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New Zunes - First Impression 2007-11-18 02:52:48 Microsoft has done it again - it came out with a quick-and-dirty product and then followed up with a better version. The new Zune portable media player models that debuted this week look better, have better wireless features and share songs in a more useful way than last year’s moderately successful model.
Still, Apple doesn’t need to worry about losing its dominance in music players. The newest iPods and the iPhone have better features than the new Zune models. Version 2.0 serves the purpose of filling Microsoft’s product line and giving the Zune its own unique identity. But it still will be years before Microsoft can be a threat to Apple.
One step at a time, the Microsoft folks say. Last time, Microsoft outsourced a lot of work. This time, it handled the design internally with more forethought; that is evident in such improved features as a navigation wheel that spins like a bicycle wheel, said Jason Reindorp, director of Zune. The company has revamped its music We Read more:Zunes
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Vista Service Pack 1 Due Date Issued 2007-11-26 03:18:30 According to one of the articles on ZD Net, the long awaited Windows VistaService
Pack 1 is set to be launched on the 16th of July next year 2008. Although, it would still be in Beta stage, the final version would be coming out in November with all those new and improved features that people hate Vista for.
It still is quite a long time ahead but lets the good thing is there better later then never.
Source: ZDNet
Download Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta 2007-12-17 03:51:09 On November 27, Microsoft invited only 5,000 testers to try out Windows
Live Messenger
version 9.0 in beta which will eventually replace Windows Live Messenger
8.5. But if you aren’t one of those few thousand people Microsoft sent a download link to, you can still download the installer since the WLM 9.0 beta download link has already been leaked.
So what’s new in Windows Live Messenger 9.0 beta ? Before you go and download it, here are a few of the new features to keep your eye out for:
Sign in to multiple locations at the same time (on more than one computer)
Use an animated display picture (GIF) - they have two already available, but you can browse for your own.
Create your own custom signature sound (this is what others will hear when you sign-in)
Put a html link in your personal status message.
Download
Links :
Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta Mirror-1
Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta Mirror-2 (Mediafire)
Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta Mirror-3
Windows Live Messeng Read more:Download Windows
Crystal Island - World’s Biggest Building 2008-01-04 02:56:10 Moscow’s rapidly growing skyline will soon feature an eye-popping new addition: CrystalIsland
, which will be the world’s biggest building when completed. Sir Norman Foster’s mountainous 27 million square feet spiraling “city within a building” will cost $4 billion and it is scheduled to be built within next 5 years.
The Crystal Island will be Lord [...] Read more:World
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Flash based solid-state drives 2008-01-01 19:56:27 Beginning early next year, new flash-based solid-state drives will start going into production for use in Toshiba Laptops and other computer rental equipment. This new state of the art technology will use NAND flash memory in the new hard drives as opposed to todays conventional rotating magnetic disk. This new solid-state drive is even said [...] Read more:Flash
Calculations made easy with Google search 2008-01-01 10:10:11 If you use browser Firefox, you should have noticed the Google
search box. You can use it to make calculations.
To use Google’s built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you’d like done into the search box and the answer appears in the drop down menu of suggested search options (sometimes you have to add and [...]
40 Things that only happen in movies 2007-12-30 22:24:04 Did you ever notice that certain things only happen in the movies
, but never happen in real life? For example:
It is always possible to find a parking spot directly outside or opposite the building you are visiting.
When paying for a taxi, don’t look at your wallet as you take out a note. Just grab [...]
Top 15 Signs your are addicted to Digg 2007-12-30 21:11:46 1) Digg
is the first place you visit online. Bonus points if it’s your homepage.
2) You check Digg more than once a day because you’re scared you’re going to miss out on a great story if you leave it until tomorrow to check again.
3) You visit Digg so much that the newest story is STILL [...]
Auto Volume control for iPod 2007-12-30 21:06:46 Apple is developing a volume control device for its iPod
s that would automatically calculate how long a person has been listening and at what volume, before gradually reducing the sound level, all in an effort to protect users’ hearing, according to the London-based Daily Mail.
Citing a new patent application, the report–to which Apple declined [...] Read more:Volume
Flightgear 1.0.0 Released (Free Game) 2007-12-30 20:57:45 After more than 11 years of development, Flightgear 1.0 has arrived.
Flightgear can be played on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, as well as other platforms including FreeBSD, Solaris, and IRIX. Distributed under the GPL, Flightgear is one of the first major Free Software games and has become a flight simulator that rivals it’s commercial counterparts. [...]
Windows 7 coming out in 2010 2008-04-06 00:26:08 Engadget is reporting that Microsoft has officially confirmed the launch of Windows
7 to take place somewhere in the year 2010. While we already know that the launch of Windows 7 was expected to be somewhere in the mid of 2009-2012, the recent confirmation by Microsoft does not seem to be wise.
It will take at [...]
Microsoft Surface hitting markets soon! 2008-04-05 23:52:36 Almost exactly an year ago Microsoft
introduced the Microsoft Surface which is a big-ass gadget that intends to bring the concept of surface computing to the masses.
This new technology was highly praised by users all around the world as it was innovative but was soon buried for not being cost-effective and was indeed too big [...]
Gmail Custom Time 2008-04-07 04:02:01 So here is an interesting new Gmail
feature called Gmail Custom Time. You can now send mails by selecting “Set custom time” from the Compose view. Any email you send to the past appears in the proper chronological order in your recipient’s inbox. You can opt for it to show up read or unread by [...]
Amazing Human Body Facts 2008-04-13 03:07:40 The human body is a machine that is full of wonder. This collection of human body facts will leave you wondering why in the heck we were designed the way we were.
Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.
The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male [...] Read more:Amazing
Questions to ask Yourself and Friends 2008-04-13 03:00:49 Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?
Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check [...] Read more:Yourself
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