10 Alasan Mengapa Twitter Lebih Menarik daripada Facebook

Yah memang sebenarnya Facebook saat ini lebih popular daripada Twitter, jumlah user Facebook lebih banyak daripada user Twitter, dan saat postingan ini ditulis, dari 100 urutan web terbanyak diakses di Indonesia, Facebook menempati nomor 1 sedangkan Twitter menempati urutan 17.



Namun jika kita lihat dari sisi lain �Twitter ternyata lebih menarik daripada Facebook�. Saya yakin suatu saat

Wikileaks Barrier Broken By �Double Rainbow� on Twitter

Image via CrunchBaseIf you were wondering what is the term double Rainbow doing on the trending topics at twitter you have come to the right place.

You see there was this rare weather phenomenon in LA when double rainbows showed up in the sky. And the people of LA flooded twitter with the pictures and the tweets. Pictures were uploaded from locations ranging from skyscrapers, tenement buildings

Apple Pulls Plug On Wikileaks

Image via WikipediaAssociation with the Wikileaks as a brand is something of a red herring for most financial institutions. Now interestingly Apple has all of a sudden joined the bandwagon of banning Wikileaks from its platform. In news today is the recent action of the tech giant where they removed an iPhone and iPad app from the App store which allowed the users to check the troubled site

How To Get Travel Tips From Facebook Friends on TripAdvisor

Image via CrunchBaseFaceBook the Social Media titan has announced its collaboration with travel website TripAdvisor to enable users to get timely advice from friends as he logs into his Facebook account.

The new easy TripAdvisor�s interface will allow you to select any location from the map and the read the user experience of your friends who have been using the �Where Have You Been?� FaceBook

Anak Kelas Lima SD Memperoleh Sertifikasi Autodesk 3ds Max Associate

Rupanya usia tidak menjadi halangan seseorang untuk berkarya. Dengan dedikasi yang kuat semua orang bisa melakukan apa saja, tanpa adanya batasan usia atau pun dari mana dia berasal. Ze Kun Chen, seorang murid kelas lima SD di China, menjadi orang yang paling muda mendapatkan sertifikasi sebagai Autodesk 3ds Max Associate.

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Triks: Bikin Firefox 4 Lebih Kencang

Image via WikipediaPertama-tama, buka dulu browser Firefox 4 Anda, lalu ketik di url / address bar dengan tulisan "about:config" (ingat tanpa tanda petik)

Lalu cari beberapa sintaks berikut ini:
browser.history_expire_days_min ganti nilainyanya menjadi 10 (default: 90)
browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers ganti nilainyanya menjadi 1 (default: -1)
network.http.max-connections ganti

Glassy-Eyed Zuckerberg Is Time�s Person of the Year

Image via WikipediaApparently deciding this whole WikiLeaks hubbub will blow over, by declining to pick readers� choice Julian Assange, Time Magazine picked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as its Person of the Year. (Zuckerberg and his team also helpfully gave Time tons of access, resulting in photos and videos and sidebars galore.) Assange placed No. 3, after the Tea Party.
Time Managing Editor

Gmail Extends Free Telephony Service Till 2011

I said the last time that Google Mail has slowly evolved into a force of nature and just to prove that I was not lying Google has announced another new perk for the Gmail users that is sure going to make your decision to migrate from your existing mail id (Wahoo). The tech goliath has announced that the user of Gmail will be able to make free calls to the US and

Can Microsoft Compete with the iPad?

Reports indicate that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to unveil some new slates from Samsung and Dell at CES next month that are designed to compete with Apple's incredibly popular iPad.

The company has not confirmed, and the sources of the info are unnamed, but evidently trusted by the New York Times, which reports:

The Samsung device is described as "similar in size and shape to

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4 Bunga Paling Unik di Dunia

1. Rafflesia Arnoldi

Tanaman parasit ini memiliki kelopak terbesar di dunia, yang dapat mencapai garis tengah 1 meter. Bunga ini berwarna cerah, dengan bintik bintik putih.
Bau bunga ini busuk dan memiliki bagian tengah seperti mangkuk yang mampu menampung sekitar 5-6 liter cairan. Bunga ini tidak memiliki daun, batang atau akar sama sekali. Hanya tumbuh menumpang di akar pohon inangnya. Bunga

Enhance Your Security This Weekend

While this week introduced security concerns, it also brought forward several great ways to help get your own digital life secure and under control. Looking to past and present, here are our best guides to help you enhance your security. Get Your Password, Online Account, and Gadget Security Under Control
We've written a lot on security. Here's a large selection of our guides, tips, and tricks

Five Best Text Editors

Despite decades of advancement in computing power, nothing has replaced the usefulness of a good text editor�whether you're managing a to-do list or elbow deep in code. Here's a look at five of the best text editors.Photo by Jamie Cox.Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite text editor, and now we're back to share the results.
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Hacktivism on Display: Operation Payback and the Wikilkeaks Saga

hack
verb \'hak\
a : to write computer programs for enjoyment
b : to gain access to a computer illegally
ac�tiv�ism
noun \'ak-ti-?vi-z?m\
a : a doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue

hacktivism - hacking meets activism


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The Wikileaks saga has come with no shortage of drama and

Meski Umur Sudah Senja, Nge-Facebook Tetap

Image via WikipediaPemakai Facebook tidak hanya anak-anak muda. Nenek-nenek juga gemar menggunakan media jejaring sosial ini. Paling tidak itulah yang terjadi Inggris. Seorang nenek berusia 103 tahun menggunakan Facebook di usia senjanya.Nenek berumur 103 tahun itu bernama Lillian Lowe. Dia meng-update status-nya yang terakhir kemarin melalui iPad-nya. Dengan gadget itu dia masuk ke Facebook dan

Mark Zuckerberg, Person of the Year

Image by Wesley Fryer via FlickrMenurut TIME, pendiri Facebook ini dinilai sebagai sosok paling menonjol di tahun 2010.


Pendiri jejaring sosial Facebook baru saja dipredikatkan sebagai Person of the Year versi majalah TIME tahun ini. Ketika pertama kali mendengar kabar ini, rasanya sulit untuk menemukan sosok lain yang benar-benar layak menerima predikat yang didamba-dambakan banyak orang itu.

Tagging Foto di Facebook Kini Menggunakan Facial Recognition

Image via CrunchBaseFacebook Foto, salah satu fitur jaringan sosial paling populer, mendapatkan upgrade besar dan sangat berpotensi dengan fitur baru yang secara otomatis menyarankan yang pengguna harus tag pada foto yang berbasis pada teknologi pengenalan wajah.

Fitur baru ini, akan mulai di implementasikan ke pengguna di Amerika Serikat minggu depan, seperti yang kami kutip dari situs

Cina Luncurkan Twitter Komunis

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Departemen Propaganda di Kota Chongqing Cina meluncurkan situs mikrobloging "Red Microblog" dua hari lalu. Red Microblog dibuat untuk menyaingi Twitter. Dalam lamannya, pendirian situs ini merupakan permintaan Menteri Propaganda Li Changchun untuk menguasai media.
Sekretaris Partai Komunis Kota Chongqing, Bo Xilai, langsung jadi anggota dan memposting pesan-pesan bernada

7 Cara Terbaik Membakar Lemak Tubuh

Ada saatnya kita tidak punya waktu untuk pergi ke gymnasium. Kini, tak perlu pusing-pusing lagi. Ada tujuh aktivitas yang mudah dilakukan dalam upaya membakar lemak dan kalori dalam tubuh. Cobalah salah satu dari kegiatan ini yang dapat meningkatkan metabolisme tubuh. 1. Inline skating, membakar 425 kalori dalam 30 menit Bersepatu roda akan terasa menyenangkan bahkan bisa membuat anda lupa

Assange Tidak Cerdas! Semua Karena Format CSV

Image via WikipediaTeknik meretas yang dilakukanWikileaks dan terutama pendirinya Julian Assange, bukan sesuatu yang sulit. Julian bukan sosok cerdas yang mampu membobol dokumen-dokumen rahasia milik Amerika Serikat. Semua peretas dan mereka yang paham akan teknologi informasi, bisa melakukannya! �Dokumen-dokumen rahasia itu, terutama milik Amerika Serikat, diletakkan pada sistem yang terbuka

Modal Twitter Bertambah Rp 1,8 Triliun

Image via CrunchBaseTwitter Inc. lagi-lagi mendapat tambahan modal sebesar US$ 200 juta (Rp 1,8 triliun) dari beberapa investor Rabu (15/12) lalu. Penyertaan modal tersebut membuat nilai perusahaan yang berbasis di San Fransisco ini naik 4 kali lipat dari tahun lalu menjadi US$ 3,7 miliar.

