News and Information Blog 09 2008

New Weekly Coupon Update

Baghaus.com - Coupon Update for Sept. 24 - Oct. 5

This Week's deal as follows:

Baghaus Weekly Deal:

Offer: Take an Additional 20% off all Primo Loft Bags.
Active: September 24th, 2008
Expires: October 5th, 2008
Link: http://www.shareasale.com/u.cfm?d=12727&m=11744&u=[YOURID] The above coupon does not have a coupon code. You visitors must click through the link to receive the discount. Note: In the above link please replace "[YOURID]" with your unique Shareasale tracking ID which can be found in any of your existing Shareasale links. This deal is active in the Shareasale Deals and Coupons database. Information about the program can be found on the Baghaus affiliate program page. Sign up for the affiliate program here.

Jeene: An Automatic Partial Evaluator for JavaScript

This tutorial shows that it is possible to create an online partial evaluator for JavaScript, written also in JavaScript. This is the first in a series describing the inner workings of Jeene.

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NHL.com Smiles Pretty For Fans

The National Hockey League hopes a more feature-packed online presence and a fantasy sports deal with Yahoo, will attract more fans.

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Sales Quotes and Proposals for the Digital Age

Do you spend too much time creating quotes for clients and even more figuring out where the deal stands? Quosal streamlines the quote-and-proposal process and keeps you ahead of the curve.

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Congress To Make eBay A Rat

Taken together, three bills in Congress would require online marketplaces and auction sites to secretly police affiliates suspected of selling stolen goods. In addition to requiring extensive record keeping on sellers using the site and turning over that information to authorities upon request, the legislation prohibits resale sites—like eBay or craigslist—from informing suspected sellers they are being investigated.
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RITBA set to bring E-ZPass to Pell Bridge

JAMESTOWN – The R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority board of directors today reviewed plans for bringing E-ZPass toll collection to the Claiborne Pell Bridge. “With the adoption of E-ZPass, Rhode Island will be part of a national network and will have access to the efficiency of operation and ease of travel this network offers,” the agency said.

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Back from CJU and BlogWorld

I’m finally back from my 10-day road trip to CJU and BlogWorld. Back-to-back conferences means lots of schmoozing, a ton of great ideas, a laundry lit of action items, hundreds of business cards to input, interesting people to follow up with and much catching up to do.

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Affiliate partner best selling bags and fashion accessories.

Baghaus.com - Best Sellers September

We've also just updated our Best Sellers Widget to include these (and more best selling) bags:

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Web Apps Failure: A Pain in the SaaS

Web-based applications come with a certain element of risk—from downtime to productivity to security. But with a bit of preparation, you can alleviate the issue.

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eBay Terminates Checks and Money Orders

Today eBay announced via FAQ that starting in late October, the only acceptable payment methods to use when purchasing items on the auction site will be:read more

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Rosa named R.I. Minority Small Business winner

PROVIDENCE – Steve Rosa, the founder, president and CEO of (add)ventures in Providence, will be honored as the 2008 Rhode Island Minority Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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News Display with Graphic

Use this script to display a series of rotating news stories, including graphics and a link to the story. Easy to implement.

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Tele-Commuting Trend Taking Off for Small Biz

Working from home isn't just a cushy perk. It makes good business sense, and studies show it's on the rise for small business. We look at the advantages and what it takes to implement an effective teleworking policy.

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Microsoft Approved for $40 Billion Share Repurchase

Microsoft's board of directors has approved a share buyback for Microsoft to the tune of $40 billion, with an expiration date of September 30, 2013.

The board also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.13 per share, reflecting a two cent or 18 percent increase over the previous quarter's dividend. Said dividend is payable December 11, 2008 to shareholders of record on November 20, 2008. The ex-dividend date will be November 18, 2008.
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Sovereign loses one-quarter of value

PHILADELPHIA – Shares in Sovereign Bancorp Inc., the parent company of Sovereign Bank, fell 22.78 percent today in New York trading.

