Microsoft is getting on the the Web 2.0 Bandwagon slowly. They recently announced the Windows Live Folders and Windows Live Photo Gallery, both of which are in Closed Beta. I just realized that I was part of the Windows Live Folders Beta tester. I gave it a test run. The Live Folders is nothing ground breaking, its simple and easy to use.
When you first login you are presented with a ...
Lets face it Google has a good standing in the geek community. People rarely go after Google. I find it very Ironic that people hold double standards when it comes to Apple Vs Microsoft Vs Google. I like to look at them with a neutral eye. First Google got some really bad PR for ranking the lowest when it comes to piracy. Matt Cutts tryied to defend Google by pointing ...
Google Redesigned their online Docs And SpreadSheets Applications it looks really neat and organized. Here's what's new: Looking pretty - The entire document list has been given a complete visual overhaul - new icons, more content, and better organizational controls. We know users spend a lot of time here and we aim to make it feel more like home. Getting organized - Almost from the day we ...
If you are a Microsoft fan or would simply like to visit Redmond and take a look around, here's a quick way to get them to fly you to Redmond for free and give you the red carpet treatment. GET A ZUNE TATTOO. Yes its that simple, I am what the heck its just a Tattoo and its only permanent. Apparently the guy who got the Zune Tattoo got a ...
I came across a few more great looking Wordpress themes. This time the focus is on themes that provide the best customizable options in the Presentation area of WordPress theme without the need to edit the theme PHP template files. These Wordpress themes also provide multiple styles and variations of the theme colors and styling, which can be changed with the click of a button.
JS Theme 2.0 PolarBear Wordpress Theme
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Wordpress 2.2.1 Release Candidate is currently available for download. Wordpress 2.2 has a few bugs and security issues. Give 2.2.1 Release Candidate a test drive and help the WordPress developers release a more stable WordPress. There is a new feature in WordPress 2.3 Called Pending Review. This feature adds a “Submit for Review” Button for people logged in as Contributors on a WordPress Blog. This has been done to ...
The guys at daz3d are giving Bryce 5.5 for free, without any licensing or restrictions. Quick download it before the offer ends. If you have any friends who are interested in 3d modeling, let them know. They have released both Windows and Apple versions. Grab it from Download.com Source: Download Squad
Google has started an Official YouTube Channel on YouTube. Also YouTube has officially launched YouTube Remixer, a new service that allows users to edit their videos from within YouTube itself. The Remixer is powered by Adobe Premiere Express and supports insertion of graphics, text and audio as well as overlays and in-video transitions. Causal YouTube users will love it.
Source: Techcrunch
Bas just released Plotr 0.2.0 an OpenSource JavaScript Charting Library. With some signification improvements.
Shadow drawing.
Real line charts.
Adding a legend.
Better usage of PrototypeJS.
Here's an Idea I had, there is already a really cool Wordpress Plugin that lets you view your Google Analytics Statistics in your Wordpress dashboard called Wordpress Reports. While the Wordpress Report Plugin is great I don't like the charts it generates. I wish it had the option ...
One of the reasons why I don't have a FeedBurner Chicklet on my blog even though I have over 200+ RSS readers is that I never like the way its been designed and it looks a bit awkward when I put it on my sidebar. I been trying to find a way to make a customized FeedBurner Chicklet using the FeedBurner Awareness API. The FeedBurner API is a way by ...
The Wordpress Plugin Competition is in full swing. I found an interesting Plugin by OZ called Who Sees Ads.
The Plugin Aims to do the following things.
don’t serve ads to your fans (returning readers)
serve ads to people coming for the first time
serve ads to people coming from a search engine result page
serve ads on old posts, turn them off in fresh content
While I think its great that people can make ...
A while back I had Reviewed the Better Comments Manager Wordpress Plugin. I was impressed with it and had always felt that replying to comments on Wordpress was very cumbersome. I sincerely believe that this plugin should be in the Wordpress core by default. I had suggested to Keith the author of the Plugin to make use of Ajax when replying to comments in the comment manager dashboard. He took ...
Most people would say what's the big deal with Apple Releasing their Safari Browser For Windows when there are hundreds of other browsers out there. But this is exciting news for all web developers and Web Designers out there, for people developing Cross Browser Websites built on Web Standards. Now it has becomes even more easier to develop Websites for Mac users without having to own an expensive Mac.
Not only ...
The Microsoft has claimed a number of times that there won't be a Service Pack for Windows Vista. But we have seen evidence of it again and again. In the latest goof up at Redmond they published a beta version of Service pack 1 for Vista on Microsoft's Official download site. Long Zheng was the first to find this. I personally don't understand why Microsoft wants to keep it such ...
Microsoft is running a Windows Live Spaces Contest there are prizes to be won daily. All you need to do is post some pictures on your live space account and enter them into the contest. There are Prizes to be won daily, weekly and monthly.
The daily prize is a Digital Framez digital photo frame, estimated value $109. 48 will be given out. The weekly prize is a Canon Powershot SD800 ...