Google Blogoscoped reported that 66% of Microsoft employees are using Google to do their searching. Does it really surprise you? Of course people want to use the most powerful search engine available (possibly just my opinion). Here are the stats that they are reporting:
Everyone has hopes and dreams of designing the next Million Dollar Homepage, but many of us just aren't clever enough. If you aren't familiar with The Million Dollar Homepage then I would be quite surprised. A few months ago it was all over the news because they were selling pixels of a Website for $1 per pixel.
If you are interested in watching something to kill some time then Google has some free videos that they normally require you to pay for. This is the first time I have seen Google doing this and it is quite impressive, despite the videos being the unpopular ones. Google tries to up-play the deal by stating: You can now watch selected videos for free - thanks to our sponsors.
Gizmodo put together a guide that shows people what they can do to make their Windows XP machine look like Windows Vista. The main software that they mention is Style XP which skins Windows XP to look like Vista. You don't want to forget to grab TopDesk because that is the ULTIMATE Alt-Tab replacement and does a great job of simulating Vista's new Flip-3D feature.
Google Wi-Fi service has been quiet lately but more details are starting to emerge as they near a public release:The service will be available to Moutain View, California residents. Google will not place ads on the free wireless Internet service. Users will have to create an account but Google does not ask for personal information like your name or address.
Windows Live Messenger was just released and tomorrow we will see what everyone has been waiting for: Messenger Plus! Live. To be precise it will be released this Saturday, June 24th, at 23:40 GMT according to a post on the developer's site.
Maxthon is apparently becoming a very popular browser in China says CNet. It is available as a free download and will use proxies to prevent users from receiving filtered content from search engines like Google and Yahoo. Here are the statistics that CNet has received: So far, about 60 million people have downloaded the browser since its launch in 2003.
In 1983, the World saw the very first handheld cellular phone, the Motorola Dyna TAC 8000X. For $3,995 you could have been the proud owner of the 13 x 1.75 x 3.5 inch phone.
