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Leaked Picture 2009 BMW Z4

Posted by zee on December 3rd, 2008 Comment »

BMW is currently working on a replacement for the Z4 Roadster. Codenamed E89, the new Z4 will be a conventional soft-top and will come as a competitor for the next generation Porsche Boxster and Mercedes SLK-Class. It will be priced somewhere around $40.000.

Here is a leaked picture taken from a BMW dealership, where a movie (Solitary Man) with Michael Douglas is being shot. 

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2009-bmw-z4

Courtesy Zpost.com

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Top & Popular Search Keywords of 2008

Posted by zee on December 3rd, 2008 Comment »

This is an interesting fact, Google and Yahoo have released the top keywords used in 2008 for searching information and both have totally oposit results.

Let look at what People have been searching on Google

Top & Popular Keywords of 2008 by Google

  1. obama
  2. facebook
  3. att
  4. iphone
  5. youtube
  6. fox news
  7. palin
  8. beijing 2008
  9. david cook
  10. surf the channel

Top & Popular keywords of 2008 by Yahoo

  1. Britney Spears
  2. WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)
  3. Barack Obama
  4. Miley Cyrus
  5. RuneScape
  6. Jessica Alba
  7. Naruto
  8. Lindsay Lohan
  9. Angelina Jolie
  10. American Idol

So what does it tell us ?

Well this data does show an insight on what kind of people use Google and what kind of people use Yahoo so here is what i think :

  1. People using Google are more interested in global events, spend most of there time online watching tv / news & videos
  2. People using Yahoo are slaves to Hollywood celebrities & Entertainment.

So what do you have to say on this ?

Mark

Earn Money by Searching the web

Posted by Mark on November 17th, 2008 Comment »

Dot be scared from the title its not a scam. Microsoft Corporation has launched a campaign called “SearchPerks” where you start earning tickets towards exciting prizes whenever you search the Web, oh did i mentione that the lines “whenever you search the web” actually means “whenever you search the web using Microsoft Live Search, on a Microsoft Windows using a Microsoft IE6 or above”.

So whats the fuss about, well SearchPerks is a short lived campaign by Microsoft where they are making an effort to study how the users use the search engine to search the web, sort of lab rat experiment that’s what i get out of it so far. (more…)

Mark

Google Adsense Integrating with Analytics

Posted by Mark on October 22nd, 2008 Comment »

Google today announced a new feature of integrating your AdSense account with a new or existing Analytics account. Thus giving the publishers reports on how and where to optimize there site not only to generate good traffic but a good revenue as well. The feature is so far invite only and a very few bunch of publishers will be invited but as the feature gets pass its testing phase hopefully we all will be invited to it.

The integration is no doubt a positive step in terms of publishers, we know where the traffic comes from but where we make the most revenue is not yet clear and with this new feature rolling out i am sure its going to help us in improving not only our site traffic but its revenue stream as well. According to Google : (more…)

Mark

The Big Bang Computer System Hacked

Posted by Mark on September 15th, 2008 Comment »

Now this is concerning element, according to BBC the computer system at the Large Hadron Collider was hacked by a group calling itself the “Greek Security Team”.

A spokesman for Cern, the lab that houses the LHC, said the hackers put up a message on the facility’s website. No harm was done but the incident has highlighted the need for security in the LHC’s network, the spokesman said. The hackers had targeted the computer network of the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment (CMS), a huge detector that analyses data from the particle accelerator.

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