Archives for June, 2006

What It Truly Means To Have Googly Eyes

The people over at Wired have found a truly amazing image that gives you a close look at what we might see (literally) in the future. The Google Contact pictured above appears to have some sort of wireless mechanism to retrieve information like the weather. While such a tiny device seems impossible right now it may not be as far away as you think.

June 29th, 2006
What It Truly Means To Have Googly Eyes

Download Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3

Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 was just released and has several improvements. One improvement is that you can now have your RSS feeds automatically update themselves. While that is great I would have to say that the biggest addition is the ability to reorder the tabs! That is almost a necessity for tabbed Web browsing in my opinion. Here are the download links if you want to test out IE7 Beta 3:

June 29th, 2006
Download Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3

Netscape’s Digg-Like Service Out Of Beta

Netscape has now fully launched their Digg-like service in hopes of competing with Digg. This comes just days after Digg revamped their site to widen the categories and attract people that aren't so technology focused. Is Netscape going to overpower Digg by opening their service up to millions of people? I don't think so.

June 29th, 2006
Netscape’s Digg-Like Service Out Of Beta

Watch Out PayPal, Google Checkout Has Been Released!

Google has finally made their move and released Google Checkout for everyone to try. If you are getting ready to purchase something you may want to check this out first because they have a lot of stores giving $10 off of a $20 purchase! Hey, anything to save a little money right?

June 29th, 2006
Watch Out PayPal, Google Checkout Has Been Released!

CyberNotes: Changing The Look Of Digg v3 Using CSS

It was just Monday that Digg v3 launched with a new breath of life. However, some people were not too fond of how Digg changed the layout. The most talked about change was the placement of the sidebar on the left-side.

June 29th, 2006
CyberNotes: Changing The Look Of Digg v3 Using CSS

Microsoft Tells Users How To Remove WGA Notifications

Microsoft has decided to let users remove or disable the WGA notifications, but they didn't make it easy! They could have made some simple tool that you could download or even a patch, but no they make you go through and do the dirty work.

June 28th, 2006
Microsoft Tells Users How To Remove WGA Notifications

Yahoo Messenger For Mac 3.0 Beta 1 Released

Mac users can rejoice because Yahoo Messenger 3.0 Beta 1 has finally been released! Besides for the new look it also has Avatars, sounds, and display images. In addition to those features you will soon be able to chat with your friends that are using Windows Live Messenger.

June 28th, 2006
Yahoo Messenger For Mac 3.0 Beta 1 Released

Azureus Wins SourceForge.net Community Choice Award

One of the most popular BitTorrent clients has won the SourceForge.net Community Choice Award. Azureus has been used by millions of people and has been downloaded almost 120 million times! It won the award because of the large feature set and the powerful downloading capabilities it has. Unlike some BitTorrent clients Azureus is cross platform since it is built on Java.

June 28th, 2006
Azureus Wins SourceForge.net Community Choice Award

Now You Can Have The New Google Accounts Page

This was just discovered yesterday but now everyone can play with the new Accounts page. If you follow that URL it should take you to your account settings but it is version 2 instead of the previous version that we were all familiar with.

June 28th, 2006
Now You Can Have The New Google Accounts Page

ReplayTV PC Edition Scheduled To Launch In September

I just received an email from ReplayTV announcing a new Website that they have launched. It is geared toward the ReplayTV PC Edition DVR which is scheduled to be released in September 2006. You can sign-up now to get notified when they launch the service so that you can test it out for 30 days.

June 28th, 2006
ReplayTV PC Edition Scheduled To Launch In September