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Mashable has just announced the winners to the 2nd edition of Open Web Awards. Today we learned the names of the People’s Choice Awards, while a week ago we were told the names the Blogger’s Choice Awards winners.

Just like pop will eat itself, Facebook will one day self-destruct (2). Until then, it's getting an ever increasing mind-share and implicitly expanding media coverage. In the last salvo in this war for our brainspace, we learn that Facebook is taking a Canadian porn site to court over alleged attempts to steal private details of users(1).

Let's start by wishing you a prosperous, joyous and all-around successful happy new year ! We wish we could join other sites in presenting you with an insightful retrospective; alas, we cannot - we only started a couple of months ago, and we have yet to finalize the "look and feel" of our website.

If you’re a webmaster or blogger, there are a few little things you can do to improve your reader’s experience and make your website more functional. You can, for instance, add small widgets to help your visitors pass on your page or a display your code more professionally.

In the first part we looked at general purpose hosting . In this second part we are looking at specialized hosting , not so much as an alternative to GooglePages (as I strongly doubt that it has ever been used for video or audio), but for the sake of completion.

If you have ever played with internet security or just cracking wireless networks, you are most likely aware of BackTrack’s existence. The latest release has hit the BT (torrents) on January 11 and we are happy to acknowledge it with a YouTube playlist.

In response to numerous requests, we are publishing a no non-sense guide to backing up your encrypted or unencrypted DVD with the use of high-quality, ad/spyware-free gratis programs on Windows XP (it might work on Vista as well).

  The Beijing Olympics are in the center of the world's attention, exemplifying what the Chinese leadership has deemed the "peaceful rise". We take a quick look at smaller consumerist happenings in and from China.

As the Economist Debate series (1) -currently on education - is quickly approaching its end, we find that we can no longer postpone writing our article on debating.

I was recently going through Facebook's recommended friends sending friendship requests, then I got this..

There are some general lifestyle changes that drastically reduce the chances of developing any type of cancer. Apart from environmental factors – which few of us can fully control – we can certainly maintain a balanced diet, a normal weight and BMI and regular physical activity.

I’ve decided to celebrate all my “social network connections” by giving away a few freebies. If you are one of facebook friends, if we ever engaged in a twitter exchange or if you have ever commented on any of my blogs, this one’s for you.

As most consumers can no longer ignore economic news, we are taking a long, hard and detailed look at the data spewed by the financial press.

In the midst of a so-called recession, when people are expected to be afraid and postpone shopping, crazy shoppers trample a Walmart employee to death. We take another look at adbusters and their Buy Nothing Day campaign.