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Microsoft close the gap on ‘Social Searching’

Oct152010
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Industry giants Microsoft have made the first steps in integrating web search, with social networking. The Microsoft owned ‘Bing’, a search engine ranked most popular behind Google, and Yahoo have begun to offer US based users the opportunity to be view webpage’s, products and other interests that are ‘liked’ by their Facebook friends. The news [...]

Magento: Moving Cart from Sidebar to Header

Oct142010
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In this Magento tutorial we will demonstrate how to move the mini-cart that resides in the right column of a fresh Magento install into the header section. This can be a popular request as the header section of a e-commerce store is a great place to include the cart especially if you are using a [...]

Magento Error Fix ‘Exception printing is disabled by default for security reasons’

Oct122010
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Since the release of Magento 1.4, error reporting has been hidden for security purposes. By default you will be taken to a screen with the following three lines: There has been an error processing your request Exception printing is disabled by default for security reasons. Error log record number: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The above error does not [...]

Microsoft up the ante with IE9

Sep242010
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While Firefox and Google Chrome have in recent times taken the browser market by storm, it appears that Microsoft are unrelenting in their desire to retain control of the field following the release of a beta of Internet Explorer 9. A report by the company claimed that within two days of the new update being [...]

New iPlayer with Social Networking Integration

Sep162010
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Social network integration is the main new update found in the revamp of the BBC iPlayer. Users can now share their favourite programmes with friends via Facebook and Twitter, effectively meaning they’re doing the BBC’s own job by advertising and broadcasting their content to a whole network of potential audience members. The redesigned site also [...]

Facebook overtakes Google in US

Sep152010
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Facebook is now the most used website in the USA after it overtook Google for the month of August. According to comScore figures which were released on Friday, US Netizens spent approximately 10% of their total web browsing time on the social networking site, which has faced a recent threat to its online networking dominance [...]