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	<title>Orbit Blog</title>
	<link>http://www.orbitforum.com</link>
	<description>Updated Daily - Articles about Gadgets, Consoles and Video Gaming, Technology News, Computers and Mobiles, Webmaster Resources, Search Engine Optimization, Site Reviews and many more resources in Orbit Blog.</description>
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		<title>Microsoft IE8 available for download</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft IE8 available for download.
Earlier it was available to selected Beta testers only.
You can download it from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/readiness/Install.htm
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		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2008/06/01/microsoft-ie8-available-for-download/</link>
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		<title>Alternatives to Adsense</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a list of alternatives to adsense
Adsense Alternatives
24/7 RealMedia
AdBrite
Advertising.com
Burst Media
Kanoodle
Link Share
ValueClick
Yahoo Publisher Network
Accelerator Media
Ad Agency 1
Ad Dynamix
AdEngage
Adgenta
Adhearus
AdKnowledge
AdPepper
Adtoll   &#60;- I use it on my forum
ADServing Network
Adsmart
Adtegrity
AdZuba
Adversal 
Affiliate Future
Affiliate Sensor
Affiliate Fuel
AllFeeds
Auction Ads
AV Nads
Azoogle Ads
Banner Boxes
Banner Connect
Bardzo Media
BClick
BidClix
BidVertiser
BlinkAds
BlueFN
BlogadNetwork
BlogAds
BlueLithium
Buy.at
Casale Media
Chitika
ClickAdsDirect
Click Booth
Click Share
Clicksor
Click Xchange
CrispAds
ContexWeb
Cyber Bounty
Cover Clicks
CPX Interactive
Direct Networks
Enhance Interactive
Esource Media
Etype-Europe
EtypeUSA
Etargetnet
ExpoActive
ExoClick
Fairadsnetwork
FastClick/ ValueClick
FluxAds
HurricaneDigitalMedia
Hyperbidder
Hydramedia
Incenta Click
Industry Brains
Interclick
JoeTec
LookSmart Adcenter
Kontera
LinkBLiss
Mamma Media Solutions
MSN adCenter
MaxBounty
Mirago
MIVA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2008/06/01/alternatives-to-adsense/</link>
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		<title>Google allows users to design their own web pages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google has launched a web-based application that allows users to design their own web pages.
Google Sites features a graphical interface that lets users create pages with no HTML coding.
Users can embed YouTube videos and content from Google&#8217;s Calendar, Docs and Picasa sites, and will also be allowed to upload any sort of file type to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2008/06/01/google-allows-users-to-design-their-own-web-pages/</link>
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		<title>Looking For New Experienced Moderators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi to all our Readers,
We are looking for new experienced moderators, to help assist in moderating our  Webicy Webmaster Forums. Who can help keep the forums peaceful, friendly, and organized. Someone who is helpfull and someone who can keep the forum active! If you would like to help, help other members/moderate the forum, then please [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2008/06/01/looking-for-new-experienced-moderators/</link>
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		<title>Free Online Tools For Resizing Images</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some Free Online Tools For Resizing Images
http://www.blibs.com/editor/

http://www.resize2mail.com/

http://online-image-resize.kategorie.cz/

http://www.resizeimage.4u2ges.com/

http://www.resizr.com/

http://www.shrinkpictures.com/
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		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2008/06/01/free-online-tools-for-resizing-images/</link>
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		<title>Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign Follow Yahoo! To Join OpenID</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign, and Yahoo! have joined the board of the OpenID Foundation, the organisation set up to facilitate access to multiple online services with a single username and password.
The move follows Yahoo! last month announcing that its accountholders would be able to use any web site supporting OpenID without creating a separate username [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2008/06/01/google-ibm-microsoft-verisign-follow-yahoo-to-join-openid/</link>
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		<title>Adbux Paid To Click program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the Adbux paid to click program you can earn 1 cent for every ad that you click! This is a great PTC program that pays from a minimum amount of $10 via PayPal.
Earning money from this Paid To Click program is easy. Opening an account only takes a few seconds. After confirming your email [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/10/24/adbux-paid-to-click-program/</link>
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		<title>AdToll.com the new Adsense alternative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AdToll.com, the premier advertisement management network, has launched worldwide on June 18, 2007. This new program essentially helps webmasters to market and sell ads to prospective advertisers on their websites.
This revolutionary new network is sure to change the way that publishers and advertisers come together to do business. Publishers working for Adtoll will make much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/10/24/adtollcom-the-new-adsense-alternative/</link>
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		<title>Boost in earnings makes Nintendo Japan&#8217;s fifth-biggest company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming

