Archives for August 1st, 2007

Jjot – Online Note Taking Made Simple

About two-weeks ago a simple site called Jjot launched as an easy way for you to aggregate all of your notes into one simple location. It’s a fast, lightweight, and simple service that doesn’t cost a dime. It’s not packed with a lot of features like the Google Notebook, but did I say it is fast?

August 1st, 2007
Jjot – Online Note Taking Made Simple

A Laser Printer as Harmful as Cigarette Smoking

What isn’t dangerous to our health these days? It seems like the list keeps on getting longer, and now there’s another danger to add to the list: Laser Printers.

August 1st, 2007
A Laser Printer as Harmful as Cigarette Smoking

Twitter, RTM, and Google Calendar with Launchy

Launchy is becoming a well-known application among PC power users. When the latest version launched back in April it included a plugin called Runny which added a whole new aspect to the application. I love that plugin because you can create customized commands for Launchy, such as one for composing an email.

August 1st, 2007
Twitter, RTM, and Google Calendar with Launchy

1st iPhone Vulnerability Discovered Now Patched

The iPhone has been out for over a month now, and on Tuesday we saw Apple release the first security update for it. I’m sure a team of people over at Apple had been working around the clock to push out that update because they were working under pressure.

August 1st, 2007
1st iPhone Vulnerability Discovered Now Patched

Navigating Gigapixel Panoramas with Microsoft HD View

We’ve seen several high-quality images in the past that have been assembled together to form one large image. The latest breakthrough was the 1-trillion pixel image that required a special file format to manage the 143GB file. Other popular ones include Chicago By Night at 1-gigapixel and Machu Picchu at 1.5-gigapixels.

August 1st, 2007
Navigating Gigapixel Panoramas with Microsoft HD View

Google Quickly Becoming the Next Microsoft

Remember back in April when Google announced that they were acquiring DoubleClick, and Microsoft said “not so fast” and protested the move saying it would hurt competition? Then what did Microsoft do? They acquired online advertising firm aQuantitive, and more recently, they announced they were acquiring an advertising exchange firm called AdECN as well.

August 1st, 2007
Google Quickly Becoming the Next Microsoft

CyberNotes: Pie Menu Extension for Firefox (Review)

We talked quite a bit yesterday about how pie menus work, and even gave a short video demonstration of them in action. Today I thought that I would walk you through the most productive and usable pie menu system that I have come across. It is in the form of an extension for Firefox, and it’s received many upgrades from the last time that I mentioned it.

August 1st, 2007
CyberNotes: Pie Menu Extension for Firefox (Review)