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Joomla - the difference between components and modules

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in Joomla!, Useful Web Sites
July 3, 2008

When starting out in Joomla, either as a developer or site administrator, it’s likely one of the first questions to pop up will be what the difference between a Component and a Module is. Although it’s possible to ‘figure’ out what does what, it’s always a good idea to get the low-down from someone who’s […]

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What information does Google collect about you, the browser?

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in Online Security, Useful Web Sites
July 2, 2008

Danny Dover has written an amazing article over at SEOmoz about the information Google tracks and collects about every user to  its many service web sites e.g. from GMail, Google Desktop, Google Docs, Postini, YouTube, FeedBurner etc.
Most Internet users are aware of the usual information collected but here Danny Dover has put together an exhaustive […]

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Can Social Networking Bridge the ‘Digital Divide’?

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in News, General
July 1, 2008

Technology has always moved fast and the Internet has made the pace even quicker.
This has raised the question whether the digital divide is growing bigger as those who can afford to stay updated with the latest technological know-how and those who can’t are left ever behind.
However new research from an American university shows that exactly […]

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ICANN relaxes rules on Top Level Domains

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in Useful Web Sites, Internet Marketing, Branding
June 27, 2008

TechRadar.com reports today that ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names, is relaxing its rules for Top Level Domains next year.
With billions of web sites populating the Internet it’s really no wonder ICANN are doing this - I can’t remember the last time I registered the exact domain that I or a client wanted. Practically […]

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Facebook races past MySpace

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in News
June 24, 2008

May was a very good month for Facebook; With 123 million unique visitors in May to MySpace’s 114.6 million, Facebook has become the king of the social networking hill!
Seeing an increase of 162% on May 2007 compared to only 5% for MySpace it’s no contest as to which of the Social networks is the most […]

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How well does a Ruby on Rails Application scale?

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in Web Development and Programming, Ruby on Rails
June 24, 2008

A lot is usually made of the scalability of Ruby on Rails applications, usually leaning toward the negative.
ZDNet spoke to LinkedIn about their viral application, called BumperSticker, for Facebook which sees in the region of 1 billion page views a month!
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Childnet International website teaches Parents about the Internet to help keep Children safe online

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in News, Internet Survival Tips, Useful Web Sites
June 23, 2008

Childnet International is a non-profit organization whose main objective is to keep children safe when using the Internet.
The open-ness and accessibility of the Internet by anyone from anywhere unfortunately means the Internet has become the hunting ground for those who prey on children.
One way in which children can be protected when using the Internet is […]

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Retailers can Cash in using Social Networks

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in Internet Survival Tips, Generating Revenue, Internet Marketing
June 19, 2008

With the credit crunch truly making itself felt, retailers should be pulling out all the stops to get eyeballs on their products and making sales.
Gartner research found that UK retailers are missing a trick by not using Social Networking as a marketing tool. With social networks like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo getting so much […]

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The Field Guide to Firefox 3

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in Internet Survival Tips, Useful Web Sites, General
June 18, 2008

As I mentioned in an earlier post Firefox 3 has been released with many an improvement.
With more than 15,000 (yes, you read that right!) improvements over the venerable Firefox v2, the good people at the Mozilla foundation have put together a field guide to bring us fans even more joy from using Firefox 3.
Check out […]

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For the Serious Surfer: Firefox 3 has landed! 8 million downloads in 2 days!

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in Internet Survival Tips
June 18, 2008

Yep, Firefox 3 is here! The latest incarnation of the web browser sports many new and improved features; in true community spirit Mozilla have heard their customers and acted to create the most advanced web browser to date.
All this excitement may seem a little silly but after years of using the backward and cumbersome Internet […]

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BuildingWebApps.com - A great resource for Ruby on Rails Developers

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in Web Development and Programming, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Useful Web Sites
June 17, 2008

I know this has nothing, well almost nothing, to do with Internet-related business but I’m so impressed with this site and its founders that I just had to write about it.
For those of you who may not know of it, Rails is a web development framework built using the programming language Ruby. The framework is […]

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Too many Good Business Ideas?

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in Generating Revenue
June 12, 2008

As an entrepreneur, it’s very likely you have many good business ideas but don’t have the focus or even the time to make them all work.
Sometimes it becomes clear, midway through setting up a business based on an idea, that the current idea may not work as well as a business compared to another idea […]

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“My Site and Google” - What every web-site owner should know

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in Internet Survival Tips, Useful Web Sites, Internet Marketing
June 10, 2008

It goes without saying that at the present time the most influential search engine on the web is Google and keeping that in mind there is some very important documentation the boffins at Google have created that every web-site owner should read and be aware of when having their web sites designed and built.
Written so […]

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Noticed the new Google icon?

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in News, General
June 8, 2008

Have you noticed the new Google favicon (the icon that appears in your web browser’s address bar e.g. the blue/green cube for Cynergise) when using Google web sites?
Well, in case you’re interested in what the back story to the change from a capital ‘G’ to the small ‘g’ is, follow this link to Google’s official […]

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Addicted to Facebook? Make Some Money from it!

Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
by Chandesh (Mik) Parekh
in Generating Revenue, Useful Web Sites
June 7, 2008

Are you a serious facebooker? Spend hours at a time catching up with friends? Wouldn’t it be great it you got paid for doing it?
Well, now you can!
urTurn.com offers a reward scheme where you earn points for posting pictures to Facebook (and MySpace soon too) and writing on friends’ walls. The points can be redeemed […]

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