New Media + IT

For the Danes out there: This Sunday we're doing it again — yet another WordPres Meetup.
More info @ Meetup.com.

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[ categorized as: CMS, PHP ]

Google Korea plans to introduce an age-verification system to its search engine later this year that will restrict adult-themed searches to those 19 years of age and older, it said Thursday.
More at Infoworld: "Google Korea to censor search results"

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[ categorized as: Censorship, Google, Search ]

Via Digg I found a site with a test consisting of 21 questions to determine if you are a "stupid" computer user.
But the site is down right now, so here's the list copied from the Digg page.
My favorite is number 11 :D — although number 7 is somewhat hilarious…Go Clint!

Do you proclaim, out loud, your [...]

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[ categorized as: Security ]

Have a yet non-existing feature that you need pretty bad in WordPress?
Then create your own plugin.
Here's a guide on how to write your own plugins for WordPress.
I haven't had the time to check it out yet, but it sounds like a sure read :-)

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[ categorized as: CMS, Extensions, PHP ]

Are you annoyed by the Snap preview popups of preview images of sites when you hover over a link?
Here's a guide on how to disable Snap permanently in Firefox.
Psssst: It involves AdBlock Plus ;)

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[ categorized as: Web ]

I've switched completely from Twitter to Jaiku, which is more reliable and has more features.
Now Michael Arrington at TechCrunch has a post on switching from Twitter to Jaiku among other things because of the things I've mentioned here.
He also names a few Jaiku tools that you can use.

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[ categorized as: Social web, Web ]

Okay, yet another Google post :)
At LifeHacker I read a post on an experimental Google search that let's you navigate through the search results Gmail style.
Check it out :D

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[ categorized as: Google, Search ]

I read about it yesterday at the Google Blog, the universal search that is suppose to make it easier to search for the same query across the web, news, images, blogs, music and videos.
However you don't get the same options at every search, for instance a search for "Ungdomshuset" (the "Youth house" here in Denmark [...]

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[ categorized as: Google, Search ]

I've been more than annoyed at the Snap Firefox extension that provides surfers with preview of the site, that the link they've placed their cursor on is pointing to. But Snap is just, to be honest, a pain in the butt and to intrusive on my surfing.
But via Geekzone I've come across Interclue.
To be honest, [...]

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[ categorized as: Browsers, Extensions ]

Derek at UneasySilence has a post that Google has allowed selected Gmail accounts to view attached Powerpoint slides via a Flash tool.
Sounds great. I still can't wait for the "open as Google Document" feature ;-)

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[ categorized as: Google ]