Get an Unreleased Nickelback Tune via Internet Explorer 8 Optimized for Live Nation
Following the Browser for the Better campaign and the browser comparison chart, Microsoft is once again trying to entice you, the user, to download it’s latest browser offering, Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). The...

Final Version of VirtualBox 3.0 Released
Sun Microsystems, the company behind VirtualBox, its x86 virtualization product, has announced the release of the final and stable version of VirtualBox 3.0. The open-source, cross-platform visualization software comes...

Useful Web Services for the Moviegoer: RunPee iPhone App Released
From the “useful web services for the moviegoer” section in our filling cabinet we have an interesting update to report about RunPee, the site that informs you when it is safe to leave the movie theatre and rush off to the...

Security Experts Argue over Dropping Password Masking Proposal
We recently reported that the practice of replacing characters with bullets when the user types in his password has a negative impact on the overall user experience and does not provide much in terms of security. The one to argue this point of view is...

Add Your Other Email Accounts to Hotmail
Don’t you find it terribly annoying when you have to sign into multiple services just to check your email? Wouldn’t it be a lot easier if your email client would provide support for multiple email...

Final Version of Skype 4.1 for Windows Released
Even more good news from the Skype camp; the development team behind the popular IM and VoIP client has announced the fact that Skype 4.1 for Windows-powered machines has moved out of Beta and is now available as a final...

The Pirate Bay to Users: You Can Leave if you Want To
Yesterday we announced the fact that popular torrent site and torrent tracker The Pirate Bay would be purchased by Swedish company Global Gaming Factory X (GGF). Following the $8 million (almost) purchase, The Pirate Bay would suffer several...

Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.1 Beta, iPhone Dev Team Quick to Respond
It turns out that the iPhone OS 3.0, even though it comes with a very long list of features, also comes with some bugs and stability issues. Apple plans to resolve these problems with an update...

A Closer Look at Firefox 3.5 Final and What it Has to Offer
The Mozilla Foundation was true to its word and consequently took the browser it developed out of RC (Release Candidate) and released a final and stable version of Firefox 3.5 yesterday, the last day of June. But we already...

Google Launches JavaScript Test Suite Sputnik
The development team behind Chrome, Google’s take on how a web browser should look and feel, has announced the release of a new open-source JavaScript testing and performance suite called Sputnik...

MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update Released by Apple
The firmware releases continue to be rolled out of the Cupertino-based company; this time Apple released an update for MacBook Air computers that should address a compatibility issue between...

Second Wave of Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 Released to Web
Microsoft rolled out Vista SP2 (Service Pack 2) back in May, when the service pack reached RTW (Release to Web) status. The problem is that at the time Vista SP2 came as either a...

Microsoft Posts Windows 7 Guided Tours
The release of the final and stable version of Windows 7 may be a couple of months away (official release date is October 22nd), but Microsoft wants the whole world to be aware of what the...

Google SMS: Taking Google Services to Africa
Google has announced the launch of Google SMS, a suite of mobile apps that aid users in accessing the information they need. As the name so adequately points out, the information these users need will be delivered...

The Pirate Bay Purchase Aftermath: Shut Down Own Torrent Tracker, Stop Hosting Torrents
Earlier today we announced that Swedish torrent site and torrent tracker The Pirate Bay will be purchased for little under $8 million by Global Gaming Factory X. It has now come to light that the purchase will bring some...

Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program Capped by Microsoft
The Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program allows customers that have purchased qualifying versions of Windows Vista to upgrade to Windows 7 for free. If you get Windows Vista Home Premium for example, all you have to do...

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