Pendanaan terbaru tersebut datang dari Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers yang aktif di Silicon Valley, serta

Video: The Wang and Only - Nothing on You

Where Is the Best Place to Work?

Image via CrunchBaseOf all the strategies for making workers happy, turning them into millionaires is probably the most effective.
Facebook has succeeded with the wealth strategy like few other companies, earning it the title of best employer, as determined by users of the career site Glassdoor.com.

Workers at the social networking colossus � or at least people who claimed to be � gave it

Facebook Top Status Trends Include iPad, iPhone 4

Image via CrunchBase Apple's iPad and iPhone 4 took the No. 4 spot in Facebook's 2010 Memology, joining the Google Zeitgeist and Twitter top trends in popularity this year.The iPad earned something of a sweep in 2010, as the tablet computer made its way into the top trend lists of leading Internet powers Google, Twitter and Facebook.

Facebook Dec. 14 revealed 2010 Memology, list of top trends

Tentang Puasa �Asyura

Image via WikipediaAzh-Zhain bin Al-Mughirah berkata : �Pendapat terbanyak mengatakan bahwa yang dimaksud �Asyura adalah tanggal sepuluh pada bulan Muharram, dan pendapat ini lebih sesuai jika dilihat dari akar katanya dan penamaannya.Hukum Puasa �AsyuraPara ulama sepakat bahwa hukum puasa �Asyura adalah sunnah, dan mereka berbeda pendapat mengenai hukumnya pada masa permulaan Islam tatkala

Facebook's Ads: Relevant or Missing the Mark?

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeI've always seen a great deal of potential in Facebook's advertising offering. The premise is that ads are highly targeted based on users' profile information. Theoretically, the more a user adds info about the kinds of things they like, the better idea Facebook has about what they are actually interested in, and can serve ads accordingly.

Does Facebook serve

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24 Ciri-Ciri Orang Yang Mencintai Kamu

Dalam kehidupan, kamu tidak sedar apa yang dilakukan oleh seseorang terhadap diri kamu merupakan satu petanda yang dia mencintai kamu. Dia tidak ingin kamu tahu secara terus daripada mulut dia tetapi dia menunjukkannya melalui perbuatan. Berikut merupakan 24 ciri-ciri yang dilakukan oleh seseorang yang menunjukkan bahawa dia mencintai kamu.

Orang yang mencintai kamu tidak pernah mampu memberikan

Keistimewaan Wanita

1. Doa wanita lebih makbul daripada lelaki kerana sifat penyayang yang lebih kuat daripada lelaki. Ketika ditanya kepada Rasulullah S.A.W akan hal tersebut,jawab baginda: �Ibu lebih penyayang daripada bapa dan doa orang yang penyayang tidak akan sia-sia.�
2. Wanita yang solehah (baik) itu lebih baik daripada 1,000 orang lelaki yang soleh.
3. Barang siapa yang menggembirakan anak perempuannya,

Assange's mother says 'massive forces' against him

Image via WikipediaChristine Assange, who lives in Queensland, dismissed the rape charges against her 39-year-old son, for which he remains remanded in custody in Britain and facing extradition to Sweden, saying: "Julian would not rape".

But she told Australia's Seven Network that she was concerned about what will happen to her son, founder of the WikiLeaks website which has begun releasing more

Pakar SEO Bakal Targetkan Twitter dan Facebook

Coba tilik pencarian di Google. Daftar ketiga paling atas biasanya dihuni oleh hasil dari Twitter. Terutama untuk pencarian yang memang sedang ramai dibicarakan. Atau juga tilik Bing. Mesin pencari asal Microsoft ini juga kadang (kalau tidak dibilang sering) memunculkan hasil dari Facebook dalam hasil pencariannya.

Terlepas dari kedua mesin ini sudah menggandeng kerjasama dengan masing-masing

WikiLeaks and Diplomacy

Image via WikipediaAmbassador Kishan S. Rana writes:
The release of 250,000 diplomatic 'cables' (a lovely, quaint term) by the US diplomatic system has produced some shock-waves and a vast outpouring of comment. Of course, some faces, belonging to those that acted with indiscretion are red; some political figures are hurt that behind their backs, they are seen in unflattering terms - but is that

Twitter & Facebook Shut Down Wikileaks Hacker Group

Image via WikipediaPayback, the hacker operation that shut down Mastercard�s website for cutting off Wikileaks has its own Facebook and Twitter accounts shut down.

Payback used Twitter and Facebook to claim responsibility for the shut down. The group said on both Facebook and Twitter that it was using a distributed denial of service attack, also known as a DDOS attack, to bring down Mastercard�s

Twitter Bantah Sensor Trending Topic #Wikileaks

Image via CrunchBaseSitus mikoblogging Twitter membantah melakukan sensor terhadap kata-kata Wikileaks. "Kami tidak pernah menyensor apapun soal wikileaks," kata juru bicara Twitter Matt Graves seperti dikutip dari laman Digitaltrends, Rabu (8/12) waktu setempat.

Beberapa reporter kemarin curiga dan menduga Twitter telah menyensor #wikileaks dan #cablegate. Sebab, dua kata tersebut lenyap dari

The Most Important Aspect of the WikiLeaks Debate

Image via WikipediaThere�s a lot of thoughtful discussion going on about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks in light of the publication of the 250,000 cables between the US and other foreign governments. Some of the best I�ve read comes from Clay Shirky (�WikiLeaks and the Long Haul�), Jeff Jarvis (�WikiLeaks: Power Shifts From Secrecy to Transparency�) Evan Hansen (�Why WikiLeaks is Good for America�

Why the U.S. Needs to Play More Soccer

Last week the U.S. lost its bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup to Qatar. Yes, Qatar.


FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke watches on as Sepp Blatter congratulates Qatar. Source: Anja Niedringhaus / AP

We did beat out South Korea, Japan and Australia to make it to the final round but then got beat by Qatar with an overwhelming 14-8 vote. This loss comes especially hard after our recent loss to

Google, you�re doin� it wrong.

Image via CrunchBaseToday Google announced it�s anticipated and awaited laptop computer. Equipped with Verizon 3G internet access, it�s being called a netbook. This machine will not run Windows, or Apple�s OS, it will run Google�s very own software: Chrome OS. Or is it Chromium OS? I have no idea � I haven�t sorted through the crap to figure that out.

From the little that I, the average

Poster: 'It's not happening here but now' outdoor campaign

Few boards which truly fascinated me.. It's not happening here but now.

source : http://socialcampaigns.blogspot.com/2008/01/few-boards-which-truly-fascinated-me.html

Fatwa Ulama tentang Ucapan Selamat Tahun Baru Hijriyah

Image via WikipediaSegala puji bagi Allah, shalawat serta salam semoga tercurah kepada Nabi Muhammad kepada keluarganya, para sahabatnya dan yang mengikuti mereka dengan baik hingga hari kiamat. Amma ba�du:

Para pembaca yang dirahmati Allah,

Sebentar lagi kita akan meninggalkan tahun 1431 Hijriyah dan akan memasuki tahun baru hijriyah 1432, sebagian besar kaum muslimin telah mempersiapkan

"Roadmap to Get a Google Job" Releases in 2011

Image via CrunchBaseWith 60% of job growth Google has been selected as the best company to work for. According to Larry Page, "Happy people are more productive". This makes Google different from others. I believe every graduate dream to work in Google. As I am still to complete my graduation, I know that. Getting a job offer from Google never comes after just completing Computer Science or

[How to] Get Old Facebook Profile Page| Disable New Facebook Profile Page Feature

Earlier today, Facebook rolled out New Facebook Profile which provides easier way to share more information about the users. If you are one of those who do not like the new user interface or who want to get back to old Facebook profile page, then there is no easy way to get back to old profile page. Facebook developers have not provided anyway to get back to old Facebook profile. You need

Google unveils Chrome OS for notebooks - but puts it off to mid-2011

Image by FreeCliDent via FlickrGoogle has shown off its Chrome OS, the operating system that will power a new range of notebooks - but says its launch will be delayed until "mid-2011" with no indication of price or performance characteristics of machines that will run it.

