http://www.rickpower.co.uk The Power of Blogging Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:36:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launched Wikia Search his aim was to create a community-led search engine, however Wikia Search has been ditched. His decision to "close the doors" on the project was announced in a blog post. Mr Wales Wikia Search "has not been enjoying the kind of success ... http://www.rickpower.co.uk/google/wikia-search-scrapped An add-on for eBay used by thousands of users looking to sell on eBay has been highlighted by Google as potentially malicious. This is because it became infected with a trojan. The tool in question named Auctiva provides tools for sellers on the popular auction website. The company confirmed a ... http://www.rickpower.co.uk/internet/infected-ebay-tool Microsoft are determined out who is responsible for the creation of the Downadup/Conficker virus. The company are offering a reward of $250,000 (£172,000). Since it started circulating in October 2008 the Conficker worm has managed to infect millions of computers worldwide and doesn't appear to be showing any signs of ... http://www.rickpower.co.uk/microsoft/microsoft-offer-reward Today Facebook is celebrating its 5th Birthday and to mark the occasion, they are giving their 150 million users a mystery virtual gift. The gift shop is usually open for users to buy virtual presents usually ranging from cuddly bears to a pint of beer. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said, "In the ... http://www.rickpower.co.uk/facebook/facebook-celebrates-5-years Amazon enjoyed Christmas 2008 as they saw profits raise by 9% in the final three months of last year. The company took full advantage of a robust holiday shopping season. Amazon claim net profit totalled $225m in the fourth quarter, up from $207m a year ago. Unlike many, Amazon has not ... http://www.rickpower.co.uk/internet/amazon-beating-the-crunch Recently released stats show that use of micro-blogging service Twitter rocketed nearly 1,000% in the UK over the past year. This data was released by industry analysts HitWise. For the first time, the site has seen more visits than "social bookmarking" site Digg, which allows users to share links to ... http://www.rickpower.co.uk/twitter/tweet-smell-of-success If you don't have the latest security updates, you could be in danger of being attacked by a worm that spreads through low security networks, PCs and even memory sticks. The malicious piece of software has been infecting under several different names including Conficker, Downadup, and Kido. First discovered in October ... http://www.rickpower.co.uk/microsoft/windows-worm-attacks-millions Traffic Android is a brilliant online tool that makes building traffic to your website very easy indeed. Some features include automatic schedule social bookmarking, RSS aggregator submission and more. This is the tool for anyone who is serious about bookmarking and drawing in traffic to their website. Here is a Traffic ... http://www.rickpower.co.uk/internet/build-traffic-with-traffic-android Do you know the secret? http://www.rickpower.co.uk/other/the-secret Grey Coat Hospital School in London have suspended 29 girls schoolgirls for using social networking website Facebook to engage in a hate campaign against their teacher. Headteacher Rachel Allard said the girls were suspended for up to 15 days for persecuting a member of staff using a Facebook hate page. As ... http://www.rickpower.co.uk/facebook/schoolgirls-suspended-over-facebook-page