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How to Run Skipfish Using Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx to Test Your Website Security

How to Run Skipfish Using Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx to Test Your Website Security
When I first heard about Skipfish on a Matt Cutts’ presentation, I was quite excited about that nifty tool, as I was working on an e-commerce site on that time, where security was paramount. Also I wanted to have a good use of my newly updated  Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx- Linux machine.   So...

Site review: FunnyJunk.com -where the junks are funny. The pioneer of the social picture sharing

Site review: FunnyJunk.com  -where the junks are funny. The pioneer of the social picture sharing
FunnyJunk is an image and video sharing website where people post funny pictures, animated gifs and funny videos. After posting other users can vote if it is funny or junk and comment on the pictures.  According to its statistics page, everyday it gets on average 600/700 new sign ups, 20m page views...

Bloombla – where Twitter meets what have you done

Bloombla – where Twitter meets what have you done
UK based Bloombla combines Twitter style updates with past tense story telling in a short format, for a service I can honestly say I’ve never seen anything quite like before. The core premise of Bloombla is a statement starting with “I’ve.” Users enter what they’ve done before, for example...

Defining Social Commerce: A Tale of Three Conversations

Defining Social Commerce: A Tale of Three Conversations
Everyone, especially Wall Street, is standing up to salute social commerce. Look at the IPO pipeline – LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga, Living Social. But despite all this attention, the definition of social commerce is fuzzy at best. How do we know if these companies will win, if we can’t even agree on...

Locanto Classifieds Canada introduced the French version

Locanto Classifieds Canada introduced the French version
Locanto Classifieds now offers a French version of its local classifieds sites in 38 major cities across Canada to cater to the needs of the large Francophone community. The English version of Locanto Canada (www.locanto.ca) has been offering the Anglophone community a free classifieds platform for all...

Site review: Bonsoni.com – Your online marketplace

Site review: Bonsoni.com – Your online marketplace
Intriguing site – convenient to use and provided that you are keeping an eye you can get yourself some great bargains as well as giveaways. Already I found a free desktop computer from there. In their own word- “Bonsoni.com is an online marketplace for buying and selling items, properties,...

Google Testing Display Ads In Gmail

Google Testing Display Ads In Gmail
Google seems to be testing display ads in Gmail. I’ve not spoken to anyone but found the following image ad in my personal Gmail account this morning. Image ads have created their way into paid search on Google.com and numerous other properties on Google. But this was truly jarring for me to encounter....

Speed camera fines – How to pay Spanish speeding or driving fine from the UK?

Speed camera fines – How to pay Spanish speeding or driving fine from the UK?
After coming back from a holiday in Spain, I received a letter from Spanish authority (written in Spanish) informing me that I received a speed camera fine for speeding. There was some instruction that I may pay the fine using http://www.dgt.es/ . After spending more than half an hour on the DGT site...

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire
I went to the cinema to watch Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” after reading few good reviews and Amitabh Bachchan’s criticism about the film. I came out with a mixture of sad and sweet feeling. It is not often you hear criticism and praise about a film in the same time, so...

International Calling Cards – A Hidden Gem for the UK Telecom Industry

International Calling Cards – A Hidden Gem for the UK Telecom Industry
A quick Google research on how much the International prepaid calling cards in UK market worth did not bring any results, if it were bringing any results at all that would be a surprise. However, it brought some information about North American domestic and international calling card market, that combined...