Twitter Plugin for Pidgin Portable - Installer and Source ...

Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter plugin

The team over at the microblog-purple project created a Twitter plugin for Pidgin and they provide an installer for the standard install of Pidgin but it doesn't support the portable version. So I decided to create a portable installer ... Bit.ly Plug-in Extends Tiny URLs, Shows Clickthrough Numbers ... For any of the commenters that have a URL service they either run or use, if the plugin is not currently showing previews for URLs for a domain, hit @bitly with a message on requesting us to add support for it and we'll make it ...

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Twitter looks to mend fences (TechWorld)

Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter

Microblogging company undertakes full security review. Twitter has launched a comprehensive security review after hackers hijacked the accounts of several high-profile users on Monday. What Is Twitter? (KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids) CEDAR RAPIDS - Twitter is a growing online social networking service, and it's all about what is going on now. The free service is catching on with state departments and elected officials.

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Brute force attack on Twitter - Hack a Day

Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter

Wired Threat Level has posted an interview with the hacker who recently broke into several high profile accounts, such as Fox News, and Barack Obama. Since we know how much you all love twitter , we thought you might want to ... Weak Password Brings 'Happiness' to Twitter Hacker | Threat Level ... An 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks has admitted to Monday's hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, including President-Elect Barack Obama's, and the official feed for Fox News.

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A roadmap for the Twitter CSO (ZDNet)

Posted on January 08, 2009 in What is twitter

The folks at Twitter had to deal with an attack from both phishers and hackers over the past few days. As someone who has been in their shoes many times before, I deeply sympathize with their team and I understand the amount of work that they need to do. For those of you who never had rapidly triage security for a service, I have created a sample task list so you have some idea what needs to be ... Twitter looks to mend fences (TechWorld) Microblogging company undertakes full security review. Twitter has launched a comprehensive security review after hackers hijacked the accounts of several high-profile users on Monday.

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Unjumble on mobile using Twitter « Digital Wealth

Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter mobile

Sign up on if you do not already have an account. If you want to use mobile phone, your number should be linked to it. Send message “follow dwealth” (without quotes) to follow dwealth. Send message “follow t411″ (without quotes) ... 90+ Twitter Browser Plugins, Mashups and Applications - The Frog ... Mobile . PocketTweets. PocketTweets is a Web-based Twitter client for the Apple iPhone. See the latest tweets from your contacts, update your status remotely, or see what’s happening around the world by viewing the public timeline. ...

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Twitter Plugins for WordPress

Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter plugin

Interested in knowing some of the great Twitter Plugins for WordPress that I’ve tried? Here’s a pretty extensive list of some of the ones that I would commend if you’re interested in combining the two worlds: ... Bit.ly Plug-in Extends Tiny URLs, Shows Clickthrough Numbers ... For any of the commenters that have a URL service they either run or use, if the is not currently showing previews for URLs for a domain, hit @bitly with a message on twitter requesting us to add support for it and we'll make it ...

Tags: plugin, twitter, url, interested, wordpress

6 services that help you find, follow friends on Twitter (CNET)

Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter wiki

Want to find and follow friends on Twitter, but you don't know where to go to do it? Check out this list of six services that will help you do just that. Semantic Web Wish List 2009 (ReadWriteWeb) At the end of last year we presented our list of the top 10 Semantic Web Apps of 2008 . ReadWriteWeb reader Zoltán Andrejkovics wrote in to us afterwards, suggesting that we do a post looking at what Semantic Web apps we'd like to see emerge in 2009. Zoltán gave us 5 apps he wants to see this year, and we also asked our Twitter friends for their views (you can follow ReadWriteWeb on Twitter ...

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Brute force attack on Twitter - Hack a Day

Posted on January 08, 2009 in What is twitter

Wired Threat Level has posted an interview with the hacker who recently broke into several high profile twitter accounts, such as Fox News, and Barack Obama. Since we know how much you all love twitter , we thought you might want to ... Weak Password Brings 'Happiness' to Twitter Hacker | Threat Level ... An 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks has admitted to Monday's hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, including President-Elect Barack Obama's, and the official feed for Fox News.

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Free Twitter Plugin For Wordpress

Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter plugin

Blogging on technology, software and hardware reviews, search engine and internet related topics. A Cool Twitter Plug-In | Twitterrati A Cool Twitter Plug-In . By Mark Evans | January 6, 2009. A recurring theme on this blog is how the ecosystem is doing such an amazing job filling in gaps that Twitter can’t or won’t do themselves. Another great example is Power Twitter ...

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AVWorkz Software Announces its Industry First Integration of Twitter with Office and Residential AV Control Systems. (PRWeb)

Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter com

AVWorkz Software announced today its plans to release their latest software upgrade integrating with TWITTER.com. This integration massively enhances the ability of Board Rooms, Meeting Spaces and even Homes to communicate to the world its current status. (PRWeb Jan 7, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1827404.htm Twitter Hacker Says Admin Password Was 'Happiness' (Wired News) In an interview with Wired.com, an 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks admits to Monday's hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, including President-Elect Barack Obama's and the official feed for Fox News.

