Archives for May 23rd, 2007

Dell Adds Customer Reviews to PC’s for 23rd Anniversary

Dell started out in 1984 and has evolved into the 25th largest company in the United States according to revenue ($56 billion in 2006). Now to celebrate their 23rd anniversary they are offering some great deals, and there is also a new feature I caught a glimpse of.

May 23rd, 2007
Dell Adds Customer Reviews to PC’s for 23rd Anniversary

Windows XP SP3 Release Date in 2007?

Back in April Paul Thurrott started to think that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) was a dead dream. He talked about the numerous delays it has suffered, and the lack of motivation Microsoft had to ship another Service Pack due to the release of Vista:

May 23rd, 2007
Windows XP SP3 Release Date in 2007?

Poll Update: What do you use for Voice Communication?

We’re about mid-way through the week, and so far our poll has produced some interesting results.  We asked, “what do you use for voice communication?” This question came after an article published by the Associated Press talked about the recent trend of moving away from landline phones and using cell phones instead.

May 23rd, 2007
Poll Update: What do you use for Voice Communication?

Rumor Confirmed: Google to buy FeedBurner

Google buy FeedBurner was the question that everybody was asking last week when rumors surfaced that an acquisition was under-way. It makes perfect sense. FeedBurner is known as RSS Management service that many, many sites use, as well as an advertising service that’s held its own.

May 23rd, 2007
Rumor Confirmed: Google to buy FeedBurner

Box.net Releases Microsoft Office Plug-in for Easy Uploading

Box.net is an extremely popular file storage site that offers 1GB of storage for free, and some Web services like Netvibes even have modules to make accessing your files super easy.

May 23rd, 2007
Box.net Releases Microsoft Office Plug-in for Easy Uploading

DiggReSS Does What Digg’s RSS Feed Should Do

One of my biggest pet-peeves with Digg’s RSS feed is that they do not include a link to the original source. You have to click on the link to the news item on Digg, and then from Digg, click to view the original article. This problem has been solved for me with the use of DiggRess – an alternative RSS feed for Digg.

May 23rd, 2007
DiggReSS Does What Digg’s RSS Feed Should Do

Technorati Admitting Defeat to Google Blog Search?

Technorati is best known as a blog search engine– they track blogs. And while Technorati was really useful for a lot of people at one point, I don’t think they’re doing so well. I think many of their troubles started after Google Blog Search stepped on their turf.

May 23rd, 2007
Technorati Admitting Defeat to Google Blog Search?

Gmail Leads the Way with 20MB Gmail Attachment Sizes

Google has always been fairly lenient when it comes to attaching large files which was nice. Before they had a 10MB limit, but some people had said that Google would allow up to 15MB worth of attachments which was pretty cool. On May 15th they officially bumped the maximum attachment size up to 20MB!

May 23rd, 2007
Gmail Leads the Way with 20MB Gmail Attachment Sizes

CyberNotes: Placing the Tab-Bar on the Side in Firefox and Opera

I’m one of those people who doesn’t know what they would do if their Web browser didn’t have tabs. The problem is that I am a tabaholic and always seem to have 20+ Tabs open at any one given time.

May 23rd, 2007
CyberNotes: Placing the Tab-Bar on the Side in Firefox and Opera