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Pictures or images help in preserving and refreshing memories. First in this connection were only paintings, then came photos available in prints then the digital revolution happened. Now you can hundreds of picture from you digital camera without the need to buy photo films. Now it comes to your mind how to preserve it or in case if you like to share it. Today I will show you some site which best equipped for giving you these services free of cost. These sites let you upload and share your picture free of cost:

Social Networking sites

1. Orkut.com: Orkut lets you upload thousands of pictures and let you share them online. The best part of this social networking site is it lets you regulate who can see the pictures by granting permission.

2. Facebook.com: Another very popular social networking site which works on the same lines of Orkut.

3. Myspace.com: Myspace is relatively little less popular than the above two but it can also do the work for you.

Dedicated image uploading sites:

1. Imageshack.us: InageShack is a dedicated free image hosting service provider. It has robust network.

2. Photobucket.com: Photobucket is allows you to upload both video and pictures. The good part is that you can directly blog it in your blog or use in social networking sites. Adult images allowed.

3. Freeimagehosting.net: Free Image hosting site. Adult images not allowed.

3. Flickr: Flickr is almost the best free image uploading and sharing site. Presently, it is owned by Yahoo.

4. Imagevenue.com: Imagevenue is free image hosting site. It also lets you manupulate your pictures via their tools.

5. Pictiger.com: Free image hosting site. You can browse their database. Also, you can post pictures on your blog and social networking sites.

6. Pict.com: Pict a free picture hosting site. The layout of the site looked welcoming with black spaces waiting for you to upload pictures.They give various options like save to email, upload to URL etc.

7. Iimmgg.com: Free photo hosting site with features like photo editing, personal account.

8. Tinypic.com: Tinypic is allows you to upload both images and videos. It creates a customized URL for your images.

9. Imgplace.com: Imgplace is free photo hosting site. It lets you upload upto 10 pictures at a time and also allows zip upload.

Apple® today announced the public beta of Safari® 4, and claimed it to be the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser for Mac® and Windows PCs. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3.* Innovative new features that make browsing more intuitive and enjoyable include Top Sites, for a stunning visual preview of frequently visited pages; Full History Search, to search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages; Cover Flow®, to easily flip through web history or bookmarks; and Tabs on Top, to make tabbed browsing easier and more intuitive. Apple created Safari to bring innovation, speed and open standards back into web browsers, and today it takes another big step forward, said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. Safari 4 is the fastest and most efficient browser for Mac and Windows, with great integration of HTML 5 and CSS 3 web standards that enables the next generation of interactive web applications.

Safari 4 is built on the world’s most advanced browser technologies including the new Nitro JavaScript engine that executes JavaScript up to 30 times faster than IE 7 and more than three times faster than Firefox 3. Safari quickly loads HTML web pages three times faster than IE 7 and almost three times faster than Firefox 3.

Apple is leading the industry in defining and implementing innovative web standards such as HTML 5 and CSS 3 for an entirely new class of web applications that feature rich media, graphics and fonts. Safari 4 includes HTML 5 support for offline technologies so web-based applications can store information locally without an Internet connection, and is the first browser to support advanced CSS Effects that enable highly polished web graphics using reflections, gradients and precision masks. Safari 4 is the first browser to pass the Web Standards Project’s Acid3 test, which examines how well a browser adheres to CSS, JavaScript, XML and SVG web standards that are specifically designed for dynamic web applications.

Safari for Mac, Windows, iPhone and iPod® touch are all built on Apple’s WebKit, the world’s fastest and most advanced browser engine. Apple developed WebKit as an open source project to create the world’s best browser engine and to advance the adoption of modern web standards. Most recently, WebKit led the introduction of HTML 5 and CSS 3 web standards and is known for its fast, modern code-base. The industry’s newest browsers are based on WebKit including Google Chrome, the Google Android browser, the Nokia Series 60 browser and Palm webOS.

