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To be retweeted: use URLs & hashtags? (PARC research)
Published on 2010-08-21 10:12:00
Add URLs as well as hashtags to your tweets to increase chances of being retweeted, the Xerox Parc team suggests (the full research paper doesn’t seem to be available online yet but should be here when it is). They also found that, of the 74 million tweets they analysed over a 7-week period, fully 11.1% were retweets.Here’s their top 10 most retweeted domains: www.twitlonger.comtwitpic.commyloc.mewww.youtube.comwww.facebook.comtweetphoto.comtwitter.commashable.combit.lywww.ustream.tv(full de
Zyb closing TODAY - save your contacts
Published on 2010-07-31 03:57:00
Online contacts backup & sync service Zyb is closing down today. Zyb were taken over by Vodafone and unfortunately on their home page the URL of the new service is obscured in some browsers in some resolutions, see top right below! (nor is the info shown after you login):So if you want to continue with Zyb here's the URL you need to register on (for free): www.360.com (actually http://www.vodafone360.com/). See Vodafone note on this.If you don't want to sign up with Vodafone, here's a tip: a
Secure your computer against Windows .lnk shortcut zero day vulnerability
Published on 2010-07-27 02:19:00
If you use Windows, you should install anti-malware vendor Sophos's free Windows Shortcut Exploit Protection Tool ASAP - so called because a recently discovered "zero day exploit" enables attackers to use Windows shortcut link files (.lnk files) to run malicious code on your computer when you visit a dodgy website, open a dodgy document, plug in a dodgy USB stick (or open an infected folder on your network, load a dodgy DVD or CD - you get the drift, anything that gets Windows to display the ico