The idea behind the Chromium OS is that it will coordinate with cloud services, especially Google's, to minimise the

That's All Women Want

...Plain looking husband


...normal simple ring



...small wedding party




...honeymoon at any place




...small house for the kids to run around




...lovely children





...husband is a family man




...but work hard





...small car for shopping




...another car for kids





...some collections





...shoes for each occasion





...some nice outfits





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Julian Assange's celebrity supporters stake reputations on case

Image via WikipediaThe already curious case of Julian Assange took another bizarre twist yesterday when the court learned that a raggle-taggle of "household names" were prepared to stake their reputation in his case, offering sureties to the court with a total value of �180,000.

Despite claiming not to know Assange, the film-maker Ken Loach and the socialite and charity fundraiser Jemima Khan

Google Chrome 8 �s Secretive Launch

It is highly very likely that Google will ever release anything without any of the speculations. Google has released a much awaited update to Chrome without making any noise. This now brings us to the new version of Chrome as we know it or Chrome 8.

The version is ready for download as you read the article. Google has been very secretive about the updates in recent times. But this time they sort

Facebook Users Changing Display Pic To Cartoon Characters

Image via CrunchBaseHere is a very interesting trend that is going on in the world of Facebook. Many Facebook users have started to change their Display pics to cartoon characters. It is expected that Facebook is going through a cultural revolution at this point regarding what we can safely say the chip and Dale effect.
The Facebook page that is promoting the pictures claims that it is for a

Android Comes Up On iOS In October

A new comScore report concerning the state of the mobile market is out, and it should surprise exactly no one that Android's market share continues to rise. The rate of Android's growth is sure to displease some Apple fans, however, as it looks like Android may have eclipsed iOS in terms of smartphone subscribers.

Google's share of the market rose from 21.4 percent in September to 23.5 percent

What if Facebook Goes Search While Google Struggles to Go Social?

Facebook and Google don't much acknowledge that they're direct competitors, though there's no question that in many ways they are. Eric Schmidt recently said Bing was it's main competitor, and Mark Zuckerberg said its new messaging system isn't an email killer and that "Gmail is a really good product."

It's true that Bing poses a significant threat to Google's search market share if Microsoft's

Wah, Orang Lapar Bisa Cepat Marah

Ada ungkapan bangsa yang pemarah adalah bangsa yang rakyatnya lapar. Ternyata ungkapan tersebut terbukti secara ilmiah, bahwa orang yang lapar memang gampang sekali naik darah.

Rasa lapar biasanya diawali dengan suara 'keroncongan' di dalam perut, berlanjut dengan lemas dan kelelahan. Beberapa orang yang sedang lapar juga menderita sakit kepala, penglihatan kabur, kebingungan dan pusing.

Inilah Mitos Kehamilan yang Harus Anda Tolak

Kehamilan adalah karunia Allah dan nikmat tersendiri bagi wanita. Kebahagiaan yang tentunya sangat diidamkan oleh setiap keluarga, kehadiran si buah hati yang dinanti.

Saat seorang wanita hamil, biasanya akan banyak diberi nasihat oleh kerabat, keluarga, teman juga dari orang sekelilingnya, tentang pantangan dan keharusan selama masa kehamilan.

Walaupun maksud mereka adalah demi kebaikan,

Cari Perhatian Yahudi, Manado Bikin Menorah Terbesar Sedunia

Eksistensi Yahudi di Indonesia ternyata tidak hanya nampak di Synagog Surabaya. Di Manado, komunitas Kristen Pantekosta melestarikan agama dan tradisi Yahudi. New York Times dalam liputannya beberapa waktu lalu menyoroti eksistensi Yahudi Manado bertajuk �In Sliver of Indonesia, Public Embrace of Judaism.�


Sebuah menorah raksasa setinggi 62 kaki, dan mungkin yang terbesar di dunia, baru saja

MMI: Regulasi Pornografi Berdasarkan Syariat Islam Solusi Free Sex

Menanggapi santernya pemberitaan Hasil survei Badan Kordinasi dan Keluarga Berencana Nasional (BKKBN) mengenai tingkat keperawanan remaja di Jabodetabek, MMI menilai Pemerintah tidak perlu menyalahkan pihak sekolah atau remaja soal banyaknya remaja yang melakukan hubungan pranikah.

"Pemerintah tidak perlu menyalahkan sekolah dan remaja, dan tidak perlu ada pendidikan seks sejak dini," kata

Keutamaan Menghadiri Shalat Jum'at Dengan Berjalan Kaki

Sesungguhnya hari Jum�at merupakan hari terbaik bagi kaum muslimin dalam satu pekan. Diriwayatkan dari Abu Hurairah radliyallaahu 'anhu, Rasulullah shallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda,?????? ?????? ???????? ???????? ????????? ?????? ??????????? ????? ?????? ????? ??????? ???????? ?????????? ??????? ???????? ???????�Hari terbaik yang disnari matahari adalah hari Jum�at. Nabi Adam dicipatakan

10 Tips Keharmonisan Pasangan Suami-Istri

SIAPA PUN yang telah mengikatkan diri dalam tali pernikahan tentunya menginginkan atmosfer rumah tangga yang harmonis. Maka yang harus dipikirkan pertama kali adalah bagaimana melakukan harmonisasi hubungan suami-istri. Menjaga keharmonisan pasangan suami-istri (pasutri) tidaklah semudah membalikkan telapak tangan, tapi membutuhkan usaha dan pengorbanan.

Berikut ini adalah sepuluh tips

Human Rights Watch Minta Perda Syariah Dicabut

Human Rights Watch melakukan tekanan terhadap pemerintah Indonesia, di mana organisasi internasional itu menekan pemerintah, khususnya kepada Presiden SBY untuk membatalkan undang-undang 'qanun' yang telah berlaku di Aceh. Tindakan ini merupakan bentuk campur tangan yang tidak dapat diterima.

Sebab, lahirnya 'Qanun' yang sekarang diterapkan di Aceh, memiliki landasan yang kuat, yaitu

Kata Kata Inilah Yang Ingin Suami Dengar Dari Anda

Layaknya wanita, pria juga merasa bahagia jika mendengar kata-kata manis dari pasangannya. Berikut beberapa hal yang diucapkan wanita, yang dapat membuat para pria bahagia, seperti dikutip dari Helium.

1. "Aku bangga padamu"
Mengungkapkan kebanggan Anda terhadap pasangan, akan membuatnya merasa menjadi seseorang yang berharga bagi Anda. Selain bahagia, Anda juga membangkitkan kepercayaan dirinya

ITB dan UI Bikin Alat Penyembuh Stroke Lewat Pikiran

Berbagai terapi standar dan terapi alternatif dilakukan untuk mempercepat pemulihan stroke. Kini ilmuwan dari ITB dan UI tengah bekerjasama untuk mengembangkan alat bantu untuk pasien stroke dengan hanya menggunakan pikiran tanpa menyentuhnya yang dinamakan Brain Computer Interface (BCI).

Pasien pasca stroke dengan berbagai stadium senantiasa berkeinginan serta berusaha untuk menemukan kembali

Google & Bing Are Looking at Links on Twitter & Facebook for Organic Ranking

Image via CrunchBaseSearch and social go well together, and the search engines are finding more and more ways to use them together. In fact, the right combinations of these two elements could eventually dictate who has the most useful tools for users.