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New bar products to promote on affiliate sites

New Products from KegWorks this Week

Here are this weeks newly released products for September from KegWorks.com:

895 - Tensabarrier® Replacement Head Unit - 895
3030 - Tensabarrier® Storage Cart – 15 Post
3035 - Tensabarrier® Storage Cart - 18 Post
PR-1 - Tensabarrier® Post Runner
1706-GUIN - Guinness Black Label Coffee Mug
1716-GUIN - Guinness Trademark Tin Sign
S - Acrylic Sign for Tensabarrier® - 7" x 11"
HDSB1701-CO-33 - Sign Adapter and Bracket for Tensabarrier®
HDSH - Standard Sign Frame for Tensabarrier®
SIDEBAR-BL - SideBar Electronic Beverage Dispensing System
SIDEBAR-AC - AC Adapter for SideBar Electronic Beverage Dispenser
SIDEBAR-CS - Chrome Spout for SideBar Electronic Beverage Dispenser
SIDEBAR-BS - Brass Spout for SideBar Electronic Beverage Dispenser

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Democrat State Rep's Son Target In Palin Email Hacking

It looks like a young enthusiastic Democrat got carried away in the hunt for Sarah Palin dirt. The Obama campaign and the Democratic party has hundreds of lawyers and others officially looking for dirt on Palin so its no wonder that David Kernell, the son of a Democrat politician thought he was duty bound to go the extra mile and break into Palin's Yahoo account.read more

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BlogWorld: How To Build You, Inc.

I just arrived at Blogworld Expo and am getting ready for a weekend of great bonding with more than a thousand fellow bloggers as well as two great sessions that I am looking forward to. My first is on a panel moderated by my friend Kelly Feller from Intel all about social media case studies from the real world.read more

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Cash-strapped RIPTA seeks answers

With ridership up 34 percent since 2005, the R.I. Public Transit Authority should be riding high. Instead, the perennially cash-strapped agency is facing its most serious budget crunch yet.

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base2

A lightweight library that irons out all the annoying differences in JavaScript implementations. It provides the additional functionality from JavaScript 1.6+ that only Mozilla browsers implement.

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How To: Define Wireless Network Security Policies

Because of the use of radio waves, a wireless network is not secure unless you take special precautions. Follow these recommendations when defining the wireless network security policies for your company.

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BlogWorld Expo: How to Seduce Your Tribe and Create Raving Fans

WebPronews anchor Abby Prince-Johnson attended the BlogWorld session entitled " How to Seduce Your Tribe and Create Raving Fans ". The gist of this session from what I gather is about how new media and social media account for the biggest change in the worlds of both business and politics.read more

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Innovation can be an everyday experience

Innovation is often viewed as the product of a Eureka! moment, when a flash of insight solves a thorny problem. But – as is demonstrated by the winners of this year’s Rhode Island Innovation Awards – innovation can spring as much from the everyday as from the creative core.

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Create a Web Site in Publisher 2003

Helen Bradley shows how to use Microsoft Publisher to build a basic Web site for your business. Bonus: you can use the same design set for your Web site that you use for your print marketing materials.

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Indies Not Stoked About MySpace Music

Indpendent record lables are not very happy with the state of MySpace Music currently, despite the fact that it has not even launched yet.read more

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Ch. 6 to extend early-morning news show

PROVIDENCE – WLNE-TV ABC Channel 6 today announced it will be launching the region’s only 7 a.m. live local newscast, beginning Monday, Sept. 29, exclusively on the station’s 24/7 cable news channel: Cox Channel 5.

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IT Outsourcing for Small Business

Outsourcing your IT needs isn't just for the big guys anymore. Going beyond the company walls, and even across the sea, can save you money on custom software applications.

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Video Popup List

If you have a number of videos to show off, a select list is a good option. Use this script to display videos in a popup window, using the video links from the list. This method saves a large amount of space on the page.

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IBM Gets More Social Than Ever

IBM has opened a social software research center dedicated to helping customers and partners better collaborate on a global scale. The center is headquartered at Cambridge, and staff will work closely with university faculty and students, as well as corporate partners.
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T.F. Green traffic again lags year-ago levels

WARWICK – Passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport (PVD) last month continued to lag year-ago levels, although it rose compared with July. Meanwhile, cargo traffic at the airport fell compared with a year ago and dipped slightly compared with July.

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CJU Day 2

It's been a great CJU so far this year. This morning's keynote, Guy Kawasaki, spoke about innovation and offered some interesting pearls of wisdom. Jupiter analyst Patti Freeman-Evan was uplifting by telling the crowd that her research showed online marketing to be nearly recession proof. The two sessions i hit today (Web 2.0 and one on managing search and affiliate marketing) were both very informative - offering good examples of success stories. Tonight is the awards dinner. And tomorrow there are more sessions. I'll have lots of details in the next post including the Horizon Award winners. As always the networking is stellar and the event is first class.

