Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. It helps you connect with your yahoo, gmail, aim, MSN and more network buddies all at the same time. I am currently using the latest version of Pidgin on my Ubuntu machine (Pidgin 2.6.3).

Pidgin is available for download for Windows, Linux and Unix platforms at Pidgin Download and for OsX it has a substitute called http://adium.im/

Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box:  AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins.

Pidgin chat client is available and translated in many International and regional languages languages. Even its available in Hindi which is the mother tongue of India. Pidgin also integrates with the system tray on Windows, GNOME2, and KDE 3.1.

It supports, such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications. Many plugins are available for this which further enhance its functionalities. Its plugins can be found at Pidgin Plugins.

I hope you people will enjoy pidgin and post in your reviews here in comments.

Configuring Wifi and Internet in Ubuntu.

I have been personally dealing with this problem from past 1 week. But didn’t get the time to solve this because of busy schedule. Some days back I installed Ubuntu on my machine and started playing with its features. Accidentally I somehow removed the Network Manager of Ubuntu, which is the default Gnome Network App in Ubuntu. At this time I didn’t knew how to solve this problem as my internet is not working now.

I tried searching from other machine but wasn’t able to get an effective solution. I tried many commands and tutorials but all in vain. These are some of the commands I tried.

1. sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart – To restart network Daemons in Ubuntu and configuring the Interfaces
2. sudo ifdown eth0 – To stop eth0 interface
3. sudo ifdown wlan0 - To stop wireless Lan Interface
4. sudo ifup eth0 – To start eth0 interface
5. sudo ifup wlan0 – To start wlan0 interface
6. ifconfig – To check all the network configurations
7. sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces – To edit the interface file in which all these interfaces are stored and configured

Originally your interface file looks like this:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

But the most good solutions that I found was downloading and installing WICD which is a third party free Network Management client for Linux Distributions. I downloaded the latest package from http://wicd.sourceforge.net/download.php for Ubuntu.

Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux which aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a wide variety of settings.

Wicd is easy to use just install and configure it for your router settings and you are good to go. It is also good because you can make a connection default in this i.e. whenever a connection breaks in between it can go back to same connection, whereas in Network Manager this isn’t possible. The above commands are very useful for manual configurations especially 1,6 and 7.
If Wicd doesn’t gets activated try running the command sudo /etc/init.d/dbus restart or restart your machine for the setting to take effect.

Recently, I have been searching around for scripts/platforms and ways to build E-Commerce sites on the go. When it comes to E-Commerce Sites and Platforms there are many things to be taken care of when selecting those platforms for your business and website. Some of the things that are critical in the Ecommerce sites are Billing, Shipping, User Management, Catalog Management, Catalog Browsing, Checkout, Mobile Commerce, Support Community, Marketing etc.

So, Now I am going to categorize the platforms or ways to build these E-Commerce Sites.

1. Magento - Magento is a customized version of OsCommerce. It is designed by a company called Varien. It comes in two editions Enterprice and Community (Free) . It has got many features which are very effective and gives the edge to this ECommerce Platform. Some of those are , Marketing promotions and Tools, Search Engine Marketing, Analytics and Reporting, Catalog Management, Good Supoort Community, multi-lingual, Customer Service, mobile commerce (iphone optimized). you can find the complete list here.
2. OsCommerce – OsCommerce is one on the oldest Ecommerce Platforms out there on hte Internet. Its has a huge audience and support base. Its open source/free.  Some of its features includes it supports unlimited products and categories, Multicurrency support, Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (downloadable) products, Object oriented PHP backend, Web Browser Install and Plugin support. You can more information about its features and versions here.
3. ZenCart -  Its also a shopping ECommerce Solution that is very famous among companies to show in and sell their products. Its Free and open source. Some of the feature include easy installation, multiple customer modes, unlimited category depth, multiple sales and discounts, multiple display modes, User frontend is validated to XHTML 1.0 Transitional, Integrate with phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customizable Open Source bulletin board package. Meta Tags keywords and descriptions can be controlled at the per-product level.
4. WHMCS - Its a pretty specialized solution for those who want to start their own web hosting, domain registrations companies or websites. It has many features which makes it different from other ECommerce Solutions. It is paid and you have to obtain a license to use it. Some of its features includes Recurring Billing, Payment Processing, Multiple Currencies, Tax Support, Quotes/Estimates & Ticket Billing,  Simple & Intuitive Interface, Fast Loading, Quick Setup & Friendly Design, Stock Mgt & Promotions, Many Payment Gateways, MaxMind Fraud Protection, Income Reporting & Statistical Reports,  Integrated ticket system, knowledgebase, downloads, announcements & network issues reporting, Create, Suspend, Terminate, Upgrade, SSL Certs, Update Nameservers, Client & Admin Area Templates, Order Forms, Language Files & CSS Styling, Module Development Kits, Action Hooks & Remote API.
5. CubeCart - It comes in two versions CubeCart v3 and CubeCart v4. It has also got a lot of features which are as follows Professionally Security Audited, 100% Template Driven, Customer Order History, Multi Currency Support, Tell a Friend. For More Details about this ECommerce Platform refer here.
6. PrestaShop – PrestaShop is a relatively new ECommerce Solution Compared to above ones but it is very competitive to all these. It has many unique features which provides this Solutions an Edge. It is free to use. Some of its features include Unlimited categories & subcategories, Full-featured WYSIWYG text editor, Unlimited product attribute combinations, SMS/Text-message alerts, Add/delete function modules,Bar codes, Bulk lister/import .CSV files, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption. Full list of features is provided here.

