Monthly Archives: February 2006

Google Desktop 3 extreme launched

Hot Features: – Share information with your friend’s right from the Sidebar – Floating panels on your desktop – Play multi-user games (Tic Tac Toe) – View personalized news, photos, and more on your desktop – Find your emails, files, photos, web history, Gmail, and more – Security: Lock Search – Advanced Sear

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Analyst predicts iBooks, touch-screen iPod at event in April

“At the end of his Macworld keynote address in January, Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, noted that the company will celebrate its 30th birthday on April 1, 2006,” analyst Charles Wolf wrote in a research note released to clients on Thursday. “While it’s possible that Jobs’ was simply pointing out the longevity of Apple, we interpret [...]

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World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.9.3

Love is in the Air! Are you looking for love? All of Azeroth soon will be! As winter draws to a close the races are starting to seek that special someone. Be on the lookout for amorous individuals! Put on that special perfume or cologne, express your love, and receive gifts in return! Prepare yourself… [...]

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FireFox 2.0 (Alpha 1) Release Date

Most current activity on the Firefox 2 front is wrapped up in planning, scoping, and assigning tasks. Please see the features list and the planning documents linked therein for more information. Next scheduled release date: February 10, 2006 (Alpha 1). New Bookmark and History System Tabbed browsing UI improvements & defaults Extension Manager enhancements Search [...]

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Apple 1GB iPod Nano

Apple said it has released a 1GB iPod nano which it will sell for $149. It has similar features to the 2GB and 4GB models apart from its capacity.It has also shuffled the iPod Shuffle prices, with 512MB and 1GB machines costing $69 and $99. White and black models of the iPod for the Windows [...]

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Gmail Chat

he NYT is reporting that Google will be blending Google Talk directly into the Gmail website tomorrow for a limited number of users. The new product will be called “Gmail Chat”. The new program, called Gmail Chat, will let Gmail users exchange text messages with others without having to log onto a separate chat program, [...]

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Thirty PS3 Games Available for Preorder

A few days ago, Gamestop put thirty Playstation 3 games on its website for preorder.  Thirty of the titles claim availability on October 1st, 2006, with Metal Gear Solid 4 available December 1, 2006.  Unfortunately, after getting burned on a preorder XBOX 360 preorder, it will be a long time before I preorder something again [...]

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Adobe offers CS2 security patch

Overview: Adobe has been made aware that the file and folder permissions for Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, and Adobe Help Center can permit non-privileged users to change key program files. This condition presents a risk for shared, multi-user systems. Adobe is providing update utilities which correct these access permission issues and prevent manipulation of the [...]

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PSP Universal Remote

I will declare this the 2nd best hack to come out of the PSP. First of which being emulators, of course. Massa84 over at PSP Updates has devised a way to turn the PSP into a universal remote. It does it by emulating lirc and 1800+ remotes supported by lirc. Unfortunately, this hack only with [...]

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Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 Available

For those of you running Firefox 1.5, you can use the browser’s integrated update engine to upgrade to version 1.5.0.1. Here are a list of changes/updates in this release: Improved stability. Improved support for Mac OS X. International Domain Name support for Iceland (.is) is now enabled. Fixes for several memory leaks. Several security enhancements. [...]

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