It's become more and more clear over time that having a strong social presence is helpful in building a strong search presence for a variety of

Oase: Sebab Cinta Tak Harus Menangis

�Aku bangga pada kalian. Kesabaran, ketegaran dan juga ketabahan kalian. Pertahankan, karena hidup harus tetap berjalan!�sebuah SMS masuk ke hp ku, dari salah satu teman sekolahku. Kalian yang ia maksudkan adalah aku dan putriku. Sedang hal yang membanggakannya adalah bahwa kami �aku dan putriku� bisa mengikuti prosesi pemandian hingga pemakaman jenazah tanpa tetesan air mata.

Beberapa orang

Bahaya Jika Terlalu Banyak SMS-an

Dewasa ini remaja makin ketagihan SMS hingga betah berjam-jam menyendiri. Terlepas dari apapun materi Short Message Service (SMS), aktivitas tersebut menimbulkan banyak dampak buruk.

Sebuah studi oleh Case Western Reserve School of Medicine di Cleveland, Ohio, AS menemukan efek buruk bagi remaja yang telah mengirim lebih dari 120 SMS sehari. Para remaja itu cenderung akan merokok, minuman keras

WikiLeaks Founder in Hiding

Image by New Media Days via FlickrFor Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder and guiding spirit, it must have been sweet.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was trying to smooth over the embarrassment, while the White House huffed that a criminal investigation was underway. The French government was decrying "the height of irresponsibility," and Pakistan was reckoning with a rebuke from

Getting Smarter About Google's "Brain Drain"

Image via CrunchBaseAnother day, another set of high-profile worries about how Google is going to persuade its best and brightest people from leaving the company to join newer outfits or launch companies of their own.

A few weeks ago, Silicon Valley was abuzz with reports that Google had granted across-the-board raises of 10 % to all 23,000 or so of its employees--a bracing reminder of just how

WikiLeaks Booted From Amazon Servers

Image via WikipediaCan WikiLeaks be gagged? A massive DDoS attack crashed the controversial site and its "cablegate" archive, forcing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to find new hosting. He did, thanks to Amazon. Now, after an intervention from an unlikely source--Joe Lieberman--Amazon has turned Assange away again.

For a brief period, WikiLeaks was back up and running on through the

Why 10% of Your Friends on Twitter and Facebook Will Be Nonhuman in Five Years

Image by Eneas via FlickrThat's not to say we'll be tweeting with zombies or playing FarmVille with ET. Gartner predicts the coming of "social bots"--automated tools used by brands and organizations to engage consumers.

"Efforts to systematize and automate social engagement will result in the rise of social bots--automated software agents that can handle, to varying degrees, interaction with

Google Hot Trends (Hot Searches) Gone Cold, Stops Updating

Since November 29th, Google Hot Trends ( also known as Google Hot Searches ) has stopped updating. The Hot Trends page ( http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends ) is showing links from November 29th 2010. The top link is still long-dead Leslie Nelson who passed away on November 28th.


Modifying the search string to return Hot Trends for previous dates like November 28th is successful but

How To Build a Quantum Computer?

Image by jurvetson via FlickrQuantum computing today is quite considered to be the �nirvana state� as far as most technical researches are concerned. The concept is backed up by the underlying theory of Quantum Physics.
What is Quantum Physics?Quantum physics is a branch of science that deals with discrete, indivisible units of energy called quanta as described by the Quantum Theory. The

60% Enterprise may Reject Windows for Chrome OS: Google

Image by FreeCliDent via FlickrIt is become pretty clear by now that Google will not be able to launch stable version of Chrome OS this year. The company is only expected to release the stable edition of Chrome OS early next year. Rumors are flying around at Google that Google Chrome OS will be delayed till 2011 or Crome and Android OS are going to merge to form a common platform. The Chrome OS

Microsoft Comes Up with Meek Warning for Windows Phone Hackers

Microsoft set forth with an announcement that people who jailbreak their Windows Phone may well be banned from enjoying certain facilities provided by the company. Well take a look at what they had to say after the Hack was unleashed and spread like fire over the web.
We anticipated that people would attempt to unlock the phones and explore the underlying operating system. We encourage people to

Twitter Considers Raising Over $100 Million

Russian technology investment firm DST Global is seeking to lead the funding round, which would be larger than the $100 million that Twitter raised in September 2009, according to a report on Wednesday on the blog TechCrunch. The report said that other investors are also eager to be involved.
Microblogging service Twitter is considering raising funding that would value the company

Digital Breathalyzer Prevents Drunk Posting On Facebook & Twitter

Put an end to the embarrassment that follows regrettable, late night posts on Facebook and Twitter with a digital breathalyzer.

Webroot, the anti-virus software makers, have created the Social Media Sobriety Test to stop you posting when you are pissed.

Does it work? Well I�ve no idea as I�m only on my third bottle of Bud of the day but I�ll be sure to download it and try it out later. Or

How to Restore Your Hacked/Deleted Twitter Account?

Oh! No! Did you get your account deleted? Was it hacked? Some kinda Phising attack? All is not lost my friend. If it hasn�t been a month to the mishap, then you might have everything in place again.

Twitting is fun. As most of you already know, Twitter happens to be a free social networking site that allows users to stay up to date with friends, family and

How To Track Profile Views On Facebook?

Image via WikipediaAre you interested to know who viewed your profile? Is somebody spying on you? Want to get hold of that secret admirer of yours? Well, come now here is the solution.

Is it that you have had a feeling that someone or the other is peeping on you, but you just can�t catch him/her red-handed? Now, to make things easier for you there is this free Facebook traffic viewer which

How To Hide Photos From Certain Users In Facebook: Most Popular Suggestions

As it is Facebook happens to be the most accessed social network site these days and with immense popularity the risk factor also counts in. You don�t want yourself to be exposed do you. So, its better to have some measures taken before the consequences can have their take on you.
Facebook though is known for providing the liberty of sharing photos and albums in an organized manner but their

�Facebook Killer� Diaspora Finally Launches Alpha Version

Amid some excitement and some skepticism, the so-called �Facebook killer� finally launched its Alpha version earlier this week. The first batch of invitations have been sent. Will you ask for yours?


Although initial backers will be first in line, the guys at Diaspora have promised to quickly start making their way through the mailing list. �By taking these baby steps,� they say, �we�ll be able

Seven Security Policies for the IPv6 Network of the Future

Image via WikipediaThe switch from IPv4 to IPv6 will force many organizations to rethink the way their networks are defended. The result will be a shift away from the "guilty until proven innocent" attitude to incoming network traffic, toward one of "paranoid openness."

That's the view of Eric Vyncke, a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco Systems. Talking at the RSA Conference in London last month,

Britain's Queen Elizabeth tours mosque in United Arab Emirates

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is on a five-day state visit to the Persian Gulf region. (John Stillwell, The Associated Press )
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II toured one of the world's largest mosques Wednesday in her first state visit in more than 30 years to the United Arab Emirates, a country with deep British ties.

The 84-year-old monarch wore a white hat covered by a gold scarf

Face trademarked by Facebook

It seems that the word Face has been targeted by Facebook, they want it trademarked and incredibly, the US Patent Office has granted the social networking site a Notice of Allowance. This basically means that the word Face is effectively now the trademark in the US of Facebook.

The Notice of Allowance simply means that the US Patent Office has offered Facebook the licence to use Face as a

Top Ten Best Most Popular Open-Source Social Networking Software

Social Networking is what�s really hot and happening and why shouldn�t it be? You can interact, manage and be in touch with all your contacts at one single place that also sitting on your couch having your cup of coffee with a cookie may be. Among the youth social networking is the mass media, for than television and the radio.
Take a look around and you will well figure out that the much famed

7 Best Firefox Addons for 2010

Mozilla as an open source alternative to the big guns of Microsoft and Apple has grown leaps and bounds. The credit behind the immense surge is due to the presence of Add-Ons. It seems that there is an addon for everything. Be it checking the Alexa rank of the site you are on or just checking the amount of bandwith usage. Well we have now come up with an assortment of the Top addons which were

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When it comes to web browser, people always go for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera etc. A huge number of plug-ins or add-ons have made browsing experience significantly safe and productful. Although Safari, a web browser developed by Apple are used by a few number of people (90% of the Apple�s MAC users), but increasing number of plug-ins and the special feature of supporting HTML5 is

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Pencipta Internet Kritik Facebook

Image via CrunchBasePencipta world wide web atau www, Tim Berners-Lee mengkritik situs jejaring sosial Facebook karena dinilai membatasi keterbukaan website.