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Google-Yahoo Ad Deal Faces Scrutiny in Europe

Despite limiting their ad partnership to North American markets, Google and Yahoo are being investigated by European regulators.

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HP Rolls Out One-Box Shopping for Midsize Businesses

Minimal IT staff? Limited budget? HP says its Adaptive Infrastructure in a Box for Midsize Businesses can help you reduce admin costs, decrease downtime and scale your IT as your business grows.

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Is MySpace Music Going to Launch or What?

Yesterday MySpace announced the advertisers that will be involved with MySpace Music, and the hype surrounding the site is certainly out there (I think I've done my part).read more

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Fed defies expectations, stands pat on rates

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve policymakers today defied expectations, ending their two-day session with a unanimous vote to keep the benchmark federal funds interest rate unchanged at 2.0 percent. Stocks fell on the Fed report, but later rebounded to end the day on a positive note, on hopes of a rescue plan for ailing insurer AIG.

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New Zebra Animal Prints for bags and wallets

Baghaus.com - Zebra Prints

Animal prints are still popular now, and Baghaus has just added a set of Zebra print bags and wallets to their inventory. Hobos, satchels, totes, purses and wallets, check out the Baghaus Zebra Prints. These bags have great keywords for niche specific buyers. Information about the program can be found on the Baghaus affiliate program page. Sign up for the affiliate program here.

Seven Ways to Toggle an Element

There are an unlimited number of ways to toggle an element's display using JavaScript. Although it has been around for awhile, toggling still proves itself to be useful in improving user interaction. Here are seven methods of implementing the technique.

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MicroNet's Big RAID Goes Small

The RAIDBank IV offers huge capacity that fits on a small corner of your desk.

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YouTube Calls on Users to Build Help Center

A weekend post on the YouTube Blog is calling for users to make "informative, creative" videos to embed in the YouTube Help Center.

Categories that users can make videos for include:read more

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R.I. economy still ‘moribund’ in July

KINGSTON – Rhode Island’s economy remained “moribund” in July, despite a slight recovery from June’s all-time low, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro. So far, he noted, “2008 is proving to be the worst year statistically of any for which CCI values have been calculated.”

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Rumor: Dmoz Selling To BOTW

Jeremy Shoemaker of the popular Shoemoney blog posted that the owners of Best of the Web Directory are in talks to buy Dmoz from AOL and that a "deal could be reached fairly soon".read more

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What's Amazon Up To?

Amazon has stolen away Microsoft senior ad exec Lisa Ultzschneider leaving us all to wonder just what kind of advertising aspirations the company has.

Amazon has not commented on what kind of plans it has for Ultzschneider. Rick Aristotle Muarriz at Fool.com speculates that it won't much involve Amazon.com, but likely the company's other properties:read more

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New AMWSO Client: South China Morning Post

AMWSO is pleased to announce that our new client, South China Morning Post, has just launched through Google Affiliate Network. The goal of this program is to sell online subscriptions through scmp.com, the online edition of the South China Morning Post.

In case you're not familiar with South China Morning Post and scmp.com please check out the following bullet points:

- South China Morning Post has been reporting for over a century.
- South China Morning Post has more correspondents around the region than any other newspaper.
- South China Morning Post offers readers news, business news, and insights into China, Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific.
- Subscribers can pull full details on every company listed on the Hong Kong exchange, making it easy to research companies they may be interested in investing in. [This service is very similar to finance.yahoo.com, but Hong Kong/China focused].
- Subscribers can voice their opinions through the forum and debate with journalists/readers.
- Articles are regularly updated through the day.
- Mobile WAP site allows readers stay updated with what is happening in China anywhere in the world. Plus, they can choose to be alerted by SMS when there are updates to their chosen topics.
- Daily podcasts feature the latest headlines, commentaries from the journalists, exclusive interviews, analysis of the news, business updates and special reports on Hong Kong city life.
- Subscribers can access to over 600,000 archived articles dating back to 1993.

Check out a video which outlines the company, the online service and much more here. [You can add this video to your website and we'll track your sales through Google Affiliate Network. In order to do this you need to know your Google Affiliate Network ID].

Below are details on the affiliate program:

Sign up page
Commission: 30% [This means you'll earn $15.45 commission per subscription you sell!]
Return Days: 45
Coupons: Through the affiliate program customers can get 4 weeks free!
Trackable Videos

One final thing. This is the first AMWSO managed affiliate program to utilize a 'video juke box'. The video juke box allows the user to switch easily between multiple videos that are all available within a single player, making it a fully immersive multimedia experience. Check this great tool out here . This affiliate tool really showcases what the scmp.com service offers, and features a number of news stories from the website [AMWSO will keep the content updated and 'fresh' without you having to change/update anything]. As always your sales will be tracked through the links in the video players.

