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Shortly after Carol Bartz took over as chief executive of Yahoo Inc. early last year, she met with Prabhakar Raghavan for an overview of the Sunnyvale Web giant's research division. As the head of Yah...

It seems that a lot of government scientists are betting people will turn to Twitter when Mother Nature lets loose. Earlier, we wrote about the USGS's Twitter Earthquake Detector, and it turns out that the National Weather Service has cooked up something similar for storms. Here's an official description of how the Twitter Storm Reports program is supposed to work: "The public will submit critical weather reports including a short description of their location (e.g. 'corner of 10th and Taylor fort worth tx'), and optionally photographs using the Twitter web interface, any number of 3rd party Twitter interfaces, or via a form set up on the NWS web farm." Then the NWS will sic some software upon the reports and decide whether or not the information should be passed on through existing products. This approach could work quite well, since information will only come from people who are intentionally participating (in comparison, the earthquake system scans for keywords t

From containing religious views, a Philippine Catholic bishop's old Web log (blog) site is now featuring ads seeking "webcam models' and invitations searching "adult friends.' Visitors to Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio Ledesma's old blog site

A 29-year-old Green Bay man accused of raping a woman he met on the social networking Web site MySpace pleaded not guilty today to two counts of sexual assault.

France's Ministry of Culture has issued a report that recommends taxing Internet advertising revenue earned by such companies as Google, Facebook, AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft, based on the use of their services in France. France would then use those supplemental tax receipts to support local online cultural content, content creators and artists.

Images are a huge part of most Web page designs. But not all designs use them effectively. Whether a design uses the images as content or as decoration, good designs use images well. Last year sites like Flickr, Visual Box Site, and Lightgate Imagery were nominated. And the winner was Traci Zellar Designs. But just because a site was nominated last year doesn't mean it will be this year. It's up to you to decide which site has the best use of images in the Web design. Nominate your choice for the site with the Best Use of Images in Web Design. Only the 5 most popular sites will make it to the voting stage. And don't forget to nominate for other categories like Best Use of Color in Web Design, Best Non-Editor Software for Web Designers, and Best Reseller Web Hosting.What site makes the best use of images in the Web design today? originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Friday, January 8th, 2010 at 06:00:04.Permalink | Comment | Email this

Google Webmaster Tools is a site that can provide you with a lot of information about your website. These tools are primarily related to search and how Google (and other search engines) view your site. Some things you can do with Webmaster Tools including generating a robots.txt file for your site, moving your site to a new domain, choose how your domain displays (with or without the www), plus useful SEO tools like knowing the top search queries, who is linking to your site, keywords and more. Since Google collects this information on most sites anyway, using their free tools is a great way to see how your site is doing and make improvements. Free Website Management Tool: Google Webmaster Tools Free SEO Class What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? Free Keyword Density Analyzers What Keyword Density Tool Do You Like Best? See all the Software Picks Suggest Software for the Pick of the Week Web Design Software Pick of the Week: Google Webmaster Tools ori

It took me a while to really understand the CSS box model and one of the important parts of it are CSS margins. CSS margins define the space around an element, and this helps you with layout and typography. More About CSS Margin CSS Margin CSS Margin Examples What is the difference between padding and margins? Using Shorthand Notation with CSS margin CSS Margins Can Be Confusing originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Friday, January 8th, 2010 at 10:36:47.Permalink | Comment | Email this

Design is more than just slapping HTML onto a page, and good design takes a lot of skills. But some skills are specific to Web designers and some are specific to designers in general. What 3 skills do you think are most important to a Web designer? Please choose any three in the poll. If you choose 'other' please explain in the comments below. Poll: Which skills do you think are important for a Web designer to make great designs? originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Thursday, January 7th, 2010 at 08:47:34.Permalink | Comment | Email this

Right now, CoffeeCup HTML has got a lot of nominations, but there will be five finalists to vote for, and just because a product gets a lot of nominations, that doesn't mean that there aren't others out there just as good or better. What Windows HTML editor do you use? Nominate the Best Windows Web Editor. Only the 5 most popular sites will make it to the voting stage. And don't forget to nominate for other categories like Best Free or Cheap Hosting, Best Online Software for Web Designers, and Best Form Page Design.Who makes the best Windows Web editor right now? originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Thursday, January 7th, 2010 at 06:24:56.Permalink | Comment | Email this