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Google Experimental search

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Google just rolled out three new experiements. You can join only one of these at http://www.google.com/experimental/index.html

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Google is always experimenting with new features aimed at improving the search experience. Take one for a spin and let us know what you think.

Your selected experiment: You have joined the +1 button experiment. Note that you can only join ONE experiment at a time.

+1 button This is your selected experiment.
Use +1 to give something your public stamp of approval, so friends, contacts, and others can find the best stuff when they search. Get recommendations for the things that interest you, right when you want them, in your search results. 

To participate in this experiment:

  1. Make sure you’re signed into your Google Account (required)
  2. Click ‘Join this experiment’
  3. Search for something you love on Google.com
  4. Click the new +1 button, and make your mark on the web

Your +1’s are public. They can appear in Google search results, on ads, and sites across the web. You’ll always be able to see your own +1’s in a new tab on your Google Profile, and if you want, you can share this tab with the world.

Please note, it may take a while before you see the button in search results, and it may occasionally disappear as we make improvements. Your feedback will help us make it better!

Learn more about +1

Keyboard shortcuts
Navigate search results quickly and easily, minimizing use of your mouse. Current keyboard shortcuts include: 

Key Action
J Selects the next result.
K Selects the previous result.
O Opens the selected result.
<Enter> Opens the selected result.
/ Puts the cursor in the search box.
<Esc> Removes the cursor from the search box.
Try out this query: rattlesnake

Accessible View
Navigate search results quickly and easily, with just your keyboard. As you navigate, items are magnified for easier viewing. If you use a screen reader or talking browser, the relevant information is spoken automatically as you navigate. 

Current keyboard shortcuts include:

Key Action
j or DOWN Selects the next item.
k or UP Selects the previous item.
l or RIGHT Moves to the next category (results, sponsored links, refinements).
h or LEFT Moves to the previous category (results, sponsored links, refinements).
<Enter> Opens the selected result.
/ Puts the cursor in the search box.
n Moves to the next result, and fetches more results if necessary.
p Moves to the previous result, reloading earlier results if necessary.
= Magnifies current item
– Shrinks current item
A Switches to Accessible Search Results
W Switches to regular Web Search Results

For now, you need to use the Firefox 3 web browser with this experiment. This note will be updated as other browsers are added. Magnification already works with Google Chrome andApple’s Safari.

Try out this query: enhancing web 2.0 accessibility
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Lyx Releases 2

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Lyx releases new version- now if only there was a SIMPLE way to put R code in a Lyx existing text class (having tried Sweave and sweaved myself into knots ! 😦

and I hope Ubuntu Linux 10.10  netbook fixes the curious case of disappearing menu bar in Lyx

see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-appmenu/+bug/619811

(Hint start Lyx using from the terminal:
QT_X11_NO_NATIVE_MENUBAR=1 lyx)

Latest News from the

http://www.lyx.org/News#item2

We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.9

 

Beta Release: LyX 2.0.0 beta 4 released.

February 6, 2011

We are pleased to announce the fourth public pre-release of LyX 2.0.0.
Except usual bugfixing we fixed random crashes connected with the new background export and compilation feature.

As far as new features is considered it is now possible

  • to set the table width,
  • customize the language package per document,
  • export LyX files as a single archive containing linked material (e.g. images) directly via export menu.

 

Since this is most probably the last beta release we also added convertor for old (1.6) preference files which are automatically checked on the startup now.

 

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Privacy Browsing Extensions in Google Chrome

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Using two Chrome Extensions, Disconnect and AdBlock you can be sure of having a vary very clean browsing experience-it is recommended especially if you dont like the auto sharing of your personal preferences and cannot be bothered by the Byzantine maze of social media privacy fineprint.

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/jeoacafpbcihiomhlakheieifhpjdfeo

Disconnect by Brian Kennish

(184) – 44,284 users – Weekly installs: 24,086

Stop major third parties and search engines from tracking the webpages you go to and searches you do.

* Search depersonalization is now optional and off by default. Click the “d” button then the “Depersonalize searches” checkbox to turn this feature on (or back off in case you have trouble getting to Google or Yahoo services). For help with anything else, see the known issues below and ask questions at http://j.mp/dnewgroup.

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If you’re a typical web user, you’re unintentionally sending your browsing and search history with your name and other personal information to third parties and search engines whenever you’re online.

Take control of the data you share with Disconnect!

From the developer of the top-10-rated Facebook Disconnect extension, Disconnect lets you:

• Disable tracking by third parties like Digg, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Yahoo, without requiring any setup or significantly degrading the usability of the web.

• Truly depersonalize searches on search engines like Google and Yahoo (by blocking identifying cookies not just changing the appearance of results pages), while staying logged into other services — e.g., so you can search anonymously on Google and access iGoogle at once.

• See how many resource and cookie requests are blocked, in real time


and


https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom



Extensions > AdBlock










AdBlock


 (6937) - 1,615,373 users - Weekly installs: 153,032






The most popular Chrome extension, with over 1.5 million users! Blocks ads all over the web.




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New in version 2.1: Translated into dozens of languages!
New in version 2.0: Ads are blocked from downloading, instead of just being removed after the fact!

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FAQs:1. This is the official AdBlock extension: the original ad blocker written from the ground up to be optimized in Chrome.  There's an unrelated, older Firefox project called Adblock Plus, and they're working on making a Chrome version out of the old AdThwart codebase.  At the moment AdBlock blocks some ads that AdThwart only hides, but they're working to improve it.  It's available at bit.ly/id2Gqx; if you have trouble with AdBlock, they're good guys and a fine alternative!


 


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Libre Office
	


	
	
	

		
Some ambiguity about Libre Office and why it needed to change from Open Office- just when Open Office seemed so threatening on the desktop


FROM- http://www.documentfoundation.org/faq/


Q: So is this a breakaway project?