Dalam tulisan berjudul Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality yang dimuat dalam jurnal Scientific American, Berners-Lee kembali mengingatkan pengguna internet tentang kekuatan website ada pada keterbukaan dan

57% Use Social Network Sites

The power of online social networking was demonstrated by the tens of thousands who gathered in Shanghai at the weekend to pay their respects to the people who died in last Monday's blaze.

The event at Jiaozhou Road was launched on microblogs and information spread rapidly on the Internet, especially on social networking sites such as Kaixin001.com.

According to a survey by Shanghai Daily and

Why the Facebook reward card might actually harm Facebook...

Image via CrunchBaseThe Facebook reward card scheme is a big coup for Facebook - it works the social network deeper into our everyday lives, making it helpful for business transactions as well as everyday socialising.

The Taggo card takes Facebook to fulfilling Mark Zuckerberg's dream of Facebook having its own ecosystem...and of everything you do involving Facebook at some some level.

But

Tipe Wanita Yang Disunnahkan Untuk Dilamar

Dalam melamar, seorang muslim dianjurkan untuk memperhatikan beberapa sifat yang ada pada wanita yang akan dilamar, diantaranya :
Wanita itu disunahkan seorang yang penuh cinta kasih. Maksudnya ia harus selalu menjaga kecintaan terhadap suaminya, sementara sang suami pun memiliki kecenderungan dan rasa cinta kepadanya. Selain itu, ia juga harus berusaha menjaga keridhaan suaminya, mengerjakan

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Most of the times, simple brilliant ideas come with big opportunities. This is also the case of Twitter. When it came out , Twitter was seen as a simple, primitive way of communicating, but, in time, people found different ways to use it: from chatting to playing games, and so on. Fortunately, Twitter has developed an API so that anyone can build applications that use Twitter data in real time.

The Only Twitter Applications List You'll Ever Need

Twitter is a status-updating or microblogging social networking website. It is a breakthrough in social networking because it takes communication into another level. Before, a person can only update his status (eg. what he's doing, where he is) at a certain time. But with Twitter and it's mobile integration, he can update his status almost all throughout the day and get in touch with people that

New password from Facebook? Beware widely spread malware attack

Malicious hackers have spammed out an attack that pretends to be an email from Facebook support saying that your password has been changed.

The messages, which have a variety of subject lines including "Facebook Service. A new password is sent you", "Facebook Support. Your password has been changed" and "Facebook Service. Your account is blocked", have a ZIP file attached which carries a

RCOM Launches Twitter On SMS and Voice Blogging Service

Image via CrunchBaseReliance Communications (RCOM) today announced the launch of new Mobile VAS in association with Bubble Motion where in its GSM and CDMA subscriber can tweeting with a celebrity and listening to their favourite star�s blog- all on their Reliance Mobile!

Now one can listen to Bollywood hunk John Abraham in his voice and post comment/tweet on his voice blogs. The company has

Facebook Myspace, Myspace I? Partner W?th Facebook ultimate headlines update

Image via WikipediaMyspace h?? partnered w?th Facebook ?n the understanding th?t w?ll see th? former integrating closely w?th th? latter.

Th? Mashup W?th Facebook understanding allows users ?n Myspace, wh??h h?? not long ago undergone the vital renovate ?nd refocus around amicable party discovery, t? record ?nt? Facebook around th??r Myspace account.

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Facebook can cause asthma attacks

Facebook and its famous strip of �friends� can cause asthma attacks by photos interposed in subjects vulnerable, according to a study by Italian doctors.

Five physicians, including Gennaro D�Amato, a hospital practitioner in Naples, describe a young man of 18, suffering from asthma in winter, which suddenly faced with crises in the summer, in a letter published Friday in the journal The

10 Essential Comms / Digital Media Blogs in 2010

Oh no! Not ANOTHER top 10 list!!

Apologies up front if this particular genre of blog posts isn't to your liking but the end of the year is nigh and there are some bloggers / blogs out there that have really helped shape my thinking in 2010 and I wanted to share them with you.

Here are the ones I've relied on consistently - you are probably familiar with most, if not all of them, but

Closed to Open: Downloading Your Data from Facebook

Six weeks ago, Facebook announced they would enable users to download the entirety of personal profile on the network - a big move for the company often seen as being "closed" when other sites have attached themselves to phrases like "open" and "portable". The promise was that content you put into the system could be easily retrieved, from your own personal profile (or Wall) to your photos,

Twitter Helps You Find More Friends With a New �People� Tab

Twitter is testing a new People tab, positioned next to the Home, Profile and Messages tabs on the home page.

The new feature suggests friends for you, lets you browse Twitter users through interests, or find new Twitter buddies through other services such as Gmail, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Hotmail and Messenger.

It also shows the accounts you�ve recently followed and viewed, with the ability to

Social Media Marketing With Facebook: Becoming Accustomed To Facebook

Image via CrunchBaseBeing able to familiarize yourself with your target market is extremely significant in marketing in spite of whether it is online or offline. You need to know what helps to attract your audience and you also need to know what pushes them away. You will want to know this information in order to get the right response from them. This is comparable when you engage in social media

Makam Raja Maya Ditemukan di Guatemala

Image via WikipediaSejumlah arkeolog telah menemukan sebuah makam raja suku Maya yang diawetkan dan dikemas dengan baik. Dalam penggalian tersebut juga ditemukan sejumlah ukiran, keramik serta tulang anak-anak.

Sejumlah peneliti telah menemukan ruang pemakaman di kawasan hutan Peten, Guatemala, Mei lalu, namun baru dipublikasikan.

Makam yang terletak di bawah piramida El Diablo, kota El Zotsz

Facebook App Sidesteps Google-Facebook Contact Spat

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A 26-year-old coder in Chicago is jumping into the Facebook-Google war over mining Gmail contacts to find friends on Facebook. Eduardo Fern�ndez spent the last two days creating �Gmail Contacts,� a Facebook app that navigates around the speedbumps Google laid down this week to

Hubungan Idul Adha dengan Ibadah Haji

Image by Elias Pirasteh via Flickr�Hubungan Idul Adha dengan Ibadah Haji� ketegori Muslim. Assalamu �Alaikum Wr.Wb. Ustadz yang saya hormati, ada beberapa pertanyaan dari saya antara lain:

1. Apa benar pada hakekatnya Hari Raya Idul Adha tidak ada hubungannya dengan Ibadah Haji, maksudnya masing-masing adalah suatu hal yang terpisah. Namun kebanyakan masyarakat menganggapnya Hari Raya Idul Adha

Puasa Arafah Menghapus Dosa Kecil

Keutamaan puasa Arafah yaitu dapat menghapus dosa 2 tahun. Dosa yang terhapus itu hanyalah dosa-dosa yang kecil.

Puasa Arafah merupakan puasa sunnah yang dilaksanakan pada hari Arafah, yaitu tanggal 9 Dzulhijjah dalam kalender Islam. Puasa ini sangat dianjurkan bagi kaum Islam yang tidak menjalankan ibadah haji.

Adapaun tentang fadhilah atau keutamaan berpuasa pada hari Arafah adalah dapat

Keutamaan 10 Hari Pertama Bulan Dzulhijjah

Image by bismikaallahuma via FlickrOleh: Abdullah Saleh Hadrami

1. Allah Ta�aala berfirman:

�Demi Fajar, dan malam-malam yang sepuluh.� (QS. Al Fajr: 1-2)
Ibnu Katsir �Rahimahullah berkata: � Yang dimaksud adalah sepuluh hari (pertama) bulan Dzul Hijjah�. Sebagaimana dikatakan oleh Ibnu Abbas, Ibnu Az-Zubair, Mujahid dan tidak sedikit daripada Salaf dan Khalaf.