Please contact the affiliate manager with questions at: james.nardell@scmp.com.

Mozy.com Expands Its Scope

Brought into EMC's fold, Mozy's online storage options widen.

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Enterprise IT Spending Outlook Grim Near Term

High energy costs and the Presidential election are hammering corporate IT purchases in the United States, though interest in the iPhone is picking up.

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Automatic Link File-Size Generation

This script displays the size and type of a document next to the link targeting it. This distinguishes the 'attachment' link from a normal Web link, and provides the user with helpful information. Easy to implement. Includes the necessary jQuery script.

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Big Expectations For MySpace Music

From the sounds of it (no pun intended), MySpace Music should be beneficial for all parties involved - MySpace, record labels, artists, Users, advertisers and music e-Tailers. The service, which is due out any day now (sometime this month), will supposedly offer the entire catalogs of Universal, SonyBMG, and Warner Music (77% of all U.S. album sales come from these three according to Nielsen SoundScan as quoted by Fortune).read more

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Journal buyouts a sign of times in the newspaper industry

Reductions in the daily newspaper industry are taking place with unsettling frequency, and now The Providence Journal – the state’s largest news organization – is engaged in cost-cutting moves that include the buyout of veteran staffers and impending layoffs in several departments, including the newsroom and advertising.

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Business Continuity: Always On, Always Working

What happens to your business if the network fails or the power goes out? If you don't know, you need a disaster recovery plan. An IT provider can help.

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Record Video Directly with MySpace

As MySpace continues to lag behind Facebook in terms of market-share, the social network has finally decided to let users record videos directly via a webcam. YouTube and Facebook have already offered such options, and it is a little surprising that it has taken MySpace so long to do the same.
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City zoning board approves Federal Hill tower

PROVIDENCE – The City of Providence Zoning Board of Review last night unanimously granted approval for a 250-foot, 174-condominium residential tower that will straddle a public road on Federal Hill, just west of Interstate 95.

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Enough Love for Latest iPods?

Analysis: Tuesday's latest iPod launch is being met with a few yawns. What can Apple do to keep an eight-year-old music player fresh?

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MooTools Basic Tips for Web Designer: Part 2 - Writing Unobtusive JavaScript Code

This tutorial series illustrates some simple tips to begin working with MooTools. This installment illustrates how to obtain the ID of DOM elements using MooTools and unobtrusive elegant code.

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Yahoo!'s "Integrated Mobile Ecosystem"

Today, Yahoo! announced some new enhancements to its Blueprint application development platform. For those unfamiliar with Yahoo! Blueprint, it is a mobile platform that allows developers to create applications that will run across a broad spectrum of mobile devices, eliminating operating system and browser compatibility issues.
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Review: Maxtor Central Axis Network Storage Server

The Central Axis hits a couple of high notes on features, but more discordant ones when it comes to usability and ease of setup.

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Warwick, Conn. John Hancock offices merge

BOSTON – The John Hancock Financial Network member offices in Warwick and Rocky Hill, Conn., have merged into a single entity called Independence Financial Partners, to support the offices’ continued growth across southern New England, and into New York state and western Massachusetts, JHFN President Peter Gordon said today

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The Social Media Marketing Summit

I have a confession: I’m a lousy marketer. You’d think that someone who writes about online marketing for a living would be much better as translating everything I pick up from interviewing experts and have transformed into a marketing machine. But I’m a journalist by trade, have been for more than 20 years, and marketing has always had a different connotation for me. For me, marketing equaled self promotion, and as a journalist we are taught that the story is not about us, but rather those we are writing about.

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Last Call on Gaiam's 6th Annual Sale

Gaiam has just dropped the prices on dozens of clearance products! Remember to promote the Last Call on our Annual Sale while supplies last.

Also, to help you boost your sales, we are pleased to offer affiliates the below coupon codes.

1. Coupon Deal: FREE standard S/H on purchases $45 or more
Coupon Code: AFGAS
Valid to October 15, 2008

2. Coupon Deal: $15 off purchases $100 or more.
Coupon Code: AFCRT
Valid to October 15, 2008

3. Coupon Deal: $30 off purchases $200 or more.
Coupon Code: AFSSG
Valid to October 15, 2008

NB: Coupon deals cannot be combined with other offers.

