Create a Two-Column Template in Word [How To]
August 12, 2008 – 3:03 pmDennis Reilly at CNET's Workers' Edge blog notes that when you've got a whole bunch of text you want people to get through, a two-column layout, with or without titled headers, makes the reading go much smoother than with a page-spanning blog. He posts up plain-English instructions on how to create a dummy template to post your text into, and how to make it easily accessible for every report. Newb-ish? Sure. Helpful for non-ninja-level Word users? Definitely.
Google Docs Adds Pre-Built Forms [Google Docs]
August 12, 2008 – 2:45 pm
Google's added a direct form-creation tool to its Docs suite, making it easier to solicit direct input into a separate spreadsheet. If you don't like the way Google's forms wizard rolls, you can still embed the form yourself
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Master File Permissions in Unix/Linux Systems [How To]
August 12, 2008 – 2:05 pm
Wired's newly-revamped Webmonkey site has an informative guide on seeing, changing, and understanding file permissions in Unix-like systems. These are the kind of operations and syntax that can often confuse and put off first-time Linux users or command line neophytes on OS X systems, but Webmonkey details the commands you need to change permissions on however many files for whichever users you need
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Iris Brings Desktop Browsing To Windows Mobile [Featured Windows Mobile Download]
August 12, 2008 – 1:30 pm
Windows Mobile only: The Iris Browser—built on the WebKit rendering engine, the basis for popular web browsers such as Safari—offers a more robust web browsing experience on mobile devices
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Six Apart Provides Social Networking Capabilities with Movable Type Pro
August 12, 2008 – 1:01 pm
A couple of months ago Six Apart launched a new initiative that provided custom ad options aimed to offer more engaging ways for brands to interact with content producers and consumers, thanks in part to its acquisition of Apperceptive. Things seemed to have worked well for Six Apart as a result, and the next step for the blogging software creator is a new self-service option for site publishers to add social networking capabilities to their online publications with the upgraded <a href="http://www
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Bandsintown Shows Local Concerts of Your Last.fm, iTunes Favorites [Music]
August 12, 2008 – 1:00 pm
Free concert-finding site Bandsintown offers a convenient tag-cloud-style list of upcoming live concerts in your area. That's helpful enough, but the site can also filter and highlight shows based on your favorite or recommended artists in iTunes or Last.fm, offers an RSS or iCal feed of upcoming shows, offers an embeddable widget of upcoming shows, and lets you scale or filter shows by ticket price or distance
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Resize Windows Desktop Icons with the Scroll Wheel [Windows Tip]
August 12, 2008 – 12:37 pm
The Digital Inspiration blog points out a simple, handy way to change the size of your desktop icons beyond the three default sizes offered by right-clicking or by burrowing into your settings. Hold down the control key, left-click on the desktop, and then move your mouse's scroll wheel to change the icon size. The trick definitely works in Vista, and should also work in XP as well
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akapost Hides Your Email Address with a Dummy Account [Email]
August 12, 2008 – 12:00 pm
Free email protection service akapost isn't the only way to hide your email from spam bots and unknown correspondents, but it is one of the most hassle-free ways of doing it, for both mailer and respondent. Once you set up your account with akapost, you can use it as a simple redirection tool by posting it in forums or on your website (and then using the right filter for mail coming through it), or by writing directly to people you don't quite trust with your address yet
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Sprout Fankits: Create Your Own Custom Web-Based Widget Builder
August 12, 2008 – 11:00 am
Sprout has launched a new tool called Fankits that allows brands to offer a completely customized version of the company’s WYSIWYG flash widget and application builder. The first customer is Sony, who is using Fankits to launch a widget-based campaign for the upcoming movie Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist.
Versus the full-featured Sprout interface, the Nick & Norah widget builder has only a few options, allowing the user to first choose from one of three pre-made templates, and then select the photos, videos, and text they would like to be a part of their widget
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Covestor’s Twitter Notifications Could Make You Rich (If You Follow the Right People)
August 12, 2008 – 11:00 amTwitter integrations have become somewhat passé recently, as just about anyone looking for social media traffic has devised a way to auto-post links to the microblogging service. But an integration being released this morning by Covestor might spark your interest, especially if you’re an active trader in the stock market.
