First, there was Twitter. This time, it’s Microsoft Photosynth. It turns out, the lab techs on CSI New York are using Photosynth to re-create a virtual 3D of a crime scene. Got a copy of the segments uploaded here.
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This has been out there in the wild for some time now but it’s just now that the official release of Windows XP SP3 is available.
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Can’t believe it either but an Internet Security Threat Report by Symantec puts Firefox at the top of the list for the most insecure browser in 2007. See comparative charts after the jump.
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Adobe Labs has just released a new competing media player for online and offline videos. Adobe Media Player 1.0 is being positioned as a direct competitor to MS Windows Media Player, Apple iTunes and RealNetworks’ RealPlayer. Will it make a dent in the already saturated media player market?
One of my very first and favorite destination for torrents has been TorrentSpy. A couple days ago, the service has finally shut down after years of court battle.
First time I heard of the new web-based Adobe Photo Express, I couldn’t quite figure if it were really a photo gallery trying to compete with Flickr or just an trimmed down Photoshop version for the web. Looks like it’s both.
Oftentimes, we look at things on many different ways and our reactions sometimes depend on who commits the act and not if the act is inherently malicious.
So I had my Asus Eee PC migrated to Windows XP by a friend the other night so I can include some of my favorite Win tools in it.
Paypal’s Chief Information Security Officer recommends everyone who has a Paypal account to avoid using Apple’s Safari browser. Apparently, Safari is still way behind in security features compared to Internet Explorer and Firefox.
Recent news of the Google Toolbar hijacking 404 pages got me a bit curious. Are people still using toolbars until now? I guess the obvious answer is yes.
There are many ways to speed up the load time of your blog. The most popular ones are the WP-Cache and the SuperCache which were created to help your site survive a Digg or Slashdot.
I used to be a gambling addict when I was a kid. I learned playing Pusoy when I was 7. Played professional mah jhong at 12. So when indie Pinoy game developer Rico Zuniga sent me a tip about this local game he developed, I spent over 3 hours playing tong-its.
By February 1, 2008, Netscape Navigator, once the most popular browser in the entire intarwebs will be finally put to rest by AOL. A humbling experience. Teaches us that even good things must come to an end. Share with us your first or most memorable experience with Netscape so we can all bury the same memory in a virtual time capsule.
IE, Safari, Flock, Firefox, Opera, Maxthon. With so much competition raging amongst web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer still retains the lion’s share of the pie. Here are several reasons why.
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Mozilla says it is now working on Firefox for the mobile platform, and I say it’s about time! We’ll just have to wait for it by 2009.
Prevention is the best protection. It goes without saying that where ever you go, bring some protection with you.
Two new desktop softwares developed via Adobe Air got me interested lately. Check out Google Analytics Air and Air Press below.
In the early days, people loved to display a huge block of yellow-over-black hit counter on their website. Up until today, some still do that to show visitors how many hundreds of thousands of visits their site got. Others, just love to use them cute chicklets. For most bloggers, that chicklet has been replaced by the Google/Feedburner subscriber counter button.
For those who still use and display hit counters, did you read the fine print?














