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		<title>End of the Year Rants</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/12/24/end-of-the-year-rants/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/12/24/end-of-the-year-rants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cricket</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/?p=440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It isn&#8217;t often that I feel the need to rant, but sometimes ya just gotta tell someone some of the stuff that drives ya crazy.
So here ya have it, my top end of the year rants.
Walking into Best Buy and having the guy in the computer department assume that I know very little about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Ways to Use Your Cell Phone</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/11/10/10-ways-cell-phone/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/11/10/10-ways-cell-phone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cricket</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gadgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/?p=438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, although I wrote the post questioning if cell phones improve communication or not, I have to admit it. I am a cell phone junky. I have had a few Motorola phones, and never had a single problem with them, but I am in love with my Samsung Messenger. It makes sending text messages so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Browser War is Back?</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/09/08/the-browser-war-is-back/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/09/08/the-browser-war-is-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>3ncryptabl3_lick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aurora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Browser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Browser Wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Chrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/?p=437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ &#8221;I thought the war was over. Years ago&#8221;.
Apparently some haven’t gotten that message or rather just don’t care. 
Since the early 90’s we’ve been inundated with browser after browser. Along with the dead, the dying and the incompatible web standard implementations we suffered and we cried but we surfed on.
Let’s get this straight. There is one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peripherals through Osmosis: The New Cyber Era</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/08/08/peripherals-through-osmosis-the-new-cyber-era/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/08/08/peripherals-through-osmosis-the-new-cyber-era/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>3ncryptabl3_lick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peripherals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/?p=436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently had a conversation about peripherals and something got me thinking.
See, we were both complaining about our peripherals dying and how we’ve worn the finish off with the sweat of our palms from such constant usage.
What, uh, happened to the finish? Did we absorb it? I don’t see anywhere.  Where are all those chemicals?
Seriously.
My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fone-Pwned [The PDA Phone]</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/07/09/fone-pwned-the-pda-phone/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/07/09/fone-pwned-the-pda-phone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>3ncryptabl3_lick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/?p=434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[*ring-ring*
&#8220;Beleive it or not, George isn&#8217;t at home. Leave a messaaaaage at the beep. I must be out, or I&#8217;d pick up the phone. Where could I be? Believe it or not, I&#8217;m not home!&#8221;
*beeep!*
&#8220;George pick-up, I know you&#8217;re screening&#8230;&#8221;
Fone-pwned!
However, those days are all but gone. I mean, who even keeps the ringer on, on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICANN dot Anything!</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/07/02/icann-dot-anything/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/07/02/icann-dot-anything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>3ncryptabl3_lick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/?p=433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[June 26th, 2008 -Paris, France. The Internet Corporation of Name and Numbers &#8216;approved a recommendation&#8217; that could allow for a whole new set of gTLDs (Generic Top Level Domain). Yes, that&#8217;s right.
President and CEO of ICANN, Dr Paul Twomey, was quoted as saying &#8220;It&#8217;s a massive increase in the &#8216;real estate&#8217; of the internet&#8221;
What the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIP XP</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/06/23/rip-xp/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2008/06/23/rip-xp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>3ncryptabl3_lick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/?p=432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How could we have known that some seven years later, that newly launched Windows operating system would embed itself so deeply into our business and day-to-day lives, we would be screaming bloody murder for its discontinuation.
And yet, here we are.
How does something as ubiquitous as an operating system become so entangled in controversy as to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web-Based Multi Client Instant Messaging</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2007/03/24/web-based-multi-client-instant-messaging/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2007/03/24/web-based-multi-client-instant-messaging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/2007/03/24/web-based-multi-client-instant-messaging/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like me, you&#8217;ve probably got several different instant messaging clients installed on your computer at home, such as AIM, MSN, Yahoo, etc.  But what happens when you&#8217;re away from home using someone else&#8217;s computer, a computer at a library or in an internet cafe, or you&#8217;re at work and your IT people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve been tagged!</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/12/18/ive-been-tagged/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/12/18/ive-been-tagged/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/2006/12/18/ive-been-tagged/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently there&#8217;s a blog tag thing going around, and I&#8217;ve been caught by Cricket.   So now I&#8217;m supposed to share with you 5 things you all don&#8217;t know about me.  Hmm&#8230;let&#8217;s see..

I used to be deathly afraid of both dogs and cats, and now I love both.
