SCABR.COM

A profile picture enhancement service for social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and so on as well as instant messaging applications MSN Messenger, Skype, and others plus anywhere else you need your best profile picture. [Beta invitation only]

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For anyone who was wondering why Lycos has been slowly declining in performance in recent years.

It used to be that about.com and imdb were just sidetracks for Lycos’ UK sales offering. They now seem to account for more than three quarters of Lycos’ traffic. Although Lycos is beginning to focus a little more on providing [...]

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Folks often ask me how it is I always know about things before they do.  A great deal of it is my voracious reading habit, but I owe a great deal of my scoops to a simple utility I created with Yahoo! Pipes. Pipes is a mashup editor that allows you to take feeds and [...]

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A new UK startup launches on Monday called BlinkBox. Users take pre-created clips from movies and television shows (the clips can be shortened by the user) and add a personalized message at the beginning. The clips can then be shared via a link, embed or mobile device. Here’s an example of (a very funny) one [...]

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As of last week, we’ve moved the Buzz Out Loud show notes to the new Buzz Out Loud blog at bol.cnet.com.
The new blog features the full show notes, the MP3s and more. See you over there!

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A new application for Facebook is merging the social network with that other king of time killing, Second Life.
Called Second Life Link, the new app allows you to display your avatar on your profile, and also indicate when you’re on and off line in the virtual world. If your friends also have the app installed, [...]

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A vending-machine dress, the brainchild of clothing designer Aya Tsukioka, could offer a woman walking alone a way to elude pursuers.
 

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Press Tab will hide tool bar and palette, Shift+Tab will hide only palette.
Hold Shift + click the top blue bar for toolbar and palette will move them to the nearest edge.
Double click the top blue bar, on any palette window, to minimize it.
Double click the gray background will bring up open file option, Hold Shift+double [...]

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Radar Networks, the not-so-secret stealth startup, is finally unveiling its site, dubbed Twine. Twine is targeted straight at groupware and knowledge-management apps that have mostly been confined to enterprise installations, and opening that up to a broader base of consumers. The startup has raised about $10 million from Paul Allen, Peter Rip, Ron Conway, [...]

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