Archives for November 15th, 2006

Microsoft Says The Leaked Vista Is Of Limited Value

I'm not sure how many of you downloaded and installed the leaked version of Windows Vista but Microsoft has some news for you. They are making some pretty big claims regarding the version of Vista that is floating around the P2P networks:

November 15th, 2006
Microsoft Says The Leaked Vista Is Of Limited Value

Search Public Events In Google Calendar

Yay for new features! Google Calendar now lets you search public events by name, city/town, or by the date that an event occurs. The search is pretty logical because it uses public calendars to retrieve the information and it also searches a few partners to show you movie listings and concerts. Here is what the Google Blog has to say about the new feature:

November 15th, 2006
Search Public Events In Google Calendar

CyberWare: Shutter Will Schedule Or Remotely Shutdown A PC

Turning off or restarting your computer will no longer be a pain when you can't get to your PC. Thanks to a freeware program called Shutter you'll be able to remotely shutdown a computer or even schedule the computer to turn off after it meets certain criteria.

November 15th, 2006
CyberWare: Shutter Will Schedule Or Remotely Shutdown A PC

Creating A Dynamically Adjusting Search Box In Firefox

Autosizer is a unique Firefox extension that doesn't just let you resize the Search Box, instead it will resize it for you. When there is no text in the search box it will take up very little room but as soon as you start typing it will dynamically adjust the width to give you more room for your search.

November 15th, 2006
Creating A Dynamically Adjusting Search Box In Firefox

Download AOL’s New AIM 6.0

AOL Instant Messenger version 6.0 is now available to download with a lot of features that I'm sure AIM fans will love. The new interface steps away from the yellow branding that I always associated with AIM and has more of a slick look to it. I was never really fond of the old look but the new one is very nice.

November 15th, 2006
Download AOL’s New AIM 6.0

Don’t Get Comfortable With Your @Live.com Addresses

Last week Microsoft had a loop hole in their email sign-up system that allowed anyone to create a @Live.com email address using a single line of JavaScript code.

November 15th, 2006
Don’t Get Comfortable With Your @Live.com Addresses

CyberNotes: Minimizing Firefox Memory Leaks

Memory leaks seem to follow Firefox with every release but have you ever stopped to think that some of those leaks may be the cause of an extension(s) that you have installed? Many of you probably have thought about that but you haven't taken the time to disable them one-by-one to find the culprits.

November 15th, 2006
CyberNotes: Minimizing Firefox Memory Leaks

YouTube Down For Maintenance: Funny Placeholder

Looks like YouTube is currently down for some maintenance which will probably anger many people who are looking to kill some time. At least they put up a cool logo in its place which I captured and posted above because I'm sure it won't be up long. Does it remind you of anything? The first thing the popped into my head was Google Labs.

November 15th, 2006
YouTube Down For Maintenance: Funny Placeholder