Software utilities

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Microsoft decided to release the source code (well, part of) of the .NET framework, one of the most employed programming framework, used in ASP.NET websites and C# and VB.NET applications. The sources will be released with the Microsoft Refernce License, a very restrictive license (sources are not meant to be modified and redistributed, but only to help people debug their applications). Debug symbols can help programmers better debug their applications (i.e. ScottGu’s Blog shows how to “step into” the GridView DataBind method). More info on ScottGu’s Blog.

Eboostr is a software utility, created by a small software house, Moscow Development Office (MDO), which simulates the performance increase of ReadyBoost, a Microsoft technology, available only on Windows Vista. The performance increase is obtained by using memory in a USB drive (or another external memory device); those memories are usually slower than RAM, but faster than HD, so using them for cache could make the whole system much faster. It must be noted that the performance increase is not enormous, and it can be appreciated only on older systems with a small amount of memory or slow HDs. This could be useful for old systems, especially notebook. The advantage of Eboostr is that it can use also other types of memory, such as Firewire devices or external hard disks. and it can be used on Winodws XP too!

Web Directory scripts and software has been on the market for some years. As web directory industry matures, the need for a more creative way to expand arose; this lead to the emergence of bid for position directory.
Once bid for position directories started gaining popularity, script and software to make creating bidding directory started appearing on the market. Most of the early bid for position directory script has one flaw or the other. Weaknesses in the early bidding directories were studied and improve on in new bidding directory software called Link Bid Script.

Link Bid Script bidding web directory software was created using PHP scripting language, this ensures that it runs on all major server platform and gain wide acceptance among the PHP community.
Link Bid Script works like a standard web directory in that it has various categories and sub categories you can submit a link to. The important features which distinguishes it from a standard web directory is the fact that listing are ordered based on the amount of money paid for the link.

Link Bid Script website owner can determine the minimum bid to be placed on and initial bid or indeed minimum bid increase when bidders come back to top up a bid. The maximum number of links to be displayed on a page and indeed the number of link to be displayed on the homepage should the directory owner wish to display highest paying link on the homepage.

Link Bid Script is packed full of numerous other features. You can find list of Link Bid Script features here. You can explore the features of Link Bid Script at demo site. You can also take a look at an example bid directory at www.biddirectory.it.

I was reading SEOmoz, and found out a very interesting post about keyword data analysis. Have a look at that, it’s worth it!