Archives for March 6th, 2007

Spotplex Aims to Compete with Digg

Spotplex came into the picture just a few days ago and has a good chance of becoming a Digg competitor. We decided to hold off writing about it so we could test it out, and get a taste of how it works. Just like Digg, they promote content from around the web.

March 6th, 2007
Spotplex Aims to Compete with Digg

Get $20 Million for your Yahoo photo!

No, this isn’t going to be about a Yahoo photo contest with a $20 million dollar prize. Instead, it’s about a woman who gathered up a legal team to take on Yahoo and sue them for $20 million dollars. I’m sure you’re thinking that it’s a lot of money for a photo, and it is.

March 6th, 2007
Get $20 Million for your Yahoo photo!

CyberWare: 3D Desktop for Windows is Sure to Impress Friends

There is no doubt that 3D is going to be the way of the future when it comes to software as we have already seen with XGL in Linux.

March 6th, 2007
CyberWare: 3D Desktop for Windows is Sure to Impress Friends

Yahoo Nixed Mixd a Week Ago, no one Noticed!

Yahoo has decided to ditch their mobile service pilot program called Mixd just a few months after it started.  It was geared towards the younger crowd, but apparently didn’t latch on like they expected.  In fact, the service ended over a week ago, yet no one noticed until yesterday.  That ought to say something right there.

March 6th, 2007
Yahoo Nixed Mixd a Week Ago, no one Noticed!

My.Netscape Takes on the Look of NetVibes, Forgets Tabs!

Netscape has just launched their new version of My.Netscape into Beta. It went live today and looks and acts similar to NetVibes or the Google Personalized Homepage. They’ve included modules that you can click, drag, drop, and position just how you’d like it.

March 6th, 2007
My.Netscape Takes on the Look of NetVibes, Forgets Tabs!

Apple iTunes 7.1: “Safely Removing” iPod on Vista can Corrupt it!

Just yesterday Apple launched iTunes 7.1 which had a feature that sparked a lot of conversations on the Web. The big thing that has people talking is the full-screen Cover Flow, and other than that there isn’t much new according to their site:

March 6th, 2007
Apple iTunes 7.1: “Safely Removing” iPod on Vista can Corrupt it!

CyberNotes: Top 25 SourceForge Open Source Projects

Sometimes it’s nice to know what the most popular pieces of software are, because that could help you decide what you want to use. It wasn’t that long ago that I noticed SourceForge (the largest development site) supplied stats for each of their products so that visitors knew how many downloads a particular project has received.

March 6th, 2007
CyberNotes: Top 25 SourceForge Open Source Projects