If you’re not familiar with it, Covestor basically lets you hook up your online brokerage account to its service so you can track your performance and that of other users
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Twitter and Pownce Implement Following Limits
August 12, 2008 – 8:55 am
Account limiting is apparently the new big thing to do in the world of Status Microblogging. Both Twitter and Pownce seem to have introduced limits to the number of people you can follow, and neither change seems to have come with much fan fare, by what I can tell.
My first tip-off today was earlier on FriendFeed, when discussions were initiated by <a href="http://friendfeed
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Lijit Raises Another $7M; Plans Ad Network Launch
August 12, 2008 – 4:00 am
Lijit, the company that develops search applications for online publishers and publisher networks, has just closed a $7.1 million Series C round of financing, led by Foundry Group. Existing investors Boulder Ventures and Colorado Fund I, managed by High Country Venture, have also participated in this round. Lijit has now raised more than $10 million in total, following an <a href="http://mashable
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MOG Launches Ad Network for Music Websites and Blogs
August 12, 2008 – 4:00 am
Online music network MOG is delving deeper into advertising with a new ad network catering to independent music blogs and music websites. The company, which just received $2.8 million in funding earlier this year from larger music businesses including Sony, is looking to vastly expand its reach and influence within the online music industry with this new ad network
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The Bots Will Destroy Online Gambling
August 12, 2008 – 3:11 am
Andrew Smith over at the Dallas Morning News Technology Blog had an interesting post this weekend which met with a great deal of resistance from his readers there. In his post, he briefly detailed the possible doom on the horizon for online gambling, particularly online poker
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Want an Exit? Have $10 Million Handy
August 12, 2008 – 2:24 am
The SummerMash tour is over, but the interviews keep on rolling out. We’re still rendering the Los Angeles interviews, and of the four or five that I edited last night, this one was particularly interesting and short conversation.
Aaron, our remote host at the SummerMash events sat down with Lisa Mazur-White of Ion Capital, an investment firm that’s looking to branch out into technology firms with their new office located in Los Angeles
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Pikaba is Classifieds Recommendations for Buyers (The Startup Review)
August 12, 2008 – 1:21 am
Editor’s Note: If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion in “The Startup Review” series, please see the details here.
STARTUP DETAILS:
Company Name: <a href="http://www
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We feel your pain, and we’re sorry
August 12, 2008 – 1:05 amPosted by Todd Jackson, Gmail Product Manager
Many of you had trouble accessing Gmail for a couple of hours this afternoon, and we're really sorry. The issue was caused by a temporary outage in our contacts system that was preventing Gmail from loading properly. Everything should be back to normal by the time you read this.
We heard loud and clear today how much people care about their Gmail accounts. We followed all the emails to our support team and user group, we fielded phone calls from Google Apps customers and friends, and we saw the many Twitter posts
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The New War Zone – The Internet
August 11, 2008 – 11:22 pm
While conflict continues between Russia and Georgia, there is also something of interest that could be a precursor to a new style of warfare – or at least a new front to be exploited by those looking to start wars. It really stated last year with a <a title="One year later" href="http://news
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Game XP Optimizes Performance When You Need It [Featured Windows Download]
August 11, 2008 – 11:00 pm
Windows only: Free application Game XP tweaks your computer's performance by adjusting system settings, CPU priorities, and disabling unnecessary Windows services. As the name suggests, Game XP was developed with gaming in mind. It's not an application you'll run all the time, but if you're launching a CPU-intense app—like a game, for example—Game XP makes quick tweaks to optimize your system and improve your experience
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GMail is Down
August 11, 2008 – 10:21 pmWhen I started to write the title, I almost typed in “Twitter is down,” as I’m so used to typing that headline and message (accompanied by a string of expletives) on a fairly regular basis, but it seems that Google has taken a ride on the Fail Whale express today.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-31122 aligncenter" title="gmail-down-01" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gmail-down-01
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IKEA Laptop Stand and Organizer [Tip Testers]
August 11, 2008 – 10:00 pm
Reader moritzvd repurposed a $20 Mackis CD storage drawer from IKEA into a killer laptop stand, organizer, and desktop declutterer. The conversion is dead simple, requiring little more than a hole in the back of the container to run cables and some small lifts on top to add cooling space between the laptop and the stand
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uTorrent Updates to 1.8, Mac Release Looming [BitTorrent]
August 11, 2008 – 8:00 pm
Popular BitTorrent client uTorrent has released its first stable update since January: uTorrent 1.8. The changelog is huge, but the main improvements are better Vista support and IPv6 support (the latter means better connectivity and download performance)
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7 Lessons Olympians Can Teach Internet Entrepreneurs
August 11, 2008 – 7:26 pm
What qualities would you come up with if you were asked to describe an Olympian? Perseverance? Determination? Fearlessness? Quick Wits? Teamwork? You could probably come up with a long list of admirable qualities.
