The “Happy DreamHost Forever Team” emailed me with 5 special invitation codes which I could give out to a select few people who would get a special deal from Dreamhost hosting besides the usual power packed hosting package. (more…)

In a new deal, Google has given Yahoo! the access to use Google’s Adsense search and contextual advertising technology and now Yahoo! will display Google ads alongside its own natural search results in the U.S. and Canada. (more…)

Opera Software today released the final public release of Opera 9.5 Web browser, and increased competition in the browser race with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Claimed to be the most powerful Opera browser yet, it blurs the boundaries between computers and mobile phones by enabling a seamless Web experience from device to device. (more…)

Firefox 3 is shipping out finally on this Tuesday, June 17th as Firefox fans rejoice and welcome the new power packed version of the web browser. Meanwhile early adopters can download Firefox 3 RC3 which has been released after a single bug fix for Mac OS X. The FireFox fans are getting ready to set a new Guinness World record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours by clocking the maximum Firefox 3 downloads on Download Day. Check the new Features of Firefox 3 in the “What’s New” section of the release notes.

There are thousands of Wordpress plugins, then there are these 50 best wordpress plugins, but some wordpress plugins are most essential to run a successful blog. Though I use many wordpress plugins and widgets on this blog, if I was told to run my blog with the least possible and most essential wordpress plugins, these are my personal picks - (more…)

Blog promotion is an integral blogging task to get traffic to your site, and offline blog promotion can drive serious targeted traffic to your site, from a genuinely interested and curious audience. I read this nice three part series and learnt some offline blog promotion techniques, and analyzed some tricks that will work. (more…)

Mac OS X Snow Leopard is the next major software version which will replace the Mac OS X Leopard, and Apple gave a preview to developers about what is expected to power the next version of the very popular operating system. Mac OS X Snow Leopard promises to streamline Mac OS X, enhance its performance, and set new standards for quality, while reducing the footprint of Mac OS X. (more…)