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10 Free Scripts to Create Your Own Url Shortening Service

Since the popularity of Twitter started to rise and the 140 characters mania began, there has been an outburst of Url shortening services which allow you to sqeeze a long url in the given limited space. There are many url shortening services out there which are both free and easy to use. There is no ... Read More →

Digg is making changes to Diggbar

Diggbar, the recently launched framebar and URL shortner got alot of criticism for the way it frames the content and redirects the URLs. Digg has listened to the feedback and now offers changes to the Diggbar. ... Read More →

Get a custom URL for Google Profile

You can get a custom URL with your username for your Google profile, Amit noticed this in Google Profile. Although its nice to get your name or something you want for your Google Profile, you have no luck if you are a Gmail user. I don't know the login behind this but Gmail users can't get their ... Read More →

4 New Web Applications to Keep Spam Out of Your Inbox

According to a report, 94 percent of all email sent is spam. In plain english, it is unwanted email that automated bots and software send you for the sole purpose of advertising and in many cases, phishing and online scams. You've probably got a lot of them and so has everyone. Once a spammer gets ... Read More →

Vista Start Menu for Windows XP / Vista

Vista Start Menu is a freeware for windows NT operating systems that serves as a alternative to default windows start menu. Vista Start Menu offers several features and customizations over default windows start menu. ... Read More →

Fotografix Portable Image Editor

If you want to edit images quickly with basic tools check out Fotograpfix image editor. It is a portable app and light-weight, you can put in your USB key and carry with you. ... Read More →

Stimator gives you the value of a website

Stimator is a web service that gives the value of a website by taking different parameters into account. Touted as a "real website value estimator" it checks the web for backlinks, popularity in social media sites and gives an estimate in USD. ... Read More →

How to block the Diggbar

The Diggbar, which launched recently by Digg is one of the hot debates in the blogosphere. Some feel it is evil and think that it increases digg experience for digg users. In publisher point of view it is evil in its current form and sites like engadget are blocking it. One of the main concerns is ... Read More →