Tags: prweb, twitter, software, wired, avworkz

Hacked off: Britney Spears and Barack Obama among celebrity victims of Twitter account scam (Daily Mail: World News)

Posted on January 08, 2009 in What is twitter

What do President Elect Barack Obama, Britney Spears and Stephen Fry all have in common? Their accounts on the social networking site Twitter have been hacked into by scammers. Twitter Hacker Says Admin Password Was 'Happiness' (Wired News) In an interview with Wired.com, an 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks admits to Monday's hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, including President-Elect Barack Obama's and the official feed for Fox News.

Tags: twitter, news, obama, account, barack

CES 2009: Three Widgets to Follow CES | Widgetbox Blog

Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter widget

Once your widget is live, we'll broadcast it across our network and showcase it in our gallery... connecting you with millions of potential viewers. Follow on Twitter : @widgetbox · Subscribe in a reader ... MapQuest Local Gets More Social with Twitter ; Adds Jobs - MapQuest ... Twitter is a popular short-messaging service for people to announce what they are doing in 140 characters or less. The Twitter widget on MapQuest Local lets you see what people are talking about in their city or town. ...

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Review: Byline for iPhone (Macworld)

Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter rss

Subway commuters and frequent flyers will rejoice at Byline’s convenience in the absence of connectivity, as the newsreader app syncs with Google’s RSS reader and lets you read your favorite feeds offline. Twitter phishing scam may be spreading (cnet.com.au) Twitter users beware: this bogus direct message: "Hey! check out this funny blog about you..." is a scam.

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Use Twitter Search to find Freelance Web Jobs | Jake Rutter - User ...

Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter search

Twitter recently updated their search feature, you can view it at http:// search . twitter .com. It works pretty well, just type in your search terms and you will be given the latest tweets that match your terms. ... Yawn**** Twitter Search Meme****Yawn There's apparently a flap this weekend over a suggestion from Seesmic CEO Loic LeMeur that Twitter should have authority search based on the number of followers a user has. I can see why people are upset, and I sympathize strongly withe ...

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Twitter accounts of Obama, Britney Spears hacked (CNN)

Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter

The Twitter accounts of President-elect Barack Obama, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, Britney Spears, Fox News and 29 others were hacked Monday according to the microblog site, leading to false and inappropriate messages being posted on their accounts. Twitter Hacker Says Admin Password Was 'Happiness' (Wired News) In an interview with Wired.com, an 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks admits to Monday's hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, including President-Elect Barack Obama's and the official feed for Fox News.

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Twitter Hacker Says Admin Password Was 'Happiness' (Wired News)

Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter com

In an interview with Wired.com, an 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks admits to Monday's hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, including President-Elect Barack Obama's and the official feed for Fox News. Spears, Obama hit by Twitter tampering (UPI) LONDON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Hackers tampered with the Twitter.com accounts of President-elect Barack Obama, pop star Britney Spears and actor Stephen Fry, Britain's Daily Telegraph said.

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Apple keynote on Twitter? (Scripting News)

Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter rss

" RSS was born in 1997 out of the confluence of Dave Winer's 'Really Simple Syndication' technology, used to push out blog updates, and Netscape's 'Rich Site Summary', which allowed users to create custom Netscape home pages with ... Beyond RSS & Twitter : New Social Media Tools to Track the Israel ... The list goes beyond RSS and Twitter and includes quick tips and tactics on how to use these resources. Here’s the quick list:. 1. Get an “aggregate view” from CrisisWire. 2. Receive real time social news from WhosTalkin and Social ...

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Twitter App Database: Will You Use It? (Mashable)

Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter wiki

It seems like every day there’s at least five new Twitter apps popping up. The news of a shiny new Twitter toy gets dispersed through Twitter streams everywhere, hits critical mass, news dries up a bit, and then, if you’re like me, you forget about it completely. So where do you turn when you need to reference multiple Twitter apps, see what others think, or view app ratings? You could ask ... New Twitter Directory: Are You Listed? (Mashable) Just Tweet It is like an online phone book for Twitter users. With Just Tweet It, you can either view Twitter users by directory, or add yourself to a category that you see fit. The site, which is just a custom tweak of Wordpress and similar in function to Twellow , could prove to be a handy alternative to Chris Brogan ’s Twitter Packs wiki directory. To add your name to a specific ...

Tags: twitter, app, directory, users, view

Gaza mapping initiatives (AlertNet)

Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter sms

Source: AlertNet As the situation continues to deteriorate in Gaza there is a great need for better maps of the crisis situation for use by relief agencies and other people on the ground. Listed below are several ... HOW TO: Track the Israel Gaza Conflict Using Social Media (Mashable) As the conflict continues in Gaza, where do you turn for up to the minute information? If you’re like us, you want a mix of information from traditional media outlets and social media sites alike. You probably already know about Twitter Search, but are you using custom searches, social searches, grabbing RSS feeds, looking at the aggregate view, or having alerts delivered to you? If you need ...

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What’s The Best Twitter Mobile Web Client? | Wap Review

Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter mobile

So which Twitter mobile client is best? It really depends on your needs, preferences and the phone you are using. Tweetee has the most features and one of the smallest pages sizes making it a good choice overall, especially on basic ... Hackers day at « All About Mobile …. Just yesterday we warened our users for the Twitters phishing scam growing rapidly, and now there are reports that Over 33 Twitter accounts have been hacked but this is separate incident than the phishing scam. ...

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