To start with, try Googling this and look at the Google logo: ascii art Notice a change? Just a little Easter egg I found.
As many readers of this site probably know, Google today released 100,000 invitations to Google Wave. Due to the social nature of it, those who receive invites are given additional invites to [...]
Microsoft today announced the release of their new anti-virus software. Called Microsoft Security Essentials, it is offered to genuine Windows (i.e. not a stolen copy) users at no cost. Some features include:
Automatic Updates
Full Windows compatibility (nice for soon-to-be former McAfee users like me)
Free
I haven’t tested it myself yet (I didn’t participate in the Beta), but [...]
Microsoft just announced the Windows 7 RTM. This means that they have completed the final build is now complete. All that is left for most is to wait for the General Availability(GA) on October 22, 2009.
So what are your thoughts on Windows 7? Think it will be Vista, round 2 (which was ME, round 2 [...]
Say hello to HTML 5. Today, Mozilla released the newest edition of their browser, Firefox 3.5. While still very similar to Firefox 3.1 , there are a number of additions that are worth mentioning:
HTML 5 support! Although I would never actually use it in a production website yet, as the technology is still too new [...]
Google just recently posted their two keynotes from the Google I/O conference to the web. I watched both of them, and they are excellent. I highly recommend them both. The stuff that they are doing as well as the possibilities for developers that they are demonstrating are simply incredible.
For the non-tech savvy, you will still [...]
Ok, so the beta review wasn’t too kind on some features, but I was also proven wrong on a couple things. You can, in fact, keep sites in Top Sites. Also, Cmd+K actually takes you to the search field in the full release. Couple more comments. This thing is FAST!!! Screaming fast! It does lack [...]
With WWDC, Apple introduced the new iPhone 3G S, updated their notebooks, previewed their new operating system “Snow Leopard,” and released Safari 4.
iPhone 3G S
Apple released an updated iPhone which utilizes the new iPhone 3.0 system. As noted earlier, this phone will have a video-capable camera, faster processor, better battery, and even a built-in compass. They have [...]
It’s tech conference season, and as such there have been lots of new technology announcements over the last few weeks. With Windows 7, Office 2010, Project Natal, Bing, and Google Wave, to name just a few, announced, it’s been an exciting year in the technology world.
This week was no different. This time it was Apple’s [...]
Google recently put out developer releases of their Google Chrome browser for Mac and Linux. Their blog post with links is available here: http://blog.chromium.org/2009/06/danger-mac-and-linux-builds-available.html
The current version has numerous problems with it, but that’s why it’s a developer’s preview. Don’t get it if you want a finished product.
Microsoft just a few minutes ago announced that Windows 7 will it store shelves on October 22, 2009. The RTM will occur during the second half of July. Also, a Windows 7 update program that will be available for some new PCs will be beginning shortly.
After all of the false-alarms (I recently even saw a [...]