffic from US, that’s generally when Europe [the second-largest region using eBay] is asleep - and vice versa.
• eBay engineers have to add about 10 terabytes of new storage every week to cover new transactions.