Firefox 2.0 is slowly but surely coming to fruition, and a Beta 1 candidate has turned up this week, downloaded already by many many eager Firefox users. Among some of the new fatures in the Firefox 2.0 Beta are a…
10 Things to Do With Old PCs
Do you have an old computer or two or three lying around? Sure, every geek has an old machine that they might not use anymore or that they’ve upgraded from but aren’t quite ready to throw away yet, but if…
Seven of Microsoft’s Hits and Misses
(image courtesy of CNet) CNet finishes off the short work week with a fun little profile of seven Microsoft products that have been both wild successes or dismal flops. From the XBox 360 (definitely a hit) to the MSN WebTV…
The Plot to Hijack Your Computer
Businessweek, of all places, has an excellent expose of spam and spyware king company Direct Revenue, which was one of the pioneering companies to design software that would monitor what you do on your computer and where you go on…
Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3
Looks like Microsoft is on the public beta bandwagon with everyone else. They’ve released a fresh beta of the upcoming Internet Explorer 7 that will be bundled with Windows Vista when it’s released sometime at the end of this year.…
Microsoft Delays Office 2007 Release; Announces Test Drive
Microsoft giveth, and Microsoft taketh away. Last week Microsoft announced that the shipping date of the upcoming Microsoft Office 2007 suite of productivity applications, including new versions of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, were going to be pushed back…