I thought I would give everyone a heads up about a small modification that we just made to the way you follow your unread comments here on the site.

Earlier this year we launched a big set of updates that implemented a feature to put a tilde (~) before any posts that you have commented on. We did that, and then we made the Unread Comments an

I think Cisco’s acquisition of WebEx is probably one of the largest in history at a bank-busting $3.2 Billion! In terms of cost, that equates to a lot of steak dinners. Well, if a good steak dinner cost $20 and you lived to be 90 years old that would allow 4,870 people to eat a steak dinner every night of their lives! :)

Sorry, when I see big dollar signs like that

Microsoft has officially announced that Xbox and PC Gamers will be united with their Live online services as it will soon be crossed–over to the Windows Vista Platform.  This means that if you have Windows Vista, you’ll be able to get in on all of the Live Online action with your friends who are playing on the Xbox.

Quick facts:

• Live Online Services will debut on May 8th with the
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The day after Vista was released to consumers, we presented you with a workaround that would allow you to postpone Vista activation for up to 120 days. Now there’s a new workaround that I think you’ll enjoy. I just got done going through a webcast with Brian Livingston from WindowsSecrets.com who introduced a new way of bypassing Windows Vista activation that, when used in conjunction with slmgr -rearm, can get you by with

Ajax can really change the dynamics of a site with both looks and experience.  It’s popping up a lot more often now, and one of the first big names to move to Ajax was Yahoo with their new mail system. I think you could say that it’s becoming the next greatest thing in web development and design.

One of the problems with Ajax is that when determining where a website

We’ve been talking about the Optimus Maximus keyboard for months now (here, here, and here), and finally they’ve agreed upon the number of keys, set a price, and they’re just about ready to take pre-orders! As you’ll recall, the Optimus Maximus is the name of the “Digital” Keyboard that gives the user ultimate customization. The Optimus Maximus keyboard will be made up of OLED’s so that each key has a display.

The web is buzzing with Google’s new announcement that they are making search data more anonymous after 18–24 months of it being collected. As of right now Google stores the query itself, IP addresses and cookie details each time a user performs a search. This gives Google personally identifiable information about every user.

The question that I have read virtually everywhere asks why Google even has to