Now how about if you were asked to describe an entrepreneur? Don’t all of those terms apply to the most dedicated of entrepreneurs? Don’t the successful ones share the fearlessness and dedication that Olympians exhibit?
Although a professional cyclist may be different in many ways to the founder of an Internet startup, many of the traits and qualities of a successful cyclist are the same for successful entrepreneurs
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Get a Table of Contents, Dictionary, and Thesaurus in Your Google Docs [Google Docs]
August 11, 2008 – 7:00 pm
The Google Operating System blog uncovers a few snippets of JavaScript which add features to Google Docs, like a document table of contents, a thesaurus, and encyclopedia. For example, to generate a table of contents using your document's headings, enter this into the address bar while your doc is open:
javascript:mr("TocSettings");javascript:MC=NC();GC("dictionary");javascript:MC=NC();GC("thesaurus");javascript:MC=NC();GC("encyclopedia");Continue Reading....
Digsby Test Release Slashes Memory Use in Half [Featured Windows Download]
August 11, 2008 – 6:00 pm
Windows only: Free multi-network instant messaging application Digsby is testing a new release with significant improvements. The very young IM client quickly found a place among the five best instant messengers with good looks and integration with social networks like Facebook, but its major drawback was a rather unwieldy memory footprint (over 150MB on some systems)
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Olympics Viewing Should Teach TV Studios to Embrace the Web
August 11, 2008 – 4:48 pm
Olympics programming is off to an incredible start. According to the Wall Street Journal, Friday night’s opening ceremony attracted 34.2 million people, while 24.1 million viewers tuned in to see Michael Phelps capture his first gold medal of the games on his way to an Olympic record of eight gold medals
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MySpace, Facebook ignoring basic principles of security
August 11, 2008 – 4:20 pmSocial networking websites MySpace and Facebook present a significant security risk to users, largely because their wide-open application programming interfaces (APIs) are a tempting target for malicious hackers.
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Surf Jack.
August 11, 2008 – 4:19 pmI got into contact with Sandro from enablesecurity a couple of times before. But the last time I talked with him he gave a very interesting concept that I haven't saw before. He called it: Surf Jacking, HTTPS will NOT save you[1]. Well, what can I say, given the DNS mayhem that is going on lately, this is another hot coal that should be understand by everyone in the security industry before attackers will start to use it in the wild.
Watch the video by Sandro Gauci from enablesecurity demonstrating Surf Jack: <a href="http://www
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Miro is Your TiVo for Internet Video [Online Video]
August 11, 2008 – 4:00 pm
In the dog days of summer when there's absolutely nothing new on television (except the Olympics), it's time to start watching the web—and you need the right tool to do just that
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Gmail has added a nice feature which shows which ip has accessed the mails
August 11, 2008 – 3:39 pmToday i came to know about a new feature in gmail.It basically display the ip address from which your email account has been accessed.you can see it in the bottom.