It looks like the folks at Nintendo HQ have cause to bake a celebratory Wii cake, as Reuters reports that the company is now Japan&#8217;s fifth-biggest in terms of market value after word of solid earnings performance pushed shares higher in trading today. According to Reuters, the company&#8217;s market value now stands at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/boost-in-earnings-makes-nintendo-japans-fifth-biggest-company/</link>
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		<title>Sony profits soar despite PS3 losses &#8212; PS2 hot as ever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming

Sony is reporting that its overall net profits more than doubled during the past quarter, bolstered by the success of films such as Spider-Man 3, and snappy sales of its traditional electronics. Things in the company&#8217;s PS3 camp, however, still looked a little bleaker than the Japanese giant had probably hoped for. Losses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/sony-profits-soar-despite-ps3-losses-ps2-hot-as-ever/</link>
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		<title>Saitek independent LCD interface boxes for flight sims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals

At E3 earlier this month, Saitek demoed a peripheral sure to spark the interest of many a flight sim enthusiast. Their product, for now with no name, enables flight simulators to display different, customizable information from the &#8220;game&#8221; on three separate LCDs. Effectively, the displays emulate a real cockpit, where each bit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/saitek-independent-lcd-interface-boxes-for-flight-sims/</link>
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		<title>Mod adds rumble to PSP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming

While there may be one very obvious Sony gaming peripheral that&#8217;s screaming out for a rumble feature, that hasn&#8217;t stopped modders from looking at adding the functionality to other Sony gadgets. A modder by the handle of FOO-f00 has given the PSP a basic rumble feature through a bundle of wires and circuitry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/mod-adds-rumble-to-psp/</link>
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		<title>Plush Pac-Man headgear munches on ghosts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming, Wearables

We&#8217;ve seen some pretty off-kilter headwear in our day, but this plush Pac-Man helmet apparatus is begging for a top slot. This uber-retro head hides no secret in-ear headphones, Bluetooth chip, or whispering voice that alerts you of colored ghosts approaching from the rear, but you&#8217;re sure to be the life of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/plush-pac-man-headgear-munches-on-ghosts/</link>
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		<title>Xbox 360 HD DVD player now just $179</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming, HDTV
The already nicely priced Xbox 360 HD DVD player just got slashed to $179. The new US-only, retail pricing also includes 5 free HD DVD flicks when purchasing the player between August 1st and September 30th &#8212; you know, the same time period 300 and Heroes goes on sale in HD DVD [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/xbox-360-hd-dvd-player-now-just-179/</link>
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		<title>Razer updates Diamondback gaming mouse with &#8220;3G&#8221; sensor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals

Ever the sticklers for mouse precision, the folks at Razer have now gone and updated their Diamondback gaming mouse with their third generation (3G) infrared sensor, which was first put to use in the company&#8217;s unfortunately-named DeathAdder mouse. As with that mouse, the Diamondback will give you an impressive 1800 dpi resolution, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/razer-updates-diamondback-gaming-mouse-with-3g-sensor/</link>
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		<title>Xbox 360 getting $50 price break in August?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming

We&#8217;ve been around the block a few times on this rumor, but The Hollywood Reporter is citing an unnamed source that seems to think the Xbox 360 is going to get a $50 price drop in August, so we might as well give it another go. The Hollywood Reporter is saying the pending [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/xbox-360-getting-50-price-break-in-august/</link>
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		<title>Custom-made God of War PSP up for auction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming

 While it may not be to everyone&#8217;s taste, this one-of-a-kind God of War PSP is certainly an impressive bit of console modding, boasting not just a spiffy paint job, but a few additions that dig into the PSP itself. Those include a red acrylic window on the rear of the unit that&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/custom-made-god-of-war-psp-up-for-auction/</link>
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		<title>Crimson / black DS Lite for sale in America?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds

Alright kids, no more complaining that Canada gets all the good stuff. &#8216;Course, all of us North Americans still have a bone to pick with Japan and South Korea, but that&#8217;s another story for another day. Apparently, the crimson / black DS Lite that snuck up on us last week at Future [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/crimson-black-ds-lite-for-sale-in-america/</link>
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		<title>Sony PS3 1.90 and PSP 3.52 firmware updates ready to download</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Get your software update on kids, Sony&#8217;s latest firmware is available now for your Sony PS3 and PSP rigs. While the PSP pulls a minor 0.01 update offering a boost in both security and playable network titles under [Game], the real sauce comes by way of firmware 1.90 for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/sony-ps3-190-and-psp-352-firmware-updates-ready-to-download/</link>
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		<title>John Carmack doesn&#8217;t believe in PPUs? Fine, then PPUs don&#8217;t believe in John Carmack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Desktops, Gaming, Peripherals

