Date: 09/16/05 (Web Development)    Keywords: software, virus, web, tracker, google

Hi everyone,

I'm a total newbie, and I have a question about web counters/trackers. Is there any web counter software (particularly something free) that you would recommend? My boss wants something that will track not just individual hits, but individual users (who may or may not have repeat visits), repeat visits, etc. I've done a search on Google and found quite a few free ones, but I want to be sure there isn't a hidden cost to them (pop-ups, viruses, whatever).

Something free is best, but if you know of a company that sells a really good counter/tracker, I'd be happy to hear about that too.

And as a last resort, is it difficult for somebody who knows web design (not me!) to come up with one on their own?

I'm afraid this may be an elementary question; so I apologize in advance if it is, or if it's been discussed before (please provide the link!), or appears in a community FAQ (I couldn't find one -- if it exists, please let me know).

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdev/244336.html

Date: 09/16/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: browser, html, web, google

Its nice to know that CNET, a highly-recognized-computer web site, has ranked Firefox among its top ten products for the last ten years. The list was produced as part of CNET's tenth anniversary celebrations. Earlier this year, Firefox made CNET's list of the top ten downloads of the past decade. Products were selected based on the most wide-ranging acceptance.

On Firefox, CNET says: "Sure, Mozilla has been around for many years, but Firefox 1.0 brought the open-source browser into the mainstream. Some never thought Mozilla could make it as anything more than a geek badge of pride. The light, secure, and efficient Firefox is legitimately challenging Internet Explorer's stranglehold on Web browsing."


TOP TEN PRODUCTS

1. iPod (2001)
2. TiVo (1999)
3. Google (1996)
4. Napster (1999)
5. Firefox (2004)
6. PalmPilot (1996)
7. Motorola Startac (1996)
8. Apple iMac (1998)
9. Sony Digital Mavica MVC-HDS (1997)
10. The Sims (2000)

Article can be read at: http://www.cnet.com/4520-11136_1-6312246-1.html

Enjoy,

Omar.-

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/320457.html

Date: 09/18/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: google, ebay

Hi, I've been looking to sell my Samsung SyncMaster 700p Plus. I've googled around a bit and only found a few prices (presumably second or nth hand) that don't seem to match up. I found prices ranging from a few dollars (ebay) up through around 300 or 400 then right up to 800 (these are USD figure, I'm actually Australian. I can use currency conversion, though - go me!). It doesn't seem to be listed on the Samsung site, but I only checked the USA and Australian archives.

If anyone knows of a place to get a good (free) quote for old hardware, I'd love to know. If this isn't an appropriate place to ask, also let me know. Finally, if anyone is interested in buying then I'm sorry, but I've already got the buyer, I just need a good price - feel free to offer what you think you would be prepared to pay, though.

Thanks in advance

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/775896.html

Date: 09/18/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: web, google

I have no experience in web design, but, I'd really like to consider getting into it. Where do I go, and what do I do? Sending myself back to college isn't feasible, right now (although a night course or two might be). Also, how is the market for this occupation? Before anyone tells me to Google/Monster it...I already have. The reason I'm asking here is that the answers I've gotten are reeeeally conflicting. I thought I'd ask here, and get some clearer answers from those who know first-hand.

Also, are any of you in IT? MIS? Are these occupations really as dead-end and yesterday's-news as I've heard?

How much calculus must I know to break into any of these areas?

Anyway, if you've read this, thanks for doing so. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/981786.html

Date: 09/19/05 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, google

this isn't really php related, but is there any way to search the posts to a specific LJ community? i know you can google with "site:www.livejournal.com" but to search a specific community i think could be handy and could help cut down on repeated posts (such as this, if it is one)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php/344488.html

Date: 09/19/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: yahoo, google

Speakers will include high-level Google, Yahoo and MSN execs, but writing about the event is forbidden, a search expert says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Google+invites+400+to+%27off+the+record%27+event/2100-9588_22-5873102.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/21/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: google

The Authors Guild and a Lincoln biographer, a children's book author, and a former Poet Laureate of the United States filed a class action suit today in federal court in Manhattan against Google over its unauthorized scanning and copying of books through its Google Library program. The suit alleges that Google is engaging in massive [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/authors-guild-files-class-action-lawsuit-against-google/

