Category: Tech News

It was announced, yesterday, that the popular multi-theaded instant messaging client, Gaim, has undergone a name change. The new name, Pidgin, comes after years of secret discussions and legal issues with internet giant, AOL. The issues revolved around the name “Gaim” and AOL’s defense of their “AIM” trademark. The developers explain in their blog: Many… Continue reading Popular IM, Gaim, Forced to Change Name

So you want to get into link exchanging, but no one wants to trade with you because your pagerank sucks? You can now use a technique known as 302 Google Jacking to spoof a google pagerank 10. 1. Buy a domain. 2. 301 Redirect the domain either in your .htaccess, PHP header (anything server side)… Continue reading Trick To Get Google Pagerank 10

Google Incorporated is now providing free tools designed to make it easy for people to share their local geographical knowledge by creating customized maps that can assemble information from a variety of sources. Thousands of hybrid maps are already available on the Web, documenting everything from local housing markets to active volcanoes. Google has simplified… Continue reading Create Your Own Google Maps

YouTube is clearly the most popular video sharing site on the web. But limits on video length, DMCA takedown notices and billion dollar lawsuits have damaged YouTube’s ability to facilitate serious copyright infringement. The smaller guys are now stepping in to fill the void. Full length copies of well known TV shows and/or movies are… Continue reading Forget YouTube: Try These If You Want Hard Core Copyright Infringing Content

Apple is currently planning to release Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard in June, mostly likely at or around its Worldwide Developers Conference, reliable sources report. As recently as January, Apple had been targeting a ship date of end March but in recent weeks the company moved the date back. The reason for the delay is… Continue reading Mac OS X Leopard Release in June