I've been meaning to give Digsby a spin ever since the public Beta was released about two weeks ago. It looked like it was a well designed cross-network (and cross-platform) instant messenger, and it offered quite a few features that no other instant messengers have touched on before. And after having used it for only about 30 minutes I think I may have found myself a new messenger.
Today we're taking a look at MSN Encarta, not Encarta Premium which you buy from Microsoft, but the portion of it that's available online for free. While the complete version contains far more information, the ad-supported online version has a wealth of information that's worth taking advantage of.
It's always been interesting to take a look at different web sites from around the world to see not only their written language, but also the difference in looks. Today we thought we'd take a look at homepages around the world for search engines Google, Yahoo, and MSN. When we say a difference in looks, the Japan and Korea Google sites are great examples.
It's Valentine's Day and sites around the web are celebrating. Below you'll find a collection of screenshots that we took from different sites around the web that are celebrating Valentine's Day in some way or another.
Have a hard time keeping up with your favorite RSS feeds? Feed Crier is here to help you. It's a free service that requires no registration, but with it you can get notified of new items in some of your favorite RSS feeds.
This is just an F.Y.I. If you use a version of Windows Live Messenger or MSN Messenger other than the most recent Live Messenger version 8.1 on Windows XP or Vista, you're going to be forced to upgrade within the next few weeks.
It looks like Microsoft is pulling a Google and offering their most popular apps in a unified package. Well, it's not exactly like the Google Pack because Microsoft is only including their own homegrown programs, whereas Google also includes some third-party software (such as Norton and Skype).
Just last week we wrote about a service Yahoo! provides that lets you bring your existing emails, contacts, and calendar from your existing email account. The only problem, as my brother pointed out when using it, is that you could get locked out of your Gmail account temporarily because of the heavy access:
The line of Windows Live services that Microsoft has developed appeared to be catching on. Just as everybody was getting comfortable with the entire Live line like Windows Live Mail over Hotmail, or Windows Live Shopping over MSN Shopping, Microsoft decides they’re reverting back to old names. A week, ago, Microsoft announced that their mail service will officially be named Windows Live Hotmail which took many people by surprise.
MSN Weather maps are now looking a bit more like Vista! Click here to go to the maps. Once you're there, you'll notice an image to the right that says "The Wow starts now." (Pictured to the right) By clicking on that image, the page will be transformed into Weather Maps with a hint of Vista.