Innovative new features in Safari 4 include
 
• Top Sites, a display of frequently visited pages in a stunning wall of previews so users can jump to their favorite sites with a single click;
• Full History Search, where users search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages to easily return to sites they have seen before;
• Cover Flow, to make searching web history or bookmarks as fun and easy as paging through album art in iTunes®;
• Tabs on Top, for better tabbed browsing with easy drag-and-drop tab management tools and an intuitive button for opening new ones;
• Smart Address Field, that automatically completes web addresses by displaying an easy-to-read list of suggestions from Top Sites, bookmarks and browsing history;
• Smart Search Field, where users fine-tune searches with recommendations from Google Suggest or a list of recent searches;
• Full Page Zoom, for a closer look at any website without degrading the quality of the site’s layout and text;
• built-in web developer tools to debug, tweak and optimize a website for peak performance and compatibility; and
• a new Windows-native look in Safari for Windows, that uses standard Windows font rendering and native title bar, borders and toolbars so Safari fits the look and feel of other Windows XP and Windows Vista applications

Pricing & Availability

Safari 4 is a public beta for both Mac OS® X and Windows and is available immediately as a free download at www.apple.com/safari

Safari 4 for Mac OS X requires Mac OS X Leopard® version 10.5.6 and Security Update 2009-001 or Mac OS X Tiger® version 10.4.11, a minimum 256MB of memory, and is designed to run on any Intel-based Mac or a Mac with a PowerPC G5, G4 or G3 processor and built-in FireWire®. Safari 4 for Windows requires Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, a minimum 256MB of memory and a system with at least a 500 MHz Intel Pentium processor. Full system requirements and more information on Safari 4 can be found at www.apple.com/safari *Performance will vary based on system configuration, network connection and other factors. All testing conducted on an iMac® 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo system running Windows Vista, with 2GB of RAM. JavaScript benchmark based on the SunSpider JavaScript Performance test. HTML benchmark based on VeriTest’s iBench Version 5.0 using default settings.

Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, and QuEST Global, a leading provider of outsourced engineering services and manufacturing, announced that the two companies are working together on the development of the QuEST Global Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Belgaum, Karnataka, India. 

Announcement of the Launch of Free Articles Directory - ArticlesofIndia.com

In keeping with our aspiration to provide a wholesome experience to our visitors, we have came up with yet another service to give dedicated platform for sharing your articles. We have recently launched Articles of India (AOI) - www.articlesofindia.com, a free articles directory as a step forward. Now why should you use AOI?

1. It gives you the freedom to customize the looks of your articles as you wish, even it can look different from the original article.

2. Exposing your article to hundreds of readers. As AOI will be a part of my other sites like  http://www.bangalorebeats.com, http://www.travelingbeats.com and http://www.technewsbeats.com.

3. You can generate quality backlinks, which helps your website’s or blog’s ratings.

4. There is an author section, where you can write about yourself thereby increasing your chances popularity and recognition.

5. It is a free articles directory.

You might be thinking that there is already many articles directory. So whats different about it? Let me answer your question - It is different.

1. Most of the free articles directrory will be full of junk articles and very badly managed.

2. At AOI, all the articles will be moderated to maintain quality.

3. Free support

So what you are waiting for? Go ahead and create a free account and start submitting your articles.

Guys the Indiblogger Blogger’s meet is back to Bangalore again and will be taking place this weekend. The people behind Indiblogger completed a tour of important cities if India.

Place: Microsoft Office, Embassy Golf Link, Intermediate Ring Road, Bangalore
Date: Saturday, 28/02/2009
Official website: http://www.indiblogger.in/

Agenda: This time looks like the stress would be on ethics of blogging. As law is not ready to spare anyone on the name of freedom of expression. We have seen recently the case of Ajith D from Kerela who created a community against Shiv Sena and when activists of Shiv Sena filed a law suit, Ajith tried to sought relief by filing a petition in the Supreme court but the judges told that as he a computer science student he should know internet is a vast medium and he should take ownership for creating such a community in Orkut. And directed him to attend the court summon in Maharashtra.

Microsoft being the sponsor and partner, will be giving a presentation on Microsoft BizSpark and a first look on up comming OS from Microsoft Windows 7. Apart from this it is quite fun that you meet new people and also helps in social networking. I will be there, what about you!

Welcome to the February 16, 2009 edition of carnival of technewsbeats. Check the various post on interesting topic sumitted by users.

Margaret Garcia presents The Top 50 Philosophy Blogs posted at Web Design Schools Guide.

Heather Johnson presents 50 Best People Search Engines to Track Down Anyone posted at Masters in Criminal Justice.

