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Here´s a trick to make web browsing on Ubuntu a faster and more satisfying experience.
Howto: Tweak and maximize your bandwidth in Ubuntu/Linux via sysctl!
Here I will unleash a few hidden settings that should improve your internet speed, and work with all current linux operating systems including Ubuntu:

1. Open a Terminal via Applications->Accessories->Terminal
Type:
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Last weekend CNN lead with a big story about James Buck, a graduate student in journalism from the University of California-Berkeley who was arrested last month in Mahalla, Egypt while covering an anti-government protest. Thinking quickly, James was able to send a one-word Twitter update: “Arrested.” His followers in Egypt and back in the US […]

Search Engine Marketing Blog by ineedhits: Google.org Reveals 5 Initiatives to Save the World
Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, has announced five core initiatives that it plans to focus on over the next five to ten years.
Google.org will “collaborate with experienced partners working in each of these fields, investing its resources and tapping the strengths of Google’s […]

On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. The aim is to get everyone talking towards a better future.
Blog Action Day is about MASS participation. […]

This is incredible. Bring on Photoshop CS3!

YouTube - Image resize video

Well i wasn’t really hacking into myspace but the little springbox widget that I found enabled me to display external rss feeds in a myspace page has stopped working (thanks Psy_gen). Appears Tom has been tightening things up.
I’m not going to give up though … we where getting a lot of clicks through from people […]

Well I wouldn’t say that this is the definitive word but it does seem that the black screen power savings theory is not valid read more
It’s a nice theory … millions of computers using slightly less power due to a simple css change in a major search engine but the advent of LCD monitors means […]

Ever wondered where in the world all the people who use myspace or bebo are? Here’s the brakdown according to Alexa

Orkut leads in the Indian subcontinent, as well as Brazil;
Facebook is stronger, internationally, than Myspace, with surprising strongholds in the Middle East;
hi5.com is the most international of all the social networks, leading in Peru, Colombia, […]

Here’s an interesting homegrown site embracing the collaborative web2.0 approach - The Health Connection www.healthconnection.co.nz is a niche directory aimed at the health sector and at first glance it’s just another directory but if you look closer there are some neat features.
It’s hard to define just what web2.0 actually is but I think it’s about […]

The browser war is netering a new phase. Steve Jobs over at Apple has announced a new Safari browser that will compete with IE, Firefox and Opera on Windows.
Apple claims their browser is up to twice as fast as the competition, and the public beta of Safari 3 is being released today as […]