2. Allah Ta�aala berfirman:

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Top Ten Most Dangerous Volcanoes in the World

Here�s the list of most dangerous volcanoes in the world. It can be likened to a volcano as a currency, the currency has two sides, each opposite. Volcanic eruption is one of the most horrific disaster, it could occurs the deaths of hundreds or even thousands, still remind you of terrifying eruption of Krakatoa volcano that occurred in 1883, which caused massive damage and casualties in the

Top Ten Most Expensive Coffees in the World for Your Cups

Coffee is one of the most favorite drink all over the world. Enjoying most expensive coffee is one of the traditions of the rich. They usually drink on a Personalized Cups rather than usual cup. I guess It�s for a symbol of their wealthy. So do you want to take a look at the most expensive coffee in the world you can enjoy? Let�s take a look together

10. Coffee Yauco Selecto AA, Puerto Rico: $24

Preman Hilir Mudik di Kampus UI

Image via WikipediaSEJAK beberapa hari belakangan, suasana Universitas Indonesia (UI) sedikit berbeda. Sebab, semakin banyaknya orang-orang asing berpakaian preman hilir mudik di kampus tersebut. Mereka dilengkapi identitas khusus yang terkesan sangat tertutup. Untuk mendekatinya saja,orang asing itu langsung menolak. Bahkan mencoba pantauanmelalui kamera pun langsung dihar-dik. Mereka adalah

News Corp. On MySpace: "Current Losses Are Not Acceptable"

To be clear: we don't mean to spread rumors or alarm anyone. But MySpace employees might want to consider setting aside some extra money and updating their LinkedIn profiles, as one News Corp. exec hinted during an earnings call that a drastic cost-cutting action of sorts may occur.

A large round (or two) of layoffs is one possibility. A sale or even shutdown of MySpace doesn't seem to be out

How to Crack a Wi-Fi Network�s WEP Password with BackTrack

Unless you�re a computer security and networking ninja, chances are you don�t have all the tools on hand to get this job done. Here�s what you�ll need:
A compatible wireless adapter :This is the biggest requirement. You�ll need a wireless adapter that�s capable of packet injection, and chances are the one in your computer is not.
A BackTrack 3 Live CD : We already took you on a full screenshot

Top 5 Best Popular Linux Distributions

Interestingly, a large number of Linux distributions are available, may be cause it comes free of cost and there are a lot of unique reasons to like them. Well, why not try reading this and figure out for yourself as to which open-source operating systems inspired our readers to provide our biggest Hive Five response to date.
As a matter of fact the study have been done pretty much in details and

Mengatasi Mozilla Firefox Crash Report

Kali ini saya kana berbagi tips ,yaitu mengatasi Mozilla firefox crash report, yang tentunnya sangat menggangu kitas saat sedang asyik browsing...tiba-tiba muncul pesan error yang mengharuskan kita merestart atau keluar dari mozilla. Perintah tersebut dinamakan Mozilla firefox crash report.

Disini saya akan memaparkan sebuah solusi yang munkin bermanfaat bagi netter dalam hal mengatasi crash

Opera to Add Powerful Features in the Upcoming Version

Image via CrunchBaseThe Web Browser company Opera announced some of the interesting features before the release of the upcoming version, Opera 11 Alpha at its recently held conference in Oslo. The key feature of the new version is the the ability to customize the application. Opera 11 will support extensions, apart from the widgets that the current version already supports. Firefox and Chrome

Skype Segera Hengkang Dari Nimbuzz

Image via CrunchBasePada 31 Oktober 2010 mendatang, pengguna aplikasi Nimbuzz takkan lagi bisa menggunakan layanan Skype dari dalam aplikasi berlogo 'N' tersebut. Skype memutuskan segera hengkang dari Nimbuzz.

Langkah Skype itu bisa dimaklumi. Sebab sebagai penyedia layanan Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) papan atas, Skype memang sebelumnya memiliki mandat untuk menghentikan kerjasama dengan

Facebook Gugat Jejaring Sosial Porno Faceporn

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Tech Giants To Invest in Social Web

Image via CrunchBaseFacebook, Amazon and Zynga will invest in a fund named as sFund to develop application and services for the new generation of social web. The major share of $250m will come from venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The main focus is going to be on social start-ups for industries from consumer to enterprise and from health to mobile. It will not invest in

Cara Rahasia Menghemat Baterai iPhone

Image via CrunchBaseKehabisan baterai ponsel saat dalam perjalanan memang menyebalkan. Begitu pun dengan iPhone yang banyak fitur multimedianya. Sebenarnya, ada beberapa trik agar baterai iPhone bisa lebih tahan lama.

Untuk mengulur habisnya baterai pada iPhone, PC Mag yang menawarkan cara rahasia menghemat baterai iPhone sebagai berikut:

1. Matikan fitur push notification

Fitur ini menjadi �

Undangan dan Lomba Mini Pesta Blogger+ 2010 Aceh

Image via WikipediaSemarak Pesta Blogger 2010 semakin terasa. Beberapa daerah telah dikunjungi oleh panitia pusat. Setelah Padang, Makasar, Jogja dan beberapa daerah lainnya, Aceh juga menjadi salah satu kota tujuan.

Terpilihnya Aceh sebagai salah satu daerah pelaksanaan mini Pesta Bloger+ 2010 patut disyukuri. Karena disinilah kesempatan untuk kita, Aceh, untuk dapat menunjukkan bahwa kita juga

How to Close or Archive Twitter Account of A Deceased Member Under New User Policy

Image via CrunchBaseTwitter made news after the announcement of its official Tweet Button, But the microblogging ace also addressed one of the lesser discussed issues relating to ownership of user account of the ones who have expired. Those concerned about such an account needs to produce relevant information about the account owner for Twitter to take a justified action.

The concerned party

Dead man with 100 wives gets Facebook page to reunite family at funeral

Image via WikipediaAcentus Akuku, Kenya's most famous polygamistm, is now on Facebook in a bid to reunite his family, which includes his 100 wives.

Akuku was in his late 90's when he died from natural causes earlier this month. He married more than 100 women in his lifetime and fathered nearly 200 children.

Now, Nickson Mwanzo, one of his grandsons, has created a page on Facebook, where he

Facebook increases security options

Image via CrunchBaseFacebook, ever the victim of criticism when it comes to users' security, has announced a number of new features to help keep its social network more secure.

The most significant addition is "one-time passwords" that are designed for you to use when you're out and about - handy if you're at an internet cafe or using a library-based computer. Or you're at your buddy's house and

Adobe AIR Released for Android Platform

Image via WikipediaWe heard about the Adobe AIR earlier this year. The cross-platform application was slated to release in Q4. But having done with a series of demos it has finally got released on the Android platform.

If you are still confused about the function of Adobe AIR, let me shed some light over it. Adobe AIR enables developers to use HTML, JavaScript, Adobe Flash software and

Google to Roll out Cars that Drives by Itself

Image via CrunchBaseGoogle announced that the company tested a self-driven car that travels 14,000 miles on the street of California. According to software engineer Sebastian Thrun, the car uses video cameras on the rooftop, radar sensors and a laser range finder to maneuver through other traffic. However, there is a driver in stand-by mode as well as a software expert to take control.

They car

How evil is Facebook?

Image via WikipediaHow evil is Facebook? So evil! Invader of privacy, maker of billions, social network that turns us all into casual stalkers . . . In all of the articles, blogs and, er, Facebook status updates ever written about Facebook, there does seem to be universal agreement that it is, somehow, suspect � a point on which the two recent films made about Facebook, Catfish and The Social

6 mysteries about Stuxnet

Image via WikipediaBy now, you've probably heard of Stuxnet, the mysterious computer worm that infects Windows computers running software designed by Siemens, the German industrial giant. The software, Simatic WinCC, is what's known as a SCADA system -- "supervisory control and data acquisition" -- and it's used to help run everything from traffic systems and pipelines to nuclear plants.

Siemens

Stuxnet menjadi senjata super pertama dari perang Cyber

Image via WikipediaMelihat kembali pada bulan Juni lalu, perusahaan keamanan menemukan worm Stuxnet di beberapa computer dari Iran.

Stuxnet dipercaya telah menginfeksi sekitar 100 ribu computer di seluruh dunia, dan ingin menganggu program nuklir Iran. Setidaknya 60% computer yang berhubungan dengan program nuklir tersebut sudah terinfeksi Stuxnet.

