Wikipedia is becoming one of the most popular sources for knowledge on the web. The increasing popularity can definitely be seen just because of the millionth article accomplishment.
The lucky article that happened to be lucky number 1,000,000 was on the Jordanhill Railway Station that is located in Scotland. I could only imagine how many people are going to learn about the Jordanhill Railway Station because that article
Just three weeks after their previous release, Skype has put out another release with only one notable change and one notable fix. The change is that they "added a SkypeOut promotion button" and the fix was "relayed Skype-2-Skype call quality improvements". The call quality improvements were a definite necessity with the increasing popularity of Google Talk and the clear voice communications with other Google Talk users.
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iTunes is constantly increasing in popularity and that is partly because they keep it up-to-date. With the release of iTunes 6.0.4 they fixed some stability and performance issues that Front Row users were experiencing. The download is 18.7MB which will take quite some time if you are still stumbling around on a 56Kbps modem.
Download iTunes 6.0.4
Technorati is THE blog search engine that everyone uses to find the content that they need. Some people don't like to use RSS feeds, so now they offer a friendly alternative. A registered user of Technorati can create a Favorites list which can contain up to 50 blogs. You can then view recent posts of your Favorites list all in one convenient spot.
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The other day my friend and I noticed that the GMail chat has various 'animated' emoticons that you can use while chatting with your friends. While browsing another site I found a listing of the emoticons that can be used and what key combination is needed for them (they are listed to the right). They are so simple yet they are fun to use.
Also, another
This is the first time I have ever heard of Microsoft updating a CTP/Beta release just days after a build was released. That is right, Microsoft has released Windows Vista Build 5308.60 (the previous version was Vista Build 5308.17).
They supposedly made drastic speed improvements, fixed memory leaks, and is more stable. This is an unstaged build (the previous one was staged) where the unstaged build
Microsoft has released a new version of Windows Live Messenger with the build number 8.0.0566 which is now available for you to download. The service is still by invite only so unfortunately you will have to wait if you are not already part of the beta program. Current users are forced to upgrade to this build in order to continue operating Windows Live Messenger. Here