Archive for November, 2005

rss bandit 1.3.0.38 released

Monday, November 28th, 2005

A new version of RSS bandit has been released. New Features include:

NNTP Newsgroups support: Users can specify a public NNTP server such as news.microsoft.com and subscribe to newsgroups on that server. Users can also respond to newsgroup posts as well as create new posts. Permalinks in a newsgroup post point to the post on Google […]

VLC Media player new version 0.8.4

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Digg reports that VLC Media player has a new version out – version 0.8.4
“This new release features many improvements including a new VLC cone, new Mac OS X wizard and extend controls dialogs, tree playlist skins2 support, HTTP interface CGI handling, linux binary codecs loader, UPnP and Bonjour service discovery, shoutcast stream forwarding, new languages.”
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tips for tweaking itunes

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Download.com have some tips on tweaking iTunes.
“Apple products are well-known for their clean, elegant design, and iTunes might be the single most Apple-like product of the bunch. However, due to Apple’s uncluttered design philosophy, many of iTunes’s features are buried deep within menu items or aren’t even documented. The tips and tricks below are all […]

xbox 360 crashing like made

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

Some reports are appearing that the xbox 360 is crashing like made.
Mmmmm not good.

Back to the news-page

Xbox 360 Crashing Like Mad?

>> Jsgongwon, one of our forum members, reported that his newly bought Xbox 360 keeps crashing while playing Project Gotham Racing 3 in single player mode.He’s playing with the default settings, and apparently […]

how to get podcasts on your xbox360

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

This seems like a useful use of an xbox. I wonder if it works for the older xbox machines. As the older ones are coming down in price so much I am considering whether it would  be worthwhile.
Anyone know of any good strategy games for the xbox?
“As we’ve covered already, he Xbox 360 is […]

timeto

Saturday, November 26th, 2005

High Octane Moron points out a time management program that I wasn’t aware of/…
“TimeTo is Windows software by David Berman that helps you manage appointments, tasks and recurring actions in a unique, powerful way. The power comes from TimeTo’s dynamic scheduling capabalities: based on the attributes you assign to items (earliest start, due date, priority, […]

wikipedia tricks

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

If you love looking up that topic you are debating with your friend on wikipedia or if you simply like reading and contributing to the huge wiki that contains an enormous amount of knowledge then check out this list of wikipedia tricks.

Civ4 game guide

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

GameSpot have published a very comprehensive guide to Civilisation 4. If you are thinking about buying Civ 4 and you are a new player then check this guide out. If you are an experienced Civ player but learning the Civ 4 ropes then you will find the guide helpful too.

The Gamespot Civilization IV game guide […]

Google Web Accelerator

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

New version of Google Web Accelerator is out. Version 0.2.62.80 has been released.
 

Google Web Accelerator is…

 

Designed for Broadband – Web pages load even more quickly on DSL and cable connections

Easy to use – Simply install and enjoy faster web browsing in seconds

(Via Digg)
Check it out here

 

 

 

 

Ray Ozzie

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

Ray Ozzie, the designer of Lotus Notes and Groove and now Microsoft’s lead CTO has started blogging again.
This time he is blogging at msn spaces (which kinda makes sense)
(via Jordon Cooper blog)