like this:
Last account activity: 5 minutes ago at this IP x.x.x.x
there is also a link to details.on clicking on it,it will display another window and will give you a option to delete all the sessions.it will help you to secure you account.suppoes you have logged in from office and forgot to signin and if you are afraid that someone might misuse your computer then simplay click on that button and you are done
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Develop AJAX apps like the pros using DWR
August 11, 2008 – 3:35 pmIf you are doing Ajax development, there is one library you need to know: Direct Web Remoting (DWR). This library leverages the Java language and Java Web technologies to simplify Ajax development. It has set the standard for how to integrate Ajax seamlessly into a Java web application. In this article, see just how easy Ajax can be using DWR.
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40+ Topics for Corporate Bloggers
August 11, 2008 – 3:30 pm
There will be times that you have to contribute a post for your company’s blog and you just don’t have one idea that inspires you to start a conversation. We’ve all been there and that’s why we’ve created this resource with more than 40 topics for corporate bloggers to help provide that much need inspiration:
Press release – Read a recent press release from your company and write two paragraphs on its significance in plain English
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Add a File Extension Column to Windows Explorer [Featured Windows Download]
August 11, 2008 – 3:30 pm
Windows only: While Windows Explorer can sort files by type, by default it doesn't display or sort files by extension in a separate column—but the Extension Column add-on does just that. Install this small utility to add a column to Explorer's Details view that lists the file extension (TXT) versus the default file type (Text document)
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BakeSpace Relaunches with Better Tools for Cooks
August 11, 2008 – 3:04 pm
BakeSpace, one of the niche MySpace clones (for chefs and recipe swapping) that launched two years ago at a peak of online social networking launches, is relaunching today, with several new features designed to provide more meaningful experiences for users, effectively extending the value that BakeSpace can provide
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Universal Wish List Turns Amazon Into One-Stop Gift Organizer [Amazon]
August 11, 2008 – 3:00 pm
We've previously described online mega-merchant Amazon.com as a nearly universal wish list center, but now it really can be. Drag the Universal Wish List bookmarklet into your browser toolbar, and you can add any web page—most usefully, of course, pages of products not offered through Amazon—to your Amazon wish list
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Universal Wish List Turn Amazon Into One-Stop Gift Organizer [Amazon]
August 11, 2008 – 3:00 pmWe've previously described online mega-merchant Amazon.com as a nearly universal wish list center, but now it really can be. Drag the Universal Wish List bookmarklet into your browser toolbar, and you can add any web page—most usefully, of course, pages of products not offered through Amazon—to your Amazon wish list
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Why the App Store is the Key to the iPhone’s Success
August 11, 2008 – 2:43 pm
Apple announced today that its users have already downloaded 60 million applications from the company’s App store and have enjoyed about $30 million sales in just the first month of availability. And while Apple is obviously excited about the future of its App store, it’s quickly becoming apparent that moving forward, it’s the single most important element of iPhone sales
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Freedom Temporarily Unplugs You From Online Distractions [Featured Mac Download]
August 11, 2008 – 2:30 pm
Mac OS X only: When it's time to dig deep and do some serious focusing on a task—and refrain from surfing or checking email entirely for a block of time—you want temporary internet disconnection utility Freedom. Freedom serves a simple purpose: It disables all wireless and Ethernet networking on your Mac for up to six hours at a time
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Hamster Adds Time Tracking to Your GNOME Panel [Featured Linux Download]
August 11, 2008 – 2:08 pm
Linux only: Free panel applet Hamster adds a simple but effective time-tracking tool to Linux desktops. The applet, marked for default inclusion in the next version of the GNOME desktop used by many distributions, tracks a task and displays it after you type it in and hit enter, and stops tracking when you type another or hit "Stop
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Surf Jack - HTTPS will not save you
August 11, 2008 – 2:05 pmA good friend of mine from enable security has written an nice article on "surf jacking". from the article:
"Say hello to a new security tool called “Surf Jack” which demonstrates a security flaw found in many public sites. The proof of concept tool allows testers to steal session cookies on HTTP and HTTPS sites that do not set the Cookie secure flag. I’ve been working with two banks and some of the vulnerable sites to get this fixed before publishing my research
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KiGoo Synchronizes Outlook and Google Calendar [Featured Windows Download]
August 11, 2008 – 1:30 pm
Windows only: If you need to use both Outlook and Google Calendar, free sync utility KiGoo makes the process completely painless. KiGoo displays your Outlook and Google calendar side by side or overlays them to see all your appointments on a single calendar. Changes you make in either Google Calendar or Outlook appear quickly in both. You can manage your Google Calendar entirely from within Outlook if you desire—creating, modifying, and deleting appointments
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Mashable’s Upcoming Guide to Conferences and Events
August 11, 2008 – 1:10 pmHere’s Mashable’s latest round-up of upcoming Web 2.0 events, parties, and conferences. Not on this list? Contact us and let’s establish a media partnership. 