There are more ways to build these E-Commerce Sites, but these platforms are much popular than all others. Basically it depends upon the requirements or needs for which platform you can go by. In our view Magento is the Way-way ahead and much evolving ECommerce Solution and platform among all in the industry.

Hi
I was out of blogging for some days,now it was some or I might call it many back-end issues and personal issues which were keeping me Busy.
So I should throw some light on what were these issues.

First,I was Attacked by some malicious robots (scripts) which traverse the web automatically to find sites which are potential targets for them.

After they find out their potential targets they just attack those sites with anything like malicious or spammy links which they hide on your site so that they are not visible to you (invisible text) or your visitors but they are definitly visible to search engines.

More Details about the type of attacks can be found out here

These spammy links provide them with the link juice of the web site which is attacked because these links are .
I should show you some example of what are these links like:

<br /> style=”display:none”><a href="http://blog.ecce.vsd.fr/?p=3516">fioricet used for</a> <a href="http://blog.ecce.vsd.fr/?p=55575">inhailing tramadol</a> <a href="http://blog.ecce.vsd.fr/?p=72275">tramadol used</a> <a href="http://blog.ecce.vsd.fr/?p=93007">category chemical google tramadol</a><br /> and so on

These spam links may be hidden anywhere on your site mainly footers and headers and blog posts.

So why all this happened to my website???
It is due to the file permissions which were set to 775 by me due to some reasons.Not getting into the details now.

In the period of this Aftermath which started at 25th June and ended on 15th July my SERP’s in google and other search engines dropped considerably and traffic was next to null ,because google and any other search engine don’t allow such sites to rank in their results.

It was kind of a Dampening effect on me as I was giving regular updates and there was no traffic.That was another reason why I was out of blogging for a while. As I believer of the saying “Give regular updates, Get regular Traffic”.

Then I came across a post by blogger who faced the similar issues for
blog.digitalbackcountry.com which came as a relief that its not only I who is experiencing such attacks.

I removed those spam links by detecting each and every part of the scripts working for my blog and removed those link spam and installed some wordpress security plugins which automatically detects for such intrusions and resolve the same.

• Second I was changing my host for Tech2view.com to better godaddy servers which was previously hosted on zz60.net servers.
  Why this decision ???
  1. The zz60 servers were contantly down for some weeks due to some DDOS attacks which they were experiencing and were unable to rectify those.
  2. Second some of my wp scripts were not functioning correctly with the hosting of zz60.

  Thanks to Sahil for supporting my initial phase of blogging.

I have been posting numerous posts about facebook,orkut and myspace proxies.
Today I will tell you how these proxies work and what they do….

Proxies allow you to surf the internet with a high level of privacy, security and anonymity. When you access a website from the proxy server site, information like your browser type, location, operating system and IP address is eliminated and the proxy server website is recorded as the accessing computer instead of your computer. This helps you maintain the privacy, security and anonymity you desire, as it facilitates web browsing without your information being identified and bypasses the network filters and firewalls.

The process is very simple and convenient. You are not required to install or download any software to browse the blocked sites. All you have to do is type the desired URL on the main page and all connections and traffic to and from the destination URL is redirected via the proxy, making it look as if the traffic is evolving from the main proxy, thus bypassing the domain based URL filtering blocking system.

These proxies allow you to access any website without revealing your personal information, surf, download games and news, access online social networking websites and shopping sites, share videos, music, chat and a lot more.

