Saturday, December 17, 2011

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

An Open Source Search Engine YaCy!


Web Search by the people, for the people

YaCy is a free search engine that anyone can use to build a search portal for their intranet or to help search the public internet.  
The software takes a radically new approach to search. YaCy does not use a 
central server. Instead, its search results come from a network of currently over
600 independent peers.In such a distributed network, no single entity decides 
what gets listed, or in which order results appear.
The YaCy search engine runs on each user's own computer. Search terms are encrypted before they
leave the user and the user's computer. Different from conventional search engines, 
YaCy is designed to protect users' privacy. A user's computer creates its individual search indexes and rankings, so that results better match what the user is looking for over time. YaCy also makes it easy to create a customized search portal with a few clicks.
Everyone can try out the search engine at http://search.yacy.net. Users can become part of YaCy's network by installing the software on their own computers. YaCy is Free Software, so anyone can use, study, share and improve it. It is currently available for GNU/Linux, Windows and MacOS. The project is also looking for developers and other contributors.
YaCy homepage: http://yacy.net
  
YaCy search portal: http://search.yacy.net/
  
How to contribute: http://yacy.net/en/Join.html
  

Monday, September 26, 2011

FACEBOOK PRICE GRID FOR MEMBERSHIP?

A hoax claiming that Facebook is planning to start charging users continues to spread across the social network.
FACEBOOK JUST RELEASED THEIR PRICE GRID FOR MEMBERSHIP. $9.99 PER MONTH FOR GOLD MEMBER SERVICES, $6.99 PER MONTH FOR SILVER MEMBER SERVICES, $3.99 PER MONTH FOR BRONZE MEMBER SERVICES, FREE IF YOU COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WHEN YOU SIGN ON TOMORROW MORNING YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR PAYMENT INFO...IT IS OFFICIAL IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES. IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON IF NOT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED IF YOU DO NOT PAY
Let me assure you, facebook is *not* going to ask you for your payment when you sign onto the site.  

Friday, September 23, 2011

Hack Your Way Into Facebook's New Timeline Feature


Step-by-Step Instructions:


1. Log in to facebook and open developer page.
2. Now, create a new app by clicking the button in the top left corner.
3. Enter app name and nemespace, agree to terms and condition and create app.
4. Click on the open graph link on the left.
5. Enter an action your app can do and an object for your app to interact with. 
6. Click the Get Started button. This will drop down the first of some pages of settings. Quickly click through them to create your app.
7. Congratulations  You're In!