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New deal? Colts owner hopes to sign MVP Peyton Manning to contract extension when season ends

Irsay hopes to extend Manning’s deal after season MIAMI ? Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay hopes to sign Peyton Manning to a contract extension when the season ends, a move that could make the four-time MVP the highest-paid quarterback in NFL history.

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The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine

The folks at Aardvark have posted an ambitious paper over on the ‘vark blog . Titled after Brin and Page’s original “Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine” , the paper presents the Aardvark engine and, in its authors’ words: “describes the fundamental differences between the traditional “Library” paradigm of web search — in which answers are found in existing online content — and the new “Village” paradigm of social search — in which answers arise in conversation with the people in your network.” I have read most of the paper, which has been accepted at WWW Brought to you by: Work Literacy

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Trillian for Mac arrives as an alpha

Multi-protocol chat client Trillian follows up its resurgence last year with a long-rumored Mac version. Trillian for Mac is an unstable alpha, lacking many of the features that make Trillian Astra appealing on Windows, but even so it offers users a good idea of what’s to come from Cerulean Studios.

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Iran ready to make uranium exchange deal

TEHRAN – Iran is ready to complete a uranium exchange deal with world nuclear powers, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday. Ahmadinejad said in an interview with state television that, after renewed talks with world powers, Iran was ready to exchange its low-enriched uranium for a more highly processed version to be used as fuel in … Original article on : Iran ready to make uranium exchange deal .

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Rep. Charles Rangel says lawmakers have started writing compromise health care bill

more images more images Rangel: Lawmakers writing compromise health bill WASHINGTON ? Leading lawmakers hoping to revive President Barack Obama’s stalled health care overhaul have started writing a compromise bill, but it’s unclear when the legislation will be ready for votes, a top House Democrat said Tuesday. The measure would change the massive Senate-approved health bill to what bargainers ..

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Ways and Means chairman says lawmakers have started crafting compromise health overhaul bill

more images more images more images more images Rangel: Bargainers start compromise health bill WASHINGTON ?

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AP says newspapers, broadcasters to use online hub to showcase Olympics multimedia coverage

more images more images AP signs up 900 sites for its Winter Olympics site NEW YORK ? The Associated Press said Tuesday that more than 900 newspapers and broadcasters will be supplementing their online coverage of the Vancouver Winter Olympics with a special package of stories, photographs, video and blogs produced by the AP.

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bug in WHM / cPanel or not – Redirect option in account transfers

I do not now but I may of found a bug in WHM / cPanel , We moved all are clients over from one VPS to a newly set-up VPS and use the option to put in place a redirect while the dns and all get sorted out but it has gone and put a redirect on both end’s going to the old VPS and I can not remove them from within the cPanel or WHM would you now if this is a bug or not or even the Command I would need to use to remove it on the new VPS? cPanel 11.24.5-S38506 – WHM 11.24.2 – X 3.9 CENTOS 5.4 i686 virtuozzo

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bug in WHM / cPanel or not – Redirect option in account transfers

Nev. governor: Hundreds of layoffs possible as state deals with huge budget shortfall

Nevada governor says hundreds of layoffs possible CARSON CITY, Nev. ? Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons says hundreds of layoffs are likely, possibly more, as the state grapples with a nearly $1 billion budget shortfall

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Nevada lawmakers upset at Obama for 2nd anti-Vegas spending remark; Reid: ?Lay off Las Vegas?

more images more images more images more images Lawmakers upset over Obama’s 2nd anti-Vegas remark LAS VEGAS ? Nevada lawmakers lashed out at President Barack Obama on Tuesday after he made another reference to Las Vegas while explaining how people should make tough choices on spending.

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How did you do on the Webmaster Quiz?