A: Not at all. The Document Foundation will continue to be focused on developing, supporting, and promoting the same software, and it’s very much business as usual. We are simply moving to a new and more appropriate organisational model for the next decade – a logical development from Sun’s inspirational launch a decade ago.


Q: Why are you calling yourselves “The Document Foundation”?


A: For ten years we have used the same name – “OpenOffice.org” – for both the Community and the software. We’ve decided it removes ambiguity to have a different name for the two, so the Community is now “The Document Foundation”, and the software “LibreOffice”. Note: there are other examples of this usage in the free software community – e.g. the Mozilla Foundation with the Firefox browser.


Q: Does this mean you intend to develop other pieces of software?


A: We would like to have that possibility open to us in the future…


Q: And why are you calling the software “LibreOffice” instead of “OpenOffice.org”?


A: The OpenOffice.org trademark is owned by Oracle Corporation. Our hope is that Oracle will donate this to the Foundation, along with the other assets it holds in trust for the Community, in due course, once legal etc issues are resolved. However, we need to continue work in the meantime – hence “LibreOffice” (“free office”).


Q: Why are you building a new web infrastructure?


A: Since Oracle’s takeover of Sun Microsystems, the Community has been under “notice to quit” from our previous Collabnet infrastructure. With today’s announcement of a Foundation, we now have an entity which can own our emerging new infrastructure.


Q: What does this announcement mean to other derivatives of OpenOffice.org?


A: We want The Document Foundation to be open to code contributions from as many people as possible. We are delighted to announce that the enhancements produced by the Go-OOo team will be merged into LibreOffice, effective immediately. We hope that others will follow suit.


Q: What difference will this make to the commercial products produced by Oracle Corporation, IBM, Novell, Red Flag, etc?


A: The Document Foundation cannot answer for other bodies. However, there is nothing in the licence arrangements to stop companies continuing to release commercial derivatives of LibreOffice. The new Foundation will also mean companies can contribute funds or resources without worries that they may be helping a commercial competitor.


Q: What difference will The Document Foundation make to developers?


A: The Document Foundation sets out deliberately to be as developer friendly as possible. We do not demand that contributors share their copyright with us. People will gain status in our community based on peer evaluation of their contributions – not by who their employer is.


Q: What difference will The Document Foundation make to users of LibreOffice?


A: LibreOffice is The Document Foundation’s reason for existence. We do not have and will not have a commercial product which receives preferential treatment. We only have one focus – delivering the best free office suite for our users – LibreOffice.


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Non Microsoft and Non Oracle vendors are indeed going to find it useful the possiblities of bundling a free Libre Office that reduces the total cost of ownership for analytics software. Right now, some of the best free advertising for Microsoft OS and Office is done by enterprise software vendors who create Windows Only Products and enable MS Office integration better than  Open Office integration. This is done citing user demand- but it is a chicken egg dilemma- as functionality leads to enhanced demand. Microsoft on the other hand is aware of this dependence and has made SQL Server and SQL Analytics (besides investing in analytics startups like Revolution Analytics) along with it’s own infrastructure -Azure Cloud Platform/EC2 instances.


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Creating an Anonymous Bot
	


	
	
	

		
or Surfing the Net Anonmously and Having some Fun.


On the weekend, while browsing through http://freelancer.com I came across an intriguing offer-


http://www.freelancer.com/projects/by-job/YouTube.html


Basically projects asking for increasing Youtube Views-


Hmm.Hmm.Hmm


So this is one way I though it could be done-


1) Create an IP Address Anonymizer


Thats pretty simple- I used the Tor Project at http://www.torproject.org/easy-download.html.en


Basically it uses a peer to peer network to  connect to the internet and you can reset the connection as you want-so it hides your IP address.


Also useful for sending hatemail- limitation uses Firefox browser only.And also your webpage default keeps changing languages as the ip address changes.




Note-


The Tor Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in the United States. The official address of the organization is:


The Tor Project

969 Main Street, Suite 206

Walpole, MA 02081 USA






Check your IP address at http://www.whatismyip.com/


2) Creating a Bot or an automatic clicking code ( without knowing code)


Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3863/


Remember when you could create an Excel Macro by just recording the Macro (in Excel 2003)


So while surfing if you need to do something again and again (like go the same Youtube video and clicking Like 5000 times) you can press record Macro


    

  • Do the action you want repeated again and again.
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  • Click save Macro
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  • Now run the Macro in a loop using the iMacro extension.
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see screenshot below-




Note I have added two lines of code -WAIT SECONDS= 6


This means everytime the code runs in a loop it will wait for 6 seconds and then reload.


However I recommend you create a random number of wait seconds using Google Spreadsheet and the function RANDBETWEEN(5,400) (to limit between 5 and 400 seconds) and also use CONCATENATE with click and drag to create RANDOM wait times (instead of typing it say 500 times yourself)


see https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tr18JVEE2TmAuH5V8fzJLRA#gid=0




That’s it – Your Anonymous Bot is ready.


See the  analytical results for my personal favourite Streaming Poetry video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5yReaKRHOM




Easy isn’t it. Lines of code written= 0 , Number of Views =335 (before I grew bored)


Note- Officially it is against Youtube Terms http://www.youtube.com/t/terms to  use scripts or Bots so I did it for Research Purposes only. And the http://Freelancer.com needs to look into the activities underway at http://www.freelancer.com/projects/by-job/YouTube.html and also http://www.freelancer.com/projects/by-job/Facebook.html and http://www.freelancer.com/projects/by-job/Social-Networking.html


The final word on these activities is by http://xkcd.com or



			


	



	
		

	



	

		


		
	









	

		

	

	

	

	
	


	
	
						
		
		







	
	

		

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