Archives for July 10th, 2006

A Secret Windows Live Site Discovered

A new Windows Live site has been discovered. The site, experience.live.com links together other Live sites like :

July 10th, 2006
A Secret Windows Live Site Discovered

How Stuff Works Tells Us How Digg Works

For those people that aren't familiar with Digg then you need to head over to How Stuff Works. They have written an article about How Digg Works and walk you through many of the features. They also talk about a few of the startup details like how Digg.com was started with just $1,000. Now Digg has 300,000 registered users and more than 1,000,000 unique visitors each day.

July 10th, 2006
How Stuff Works Tells Us How Digg Works

Portable Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Release Candidate 2

There was an overwhelming popularity for the last Portable Firefox 2 Beta 1 Release Candidate that I put together so I thought that I would do the same for this one.

July 10th, 2006
Portable Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Release Candidate 2

Download Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Release Candidate 2

The second set of release candidates for Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 have been posted to the Mozilla FTP. You can get this build for Linux, Mac, or Windows (Installer or ZIP). The final release of Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 has also been pushed back to later this week.

July 10th, 2006
Download Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Release Candidate 2

Will Google Ever Release Google Health

A Google Health service has been talked about for months now and once in awhile you will hear little whispers about it. Well, the whispering is back and this time we have login screens. Tony Ruscoe has managed to find a login screen for a service codenamed Weaver. This is also known as M Scrapbook but you won't be able to login until the service is launched.

July 10th, 2006
Will Google Ever Release Google Health

A New and Improved nPod

Ben Heckendorn who created a portable 8-bit Nintendo console has improved the original 1.0 to be a bit more compact and smaller than the first! Of course it still has to be big enough to fit the oversized NES cartridges (you may even have to blow into them-- they are getting old!). It requires 4 AA's that are said to last a while, and also includes a head phone jack.

July 10th, 2006
A New and Improved nPod

Yahoo Adds Improvements to Trip Planner

Yahoo's Trip Planner which was launched as a beta in October will be adding some new features. Yahoo Travel is a tool that wil let you save hotels, restaurants, attractions, and whatever else you'd need for your trip into a customized travel guide.

July 10th, 2006
Yahoo Adds Improvements to Trip Planner

Microsoft Private Folder Protects Your Documents

Microsoft Private Folder 1.0 is a big step in privacy for Microsoft. After downloading the software you will receive a locked folder in your user account that can only be opened with the proper password. If you try and access any files in the folder, even with an external application, you will have to provide the password.

July 10th, 2006
Microsoft Private Folder Protects Your Documents

ReactOS Looks And Feels Like Windows XP

Recently ReactOS 0.3 RC1 was released for the public to download. ReactOS is an Operating System that will allow you to run your Windows applications, such as the Visual Studio 2005 pictured above, without the need for running Windows. They are working with the Wine project to get binary compatibility for drivers and applications that are made for Windows NT and XP.

July 10th, 2006
ReactOS Looks And Feels Like Windows XP

Linux Users Might See World Of Warcraft

World of Warcraft is probably one of the most popular computer games on the market right now. However, Linux users are not able to use this great piece of gaming software...that is not yet. CodeWeavers is the company responsible for making CrossOver Office and brings many Windows applications into the Linux world.

July 10th, 2006
Linux Users Might See World Of Warcraft