Blockbuster and Sonic Solutions: a new streaming movie service

Renting VHS or DVD’s is all just part of past. The future looks like streaming movie rental services.
For many this might be good and nice but there are companies out there like Blockbuster that are not too happy to support online rentals because they might hurt their retail rental and sales business. Read more

BBC iPlayer Mac ready!

The BBC just created a version of the iPlayer that works with both Mac and Linux platforms. The player, known as BBC iPlayer Desktop, is created by BBC in a joint venture with Adobe.

“The iPlayer is the BBC’s online media player that lets viewers stream programmes for up to seven days after broadcast or download and watch them for up to 30 days.” Read more

Google Chrome: no longer in beta

Released in September, Google Chrome has now been taken out of beta. About time if you ask me, because I kinda got used to some of Google products ( Gmail still in beta since 2004) of having the beta label on them.

The road so far: Chrome has been used by more than 10 million people worldwide, bringing better bookmarking, easier browser switching with a security that has been upped. The beta stage was essential as it allowed Read more

New Mp3 logo?

Probably the most popular music format since quite a few years it’s the mp3. It seems that some music download sites are bored with the old mp3 logo and now they are promoting a new one. Actually its the “MP3 compatible” logo which should help help consumers identify legal sites.

The Entertainment Retailers Association devised the logo, which emphasizes the fact that MP3 files Read more

IDrive: online back-up solution

Windows and Mac only, IDrive is a new free online storage tool . You can remote backup the files from your computer on company’s server over an SSL-encrypted connection.If you want it will also monitor your computer for changes to files and folders and connect every ten minutes to update your backup. Read more

Virtual murder will get you in real life jail!

Maplestory, a famous MMO game (massively multiplayer online), is the ground of a recent virtual murder. A 43 year old woman, extremely angry at her virtual husband that left her, logged in its Maplestory account and killed his online avatar (character). Read more

New Star Wars MMO in the making

Bioware is currently working on a new MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic with Electronic Arts as publisher. Of course EA is the publisher because Bioware was bought by EA for $860 million in 2007.
Another MMO that probably will try to dethrone World of Warcraft.
Will it succeed? We don’t know yet, Read more

World of Warcraft a step safer from Keyloggers.

If you’re a World of Warcraft player for sure your biggest fear is the encounter with a keylogger. Getting hacked in WoW is a nasty thing especially if you’re a hardcore player. Gold and items down the drain, the wait of getting back your character and the list goes on. But there are some good news: Read more

Making Money Online - What ad networks/affiliate programs should I use?

Monetization is an important issue for any webmaster. The market is full with ad networks and affiliate programs but it’s still hard to decide which one suits best to your website/blog or which one performs better. We should all try to monetize our websites as much as we can, without stuffing them too hard, this isn’t good either. I will list some of the ad networks and affiliate programs that will help you make online money. Read more

How important are inbound and outbound links to a good SEO?

Recently, I’ve noticed that people care less about the actual traffic optimization the accent is placed entirely on upon pagerank and alexa rank. First of all, this isn’t a good SEO approach, actually this isn’t a SEO approach at all. Google PR is irrelevant to SEO and Alexa Rank turned up to be unreliable over the years. These 2 tools are used mainly for monetization and I don’t think it will change soon. Now back to our topic. How important are links to a good SEO? Read more

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