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As in Firefox 3, Safari 3 also supports tabbed browsing. But one of the main disadvantages is that there is no option for "Always Show the Tab Bar" as in Firefox 3.

So here is a hack for all those users who miss that tab bar.

For OS X follow the following steps:

1. Open the Safari plist file (~/Library » Preferences » com.apple.Safari.plist) in the Property List Editor.
2. Click the triangle to open the Root list, then click once on Root to highlight it.
3. Click the Add Child button.
4. Change the name (New item) to AlwaysShowTabBar, set the Class to Boolean, and set Value to Yes.
5. Save changes and quit Property List Editor.

For Windows People like me:

Go to C:\Documents and Settings\$USERNAME$\Application Data\Apple Computer\Safari\Preferences.plist (Replace $USERNAME$ with your username)
and add the code below anywhere in the file.

<key>AlwaysShowTabBar</key>

<true/>

and save the file. Restart the safari browser and voila, you will find the status bar there.

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Till now people used to make money using their blogs by using various monetizing networks but there were no monetizing networks which had supported the microblogging platform.
That is where now TwittAd steps in. TwittAd is a special ad network only for twitter, that allows people to put ads on their Twitter profiles and earn money out of it.
If you have a profile with lots of followers then you can use this website  to monetize it.
What TwittAd actually does is that it provides a common platform for both Twitter users and Advertisers to meet for their product placement, website promotion on the Twitter user's profile.

How to use TwittAd?

First, you will have to sign up an account with them. After signup, you will be given instructions as to how to insert ads in your profile. Payments are done through Paypal and the threshold limit i.e. minimum amount to be earned is $20.


Personally speaking, I feel it is a very innovative idea but will it work is the million dollar question as very few twitterers go to different profiles just to read other tweets. But still worth try. What say?
Do pass on your comments.

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Engadget Mobile has come up with a novel idea, rather a challenge.
The challenge is simple: Ditch your smartphone for a month and try to live with a the basic Nokia 1100.
Hmmm must say it is a very intriguing challenge in this age of Web 2.0 or atleast you would think so, but according to figures of Nokia, there are over 200 million people who are using this set and haven't upgraded to any other smart phone.
I honestly cannot think of a day without my Nokia N70 phone. Though I don't use any of the smart phone applications but I cannot stay without listening to music and taking snaps from my phone. What do you say?
Feel free to let me know your experience if you take up the challenge. Or if you are one of my kind, do tell me what feature from your phone you cannot do without.

Ever Wanted to schedule your tweets or even SMS? Then Sendible is the answer you are searching for.

It has a variety of services to offer. Some of them are:

• You can schedule Emails, SMS's and Social Network Messages
• It can be used to send SMS messages to anywhere in the world for free
• It can be used to create reminders and have them sent to you by Email or SMS. So no more Forgetting Birthdays or Anniversaries :). There is an option to import all your facebook contacts as well
• You can organise events and send invites using Email, SMS or messages through Social Networks
• You can schedule status updates and tweets on Facebook and Twitter Respectively
• It keeps you informed of all the upcoming events as well the past ones that might have occurred since your last login via a personalised news feed.and so much more...

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