Have you hear about Bing? It is the new way to search the web from Microsoft. Will it replace Google for searching? Who knows but it is worth a look. So, since tomorrow starts a new month, I propose we change our default search engines to Bing and see how we all get along. The [...]
Sites that I found interesting for May 27th 2009 through May 30th 2009: Windows 7 runs browsers 12-18% faster than on Vista SP2 – via @windows7centeron twitter. Google to launch scripting tool for Docs – Google is to add scripting capabilities to Google Docs, allowing organisations to customise its online applications and automate tasks. House [...]
One cool thing about Twitter is that it automatically creates an RSS feed of your tweets. Sometimes these can be useful to put in other places that take RSS like FriendFeed or elsewhere. However, this can be a bit ‘noisy’ especially to none Twitter users who aren’t used to self-filtering. One of the conventions that [...]
Yesterday I wrote about Hulu Desktop and expressed my wish for it to be integrated into Windows Media Center. Well, less than 24 hours later, enterprising enthusiasts have built a method for doing just that. Mike Garcen of Missing Remote has detailed instructions for the necessary system tweaks that put Hulu Desktop in your Media [...]
Hulu labs has launched Hulu Desktop. Desktop is a new program that lets you sit back from the PC and navigate Hulu via a standard remote control. It is currently available for both Windows and Mac. It would be better if we could just use all the features from with in Vista or Windows 7 [...]
Sites that I found interesting for May 26th 2009 through May 27th 2009: Hide Media Center Start Menu Strips – This handy little app gives you easy access to what menu strips are displayed through a couple of menus. The program supports both Vista and Windows 7, automatically detecting which version suites your current setup. [...]
IGN has some pre-E3 news from Microsoft confirming the expected Zune HD. It looks pretty sweet based on photos on IGN’s site. According to today’s announcement, the Zune HD, which will launch this fall, will feature an operating system based on Windows CE infrastructure, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) touch screen display, high-definition video support [...]
Sites that I found interesting for May 20th 2009 through May 25th 2009: AT&T tips 32GB iPhone 3G through BlackBerry trade-in program – As part of AT&T’s efforts to get the BlackBerry Bold in as many hands as possible, the carrier has posted an as-yet non-existent 32GB iPhone 3G as being worth $355 when traded-in [...]
Sites that I found interesting for May 18th 2009 through May 20th 2009: Windows 7 Virtual WiFi lets you connect to multiple hotspots – VWiFi will allow hardware adapters to act as separate WiFi adapters, thus giving the computer the ability to connect to multiple hotspots simultaneously. One of the most useful things you could [...]
Starting tomorrow, Windows Media Center users who are also Netflix members will gain access to more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes from Netflix directly within Windows Media Center on their PCs. This is really cool. There have been ways to do this in the past but they were a bit of a kludge. Native [...]