Date: 09/22/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: google

Google lays foundation to enter television business, judging from job posting on its site.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/GoogleTV+is+hiring/2100-9588_22-5876654.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/25/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: google

I am on my mothers computer trying to install Beyond planet earth and after i run the setup to install it. It comes back and said the CVID driver is not installed, please run earthsetup.exe I do, and i keep getting the same thing. I looked on google for the solution and i found one, but when i go to change the earth.ini file it keeps telling me there is not enough space on her computer. We got rid of stuff like limewire and other progs she didn't use. But i still can not get it to download. What else can i do? It does work on my computer, but i can't get it on this one...

Thanks

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/781650.html

Date: 09/28/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: virus, web, yahoo, google

My AVG has a scheduled scan to run at 8am every morning, it did that today and ding'ed to let me know that I had a virus. There was a trojan horse Dropper.Generic.AGX in C:/Program Files/AIM/backup/uninstall.exe —i deleted the .exe (I can just re-dl AIM again if I need the uninstaller) and just wanted to know if a.) i definately got rid of the infection and b) if anyone knew of what the virus is. ive googled, came up dry, and this is rather odd since I never get virus'. not since the sasser when I installed back in June.


any help is appreciated.



eta; ive noticed notepad.exe is running slow, when that program never does. its too small to run slow. in any case, ive noticed that for two days and figured it'd stop once i stopped downloading a torrent. never did stop lagging. dont know if that has anything to do with it.

eta ii;


Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 3:45:21 PM, on 9/28/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgamsvr.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgupsvc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgcc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgemc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YPager.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wbem\wmiapsrv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe
C:\Program Files\AIM\aim.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS\Photoshop.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\holla\Desktop\HijackThis.exe

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SmcService] C:\PROGRA~1\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe -startgui
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_EMC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgemc.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O9 - Extra button: AIM - {AC9E2541-2814-11d5-BC6D-00B0D0A1DE45} - C:\Program Files\AIM\aim.exe
O9 - Extra button: Related - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WINDOWS\web\related.htm
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WINDOWS\web\related.htm
O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\YPager.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\YPager.exe
O16 - DPF: {04E214E5-63AF-4236-83C6-A7ADCBF9BD02} (HouseCall Control) - http://housecall60.trendmicro.com/housecall/xscan60.cab
O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) - http://messenger.msn.com/download/MsnMessengerSetupDownloader.cab
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing)
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Sygate Personal Firewall (SmcService) - Sygate Technologies, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe
O23 - Service: VPNonDemand - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\VPN.exe (file missing)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/783983.html

Date: 09/29/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: software, google

Annie Sullivan, Google's Software Engineer, has officially announced that after two months in beta, Google has released Firefox Toolbar with a couple of nifty Firefox-only features. One of these is the addition of Google Suggest, which shows useful query suggestions as you type in the Toolbar search box.

Attending the demand of many savvy Firefox users who wanted to be able to reorganize their Toolbar with Firefox’s Customize feature, in latest version of the Toolbar, you can go to the View--> Toolbars--> Customize menu to rearrange icons to your heart's content. You can even move the search box around! These goodies are not yet available for MS Internet Explorer.

Click here for more information about the new Google's Firefox Toolbar.

Note: The software requires Firefox 1.0.x and will not work with Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 (though it is expected that Google will make a version available for the final 1.5 release when it comes out later this year).

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/323685.html

Date: 09/29/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: linux, google

Google doesn't seem to be being very helpful, though I'm still looking.

The deal is: I have a drive where the boot sector seems to have gone bad. Attempting to access the only partition on the drive with Windows XP leads to the claim that the drive isn't formatted. According to the version of testdisk provided with Knoppix 3.7, the partition data is intact, but the boot sector does not have the magic number 0xAA55. As far as I can discern from Google, this is a Bad Thing.

My plan right now is to get another drive, create the same sized partition on it, and then dd if=/dev/hdb1 of=/dev/hdd1, which as far as I can tell should clone the contents of the partition onto the partition on the other drive, where that second drive ought to have a good boot sector (which that dd wont include).