Laporan dari Wired, worm Stuxnet

Top Ten: Anak Muda Terkaya di Internet Dibawah 30 tahun

Siapa yang menjadi kaya raya sebelum berumur 30 tahun. Era teknologi membuat banyak pemuda pintar mendadak populer dan sangat kaya. Boleh dibilang menjadi kaya karena internet, atau anak muda yang kaya karena adanya teknologi internet.

Siapa saja yang berhasil mendapatkan posisi tertinggi. Data dari Complex mengumpulkan 10 anak muda mampu berhasil sebelum berumur 30 tahun.

Aodhan Cullen,

Facebok Zuckerberg Donates $100 million for Newark School

Image via CrunchBaseFacebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg gives huge donation of $100 million to Newark Public schools to improve the public education on the eve of the release of the new movie "The Social Network". The donation will be announced on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Friday with appearances by Zuckerberg, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. He denied the allegation

Bom Sabado Worm infected in Orkut

Image via WikipediaAccording to the latest reports, Orkut has been attacked by Bom Sabado Worm. The worm is reported to be posting scraps to with the text Bom Sabado which means Good Saturday in Portuguese. Portuguese is official language of Brazil which is the last bastion of the Google owned Social networking Website. India is next to Brazil in terms of members using their services.

The Bom

How should Apple redesign the MacBook Air?

With fresh rumors circulating about a new MacBook Air, and a makeover long overdue, what would constitute a great redesign?

What kind of a feature set should a next-generation MacBook Air have? (Credit: Apple) The story line seems to be that Apple wants to insert the new portable in between the current 13-inch MacBook Pro and the 9.7-inch iPad, thus the rumors about an 11.6-inch device.

Twitter Worm Sends Users to Porn Site

Image via CrunchBaseA worm, designed by Magnus Holm, a Norwegian hacker created havoc at the social networking site because users are swamped by pop up messages and pornographic site. According to the security expert, a JavaScript command in the offending posts included a command, "onmouseover," that caused messages to pop up and Web sites to open automatically when the user mouse over it.

Bing launches search loyalty programme

Image via CrunchBaseMicrosoft has launched Bing Rewards, a loyalty programme allowing Bing users to earn redeemable credits the more they search.

Bing Rewards lets people build up points by taking a number of actions, including searches or trying out new features, which can be redeemed for products including DVDs, games, gift cards or charitable donations.

It�s currently available only in the

Facebook�s Zuckerberg offers phone clarification

Image via CrunchBaseEarlier this week we commented on the interchange between tech business blog Tech Crunch - which had written a story claiming Facebook is building its own mobile phone.

Upon realising his PR people had antagonised this influential publication, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the sensible measure of inviting Tech Crunch over to FB towers to clarify the matter. The raw

Twitter Luncurkan Tampilan Baru

Image via CrunchBaseSitus jejaring mikroblog Twitter baru saja meluncurkan tampilan baru Twitter.com yang lebih segar. Tampilan ini dijanjikan bakal menawarkan pengalaman pengguna yang lebih mudah, cepat, dan lebih baik.

Seperti dikutip dari situs teknologi CNet, desain ini menawarkan antarmuka baru yang menyajikan panel bagian kanan yang lebih besar dari sebelumnya. Di panel ini pengguna

Internet TV Marak di Forum Intel

Image via CrunchBase Masih di ajang konferensi tahunan Intel Developer Forum yang berlangsung di San Francisco, 13-15 September 2010, Intel memperlihatkan Google TV, perangkat televisi berbasis internet.

Menurut Paul Otellini, Chief Executive Officer Intel, saat ini perusahaannya tengah memperluas strateginya termasuk fokus ke pasar untuk perangkat terhubung, lebih dari sekadar membuat prosesor

Google akan tambah fitur jejaring sosial

Image via CrunchBaseGoogle Inc akan menambah fitur jejaring sosial sebagai produk utamanya selama ini, guna meningkatkan persaingan dengan Facebook Inc.

Facebook sebagai situs jejaring sosial, menempati posisi pertama sebagai situs yang sering diakses masyarakat Indonesia, sedangkan Google berada pada posisi ketiga.

Posisi kedua ditempati Google.co.id, posisi keempat Yahoo, sedangkan

Mark Zuckerberg Maki Pengguna Facebook: Tolol

Akhirnya, pendiri dan CEO Facebook Mark Zuckerberg mengakui bahwa dirinya memang pernah menjuluki pengguna Facebook sebagai orang tolol.

Pengakuan itu diungkapkan oleh laporan dari The New Yorker edisi teranyar, bahwa Zuckerberg memang pernah memaki dan menjuluki para pengguna Facebook sebagai orang-orang tolol, melalui sebuah pesan instan ke seorang temannya.

"Saya pikir saya telah tumbuh

GM Uji Fitur Pembaruan Facebook dengan Suara

Produsen mobil di Amerika Serikat, General Motors Co, sedang menguji sebuah piranti lunak yang terkait dengan Facebook. Dengan piranti lunak itu pengemudi bisa memperbarui statusnya di Facebook dan jejaring sosial lain dengan berbicara kepada mobilnya. Pengemudi juga bisa mendengarkan pesan Facebook yang disampaikan secara lisan.

Pembaruan status secara verbal itu dilakukan melalui jaringan

Lebaran, Pengguna BlackBerry Tinggalkan SMS

oleh : Haryo Adjie Nogo SenoKemajuan teknologi jelas membawa implikasi pada bergesernya gaya hidup. Salah satu yang nyata menjelang Lebaran yakni bergesernya gaya berkirim pesan ditengah masyarakat. Sebelum tahun 2002, ucapan Selamat Lebaran masih populer menggunakan jasa surat ber-perangko, tapi setelah dibukanya layanan SMS lintas operator dan berlakunya sistem SKA (sender keep all),

Vatikan: Hari Pembakaran Al-Quran, Langkah Kurang Ajar

Vatikan menilai rencana Hari Pembakaran Al-Quran adalah sebuah 'langkah mengerikan dan kurang ajar'. Vatikan mendesak gereja kecil di Florida membatalkan pembakaran Al-Quran untuk memperingati tragedi 11 September 2001.

Lembaga di Vatikan yang bertanggung jawab untuk masalah dialog dengan agama lain mengungkapkan 'kekhawatiran besar' terhadap rencana gereja kecil bernama Dove World Outreach

Gunung Sinabung Meletus

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Untungnya, ada situs-situs internet yang menyediakan subtitle untuk di-download kolektor film. Berikut

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Indonesia, hingga akhir tahun 2009 lalu, diketahui berada pada peringkat enam dunia sebagai negara dengan jumlah pengguna ponsel terbanyak, sekira 150 juta pengguna.

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Dari riset yang

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With its proposed amendment, is the Obama administration merely clarifying a statute or expanding it? Only time and a suddenly on guard Congress will tell.

Federal law

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Oleh: Rusdin Tompo (Aktivis Hak Anak)

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Image search now features over 1,000 images per page./theglobeandmail.com
Google recently revamped its image search engine to make finding the images you're looking for quicker and easier than ever. The redesigned interface lets you scroll through 1,000 images at once (with larger image previews), and eliminates text on the image search results so you can just focus on the visuals.

Previously

People don't trust Facebook but can't stay away

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Most interesting is the fact that they have ranked Facebook so low that some analysts believe its trustworthiness as "abysmally low". I wouldn't be too surprised with this outcome though, what with all the privacy and content ownership issues that have been haunting faccebook

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"This

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There is still no

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How to remove data from Google�s cache

Help! I have deleted a page, post, image or blog but it still appears in Google blog searches.

How can I get Google to remove my deleted file (page or image) from their cache?
The URL Removal Tool

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Google Maps Qibla Locator

sumber: http://en.wikivisual.com

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Pidato Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. CEO
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Melalui komentar dan surat yang dikirimkan langsung ke Facebook, 2,5 juta umat muslim tersebut akan hengkang ke madina.com, sebuah jejaring yang

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Apple Inc. menolak untuk menarik produk paling anyar mereka, iPhone 4, meski mengatakan produk tersebut �tak sempurna�. Saat memberikan keterangan pers, Jumat (16/), CEO Apple, Steve Jobs, mengatakan kelemahan merupakan tantangan. �Kami tidak

Separuh User Cemas Soal Privasi Facebook

Berdasarkan survei, separuh pekerja di Amerika Serikat yang memiliki profil di Facebook dan MySpace khawatir akan privasi mereka.