August 10-12, 2008: Mashable is pleased to announce that we are a sponsor of Affiliate Summit 2008 East, which is taking place August 10-12 in Boston and expects about 2,500 attendees
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Exploiting Web Business Web Logic: I can’t hack it, but can I steal it?
August 11, 2008 – 1:09 pmAt last, I thought, cybercrime for the rest of us. After seven years of infosec journalism, and I have just enough knowledge to ask reasonably intelligent questions most of the time. But I’m no closer to having the technical chops for even the most idiot-proof Web attack.So, I had a little more than professional interest [...] read more »
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Chandler 1.0 Brings Alternative Information Manager Closer to Reality [Featured Download]
August 11, 2008 – 1:00 pm
We first took a look at Chandler, the open-source, cross-platform personal information manager back in December, when it was still in somewhat rough shape. Now the email-centric task manager and organizer has hit its official 1.0 release, and it's looking a lot better, if still not intuitive when your first open it
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Service Profiles Creates Custom, Swappable Windows Service Setups [Featured Windows Download]
August 11, 2008 – 12:35 pm
Windows XP/2000 only: Free Windows utility Service Profiles, crafted by helpful programmer Eóin at the Donation Coder site, lets you customize which background services are running or will fire up next time you boot your computer, saved into switchable setups. So if you need an ultra-light system for a high-intensity game, or just need to eliminate background distractions while working with a certain program, Service Profiles is a great alternative to manual tweaking or even re-installation
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MiGhtyDocs Takes Google Docs Offline on Your iPhone [Featured IPhone Application]
August 11, 2008 – 12:00 pm
iPhone/iPod touch only: Free iPhone application MiGhtyDocs performs a simple but handy task—namely, synchronizing your Google documents and spreadsheets to your iPhone for read-anywhere access. The big obvious drawbacks are a lack of any editing or modifying access, and a lack of support for Google's PowerPoint-cloning Presentations service, but if you do a good amount of work in Google's online office environment, it's the kind of low-wattage app you'll be glad you have on your iPhone or iPod touch
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Roxio Online Provides Family-Oriented Slide Show Creation and Sharing
August 11, 2008 – 11:30 am
Photo sharing service Roxio is launching a new slide show creation tool that operates as a Web-based option for making more professional-looking products. With animations, captions, soundtracks and transitions, Roxio’s new service, Roxio Online, functions as a Web-based competitor to desktop offerings like iMovie
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Learn SEO and PPC at SearchCamp Philly!
August 11, 2008 – 7:02 am
Philadelphia might not be the first place people look to for an online marketing conference, but a group of marketers from the Internet Marketers of the Delaware Valley (IM-DV) think it’s time to make a change. The IM-DV group looked to fellow online media enthusiasts, <a href="http://www
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Hear Seth Godin and David Meerman Scott at the Inbound Marketing Summit
August 11, 2008 – 7:01 am
The Inbound Marketing Summit brings together experts in the field of inbound marketing to share the latest strategies, tools, and best practices to utilize inbound marketing methods to grow your business. In order to remain competitive, businesses need to be found on the web and leverage inbound marketing techniques to reach customers with targeted messages that customers seek out, not ignore
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