However, I'm thinking that if I can just dump a new boot sector onto the drive, and use Linux fdisk to put the partition size data back in place, I ought to be able to get away with it without spending a chunk of my afternoon waiting for data to copy.

I suspect there's also a way to do it with testdisk, but I can't find simple instructions for that program -- yet. I will keep looking, though.

Any suggestions?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/785373.html

Date: 09/30/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: google

Hi!

Since I have installed the Google-Toolbar (the latest version) Firefox 1.0.7 doesn't show me the Tooltips of graphics (of their ALT-Attributes) anymore. And this is really annoying when I'm browsing through DeviantArt. What could have caused this and what can I do fix this?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/323937.html

Date: 10/01/05 (Opera Browser)    Keywords: browser, web, google

Hey all. I've got a few people in the office using Opera 8 now that it is ad-free, and to further sell the browser (though everyone is understandably impressed) I've made sure to have some cool search.ini tweaks available for them.

Latest one I came up with is for Google Maps. "map" is the key, so to get directions you'd enter (if you knew the addresses, of course):
map 151 Andover Street 01960 to 90 Pleasant Valley St 01844
(From one Borders bookstore to another, heh.)

[Search Engine ??]
Name=GoogleMaps
URL=http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s
Query=
Key=map
Is post=0
Has endseparator=0
Encoding=utf-8
Search Type=8
Verbtext=17063
Position=-1
Nameid=0

I also made sure dictionary.com, merriam-webster.com, and wikipedia were available as those are popular places for myself and I think others would find them useful.

I also have some LJ-specific searches. Use LJ * for a livejournal page (such as: lj login.bml or lj poll/create.bml), lju for a user's page (such as: lju erislover), and ljf for a friends page (such as: ljf erislover).

[Search Engine ??]
Name=LiveJournal
URL=http://www.livejournal.com/%s
Query=
Key=lj
Is post=0
Has endseparator=0
Encoding=utf-8
Search Type=0
Verbtext=17063
Position=-1
Nameid=0

[Search Engine ??]
Name=LiveJournalUsers
URL=http://www.livejournal.com/users/%s
Query=
Key=lju
Is post=0
Has endseparator=0
Encoding=utf-8
Search Type=0
Verbtext=17063
Position=-1
Nameid=0

[Search Engine ??]
Name=LiveJournalFriends
URL=http://www.livejournal.com/users/%s/friends/
Query=
Key=ljf
Is post=0
Has endseparator=0
Encoding=utf-8
Search Type=0
Verbtext=17063
Position=-1
Nameid=0

Anyone have any others to share?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/opera_browser/45588.html

Date: 10/03/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: yahoo, google

Site is launching library-digitization project to rival Google's controversial program, but Yahoo effort avoids copyright mess.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Yahoo+to+digitize+public+domain+books/2100-9588_22-5887374.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/03/05 (Software)    Keywords: software, web, google

I'm looking for a web resource that has shortcut sheets or cheat sheets for software, specifically QuarkExpress 6.5 and/or InDesign. I've googled for this program and other programs before, but I can never find what I'm looking for. Anyone know of some offhand?? Thanks!!!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/software/57554.html

Date: 10/04/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft, google

If Google pushed OpenOffice, and integrated with OpenOffice, it might hurt Microsoft, which would greatly please Sun.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=459&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 10/04/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: java, web, google

In a widely expected deal, the companies say they will partner to promote Sun's Java and Google's Web-based tools.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Sun%2C+Google+ink+multiyear+deal/2100-9588_22-5888515.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/04/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft, google

If Office revenues decline, a lot of fuel goes out of Microsoft's stock price, which makes it easier for both Google and Sun to take Microsoft on elsewhere. Google and Sun benefit hugely if Microsoft's revenues just don't go up as quickly.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=460&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 10/04/05 (Application Development)    Keywords: java, web, google

News Focus: In a widely expected deal, the companies say they will partner to promote Sun's Java and Google's Web-based tools.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/News+Focus%3A+Google+finds+a+partner--Sun/2100-9593_22-5888536.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn