Archives for December 4th, 2006

Azureus 3 (Zudeo) To Take On YouTube?

I was just getting my daily dose of GigOM when I saw this article regarding Azureus 3 (which is apparently called Zudeo now). The new version will be sporting some unique features for a BitTorrent client with the most obvious being video sharing. I wasn't very fond of the initial idea of this being a video sharing client because there are already plenty of sites that do it for free.

December 4th, 2006
Azureus 3 (Zudeo) To Take On YouTube?

MyPictr: Easily Create Images For Your Profile

Whether you're a user of Flickr, MySpace, YouTube, Digg, or many others you'll probably find MyPictr to be useful. Initially the site doesn't seem very useful and I almost didn't see the point of it. I only saw a box for pixel dimensions and a zoom slider that looked like other photo services.

December 4th, 2006
MyPictr: Easily Create Images For Your Profile

Ask City: The Online Map With The Best Features Hands Down

I am an unbelievably huge fan of Google Maps but there is a new competitor in town: Ask City! I haven't used any of the Ask services in the past (no, not even Bloglines) but this one is pretty astonishing. Can it really be that great?

December 4th, 2006
Ask City: The Online Map With The Best Features Hands Down

UniveRSS: Microsoft’s 3D RSS Reader For Vista (Open Source)

Microsoft is really trying to show off what Vista is capable of doing graphically by creating their own application that uses the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).

December 4th, 2006
UniveRSS: Microsoft’s 3D RSS Reader For Vista (Open Source)

GMarks Continues To Get Better

It never ceases to amaze me what the developer of the GMarks Firefox extension can come up with. It was good enough when it just put my Google Bookmarks in the sidebar but checkout some of the features that have been getting added:

December 4th, 2006
GMarks Continues To Get Better

SimplyHeadlines: Is That A Newspaper In Your Inbox?

I was just catching up on some news and over at Webware I noticed a service that they covered called SimplyHeadlines. It isn't designed to be anything extravagant but it will deliver news right to your email Inbox. Huh, doesn't sound that special though because there are already a ton of services that do that...right?

December 4th, 2006
SimplyHeadlines: Is That A Newspaper In Your Inbox?

CyberNotes: Gigantic Home Video Arcade Center

There's been a lot of hype to say the least with the recently released PS3, and the Nintendo Wii. Some people waited for days upon the release of the PS3 only to come out empty handed.

December 4th, 2006
CyberNotes: Gigantic Home Video Arcade Center