The proxies allow users to browse through the blocked websites, profiles, post comments, blogs and surf the site for music. Sometimes, you may be required to use the IP address of the proxy (like http://200.10.10.12), instead of the domain name, which can be retrieved by pinging the URL from command prompt.

The number of web proxies is everyday increasing and more and more are being setup to earn revenues through advertisements. You can find many proxies for myspace ,facebook and bebo at Tech2view.com
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Here comes a very interesting series of blog posts by a no. of bloggers in and around India.

On April 1 after the conception of This Breaking News-India May Ban Facebook, Orkut and Foreign Social Networking Sites by Tech2.com a famous technology portal there was really a dash of panic among many people. At first I too was shocked about this news.

“Sites such as Orkut and Facebook allow for heavily encrypted exchanges of information”, a highly placed source at the MHA told Tech2.com. MHA officials are believed to be especially worried about the phenomenon of “scraps” and “pokes” respectively on these two sites.

This news by Tech2 has and is spreading like fire among Orkut and other social networking sites users and fans .

Many blogs are considering this news as serious and writing very serious tone posts about this subject “Orkut and Facebook banned in India”. I would like to correct these blogs as this is a personal attempt by Tech2 on April1 to make people (facebook and orkut users) fool.

Many famous Blog Sites such as initialm, OrkutPlus and many more sites are writing redundant blog posts without even considering to read full post by tech2 till the end, at the bottom Tech2 has cleaarly tagged this news with April Fools Day 2008.

Now nothing left to say about such bloggers who are always at jump to write of such news about social networking sites on their blogs.

Gooogle playing pranks with people every year on April 1 with its April fool prank.

This year google has ambitious plans for us (google users) to drive us to a well-planned colony in Mars.

This project is known as project VIRGLE (Vir-Virgin Atlantic – gle-google).

Its a joint project taken up by Virgin founder Richard Branson and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Project Virgle will be leading hundreds of users on one of the grandest adventures in human history.It is starting in 2014.

All of the last year pranks by google are at Google April Fool Pranks .
So NJOY those PRanks Google’s Way.

I recently came around a blog network or a blog publication company which has one of the most famous blogs in the blogging world. I am writing this post for newbies that how can blogging be taken as a profession and a mighty Internet business.The understated network is just one of the networks from many.I am huge fan of gawker media.

This publication company is none other than Gawker Media which has a blog network of 15 most famous of blogs.There blogs write about things from most general to most niche based fields.Gawker media has a readership of more than 30 million monthly uniques.

Its blog network includes the following blogs:

