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Google recently released its newest feature that ultimately takes out the language barrier in the blogosphere. It has suddenly become more universal for the millions of users and subscribers. The multi-billion dollar company is now offering an option in its Google Reader… “Translate Into My Language”. Before, it was quite a pain to browse through important information. You just have to put your patience to its max level to be able to go through the whole thing. With this recent release, with just a click on a button, that hard to read article can simply be read according to your need. Whether you want it in English or Spanish. You choose. So read on, read the blog that you’ve been so eagerly waiting to read. Dont forget to thank Google. Our hero.

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The popularity of blogging has contributed to the development of specialized blogging vocabulary which only bloggers most often than not, purely understands. Here are some of the terms that have been compiled to help you understand few words and common phrases that are widely used on the blogging community.

Autocasting is an automated form of podcasting. It allows bloggers and blog readers to generate audio versions of text blogs from source like an RSS feed.
Audioblog is a blog post that is made out of voice recordings sent through mobile phones. Sometimes it has some messages text added to it.
Blog Carnival is blog article that contains links to other articles that covers a specific topic. These are commonly hosted by a list of frequent contributors to the carnival.
Blog client is a software that posts and edits blogs from operating system without using the web browser.
Blogger is a person who runs a blog. It may refer to blogger.com also which is a very popular blog hosting web site.
Bloggernacle are blogs written for the Mormons. It refers to faithful Mormon bloggers.
Bloggies is the most popular blog awards.
Blogroll is a list of blogs, which you can usually see in the sidebar of a blog. it lists recommended sites of other blogs.
Blogosphere refers to the entire blogging community.

Spy ware is a malicious software or mal ware that lurks behind your computer without your knowledge. The software penetrates your personal computer when you visit online web sites offering free downloads of any sorts. Games, MP3s, applications, videos or music, or any files that you might be sharing , such as when you download that comic digest email from a friend. Spy ware programs are piggybacked into your machine while you download a file. And undeniably it has and will continue to infect millions of home computers today.

Spy ware tracks your computer habits online. It can keep tabs of each site you visit and what you have looked up on that site. Some powerful spy wares even record each keystroke you make on your keyboard, including every bit of information you fill out on a form. Credit card information is the number one target for these malwares. It can often lead to identity theft and stolen credit card numbers. . Spy ware has grown to be a large industry, people getting rich selling your information without your permission.

You can get rid of spy ware by running a trusted anti-spy ware programs readily available online today. Run these programs often. So as to avoid being infected and hacked by these malicious programs. Still, the best way to avoid spy ware is to refrain from downloading free stuff. Delete emails if you don’t know the sender. When downloading any software, read the EULA thoroughly. Only you have the power to protect your personal information.

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Storage Capacity - Pre-recorded Playback Material (BD-ROM): Single-layer (25GB) - Dual-layer (50GB)

Storage Capacity: Home Recording (BD-R/BD-RE): Single-layer (25GB) - Dual-layer (50GB)
Data Transfer Rate: 36 to 48 MBPS (Megabits per Second) average - capable of up to 54 MPS - This exceeds the 19.3 Mbps transfer rate approved for HDTV broadcasts.
Disc Properties: New format requiring retooling and/or construction of new disc manufacturing and replication plants.

Video Specifications: Compatible with full MPEG2 Encoding, as well as MPEG4 and VC1.
Audio Specifications: Only Dolby Digital, DTS, and Uncompressed PCM are required on all players. However, the following formats are optional - Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD.
Network Capability: Although the Blu-ray format supports networking and internet capabilities, built-in networking and ethernet ports on individual Blu-ray Disc Players is optional.

An example of an offline blogging tool is w.bloggar. It supports a wide collection of blogging platforms including blogspot, wordpresss, livejournal, drupal, movabletype and others. It is cooler because it is a freeware; no credit cards needed on download.

If you are using the Firefox web browser, you can also try ScribeFire (formerly Performancing for Firefox) as your blog post editor.

Here are 5 easy steps:

1. Browse your computer and select your image/photo to resize
2. Select the new size for your picture - use a preset or choose a custom size
3. Optionally, add an effect to your image
4. Select output image/picture quality Lower quality means a smaller file
5. Click “Resize” and wait for the processed images to be displayed

To shrink a picture to avatar size, use Shrink Avatars tool.

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GeoTools
With Wikimapia, you can also measure distance, land area and even map IP addresses. This is made possible by the Wikimapia’s Geotools feature which is available in the menu situated in the top of the page. These features are available to everyone as it does not require registration.

Users can also label/mark roads or routes with the use of segments and points, after that the selection can be named and be given description as if it was a location. This option, however is only available to registered users.

Wikipedia has earns its income through Google ads. But the creators of WikiMapia sought for investors last July 2007,

Mark the world with Wikimapia

WikiMapia has the “Tag a location” feature that enables contributors to append a”tag” to any selected location by highlighting the location with the use of the rectangular highlight, and then setting a language to be used, a title, and determining the type of location using predefined location types(restaurant, school, residential area etc). There is also space for optional notes and users can also attach keyword tags, images and even embedded YouTube videos, all of which appear on the place’s info window. Users can also add non-rectangular places using green bordered polygons.

Location tagging can be done in different languages, 64 languages are currently supported by Wikimapia.

To be continued…

Describe the world with Wikimapia

Describe the world, this is the tagline of Wikimapia when it was launched on May 24, 2006.
It is a map and satellite imaging resource that integrates the Google Maps with a wiki system which allows users to add information about the selected location anywhere around the globe.

Wikimapia is the brainchild of Alexandre Koriakine and Evgeniy Saveliev.
It became very popular that it was included in list of the top 1000 frequently visited websites.
As of today Wikimapia more than 7 million places marked by users. Even though access to

Wikimapia does not require registration, more than 153,000 users from around the world have registered.

To be continued…

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