My old tech scribbles - Charvin

A week without Facebook or Twitter may sound crazy nowadays to millions of Internet users. Today, when our real and virtual worlds got so interwoven, people put social networks and micro blogging platforms to use and use them not only for communication and fun but also for making money. Oh, aren’t you making money with Twitter already? Well, if you are not, then we have got a lot of catching up to do. Izea is the creator of several good projects, which help bloggers and twitter users monetize their virtual popularity, now they are willing to help Facebook users to letting them earn money for sharing photos and videos on their social profiles. Introducing sponsored tweets Sponsored tweets.com is a new project by UTV (some of their projects will be featured in the “Further reading” section), which allows any twitter or facebook user to earn money with their popularity on these sites. The only thing you will have to do in order to make money via this network is ...

0-Day - Latest software releases. 0-Sec - Same as above, although the period of time between ripping a game or application and it appearing on a warez site is even shorter. Ace File - The first file in a series of compressed archives (the one you double click on to decompress all the files at once). Active List - Similar to a mailing list, but uses ICQ to send instant messages to subscribers. Alpha - Software receives this label when it is in the very early stages of development. Usually full of bugs, so don't touch it with a barge pole. Anti-Leech - A system which uses cgi scripts to prevent people stealing links and then taking the credit for uploading the files. Appz - Short for applications. For example Flash 5 or GoLie 5.5. ASF File - The worst quality movie file format (still pretty good though), much smaller in size than dat or mpg. Banner Site - Password and username restricted FTP site. To get the correct login details you must click on several banners. Beta - Refers to an...