Seperti dikutip dari Yahoo News, survei Marist menunjukkan bahwa user yang berusia di atas 60 tahun memiliki kekhawatiran masalah privasi lebih besar. Sementara , wanita memiliki kekhawatiran lebih besar dibandingkan laki-laki.

�Kita berada di era informasi. Beberapa

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Jejaring sosial terbesar di dunia, Facebook tengah bersiap merayakan jumlah anggotanya menembus angka setengah miliar atau lima ratus juta orang.


Menurut situs teknologi TechCrunch, sebagai bagian dari perayaan tersebut, Facebook meminta para karyawannya untuk mengunggah foto-foto mereka sedang merayakan pencapaian itu dan memberi ucapan terima kasih kepada para pengguna Facebook.

Menurut

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Amazon.com, toko ritel online ternama yang menjual Kindle digugat oleh Discovery Communication terkait soal teknologi pada eBook tersebut.

Amazon.com sejatinya bukanlah produsen Kindle, melainkan hanya mendistribusikannya. Namun Discovery Communications melayangkan gugatan hak paten kepada toko online multinasional itu.

Discovery Communications menuduh Amazon.com melanggar dua paten miliknya,

Cerita Si Buta Yang Sarat Makna

Gadis buta yang malang nasib nya, ia dibenci seisi dunia. Tiada yang sudi melihatnya, bahkan tegur sapa manusia pun tak pernah ia dengar sejak kelahirannya kedunia yang fana. kecuali hanya satu pria yang sudah sekian lama setia menemaninya dia adalah kekasih pujaan hati wanita buta itu!!

Suatu hari,,, dengan penuh harap kekasih nya itu bertanya, "Mau kah enngkau menikah denganku?"

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Fortune, media terkemuka berskala global, merilis daftar 50 orang paling pintar di bidang teknologi. Siapa yang dipilih di urutan nomor wahid? Ternyata dia adalah CEO Apple Steve Jobs.

Jobs dinilai berhasil membawa Apple bangkit dari masa kehancuran yang mendera perusahaannya pada akhir 1990 lalu dengan memperkenalkan gagdet seperti iMac dan iPod. Setelah berhasil bangkit dari keterpurukan, Jobs

Lindungi Anak, Facebook Luncurkan "Tombol Panik"

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Aplikasi itu juga akan muncul pada laman anak dan para remaja itu dengan menginformasikan bahwa "mereka terlindungi secara online."

Gay Lebih Suka Gabung Facebook dan Twitter

Penelitian menunjukkan homoseksual ternyata lebih suka bergabung dengan situs jejaring sosial Facebook dan mikroblogging Twitter.

Hampir tiga perempat (73 persen) dari pria gay dan lesbian memiliki profil di Facebook, dibandingkan 65 persen dari heteroseksual. Sementara homoseksual yang memiliki akun Twitter berjumlah dua kali lebih banyak ketimbang heteroseksual yang hanya 29 persen.

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Seroang warga New York, Paul Ceglia melayangkan gugatan kepada pendiri Facebook Mark Zuckerberg dan Facebook sebagai institusi melalui Mahkamah Agung Allegany County. Pria itu menunjukkan sebuah

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Social networking sites are no more a hub to keep up with friends, chat and share music, photos or videos, but a place for cyber crimes. Sites like MySpace, Facebook and Twitter have become the fastest growing social networking sites for teens and even kids to socialize with known and unknown faces. You must have read about teens posting explicit photos, sharing tales of drunken exploits

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A global television audience of more than 700 million viewers is expected to watch the World Cup final on Sunday.

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Twitter yang biasanya adalah situs pertemanan, saat ini berkembang menjadi mesin pencari tercepat melampaui Yahoo dan Microsoft Bing!. Twitter akan mendukung permintaan pencarian dari para penggunanya sampai 800 juta halaman per hari. Biz Stone, wakil pembuat situs Twitter, mengungkapkan secara statistik mesin pencari Twitter akan melayani lebih dari 24 miliar pencarian halaman per bulan,

Fenomena Facebook Turun Drastis

Berdasarkan data bulanan dari Inside Facebook, penambahan pengguna Facebook di AS pada bulan Juni hanya 320 ribu. Angka itu jauh jika dibandingkan dengan 7,8 juta pengguna baru pada bulan Mei.

Selain itu, situs jejaring sosial paling dominan ini telah kehilangan pengguna aktif yang berusia 18-25 tahun, 26-34 tahun, dan 35-44 tahun.

Salah satu kemungkinan penyebab fenomena ini adalah kontroversi

Dapatkan Jodoh Lewat Facebook

Setelah berkenalan dengan orang baru yang potensial, biasanya hubungan akan berlanjut dengan menjadi teman di jejaring sosial seperti Facebook. Berdasarkan informasi di Facebook, Anda bisa mengetahui apakah si dia layak dijadikan calon pacar, atau sekadar teman biasa.

Selain itu, ada beberapa hal yang perlu diperhatikan agar tampilan profil Facebook menarik hati si dia, seperti dimuat

5 Kebiasaan Buruk Saat Menonton Bola

Kebiasaan menonton televisi selama mengikuti Piala Dunia 2010, sanggup mengacaukan kesehatan Anda seumur hidup.

Kehebohan mengikuti pertandingan dalam Piala Dunia 2010 jangan sampai membuat Anda melupakan kesehatan. Seperti yang telah diketahui bersama, menonton televisi memiliki beberapa dampak buruk jika dilakukan dengan kebiasaan yang buruk pula. Berikut adalah beberapa kebiasaan yang

Hacker Perusak Ribuan Situs Ditangkap

Pakistan telah melacak kelompok hacker besar dan memenjarakan 5 tersangka yang terlibat dalam merusak ribuan situs web domestik dan internasional dan penipuan online.

�Hacker yang dikenal secara internasional telah ditangkap dalam operasi bersama negara-negara lain selama beberapa minggu ini,� kata staf senior Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Mian Idrees.

�Kami telah menggali hacker terkenal

Researcher cracks 'secret' code in U.S. Cyber Command logo

Panda Security researchers solved the mystery of the 32-character code in the inner gold ring of U.S. Cyber Command's logo.
A security researcher said on Thursday he was the first to crack the code embedded in the seal of the U.S. Cyber Command (Cybercom), the group responsible for protecting the country's military networks from attack.

Sean-Paul Correll, a threat researcher with

Jerman Adukan Facebook ke Ranah Hukum

Pihak berwenang di Jerman telah melayangkan aduan hukum untuk melaporkan Facebook. Situs jejaring sosial tersebut dinilai telah menyimpan data pribadi orang-orang yang bukan anggota Facebook untuk disebarkan guna kepentingan pemasaran.

Di bawah undang-undang privasi Jerman, Facebook bisa dikenai denda hingga puluhan ribu Euro. "Kami pikir dengan menyimpan data dari pihak ketiga dalam konteks ini

Bangun Tidur, 34% Wanita Pilih Facebook Ketimbang Toilet

Warga negara Amerika Serikat (AS) semakin terobsesi dengan Facebook. Bahkan kebanyakan wanita mengaku akan mengecek Facebook terlebih dahulu ketimbang bergegas ke kamar mandi.

Dilansir melalui Straits Times, Kamis (8/7/2010), sekira 34 persen wanita saat ini melakukan kegiatan di pagi hari, yang menurut mereka lebih penting ketimbang mandi atau mencuci muka, yaitu mengecek status Facebook.

Our Gigantic Impulse Control Disorder

Ignore the message on the screen. Ignore the message...
A couple of weeks ago, blogger Chris Brogan asked: �Are we addicted?� He wasn�t talking about narcotics, coffee, cigarettes or Twilight merchandise. He meant the Internet.

Let�s ignore for the moment that the question was posed by a man who seemingly lives on the web 24/7 (and some would argue is made of pixels rather than flesh and