May 11, 2009

Mashable! The challenge with most comparison shopping tools is that they’re not all that convenient to use. Typically you have to revise your normal browsing behaviors to ascertain which products are better buys and where the best deals are. That process can be long and tedious.Snipi, which just launched today, has a pretty impressiv (Read More)

May 12, 2009

Ars Technica When your hobby is baiting 419 scammers (also known as Nigerian scammers or advance-fee fraudsters), a death threat isn't cause for concern—it's a trophy worth bragging about to your friends. Scam baiters are the vigilante enforcers who come together to waste hours, weeks, or months of 419 scammers' lives for (Read More)

May 12, 2009

Lifehacker Firefox users no longer have to register with Mozilla to install an experimental Firefox extension; now it's just one click. So here's some low-hassle ways to get cleaner reading, new tab features, and other goodies. Note: Despite the one-click registration process, these Firefox extensions are still unapproved by Firefox's (Read More)

May 12, 2009

ReadWriteWeb CoScripter is a Firefox plug-in created by IBM Research, with the aim of automating web processes. CoScripter is described as a "system for recording, automating, and sharing processes performed in a web browser such as printing photos online, requesting a vacation hold for postal mail, or checking flight arrival times." In (Read More)

May 12, 2009

Lifehacker If you live and breathe Microsoft Office for your job, you might be interested in signing up for Microsoft's Office 2010 Technical Preview. Microsoft is planning to release the preview at the beginning of July, but unlike Windows 7 Beta and RC, the Office 2010 Technical Preview is by invitation only. Hit up the link below i (Read More)

May 12, 2009

ReadWriteWeb Earlier today we wrote about the new version of the Times Reader desktop app, notable for swapping from Microsoft's Silverlight technology to Adobe's AIR platform - a significant win for Adobe over its RIA (Rich Internet Apps) rival. The New York Times has followed up with another new for people to read its news online. Thi (Read More)

May 13, 2009

Lifehacker The Google improvements we saw unofficially opened to some users about two months ago have gone official, letting searchers see timelines and "Wonder Wheels," filter for recent results, and seek out forums and reviews. Google's honchos unveiled the new "Search Options" at a Searchology event, one that coincides with the two (Read More)

May 13, 2009

Techmeme Firehose Scott M. Fulton, III / BetaNews:Windows 7 gives Firefox 3, IE8 speed boosts, while Firefox 3.5 slows down  —  In preliminary Betanews tests Tuesday comparing the relative speeds of major Web browsers in Windows Vista- and Windows 7-based virtual machines, not only did the general performance of Microsoft Internet Explorer (Read More)

May 12, 2009

Techmeme Firehose Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch: What Is Google Squared?  It Is How Google Will Crush Wolfram Alpha (Exclusive Video)  —  One of the next frontiers of search is taking all of the unstructured data spread helter-skelter across the Web and treat it like it is sitting in a nice, structured database. (Read More)

Apr 29, 2009

TechCrunch Last week, Microsoft officially opened up PubCenter to the masses, allowing anyone to sign up for the ad program. We’ve written about how Microsoft’s PubCenter, a self serve thirty party ad publishers platform through AdCenter, was doing well with private beta testers over the past year, with PubCenter paying significantly (Read More)

Jan 17, 2009

CIO Today The Windows 7 beta is drawing praise even from Intel, which was critical of Windows Vista. Developer Doug Holland praised the ability to burn ISO images without third-party software. Antivirus vendors are offering compatible applications, and an analyst called the Windows 7 beta a general release, with 2.5 million downloads (Read More)

Jan 13, 2009

Buy Sell Web Domains Templates Turnkey Websites Premium Websites Web Content Coupon Codes Jobs Advertising Free More and more applications these days are migrating to the Web. Without platform constraints or installation requirements, the software-as-a-service model looks very attractive. Web application interface design is, at its core, Web design; however, its focus is mainly on function. To compete with desktop applications, Web a (Read More)

Jan 13, 2009

louisgray.com By Phil Glockner of Scribkin (FriendFeed/Twitter)The Palm Pre has surprisingly gotten the gadget industry abuzz after being announced at CES this year, after the company had largely been given up for dead after seeing its leadership decimated. And they are working to ensure the buzz doesn't end up being a one week blip. App (Read More)

Dec 31, 2008

ReadWriteWeb According to some rumors today, Apple might be working on an online version of its iWork productivity suite. 9to5Mac reports that they have received information about this from credible sources, though as with all Apple rumors around this time of year, it is hard to discern truth from wishful thinking. However, given that o (Read More)

Jan 01, 2009

Submitted by Kevinwhalen: "Google is now urging Gmail users to drop Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) in favor of Firefox or Chrome. Google recently removed Firefox from the Google Pack bundle, replaced it with Chrome, then added a direct download link for Chrome on Google and YouTube. Google's decision to list IE6 as an unsupported Gmail browser does not a (Read More)

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