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Web search news roundup Nov. 1-7: Google custom sections, Bing geobrowsing, Hulu TV schedules

Saturday November 07, 2009
Lots of great Web search news and doin's around the Web this week, let's get right to it: Yahoo Helps Music Lovers Find Videos More Easily: Yahoo's added some great search refinements to their video search. List of all magazines now available in Google Books: Lots of magazines available for viewing in...

Emoticons, Decoded and Explained

Saturday November 07, 2009
"Emotional icons" are odd little heiroglyphs used in email and digital messaging. Emoticons started with the classic 1982 smiley :-), and their use has now grown across the planet to become a daily part of digital culture. You can use your keyboard to create skateboarders, Elvis, Homer Simpson, or vampires....

MacHeist Giveaway: 5 (Maybe 6) Mac Applications for Free

Friday November 06, 2009
MacHeist, well-known for bundling 12 applications and selling them at a very low price, is offering a new 6-application bundle it calls the nanoBundle. The nanoBundle includes the following: ShoveBox WriteRoom Twitterrific TinyGrab Hordes of Orcs Mariner Write All of the items in the nanoBundle are being offered for free for a limited time. The sixth application,...

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