1. Gawker
   Gawker dishes the most current and cutting New York media and culture gossip on the web. The site has become essential reading for those who want hypocrisy debunked and faux-sincerity exposed, all with a healthy dose of snark. Today, Gawker’s readership and relevancy has expanded well beyond the confines of New York.
   Readership above 210k.
2. Defamer
   Defamer is a users guide to the ins and outs of “The Industry”, all of its hilarity and hyperbole, its dish and disaster. Its readership consists of some of the most influential men and women in the biz, as well as the up-comers who are poised to dethrone them.
   Readership:Above 173k. readers.
3. Jezebel
   Jezebel is celebrity, fashion, and sex blog. The witty, informative tone draws a readership that is intelligent and sophisticated, but still willing to get down and dirty. Jezebel does what those women’s monthlies only wish they could.
   Readership above 8k.
4. Gizmodo
   Gizmodo is dedicated to gadgets, gizmos, and cutting-edge consumer electronics. Its tech-hungry audience stops by frequently to check out the newest products and recommendations for laptops, cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras, home entertainment, and other shiny new toys. It is widely viewed as an authority in tech media, Gizmodo publishes breaking news and reviews 60 times per weekday.
   Readership > 479.5k.
5. Lifehacker
   Lifehacker is about life-altering tips and tricks for managing your life. Its readers are avid consumers of software programs, hardware gadgets, and “life hacks” that make their days more efficient, whether at work or at home. Updated over 24 times per weekday, Lifehacker is a bustling, authoritative hub for both pupils and professionals of productivity.
   Readership > 592.8k
6. Jalopnik
   Jalopnik is for the gearhead with an eye toward the future. The site covers all the latest developments in the automotive industry and provides comprehensive reviews of the newest models. Jalopnik’s readers are brand-conscious and brand-hungry, always waiting for the next hot thing to drive their way.
   Readership > 155k
7. Kotaku
   Kotaku is the ultimate gaming blog, with in-depth news coverage, reviews, and expert analyses. Its readers are pop junkies who have chosen video games as their media of choice, and Kotaku satisfies their hunger, while documenting the industry’s ever-increasing presence in television, film, and beyond. Churning out video game news over 50 times per day, Kotaku constantly accelerates the velocity of the hyper fast gaming world.
   Readership > 63k.
8. Fleshbot
   Fleshbot is the one-stop spot for the “adult content” enthusiast. With its comprehensive and witty coverage of all the porn world has to offer, the site attracts readers who want a fine-tuned filter for their filth. Fleshbot covers both the straight and gay scenes, making the site truly the best of all flesh.
   It has a readership above 14k.
9. Valleywag
   Valleywag is the definitive source for sex, greed, and hypocrisy in Silicon Valley. Its readers run the gamut from Internet CEOs to aspiring entrepreneurs, all hoping to catch the edge that makes them the next Steve Jobs. In an industry where things can change by the hour, Valleywag is a must-read for those with that microchip gleam in their eyes.
   Readership > 49k.
10. Wonkette
    Wonkette is compulsory reading for D.C. insiders, political junkies, and those looking for a little humor with their news. Its readers are smart and connected.
    Readership > 149.5k
11. Idolator
    Idolator is for music lovers, by music lovers. It is dedicated to bringing its readers great music, from great artists (and to holding off on the backlash for at least three months.) Idolator readers are savvy and in-the-know, but always on the lookout for that next big thing.
    Readership > 20k
12. Gridskipper
    With its comprehensive maps detailing what to do, see, and eat in the world’s premiere cities, Gridskipper is an invaluable tool for those savvy travelers with the means and motivation to embark on their next great urban adventure.
    Readership > 8k
13. Deadspin
    Deadspin is for the sports enthusiast with a heart for the game, but a mind beyond the field. Deadspin documents the sporting life and its myriad personalities, exposing the juicy (and juicing) scandals and debunking the hero myths, while still keeping its eye on the ball.
    Readership >147.5k
14. Consumerist
    The Consumerist highlights the persistent, shameless boners of modern consumerism — and the latest hot deals, discounts, and freebies around. It’s readership avows to never get scammed and stops by multiple times per day to feed its its addiction.
    It has readership of 40k above.
15. Io9
    io9 is strung out on Sci-Fi. Part adoring fan and part discerning critic, the site appeals to both the hardcore obsessive and the generally curious. An ideal platform for many tech and entertainment brands, io9 bridges the gap between gawking and geeking out.
    Readership >12.5k

Gawker media has a group of more than 3-4 editors for each of its blogs.

There are around 130 people earning their income from Gawker Media – they keep track of each other through a Facebook group.
Gawker Media yearly revenue of over $12m.(approx.)

We look forward to more of such specialized and niche attached blogs in future.

Oops…I am pretty late to cover this.

Social Networking Conference is attended by the largest social networking owners and operators in the industry. In addition, software companies, telecommunication executives, mobile technology companies, marketing executives, payment processors, social networking “super affiliates” and other executives from Fortune 1000 companies attend the event.
For all other when,why and who refer Facts

As I mentioned out year 2008 will see
emergence of great social networks and networking technologies
of all time.

One such example of social networking technology is mobile social networking which is evolving at break neck speed.

Social Networks are adopting this feature into their mainstream applications and synchronizing with the wireless carriers globally to expand their reach.These social networks like facebook,myspace,dodgeball,snockles,etc. are also creating opportunities for their users to communicate on their mobiles and earn for generating content.

One such mobile network I will discuss here is Cellware.com.It is a service that adds a new twist to the mobile social networks. Like Nokia’s MOSH, Cellware.com allows users to share mobile content, but also adds a benefit to the content creators allowing them to actually make some money along the way. In addition, they’re providing their members with “fun and easy to use” tools to help them make mobile content, and again, monetize it

Cellware is a Mobile Social Network site with the largest selection of content for your phone on the net. Joining this community is totally FREE. You can keep in touch with your friends and send them the latest ringtones, videos, images, games and applications for FREE. Best of all, you can create your media using the cutting edge tools that they offer within their site. Share your creations with friends or share them with the world and earn cash.
Currently this mobile social network is supported by only these wireless carriers that too in US:
* Cingular
* Verizon
* Sprint
* Tmobile
* Nextel
* Alltel
* US Cellular
* Cellular One
For more information about this mobile social network refer to Faq’s