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Ok really digg wtf were you thinking. This commenting system offically sucks. Why would you think it’s a good idea to make me click 5+ times just to view all the comments, click an unknown amount of times to view all the replys to a comment, or if a comment is dugg down have to expand it to see comments below it that aren’t dugg down.
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Original post by Michael Kanellos and software by Elliott Back

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All the news that fits  —  Welcome to our first post on this new Google News Blog!  You may be asking why there’s another Google blog - and why the focus on Google News?  Believe it or not, the answer is not just because we’ve got a free account from Blogger.  Let me explain.

Source:   Google News Blog
Author:   Joshua Cohen
Link:   http://googlenewsblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/all-news…
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Original post by Nifty Comics and software by Elliott Back

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Google Sells Hardware?  —  The first time people learn about the Google Search Appliance, they often remark, ‘I didn’t know Google makes hardware.’ Actually, to power the millions of searches and other products, Google builds and deploys LOTS of servers in datacenters all over the world.

Source:   Official Google Enterprise Blog
Author:   David Bercovich
Link:   http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2007/06/google…
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Original post by Nifty Comics and software by Elliott Back

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Domain Madness: Business.com For $400 Million?  —  The wires are buzzing with talk that the Business.com domain currently up for sale could go for a historic price.  Even The Wall Street Journal has weighed in saying the domain could fetch $400 million.  The idea that the right dot com name …

Source:   Epicenter
Author:   Adario Strange
Link:   http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/06/domain-madness…
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Original post by Nifty Comics and software by Elliott Back

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sharktorrent is a cross-platform BitTorrent
client. It is written in C++ using Qt4 and Arvid
Norberg’s libtorrent.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Changes:
When the main window is minimized or trayed, GUI
updates are not done now, saving memory and CPU.
When sharktorrent is executed with parameters and
another instance is running, those files will be
opened by the previously-running instance. Files
are copied to a directory, and the running
instance is notified through QSettings.

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Original post by Bob LeVitus and software by Elliott Back

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TDFSB reads directory information and displays it
as a 3D world. cd’ing into another directory is
possible by simply walking into the assigned
sphere. It also reads images and text files and
displays their contents. It plays MP3 files and MPEG-1 videos as 3D objects.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Changes:
This release works with freeglut and gives tdfsb a
centered view on
startup.

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Original post by Bob LeVitus and software by Elliott Back

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e-learning 2.0: All You Need To Know  —  One of the strongest, but least hyped, uses of web 2.0 technologies over the past couple of years has been e-learning.  —  We’ve covered this topic extensively on Read/WriteWeb - and so we’re pleased to bring you this overview of e-learning 2.0 …

Source:   Read/WriteWeb
Author:   Richard MacManus
Link:   http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/e…
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Original post by Nifty Comics and software by Elliott Back

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Ron Paul and Distributed Online Campaigning  —  In all the talk about the Ron Paul online machine, there has been very little discussion of his actual campaign website, which has recently undergone a facelift.  His approach is novel.  Instead of building an infrastructure on his own campaign website …

Source:   The Bivings Report
Author:   Todd Zeigler
Link:   http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/ron-paul-and…
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ConceptDraw Project is an unique project planning
tool designed for efficient planning and tracking
of multiple projects. Business activity often
requires the planning several simultaneous
projects with different dependences and limited
resources to drawn on. ConceptDraw Project makes
it possible to easily share resources between
projects, establish links between them, and
organize them in a single workspace to
successfully plan projects of any size and complexity.

License: Other/Proprietary License with Free Trial

Changes:
This release adds tool-tips for the Macintosh,
improves compatibility
with MS Project files and the look and function of
the reporting
capability, and adds the ability to open a project
file in ConceptDraw
MINDMAP.

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Original post by Bob LeVitus and software by Elliott Back

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Layeredpanel is a freehosting panel which allows
Linux hosters and administrators to open a
large-scale freehosting platform for their users.
It includes an easy-to-use interface for
administrators and users alike to create user
profiles, databases, and complete sites. It
features one-click installation of well-known
applications like phpBB and Joomla.

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Original post by Bob LeVitus and software by Elliott Back

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