Transparent Desktops- The Best Wallpapers Ever !?
Do you want one?
This is awesome. really looks great, its something you can use to make your friends go “wow”.Well i think there is a camera at the back of the laptop screen. Love to know how its doneTake a photo behind the screen and set it as…
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Twitter is getting more popular, every glitch in the service is now felt more acutely. Going without Twitter for many people is even harder than going without email, and so outages lead to complaints. Complaints p
This is very simple, and of course it does not scale. As the tables grow, even if everything is indexed, doing all the look ups via this set of tables can not work. What kills this solution is that all information of all users is sitting in these…
Powerset is a Silicon Valley company building a transformative consumer search engine based on natural language processing.
Powerset finds articles related to the meaning of your query. And sometimes even direct answers.
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According to information posted on Microsofts Windows XP message board, hundreds of users are complaining that the update is wreaking havoc on their PCs.
The problems range from spontaneous reboots to outright system crashes.
It’s not uncommon for major operating system updates to cause problems especially Windows Service Pack which has a past history. Typically, the glitches are due to conflicts with software, such as drivers, system files, or applications…
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The House of Representatives has passed the Pro-IP Act, which aims to impose stricter penalties for copyright infringement. It would also create a new copyright czar in the executive branch.
MPAA chairman Dan Glickman applauded the House for passing the bill and expresses hope that it will move just as quickly through the Senate. "We applaud the members of the House of Representatives for passing the PRO-IP Act, H.R….
A day after a U.S. judge dinged TorrentSpy with one of the largest fines in copyright history, the lawyer for the torrent-tracking search engine said Thursday the $111 million judgment won't get paid.
But how much does Hollywood owe Torrentspy for increased DVD sales - due to the try before you buy mentality of the US consumer? . In the US, BRAND SPANKING NEW DVDs cost $19 on average. A sandwich, chips and a drink costs about that at most…
What seemed like a vague industry possibility just a few months ago now seems like an inevitable certainty. Multiple carriers in North America are now either employing or considering monthly caps where users pay per gigabyte should they “over eat.”
Why Not Just Make Gluttons Pay For a Business-Class Tier?
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A fantastic guide to Search Engine Optimization for Web Designers, providing good rules to follow when designing and building websites, including advice page titles, content, links and how search engines work.
One good example of bad Title Tag use would be the default WordPress theme. In case you didn’t know, the title tag of the default WordPress theme isnt that useful: Site Name > Blog Archive > Post Title. Why isnt this…
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You can't go backwards or forwards with SP3, truly 'screwed' down.
The inability to downgrade to IE6 after installing XP SP3 was by design, said Maliouta, because the service pack includes newer versions of the old browser's files. If Microsoft had allowed users to revert back to the pre-SP3 version of…
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According to our anonymous tipster, .Mac will undergo a complete revamp that will coincide with the iPhone 2.0 launch (which everyone expect to occur at WWDC 08).
Taken from the transcript of the interview with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs at the D5 conference on May 30, 2007.Walt Mossberg (addressing Steve Jobs): You obviously have a very large Internet business with iTunes and you sell a lot of stuff…
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The US State Department has lost over 1000 laptops according to an audit report. Some of the laptops contain high security data.
Nita M. Lowey, a representative on the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees State Department operations, told Congressional Quarterly that she is concerned? about the security revelations.
Nita M. Lowey, a representative on the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees State Department operations, told Congressional Quarterly that she is “concerned” about the security revelations.
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Wall Street Journal has reported that Microsoft and Facebook are in talks with each other over possible merger.
A Microsoft source claimed that its financial team is in contact with Facebooks team to see if they are willing to sell or not. The talk is in early stage and no time frame could be given for the deal.
A Microsoft source claimed that its financial team is in contact with Facebook’s team to see if they are willing to sell or not. The talk is in early stage and no time frame could be given for the deal.
Earlier this this year, we commented on the infamous Steve Jobs quote “…the fact is people don't read anymore,” arguing that, people do read, they just prefer to do it online. However, in this transition from page to screen, a question has risen: are people really reading online content or just scanning page? Apparently, it's the latter.
I typically scan all my unread subject lines throughout the day. If something looks interesting, I start reading - if it looks like I can get the gist of it in a couple of minutes or less, I go ahead and read (or skim it now). If it…
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After the police and the experts gave up .. MySpace to the rescue! Better than if MacGyver and Agatha Christie had a baby.
Long story short: woman goes missing, family distraught. Police and large, helpful internet community versed in finding missing persons have no luck, other than indications that she has left the state. And then .. someone suggests MySpace. [Cue…
