Archives for November 2nd, 2006

Microsoft Launches New Zune Site & New Windows XP Theme

Microsoft's "iPod Killer," called Zune, is less than two-weeks away from being released (November 14) and they finally launched the product's website. It has all sorts of information on the media player but nothing too exciting.

November 2nd, 2006
Microsoft Launches New Zune Site & New Windows XP Theme

Microsoft Max Gets Put In The Trash

Microsoft must have decided to do some house cleaning today because they gave Microsoft Max the boot. I covered the last Beta release of Microsoft Max back in September when it started to show some signs of potential. Sure it wasn't the most feature rich application but they had just added RSS capabilities and it had an interface that the less computer-savvy people would love.

November 2nd, 2006
Microsoft Max Gets Put In The Trash

Google Earth 4 Beta Gets A Few New Features

Google Earth 4 Beta just got a few new features yesterday. It has been a few months since the last update but this one provides some things that could be very useful.

November 2nd, 2006
Google Earth 4 Beta Gets A Few New Features

Vista & Office 2007 Business Launch November 30

Microsoft has finally come forward and announced that they will be shipping Windows Vista and Office 2007 to businesses starting on November 30. This release was originally scheduled for the middle of November but Microsoft had to push it back even further because of some unexpected bugs that were found right before they were going to start the manufacturing process.

November 2nd, 2006
Vista & Office 2007 Business Launch November 30

Google Search For Failure Pulls Up An Interesting Result

A friend of mine told me to type failure into the Google search box to see what the result was. I was thinking that the result could be one of many things, but the first result was absolutely shocking.

November 2nd, 2006
Google Search For Failure Pulls Up An Interesting Result

Easily Retrieve Those Pesky Songs Off Your iPod

One thing that Apple doesn't allow you to do with the iTunes software is retrieve the songs from your iPod. That doesn't matter to most people until you reformat your computer and forget to backup your songs. Don't worry though, iDump is here to save the day!

November 2nd, 2006
Easily Retrieve Those Pesky Songs Off Your iPod

Access Your Gmail Even Faster On Your Phone

Google just announced in a Press Release the new Java application for mobile phones that makes it even easier to access you Gmail messages. This is great news because many people were complaining that it would take between 10 and 15 clicks just to get to your Inbox.

November 2nd, 2006
Access Your Gmail Even Faster On Your Phone

CyberNotes: Creating A Transparent Favicon.ico For Your Website

To make your site look professional you probably want to have a nice favicon. A favicon is the little image you see in the Address Bar when you view a site and may also be displayed on tabs if your browser supports that.

November 2nd, 2006
CyberNotes: Creating A Transparent Favicon.ico For Your Website