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After Ruling the Blogging Software world for the last decade Wordpress has now introduced a new addition to social networking world

The v0.2 BuddyPress release by Wordpress adds an extended social layer to Wordpress Multi-User installations. The collection of WordPress MU specific plugins offers the following list of features. Admins can select which one they want to install: Extended Profiles, Personal Blog, Private Messaging, Friends, Groups, The Wire, Status Updates, and Albums.

Key Features

• Extended Profiles
• Personal Blog
• Private Messaging
• Friends
• Groups
• The Wire
• Albums
• Status Updates

BuddyPress is only the first step towards the next social network

Although the BuddyPress development team thinks of their product as a community building tool, or niche social network, I can’t help thinking this is the first step towards the development of the next social network. If BuddyPress turns out to be an success, Wordpress will probably develop a version for the self-hosted installations - making it possible for bloggers to connect with each other through a global Wordpress platform.

Try these tips :
1. Use Of ‘+’ sign :
This ensures that the results returned to you will definatly consist of the word following the ‘+’ sign. For Eg :
Search: reviews of +iPhone and iPod
This will show results containing the word reviews or iPod but the results will definatly consist of iPhone !

2. Use Of ‘-’ sign :
Using ‘-’ sign before any word will ensure that the particular word will not be included in the results !

3. Use Of ‘~’ sign :
Using ‘~’ before any word will return the results also containing the synonyms of the word !

4. Search a particular site :
To search a particular website you can use the following syntax in the google search :
Search: site:www.xyz.com abc
For Eg :
Search: site:http://trickscafe.blogspot.com/ Google Search Tips

5. Define a word :
To get the definition of a word just use :
Search: define:abc
For Eg : Search: define:Computer
This will return you results which define ‘Computer’.

6. Find Pages similar to a page :
To find a page similar i.e. consisting of same type of content, use the following syntax :
Search: related:http://www.xyz.com/

7. Search for exact phrase :
To search a set of words exactly together i.e.
For Eg :
Search: “contact us”
This will return the results containing both contact and us together !

8. Using the wild card ‘*’ :
The * sign can be used in places where the whole word is not known.
For Eg:
Search: friend*
This will return the results containing friend , friends , friendship.

9. Using the ‘?’ sign :
This is used when the full spelling of the word is not known.
For Eg:
Search: fri??d
This will result that in the results in which any alphabet can take the place of ‘?’ sign.

10. Use of boolean operators :
The boolean operators like AND,OR,NOT can be used in search box to connect the words !
The search engine understands them as what they mean but the must be in capital letters !
For Eg:
Search: swim OR float
This will return the results containing either swim or float

To pop a banner which can contain any message you want to display just before a user is going to log on, go to the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows

\CurrentVersion\WinLogon

Now create a new string Value in the right pane named LegalNoticeCaption and enter the value that you want to see in the Menu Bar. Now create yet another new string value and name it: LegalNoticeText. Modify it and insert the message you want to display each time Windows boots. This can be effectively used to display the company’s private policy each time the user logs on to his NT box. It’s .reg file would be:

More than 253 million people in the country are now online, according to statistics from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).

The figure is higher than the 223 million that the US mustered in June, according to Nielsen Online.

Net penetration in the US stands at 71% compared to 19% in China suggesting it will eventually vastly outstrip the US.

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Google Labs has just launched Lively, a 3D interactive online virtual world where users can connect with each other in ways beyond their imagination. Lively is designed to be a portable 3D space where users can build rooms and interact with visitors via avatars. A Lively room can be embedded to any webpage/blog using an iFrame.  A registration is not required here. Just use Google account. There are multiple worlds for examples: super heroes, islands, fantasy and so much more.You can also express your own personality by customizing your avatar’s look, showing people who you are without having to say a word. Of course, you can chat with each other, and you can also interact through animated actions. Here, users can hug, shake hands, play games, even  watch YouTube videos on Televisions inside rooms. For now, Lively is only available for Windows XP/Vista PCs running Internet Explorer and Firefox; Mac and Linux clients are on their way.

Stay online while traveling with wireless USB modems from Sierra Wireless and Novatel combined with services from AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint, but be prepared for a few bumps in the road

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