Sarah Scrafford presents 25 Biggest Blunders in Wikipedia History posted at Best Colleges Online.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Life-Saving, Spam-Fighting WordPress Plugin posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Erika Collin presents List-mania: 100+ Web Tools for Editing, Maintaining, Remixing Lists posted at eLearning Gurus.

Erika Collin presents 50 Must-Have Firefox Extensions for e-Learning & Researching posted at The .Edu Toolbox.

Sarah presents How To Add Meta Tags In Blogger-step by step posted at Miss Virtual Reality.

gadgets

Phil B. presents Obsolete Technologies and their Replacements « Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity, saying, “Here is a list of technologies that are fast becoming obsolete along with their replacements.”

Piotr Stepien presents Visualization Trial posted at we overstep, saying, “Use slideshow for visualizing.”

Raily Arena presents Steps on Getting Back Together with Your Ex posted at How to Find Phone Number.

internet

Kevin Fleming presents 41 Places to Watch TV Online for Free posted at Satellite TV Guru.

Raily Arena presents Reverse Cellular Phone Lookups: Why Paid Versions Work Better posted at How to Find Phone Number.

others

Piotr Stepien presents Be Mass Media Free posted at we overstep, saying, “Improve your awareness and mental health. Stop addiction to news, television shows and any low level mass media. Be mass media free and turn your time into something productive.”

seo

korprit zombie presents How To Make Money Online With Google Adsense Farms (Case Study Part 1) posted at How To Make Money Online: Case Studies.

Software

Jules presents Seriously, How Secure is Your PC? posted at PCauthorities.com, saying, “Worried about your computer’s security? Well we probably all are and these days, unfortunately we also need to be. So installing patches, updating your applications, renewing your antivirus subscriptions, it is all necessary evil. But how do you know if it is enough?”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of technewsbeats using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Bookmarking sites became a rage with the launch of digg.com. Now there are numerous bookmarking site on the net. In fact now with open source softwares like Pligg, anyone can open a bookmarking site. Today I will list the India specific bookmarking sites.

1. Indiamarks - Submitting process looks very confusing and no direct link to article. Definately not on my favoured list. However, this is a moderated site so you may not see much out out of scope topics.

2. Stamp a Story: This site uses the open source Pligg software. Nothing special about this site. Plain bookmarking site but easy to use.

3. Tagz - This site was developed using new language Django. It is still in its primitive stage and may take time to reach the optimistic level.

4. Surf Urls: This site looks good apart from little graphics defect (SURFURL logo is covering the submit button). Looks like made of Pligg and easy to use. You can even submit unlimited number of blogs. However, at the beginning you are allowed to submit only 1 link within 12 hours. If you have submited any blog then this restriction will be liffted. You can also generate adsense revenue by enterting your Google Adsense publisher ID.

5. Chalo: This site looks promising and lots of traffic. Chances of finding good info and if you submit you info here you may get good coverage.

6. DiggSamachar: A India centric clone of Digg. Do not look like a high traffic site.

7. ApnaStory: Another India centric boomarking site made of Pligg. On this one find info mainly related to bollywood, page 3 and glam world.

8. Ratevin: It looks like a new site, few contents and looks fewer traffic. If you are looking for more coverage, you may give it a miss. Site made of pligg.

9. SlashIndia: Clone of slashdot.com. Site almost dead - no post for than last 1 and 1/2 years.

10. Dolbajao: The layout of this site is a refreshing change from all Pligg used software. Though they have used Pligg, they have used a good template. Looks like it has good traffic and should give good coverage to submitted article.

11. Charchaa: The concept of Charchaa with separate picture, video categories, groups is promising. The site looks new and the promoters will have to market it properly to get wide acceptance.

12. Gyanin: Lots of content and this means traffic too. But very plain and default template of Pligg. Needs some graphical change. Btw, the site has a mobile version.

13. Jhanki: Good content and traffic. Looks like this site is professionally managed. It allows to earn money by showing Google Adsense ad on pages which you submited.

14. Newzly: Previously it was known as HumDigg. Not sure why they changed for a name without any change in quality.

15. NewsCola: Really bad layout and look. This book marking site developed by ibibo can be given a miss.

16. Yeawo: New site - has to do a lot of catching up.

17. Sepiamutiny: Have lots of contents and should have good traffic, given the overall nature of the site featuring blog, separate events section. Should give good coverage.

