Archive for June, 2005

new msn browser to include rss

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

 

New MSN Browser Reportedly Will Include Expanded RSS Features

MICROSOFT IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE today at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle its new support for RSS in its new browser architecture. Dave Winer, an RSS developer who also writes the Weblog ReallySimpleSyndication.com, posted in a Thursday blog entry that MSN will likely demonstrate a deeply […]

FireTune for Mozilla Firefox

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

FireTune for Mozilla Firefox v1.x was developed for an easy and fast optimization of your browsing experience with Firefox. It is based on a collection of optimization settings collected and tested by Tweakfactor. Usually you have to optimize Firefox manually, which can be time consuming and difficult for the novice user. FireTune helps you here […]

Microsoft AntiSpyware (beta)

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

AntiSpyware (beta) Build 613 Released Today
Just a few minutes ago, we released the latest build of Windows Antispyware to the public. This build will resolve issues which will make using this product better for users. Starting today, users will start to see the automatic update mechanism fire off and advise users know they have a new […]

Mind mapping

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

I have been using mind manager for a couple of weeks now and I must say that I am very impressed. The visual data representation is a huge leap in the right direction for software applications. For some time now I have been frustrated that most of the visual enhancement in computing has been in […]

browsing tips and tricks

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Some nice tips and tricks for browsing more efficiently. Thanks to Lifehacker for the link.

tips towards faster web browsing

OK, so some friends and family have been asking me how I keep up with so much stuff online and still get anything done.
(I do get things done by the way.)
So I would like to offer…Jason’s […]

TreoCentral interview with Rob Haitani

Friday, June 24th, 2005

TreoCentral interview with Rob Haitani, Product Design Architect for the Treo
Rob Haitani is a Product Design Architect for PalmOne. He joined Palm in 1993, where he was product manager for the original Pilot and designed the UI for the Palm OS. He managed the product group responsible for the Palm III and Palm V. Rob […]

neoOffice

Friday, June 24th, 2005

One for the Macintosh users out there.. I had breakfast with one of these rare breed today – nice sexy looking computer… Here is a new office contender for your Macintosh.
NeoOffice/J is a fully-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and drawing programs) for Mac OS X. Based on the OpenOffice.org office […]

Civ4 Preview at Next Level Gaming

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

 Civ4 Preview at Next Level Gaming
A few days ago Next Level Gaming posted a preview of Civilization IV based on what they saw in person at last month’s E3. Here is a summary of the new info:

You can adjust the amount of information that is displayed on the map, including things such as city names […]

how one user puts onenote to work

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

How One User Puts OneNote to Work

Here’s a brief description of what I’m using OneNote for. I’ll break it down into two sections, because I use my official work copy on my desktop at work, and my free “thanks for beta testing and attending the rollout event” copy on my personal laptop.

Process explorer

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

Windows Task Manager tells you what applications and processes are running, but some process names aren’t very clear to the casual reader. Process Explorer helps you get to the bottom of things by digging down to see which application started a process and which resources that app is currently using. This excavation can be a […]