Webmaster Level: All Thanks to all of you who took our webmaster quiz and waited patiently to see how well you did! Today, we’re pleased to present the Webmaster Quiz answers ! We hope this quiz has provided some clarity on common issues users ask about in the Webmaster Help Forum. We’ll go over a few of the questions and answers here, but if some of the answers lead you to ask more questions, we encourage you to continue the discussion in the forum ! 1) You have moved your site to a new domain name. For users and search engines, the preferred way to permanently redirect traffic is: Correct answer: a) 301 redirect Explanation: A 301 redirect is preferred because it tells search engines, “Ok, this is the new domain I want you to show to users from now on,” as opposed to something like a 302 redirect, which tells search engines, “Hey, this is only a temporary redirect–so, uh, I might change the URL soon, okay?” In addition to implementing a 301 redirect, the Change of Address feature in Webmaster Tools can help Google find your new site

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LinkedIn Offers Users Increased Control Over Profiles

As of today, according to the LinkedIn Blog , users of the popular career-oriented social network can rearrange the order in which elements appear in a member’s profile — the page on the site that displays information about one’s background. In the past, profiles have been structured like standard résumés, with elements appearing in fixed order: a header, a text summary, optional applications like blog links, experience, education, recommendations, and an “additional information” section with web links, awards and such. Now, when you click on “Edit Profile,”you’ll see a four-way arrow to the left of the section names.

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Monitor FTP User in cPanel/WHM – Logs?

Hi, I’m having a programmer make some small updates to my website, and I will like to be able to monitor his FTP access to see what files he updated, downloaded, uploaded, deleted, etc… Is there a way I can monitor his FTP usage in cPanel or WHM?? If not, does anyone know of another method I can use to monitor his FTP usage?

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AVG Free 9 gives free ID protection

We reviewed the latest version of AVG Free back in October 2009 , and found it to be a decent successor to the previous version, 8.5. AVG Free 9 is currently the most popular app on Download.com by a long shot , and this version bolsters its security offerings with the integrated LinkScanner and free identity protection for users in the United States.

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IAB is heading to Mumbai to cover the Volvo S80 launch

Indian Autos Blog is packing its bags and heading to India’s financial capital to cover the launch of new Volvo S80 variant. We will also be interacting with Volvo’s management and ask them all the right questions. Posting might not be fluent, but we will try hard to keep the blog updated to our best ability

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Optimize Website Option on Cpanel/alternative

I have a VPS that has an option to compress content under “Software/Services–> optimize website” and on another account I do not have this option…. can I achieve this same result by some other means since I don’t have this option maybe through php.ini or some other way.

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Oscar best picture nominations and their logos

The Oscar nominations were released this morning and I thought it might be fun to not only list the contenders, but also take a look at the logos of the top ten best pictures, ranking them from one to ten (according to my humble opinion, natch). Granted, some of the movies don’t technically feature ‘logos’ (while a few are quite strong) and the overall idea a bit of a stretch, but this IS a logo design blog, and if I don’t crowbar Oscar nominations into a blog post el pronto , someone else will.

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Apple patch plugs iPhone, iPod Touch holes

Apple issued a patch on Tuesday for the iPhone and iPod Touch that plugs five holes, including several that could allow an attacker to take control of the device remotely. Three of the vulnerabilities could allow someone to run code remotely, if an iPhone or iPod Touch user opened malicious audio or image files, or accessed a malicious FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server, Apple said.

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Rendering – India bound next generation Renault Clio

The next generation Renault Clio will be built on Nissan V-Platform. More importantly, according to Autocar UK, it will be built in Renault-Nissan’s factory in Oragadam, near Chennai in the next few years

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Rendering – India bound next generation Renault Clio

Chevrolet Cruze SS body kit sizzles in Singapore

The Chevrolet Cruze SS body kit adds aggression and toughness to the car GM in Singapore is offering a “Cruze SS” bodykit for Chevrolet Cruze customers. The inspiration for the body kit has clearly come from the Bumblebee character played by the Chevrolet Camaro in the mega hit Transformers movie . The kit consisting of a front, rear and side skirts, a rear spoiler, 17 inch alloy wheels wrapped with Falken tyres, and illuminated skuff plates, adds oomph to the already muscular styling

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