18. OneIndia Bookmarks: This bookmark section is part of the site oneindia.com. This site is run by the parent company Greynium. Looks like have good traffic due to the main website.

19. Indiha: As of now the site is not working.

20. BharatBoom: The site looks good and has a lot of contents too. Site made of Pligg software. Has substancial amount of foreign content, not completely Bharat.

21. Xoomly: As of now site is not working.

22. SpotOnce: Site looks good. Content mainly from celebrity and glam world. Looks like do not have much traffic. Very likely a pligg based one.

23. Vbharat: As of now site is not working - internal server error.

24. Sursaa: As of now site is not working.

25. Indiantags: Site looks good with a couple of tools like tell a friend, add link to etc. But design of the site is very ordinary. They need a make over. Site looks new but seems to have good content.

26. Indianbytes: Indian Bytes seems to be a popular Indian bookmarking site. Looks like it has good traffic and content. But layout of the site is broken.Offers ad revenue share.

27. BestofIndia: Looks like a high traffic site with lots of content. If you submit your links, it should get good coverage. Site powered by pligg. It offers a toolbar, banner exchange and couple of tools.

28. Oneview: Looks promising. Offers few tools too.

29. IndiaSphere: High traffic bookmarking site. Has different sections like video.

30. Rambhai: Design wise the site is eye catching and also receives one of the highest traffic. Launched by one IIM Ahmedabad guy. Powered by pligg.

31. HotKlix: Hotklix is launched by Indiatimes. These days the Times group is trying to prowl on net and putting their hands on every area. However, given their media reach, Hotklix has not been that successful. Mostly receives traffic from mother sites like timesofindia.com and indiatimes.com.

32. Humsurfer: Site has high traffic and good content. Though layout may not be that good. Offers a lot of tools and features.

33. Indianpad: Probably the best site in terms of traffic, content and ethics. Your link should get high coverage. Indianpad do not allow more than 3 submission at a time, thereby preventing a lot of spam.

Well for techies this may not be a problem to create banners but they would also like to do it easily is possible. So what about the no techies who have no idea how to make it? Just pay out or scratch the head! You do not have to do any of them as Bannersnack provides free Banner creating software to create banners quickly.

To create a banner, you will have to create an account with Bannersnack.com and then you will have to add images, some text, preview it, save it and its done. If you would like to make a slideshow banner or a loop showing multiple pictures or text then add multiple pictures with text. However, the free version will have a Bannersnack water mark. If you would like to remove that, you can go for the premium version starting at $9. They also run a referral program through which you can make money by referring people if you have a website or blog.

Below is one of the banner I made for one of my travel site.

Successful websites takes a lot of hard work, patience and time to reach that mark. If you lose your database, just think what a catastrophe it will be? Your months or years of work is gone. What a frustration it will be to start from the scratch. So safe keeping of your database is very important. It is important to backup the database and need to have multiple copies at different places. However, if you do not have multiple copies or any backup and you lost your database then what? Will it be possible to retrieve those data? What a million dollar question, is not it!

The answer is yes, to an extent. However, you may not be able to retrieve all of your web pages. I will tell you how. Have you heard of Cache memory in a computer? Cache memory is random access memory (RAM) that a computer microprocessor can access more quickly than it can access regular RAM. As the microprocessor processes data, it looks first in the cache memory and if it finds the data there (from a previous reading of data), it does not have to do the more time-consuming reading of data from larger memory.

The same way search engines like Google also cache the search results like various pages of websites or blogs. So that they can provide faster search result when people are searching. When you search on Google you should see a “Cached and Similar pages” link just besides website link on the right hand side. So if you have lost any webpage, search for that particular page and if you find that link, click on the “Cached” link and it will give that page. Now you can go to source of the page through your browser and copy the source code. Then you can upload the page again on your web server. For blogs you can create the new post with the same details and it will be back dated post. However, Google has time limit of 1 day to 3 months. However, you can try one cache engine called “Gigablast.com” which gives result in terms of your time preference.

I can tell you it works to a large extent, as I have tried it myself. However, you should try this soon after you database is lost.