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Get Ready for IE8 Public Beta

By admin • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: IT, Software

A post on Nick MacKechnie’s blog reminds us that the public beta of IE8 is just around the corner - third quarter of 2008 to be exact. When this happens, there will be tons of new users trying out the browser for the first time. Thanks to popular demand, IE8 switches on the standards-compliant mode […]



"Aces of the Galaxy" and "Roogoo" coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade tomorrow

By admin • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: IT, Software

Retro arcade space shooter “Aces of the Galaxy,” and enjoy a new type of action-puzzler, “Roogoo,” both launching on Xbox LIVE® Arcade this Wednesday 4th June, 2008 at 09.00.
Enjoy the frantic action of “Aces of the Galaxy,” an old fashioned arcade adrenaline-pumping shoot-em-up that allows players to save the Universe from the wicked Skurgian Empire. Players […]



Creating virtual databases

By admin • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: IT, Software

I took a trip to the GNWC in Vancouver last week and had an opportunity to spend some time chatting with a few of the students in the masters program about this cutting edge idea.  Instead of looking at data through an excel sheet or table, they have created a virtual ocean using a game […]



A New NetFront Browser for Windows Mobile?

By admin • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: IT, Software

There was a time when a browser called NetFront was one of the popular alternate browsers for Windows Mobile and Pocket PC devices. Since then, the alternate browser from Opera has gained in popularity to take over NetFront’s place. But now it seems that NetFront is trying to get back in the action. Just recently, […]



Determine The Shortest Path Between Two Wikipedia Articles

By admin • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: IT, Software

The shortest path between two Wikipedia articles is defined as the minimum number of clicks required to move from one article to another. This can be used to discover connections between topics that are completely unrelated.

For instance, if you are on the Wikipedia page of Microsoft, it would require just two clicks for you to […]



Can You Depend on Online Storage Services That Are Free ?

By admin • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: IT, Software

When DivShare launched in 2007, they offered unlimited storage space and would accept files as large as 200 MB. You could even hotlink to images hosted on Divshare from your own blog / website and thus save bandwidth bills.

A year later, DivShare announced that files hosted on DivShare servers will be inaccessible to visitors […]



Desktop Blogging Clients for Linux

By admin • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: IT, Software

Paval is looking for a desktop based offline blog editing software for Linux (Ubuntu) – something on the lines of Windows Live Writer. Here are some suggestions from the extremely helpful Twitter community:

1. Scribefire – A hugely popular Firefox extension for blogging that lets you blog from the comfort of your browser. Supports […]



Sweet! Bouncing Google Earth Plugin Animation with Controls

By admin • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: IT, Software

It’s been a few months since James Stafford has treated us with one of his innovative creations for Google Earth. But, the Google Earth API was too cool for him to resist. He has taken one of his old ideas of a bouncing Earth animation, and used the API to create something similar […]



Look Around with Google Panoramio

By admin • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: IT, Software

In a move sure to draw comparisons with Microsoft’s Photosynth, Google has released a new feature to Panoramio letting you “Look Around” at popular locations around the world. Panoramio is a photo uploading site which uniquely requires all photos to be geotagged when they are uploaded. There are over 5 million photos from […]



Adobe Acrobat.com Is Good But There Are Many Limitations

By admin • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: IT, Software

The world is so excited about the launch of acrobat.com - a web based suite with a word processor, a screen sharing application, a PDF converter and online file hosting.

Like everything else from Adobe, it is a real pleasure working with every single component of Acrobat online. The interface is very well designed, the various […]