Archives for January 25th, 2006

Firefox 1.5 Beta Testers Are Unknowingly 1.5.0.1 Beta Testers

If you are a Firefox fan (like me) then you may have heard about Firefox 1.5.0.1 being tested. This version of Firefox fixes a few bugs in the browser but has not officially been released.

January 25th, 2006
Firefox 1.5 Beta Testers Are Unknowingly 1.5.0.1 Beta Testers

Shopping Made Easy With The Smart Cart

Have you ever been in the grocery store and had problems finding things? Well, with the 'Smart Cart' you will not have that problem. The LCD screen provides you with the information to find the products in the store or get more information on them with the built-in RFID reader. Of course, this isn't being tested in America at the moment (it is currently in Japan).

January 25th, 2006
Shopping Made Easy With The Smart Cart

How To Make Phone Calls Using Firefox

If you are a VoIP user and a Firefox user, then you may see a lot of possibilities with this. A company called Zoep has released an extension for Firefox 1.5 that allows users to call other Zoep users. Also, if you like to call landline phones then you can do so by pre-paying for your calls.

January 25th, 2006
How To Make Phone Calls Using Firefox

Microsoft Windows Vista CTP Set For February 21st

According to Bink.nu the next version of Microsoft Windows Vista will be released around February 21st. Despite the thoughts of this being the Beta 2 version, the word on the street is that the official Beta 2 won't be released until April some time. The February CTP should be feature complete considering the December CTP was pretty close to feature complete.

January 25th, 2006
Microsoft Windows Vista CTP Set For February 21st

Watch The Banned Xbox 360 Commercial Ad

Have you been trying to find somewhere to watch the banned Xbox 360 commercial? It took us a little while to find a place that either wasn't getting hammered and didn't have limited bandwidth dedicated to the movie. We have finally found one and want to make sure that all of you are able to watch it.

January 25th, 2006
Watch The Banned Xbox 360 Commercial Ad

Tip Of The Day: Recovering Your Lost Firefox Bookmarks

As much as we all hate to say it, sometimes it does happen where your bookmarks will just disappear in Firefox. Luckily, Firefox 1.5 makes automatic backups of your bookmarks each day. The only time that I have ever heard of Firefox losing bookmarks was after the installation of an extension.

January 25th, 2006
Tip Of The Day: Recovering Your Lost Firefox Bookmarks

Windows Media Center Users Can Download Update Rollup

Microsoft has released an update rollup for all those Windows Media Center users out there (like me). The update fixes video issues that Windows XP Media Center 2005 has, as well as issues with suspend/resume, video freezes, and black screens. Make sure you get this update to keep things nice and tidy!

January 25th, 2006
Windows Media Center Users Can Download Update Rollup

Google Beginning To Redesign Orkut?

Thanks to Darnell from Inside Orkut, we have this report that Google could be redesigning Orkut. The 'new' design pictured above does look a lot more slick than the current one does. Again, these are unconfirmed reports but we can all hope. If you don't already have Orkut, you can jump over and get it here.

January 25th, 2006
Google Beginning To Redesign Orkut?