Google Calendar is Live

Google Calendar has finally gone live at calendar.google.com. The bad news is that it does not support my favorite browser- Opera :-(

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Firefox Tweaks, Extensions and Optimizations

Chris Morrell has written a good article that shows you how to get the most out of your Firefox browser. He covers several about: config tweaks like the minimize, network, cache and download manager hacks. Chris also mentions some of his favorite extensions.

A must-read article for all FireFox users.



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How to increase your blogs traffic -part4

Today I will explain more on how to increase your blogs traffic. Please read Part 1, Part2 and Part 3 of this series on increasing your blogs traffic before reading this.

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Why PageRank will not increase your sites traffic

Many first time bloggers are more interested and spend most of their time trying to get a high PageRank for their new blog or site.

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Ten Blogging Hacks

Steve Rubel has written a good post on Ten Blogging Hacks that every blogger can find useful. Let me list out the main points.

  1. Blog Alone or Together with Writely

    Writely is a full-fledged web-based word processor that you can access from anywhere. It can be thought of as Microsoft Word for the Web.

    Using Writely you can draft blog posts, spell check them and then with one click - post to Blogger, Moveable Type/TypePad, Wordpress and others.

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RSS to Website Tool: FeedoStyle

FeedoStyle is a new free service that allows users to convert any RSS feed into properly designed content suitable to be included in any website or blog. The idea is to allow website publishers to include new content directly onto their site in a very easy way.

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383 registry tweaks for Windows XP

I just found this cool site that contains 383 registry tweaks for Windows XP. The tweaks includes removing/deleting sticky keys, setting RDP port number and other tons of modifications to start menu behavior and many more.

Check here



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Reducing your memory usage in Firefox

Ryan on CyberNet news has a good post on reducing your memory usage in Firefox that explains which extensions have memory leaks and which will slow down Firefox’s performance.

Let me list a few of the extensions that cause these problems.

  • IE Tab (memory leak)
  • Session Saver (memory leak)
  • ForecastFox (memory leak)
  • Filterset.G Updater AND FlashGot used in conjunction will produce a memory leak
  • FasterFox doesn’t have a memory leak specifically, but it will not help your Firefox performance.
  • Tabbrowser (slows Firefox)
  • FoxyTunes (memory leak)

Are you using any of these extensions?



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Digg Tools

Check out this large list of various Digg tools collected from around the web. I never knew that there would be such a lot of tools just for Digg fans.

The tools are available for WordPress, Opera, Firefox ,etc

Update: There are even tools that allow us to run our own Digg-type website!



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10 ways to optimize Firefox

Everybody who enjoys customizing Firefox has probably used several extensions and might have even experienced slower performance and memory hogging. Though Firefox has long been accused of leaking memory, there are simple ways to reduce RAM usage and increase speed. Here are a few extensions and tips designed to lighten your load.

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