I prefer to wear sandals over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft and Apple eyed for AJAX alliance</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/10/09/microsoft-and-apple-eyed-for-ajax-alliance/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/10/09/microsoft-and-apple-eyed-for-ajax-alliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreas Kraus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In February, a group of technology vendors, including BEA Systems, Google, IBM, and Oracle, formed the OpenAjax Alliance, with the goal of promoting the popular AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) web development technique. Since then, more vendors, such as Sun Microsystems, have joined, and the alliance has launched its OpenAjax Hub project to boost interoperability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lots of new goodies &amp; updates from iPod</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/09/12/lots-of-new-goodies-updates-from-ipod/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/09/12/lots-of-new-goodies-updates-from-ipod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/2006/09/12/lots-of-new-goodies-updates-from-ipod/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;sÂ latest product launch, Apple iPod has finally unveiled the long-rumoured, and very much hyped iTunes video download service as well as a number of other product updates.Â 
The new video download service is packaged with the new iTunes 7 software, which you canÂ now download from their site.Â  Available upon its initial launch today are over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Digital Photography Contest &#8211; Theme: &#8220;Faces&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/09/05/new-digital-photography-contest-theme-faces/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/09/05/new-digital-photography-contest-theme-faces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[V7N]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/2006/09/05/new-digital-photography-contest-theme-faces/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The V7 Tech Blog is again sponsoring a digital photography contest. Send us your best digital photos, and at the end of the month weâ€™ll vote on the best one.
The Theme:
This month&#8217;s theme is &#8220;Faces&#8221;.Â 
The Rules:
1. All photos must be taken with a digital camera.
2. All entries should be posted in the appropriate thread at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Photography Contest Reminder</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/30/digital-photography-contest-reminder/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/30/digital-photography-contest-reminder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[V7N]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/30/digital-photography-contest-reminder/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The contest will be wrapping up at 12:00am ESTÂ September 1st, so be sure to get your entries in if you haven&#8217;t done so already.
Voting will begin on September 1st, so be on the lookout for a thread in the Digital Photography Forums at that time.Â  Because of the large number of entries, we will likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo keyword selector tool a spam repository</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/23/yahoo-keyword-selector-tool-a-spam-repository/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/23/yahoo-keyword-selector-tool-a-spam-repository/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CarolineBogart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bastards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo!]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/23/yahoo-keyword-selector-tool-a-spam-repository/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
One of my clients is an executive coach. Building her keyword campagin tonight I discovered that the Yahoo Keyword Selector tool is no longer a spam virgin. Searching for entrepreneur yields:
entrepreneur entrepreneur entrepreneur entrepreneur internet internet internet internet &#8212;&#8212;&#8211;ntrepreneur.auto&#8212;&#8212;-.com.- (I refuse to give them any more attention hence the blot out). Yes, someone might have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swedish Pirate Party launches Commercial Darknet</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/15/swedish-pirate-party-launches-commercial-darknet/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/15/swedish-pirate-party-launches-commercial-darknet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreas Kraus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/15/swedish-pirate-party-launches-commercial-darknet/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Swedish Pirate Party launched a new Internet service that lets anybody send and receive files and information over the Internet without fear of being monitored or logged. In technical terms, such a network is called a &#8220;darknet&#8221;. The service allows people to use an untraceable address in the darknet, where they cannot be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m baaaaaaaaack!</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/11/im-baaaaaaaaack/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/11/im-baaaaaaaaack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[V7N]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/11/im-baaaaaaaaack/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you may have noticed, the posting has been a bit sparse around here this week.  I was out performing my civic duty, aka jury duty.  I&#8217;m on vacation (meaning, not at work) for the next 10 days, so you can expect many more posts now.
I would like to thank Carolyn and Andreas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You are Watching Big Brother Watching You</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/09/you-are-watching-big-brother-watching-you/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/09/you-are-watching-big-brother-watching-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CarolineBogart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/2006/08/09/you-are-watching-big-brother-watching-you/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In yet another failure to take that left toin on Albuquerque, the AOL Thought Police gathered and published 10 million queries from 657,426 AOL users.
Unique numbers identify the searchers, but since many of the surfers ego searched and ran their own social security numbers some identities are easy to piece together.
The massive privacy breach is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The C Channel</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/07/26/the-c-channel/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/07/26/the-c-channel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/2006/07/28/the-c-channel/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The C Channel is building a multi-interest website that brings together 3 distinct sites &#8211; Travel, Shopping and Weddings. Each one features articles, destination profiles, vendor profiles and a whole load of new tools to attract a global audience. This includes the still young Travel Forum, and the Wedding Agenda, a promising tool that will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Directories are still hot!</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/07/20/directories-are-still-hot/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/07/20/directories-are-still-hot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tech.v7n.com/2006/07/20/directories-are-still-hot/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new one pops up every day!Â  From niche directories, to all-encompassing general directories, directories continue to be hot commodities.Â  And while they may be growing expontentially (or so it seems!), the market is not yet oversaturated. SEOs and webmasters are continually seeking out new places to get their sites listed and linked, so until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July Contest Annoucement</title>
		<link>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/07/16/july-contest-annoucement/</link>
		<comments>http://tech.v7n.com/2006/07/16/july-contest-annoucement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contests]]></category>
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