We wouldn&#8217;t go so as far to say that developers in the dedicated PPU world are &#8220;firing back&#8221; over John Carmack&#8217;s statement last week that he is &#8220;not a believer in dedicated PPUs,&#8221; but we would at least say that they&#8217;re offering alternative opinions. In a recent Bit-tech article, Ageia&#8217;s Dan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/john-carmack-doesnt-believe-in-ppus-fine-then-ppus-dont-believe-in-john-carmack/</link>
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		<title>Rock Band now available for pre-order</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals

While prices and release dates for Rock Band have been floating for a while now, it looks like things may have finally settled down, with the entire kit now available for pre-order at a couple of retailers. If you&#8217;re ready to go all out, you can snag a bundle for either the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/rock-band-now-available-for-pre-order/</link>
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		<title>GPS foils Playstation thieves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming, GPS, Transportation

A band of would-be Playstation-delivery truck thieves in Australia had the rug snatched out from under them when police used the vehicle&#8217;s built-in GPS to track and locate the stolen goods. The truck, loaded with more than $1 million AUD worth of PS2s, was taken from a freight depot in Sydney [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/gps-foils-playstation-thieves/</link>
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		<title>An effortful DIY alternative to a rumbling DS Lite</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds

Those with loads of disposable income probably wouldn&#8217;t mind ponying up for the relatively inexpensive rumble cartridge made specifically for Nintendo&#8217;s DS Lite, but the frugal (and engineering) sets will certainly appreciate Xyzzy&#8217;s efforts. After dissecting a Pokemon Pinball GBA game and ripping the rumble motor from a salvaged Nokia 5100, he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/an-effortful-diy-alternative-to-a-rumbling-ds-lite/</link>
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		<title>GameBoy drum machine hack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming

The underground scene of game-created music is really thriving, with the latest example to emerge from under the radar being a drum machine hack for a GameBoy. A bright yellow GameBoy, 1MB of flash memory, a serial interface, and a custom ROM is all that&#8217;s needed to put out some beats: with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/gameboy-drum-machine-hack/</link>
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		<title>John Carmack doesn&#8217;t believe in dedicated PPUs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming
John Carmack has always been vocally opposed to the concept of dedicated Physics processors for gaming PCs, but his latest statement on the topic really hammers the nail in. Talking to Boot Daily on the topic of Intel&#8217;s QX6850 CPU, Carmack states that future multiple core CPUs will be able to take the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/john-carmack-doesnt-believe-in-dedicated-ppus/</link>
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		<title>Martha Stewart on how to bake an edible Wii</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming

Martha Stewart has managed to bag a front cover appearance on Wired, a publication which somehow has convinced Martha to &#8220;geek out.&#8221; Translation: Martha baked a cake in the shape of a Wii, and wanted to show it off. Although this example may not be in the same league as our birthday cake [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/martha-stewart-on-how-to-bake-an-edible-wii/</link>
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		<title>Kaz Hirai hints at future SIXAXIS iterations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Don&#8217;t look now, but here we have yet another crop of details on Sony&#8217;s (still) forthcoming rumbling SIXAXIS. In a recent interview with Kaz Hirai, he mentioned that Sony is currently looking at &#8220;a variety of other things [besides rumble] that it can incorporate with the controller,&#8221; and while he wasn&#8217;t giving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/kaz-hirai-hints-at-future-sixaxis-iterations/</link>
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		<title>How would you change the Nintendo Wii?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Features, Gaming

Since we&#8217;ve already sent both of the other major consoles through the wringer &#8212; along with the two most popular handheld units &#8212; it wouldn&#8217;t really be fair if we didn&#8217;t come together as a family and give Nintendo&#8217;s Wii the most bitter critiquing of its young life, now would it? There&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/07/27/how-would-you-change-the-nintendo-wii/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft And Google Resolve Search Dispute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft will let users select a default search program, as they can now with Web browsers, media players, and security programs. Queries from within Vista&#8217;s Control Panel and certain windows will default to Microsoft&#8217;s search tool but will include a link to competing products. Microsoft also will make available to developers information that lets them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/06/25/microsoft-and-google-resolve-search-dispute/</link>
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		<title>Ad Revenue Sharing System Implemented in our forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just an update, we have introduced the ad revenue system in our Webmaster Forum. You can add your adsense pub id in your profiles and take part in our ad sharing program.
We have set 100% share for all our users for the first 1 month. With this ratio each and every user taking part in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orbitforum.com/2007/05/27/ad-revenue-sharing-system-implemented-in-our-forum/</link>
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