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Expo: Werck offers server app for point-of-sale software (Macworld.com via Yahoo! News)
Werck released Checkout Server, a dedicated server application for its Checkout point-of-sale software at Macworld Expo Tuesday. Werck also updated Checkout to version 2.3.

Apple to sell all iTunes music without anti-piracy software (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Apple on Tuesday said every song in its iTunes library will be available without anti-piracy software by April.

Indian software CEO resigns, admits firm faked profits (Houston Chronicle)
The chairman of India's Satyam Computer Services Ltd. quit Wednesday after admitting the company's profits had been inflated for several years, sending shares of the software services provider plunging by more than 70 percent.

CES2009: REDFLY PC software coming soon, concept demos of dock and Android driver shown (ZDNet)
My new REDFLY C8N arrived today and I was also pleased to get some news about some of the things that Celio Corp is showing off at CES 2009 in Vegas. Celio Corp unveiled their new PC software that lets you use your Windows Mobile device with your Windows PC...

Apple rolls out movie, pix software upgrades (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Apple Inc, missing master pitchman Steve Jobs and facing subdued expectations during its final appearance at the Macworld trade show, rolled out upgrades to its home movie and photo software on Tuesday.

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Google No Longer Suggests Relevant Links
Google’s Webmaster Guidelines no longer suggests having relevant sites link to yours. They also removed their suggestion of submitting your site to relevant directories. This was brought up in Google Groups recently, and subsequently on the big Webmaster forums Digital-Point and Sitepoint. However based on the logic of these threads, which get pretty heated over [...]

Is Google Wrong to Hate Paid Links?
Google is against paid links.  They have made this clear by asking Webmasters to report sites that sell links, repeateadly blogging about how paid links are bad, and by evidently selecting sites to torture in their search algorithm for participating in link sales. Obviously a lot of people are upset about this - publishers want [...]

What is Ajax?
The question is asked time and time again, and not always clear even to those who are working with Ajax! The term Ajax is short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. It was coined in 2005 by Jesse James Garrett. Ajax is not a specific programming language or technology. Ajax is a Web development technique. Ajax [...]

Does Google Prefer Keyword-Rich URLs?
Many years ago I didn’t know what a search engine friendly URL was. Now I practice human readable “search engine friendly URLs” whenever possible. When I stumbled upon the concept and started moving away from dynamic URLs to friendly, keyword rich URLs I noticed a direct and immediate positive impact on how much I was [...]

New XSS Flaw: vBulletin 3.7.2 PL2 and 3.6.10 PL4
The latest Jelsoft security bulletin, dated this August 18th, 2008, has announced the discovery of a new XSS flaw related to JavaScript escaping. This flaw could allow unauthorized users to carry out unauthorized actions or obtain access to a user’s account. vBulletin patch releases 3.7.2 PL2 and 3.6.10 PL4 have been released to address the [...]