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This is going to be huge when Microsoft tries to acquire the other half of the search engine marketshare. As you know one half is already owned by Google, a bigger portion. Even after the acquisition Microsoft will be lag behind Google.

I don’t really like the idea because when Google and Microsoft decides in a close meeting room that they will start charging for email service. This includes any other service tyey offered. What is the public going to do? It is easier to do that with 2 parties rather than 3 parties. 

But I strongly thinks that it will fall through as Yahoo! is slowing losing marketshare. I think compare to Google, Yahoo! is less innovative and needs more money to invest in new trend and explore.

What is your outlook on this if it falls through?

[Source Microsoft via LiewCf]

SPRY is actually in beta stage, currently sitting at Adobe Labs. From the description and the explanation of this piece of framework. It seems that it could actually help a lot of webmaster out there who have little knowledge to produce a website with nifty features using AJAX.

Basic knowledge is still required but it definately seems that a very minimal amount of knowledge will do the job.

Spry is a JavaScript-based framework that enables the rapid development of Ajax-powered web pages. Not a JavaScript guru? No problem. Spry was designed to feel like an extension of HTML and CSS, so anyone with basic web-production skills can create next-generation web experiences by adding the power of Ajax to their pages.

Spry can be used with any server-side technology (ColdFusion, PHP, ASP.Net etc.). By building the front-end of your web application with Spry you enable a more efficient designer-developer workflow by keeping UI separated from back-end application logic.

[download SPRY framework]

I have again changed my theme as I felt that the font for the previous theme is not suitable and the design is kinda lack of something. With this new Forte WordPress Theme, there is much more panel which I could add different stuff like tag cloud, video, pictures, advertisements and mure more expansion. The first time I see this was actually yesterday, and I have downloaded a few plugins to ensure that this theme woud work out well.

I like the side panel as you could see on the right side with the poll. It is like 4 panel into one space. Which is quite efficient. I doubt that search engine would be any helpful, but the recent post is actually repeated below.

Also for the first time, I have 4 advertisements slots of 125 x 125 pixel, which I will have some affiliate or referral banner in the mean time until someone actually purchase an ads from Rice Blogger dotCom.

The footer will carry most of the post which are popular, recent, most commented, top commentator, links and mybloglog. All the space I need and not cluttered my content.