Please click here to learn more about the Gaiam affiliate program and sign up today to start earning commission on lifestyle, fitness and wellness sales.

HP Unleashes Business PCs and a POS Retail System

The company claims security, productivity and power-saving top the list of HP Compac dc7900 Business PC Series, plus a point-of-sale retail system designed especially for SMB retailers.

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NBC Decides Not to Miss Out On the Apple Pie

You can tell that NBC Universal (NBC U) really appreciates the opportunities that the Internet can present them with.read more

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Energy prices expected to rise again in ’09

WASHINGTON – The price of crude oil is expected to average $126 per barrel in 2009, a 9.2-percent increase from this year’s predicted $116 per barrel average, according to the latest forecast from U.S. Department of Energy analysts. Gasoline, diesel and home heating costs also are expected to rise.

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Good Morning America features AMWSO Client Baghaus

Baghaus.com - Featured on Good Morning America

Baghaus was just featured on a short segment for Good Morning American. The Budget Fashionista talked about 2 particular Baghaus bags:

Urban Expressions Viruoso Purse

And...

The Nicole Lee Zipper Patent Tode Information about the program can be found on the Baghaus affiliate program page. Sign up for the affiliate program here.

Google Barges Into the Ocean

Google's quest for global ~~domination~~ organization is taking a step further as it moves out into the ocean. Yes, Google intends to have a presence not only in outer space, but in the sea as well.
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Major Advertisers Decry Yahoo-Google Ad Deal

ANA warns Justice Dept. that the partnership would consolidate control of search advertising in the hands of the two heavies.

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Notebook Review: HP EliteBook 6930p

Durability and security meet high style in HP’s EliteBook premium notebooks aimed at mobile executives.

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Markets rally on Fannie-Freddie rescue

NEW YORK – Stock markets around the world rallied today on hopes that the U.S. government takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will stabilize the financial services industry.

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Dynamic Drop Down List 2

This script creates dynamic drop down boxes, preventing duplicate selections. When a selection is made in the first box, that option is removed in the second box, with the same procedure for the third box.

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Google Chrome Gets Slapped Around in Germany

It doesn’t get any more “official” than this here. Yesterday, Saturday at around 20:07, Germany’s oldest and perhaps biggest prime time news Tagesschau announced the following under the headline “Warning against internet browser"*:
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The Private Domain Registration & Google Dilemma

The Search Engine Roundtable scoop has drawn our attention towards the fix situation that is faced by the majority of online marketers regarding the registration process of their domain names.read more

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WPRO ratings controversy rages on

A local media personality who said he was fired to make way for controversial talk show host John DePetro is offering to pay for a lie-detector test so the embattled WPRO-AM personality can prove he had nothing to do with fraudulent Arbitron Inc. diaries that led to a revision in spring ratings for the Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket market.

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Detecting Google Chrome

Need to check Google's new browser to see if it has a quirk that none of the other browsers have? You can detect Chrome by using this snippet in your scripts.

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It's Official: Dell Enters the Netbook Fray

The long-rumored Inspiron Mini 9 aims to carve a space for the PC giant in a nascent, yet already crowded market.

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You're Not Safe Using Facebook Apps

In the name of finding any possible way that hackers can get at your data, a group of researchers has penetrated Facebook via a could-be-malicious application proving that Facebook Apps are unsafe. The app seems harmless enough. It's a National Geographic "photo of the day" app that gives users (obviously) a different photo each day.read more

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2 restaurants lauded for community service

CRANSTON – Gracie’s Venture in Providence and Evelyn’s Nanaquaket Drive-In in Tiverton have been honored by the Rhode Island Hospitality and Tourism Association with awards that put them in the running for the National Restaurant Association’s 10th annual Restaurant Neighbor Awards, the local organization announced today.

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Online Job Demand Rising Again

The number of online jobs went up according to the Monster U.S. Online Jobs Index. The increase marked the end of a three-month decline, indicating that employers are preparing for the fall hiring season. In August, online job availability went up in 14 of the Index's 20 industry categories and in 13 of the 23 occupational categories measured. Still, the index is 14% lower than it was a year ago.
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Tips for Choosing a UTM Security Solution

Check Point software outlines a few suggestions for buying a unified threat management system. First and foremost: think business-class.

