Monthly Archives: October 2010

Superscript and Subscript at the Same Place (html)

One can display mathematical formulas in plain HTML 4.0 on both Mac OS and MS Windows. You can read more about that here. Unfortunately, there is not any tag which can place the characters on top of each other. To achieve it we have to use few lines of CSS and HTML code. Below the

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Myspace is coming back

MySpace launched a new and improved design. The website is going to narrow its focus on entertainment for people between 13 and 35 years old. Mr. Michael Jones, the president of Myspace, said that the site is not going to compete with Facebook, Myspace focus only on social entertainment.

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Google represents 6.4% of all Internet traffic

According to the newest data from a network security firm Arbor Networks “Google now represents an average 6.4% of all Internet traffic around the world.”. It includes all websites owned by Google: Google.com, YouTube.com, GMail, Google Maps, Google Docs etc.

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Facebook sues Faceporn

Facebook has sued a website Faceporn.com claiming trademark infringement. According to Facebook’s court filings, Faceporn “blatantly copied the Facebook logo, site and Wall trademark.” Faceporn is offline now and it says on its front page: “Faceporn will be back! Due to unforeseen circumstances, faceporn is down until further notice. We are doing our best to

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What is the standard width for a website now?

Because of improvements in technology and human behaviors web standards change. While, even few years ago the standard width of a website was 800px, nowadays it seems to be not enough pixels in a horizontal direction to show nicely content on the web. The standard width is driven by a size of screens used by

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2 billion Internet users by the end of this year

According to a report from the International Telecommunication Union, we can expect 2 billion Web users by the end of this year. One of the hard data shows that 65 percent of Europeans are on the internet, while less than 10 percent of Africans use Web. That is going to be improved. The biggest grow

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Apple leading in the tablet computer market

Since in April 2010 Apple launched iPad, the company has shipped 7.5 million of this device. During the recent quarter Apple sold 4.19 million iPads, and 3.27 million iPads in the quarter before. It makes Apple the largest player in the tablet computer market.

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Few updates about Twitter

Few updates about the most popular micro-blogging website have been posted on the official Twitter Blog. According to the Blog, the service has already 160 million users and it is available in six languages. Few days ago the Twitter’s co-founder Evan Williams stated that Twitter is planning to reach a billion users by 2013.

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Google tests cars that can drive themselves

The first test drives took place in California, the self-driving cars have logged over 140,000 miles in total. Google’s automated cars uses video cameras, radar sensors and a laser range finder which allows to detect traffic. The car has also constant access to detailed maps, so it can navigate the road. Google claims the new

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8% Americans regularly use Twitter

A new study from Pew Research Center shows that 8 percent of Americans who are active on the Internet regularly use Twitter. The research also shows that 74 percent of American adults actively use the Internet.

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