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Blue Cross agrees to revise its use of ‘health status’ in small-business rates

CRANSTON – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has signed a settlement with state Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller agreeing to change how it uses the “health status” factor in setting rates for small employers, the parties said today.

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Getting Started With jQuery QUnit for Client-Side Javascript Testing

This tutorial examines QUnit, the jQuery-based unit test framework, and shows how to implement it in your testing procedures.

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Review: ACT by Sage 2009

ACT by Sage 2009 helps you make sense of and track your vital contacts. The newest version offers new integration with Microsoft Outlook, which makes it a worthwhile upgrade.

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Facebook Users Split on Redesign

If you're a Facebook user, you've no doubt checked out their redesign, which is optional at this point. Some love it, and some hate it. Compete has analyzed the amount of New Facebook users taking advantage of it when compared with those that ditched it in favor of the old design.read more

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U.S. factory orders rise for 5th month

WASHINGTON – New factory orders for manufactured goods rose in July for the fifth consecutive month, to a record $465.4 billion, according the latest data from the Manufacturing and Construction Division of the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of the Census.

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A Busy Week for Google

It’s been a busy week. Many of you are trying to ramp up online marketing campaigns for the fast-approaching holiday season while trying to usher the kids back to school and settle into a new daily routine.

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Fashion sweepstake promotion from Emitations.com

Emitations is giving a special commission of 15% when promoting the exciting new 'Pimp my Wardrobe' sweepstakes offering a $100 gift certificate. All your visitors need to do is convince the Emitations team that they need an accessory makeover and they could win a $100 gift certificate to choose ANYTHING from the site! The below text and banner link already has the 15% commission assigned to it... simply copy and paste the below code into your site, replacing !!USERID!! with your ShareaSale account number. Pimp My Wardrobe Sweepstakes Text Link

Emitations PIMP my WARDROBE sweepstakes!
Do you need an accessory makeover? Convince us and you could win a $100 gift certificate to choose ANYTHING from our site! Click to Win!

USE the below code & replace !!USERID!! with your own SAS ID: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.shareasale.com/u.cfm?d=12258&m=7990&u=!!USERID!!">Emitations PIMP my WARDROBE sweepstakes!</a> <br> Do you need an accessory makeover? Convince us and you could win a $100 gift certificate to choose ANYTHING from our site! <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/u.cfm?d=12258&m=7990&u=!!USERID!!">Click to Win!</a>
Pimp My Wardrobe Sweepstakes Banner

Copy and Paste the below code into your site: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.shareasale.com/u.cfm?d=12258&m=7990&u=!!USERID!!"><img src="http://www.shareasale.com/image/sweeps-pimpwardrobe2501.jpg" border=0></a>

Google Says Video Makes Business Sense

Google Video for Business is designed to combine the best of YouTube's ease-of-use and social network tools plus the control and security businesses need.

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Google: You're Not Saving the Rain Forests That Way!

Forestle is a search engine built on Google Custom Search, with the goal of saving the Rain Forests. That seems like a noble enough cause.

Their methods of going about this, however, have gotten the site's search functionality revoked by Google. When you try to perform a search on Forestle, you get a big pink box with a message from the Forestle team. The message goes:
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RIPTA sets hearings on planned service cuts

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority’s plans to slash service, to help cope with its looming budget deficit, will go before the public at hearings across the state. The cuts would affect 50 regular bus routes; end “Flex Service” in Narragansett, Tiverton and West Warwick; and trim the associated RIde service for the disabled.

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New Free Shipping offer on 3G iPhone Accessories

3G iPhone Accessories - Free Shipping

Rubber feel cases or hard cases; blue, red, pink, zebra pattern or starts. LowerPriceUSA.com has a huge selection of iPhone skins/cases and other accessories, all with free shipping! This is the 3G iPhone accessories landing page and here is the ready made text link to use: <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=136527&u=**YOUR AFFILIATE CODE HERE**&m=15859&urllink=&afftrack=">3G iPhone Accessories - Free Shipping! </a> Check out all the details on this printer ink and cell phone accessory program here.

Google and Firefox Together Until 2011

Mozilla, the makers of Firefox internet browser (the only notable competitor to Microsoft's Internet Explorer), has extended its deal with Google - meaning the search giant will continue to be the default search engine on all its Firefox installs until 2011.read more

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Geographical Modifiers and Relevancy

Back in May, I noticed what appeared to be a test by Google to add more relevancy to search engine result (SERPs) by publishing a search box for geographical modifiers to a requested search query (Google Pushing Local Results). See image below:read more

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