Geode Tells Firefox Where You Are, What's Nearby, written 10 hours ago, As we mentioned this morning, Mozilla has officially launched Geode, an experimental version of the location-aware tools that will become part of future Firefox releases. Geode and future versions of Firefox will support the new...

Become a multimedia pro with the Vector Linux Multimedia Bonus Disc, written 11 hours ago, Many audio, video, and graphics professionals would like to make the switch to Linux, but don't want to deal with the hassle of figuring out multimedia on Linux or are scared off by the purported lack of such ...

Quick crops and image resizing, written 7 hours ago, IrfanView packs some mighty editing features in its tiny download.(Credit: CNET Networks) For making color corrections, printing, managing photo albums, or any of 100 other routine image-editing tasks associated with digital photography, commercia...

A Not-So-Proud Moment for eBay, written 34 minutes ago, I wonder how eBay's PR department viewed the opening moments of Tuesday night's presidential debate? On the one hand, when asked to name a potential replacement to Henry Poulson, Republican senator John McCain named Meg Whitman, the former chie...

Adobe offers Elements with Photoshop.com promo, written 1 day ago, Photoshop Elements 7 prominently promotes Adobe's Photoshop.com online service. Adobe Systems has begun shipping its enthusiast-oriented Photoshop Elements 7 image-editing software and Premiere Elements 7 video-editing software--and ...

Jason's Favorite Windows apps: MindManager, written 9 hours ago, Filed under: Business, Windows, Office, Productivity, Commercial MindJet's MindManager is a mind mapping tool that is built to both mimic Microsoft Office applications, and integrate comfortably with them. Mind mapping, for the uniniti...

Microsoft sigue prolongando la vida del Windows XP, written 13 hours ago, Con una linea argumental de 'risa', Microsoft seguirá prolongando la vida de su Windows XP, por unos 6 meses más!.. Desde que un grupo de defensores del XP organisó una recoleccion de firmas para extender la vida del Window...

Stack Overflow Podcast #24, written 6 days ago, The whole Stack Overflow team got together in person at Fog Creek's shiny new office in New York City for a roundtable discussion about the future of StackOverflow.com, which is up as this week's podcast. Shanah Tovah u-Metuka! Not loving your job? Vis...

Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has been released, written 11 hours ago, We have released the final version of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 (KB952580) The update is live at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B492ED2-EA92-412F-A852-3AA1C58D9499&...

30 September 2008 - Apache Xerces-C++ 3.0.0 released, written 1 week ago, We, Apache Xerces Project team membmers, are pleased to announce the release of Xerces-C++ 3.0.0. This version is interface-incompatible with Xerces-C++ 2.8.0 and contains a large number of improvements, bug fixes, and clean-u...

Compiz Killed My Video Card, written 13 hours ago, Having recently installed a new version of Linux I thought I'd see how progress on Compiz, the compositing window manager, was going. I tried it first on a system with an ATI video card and was met with a wonderful blank screen. Since I really didn'...

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Yahoo has high hopes for calendar makeover, written 3 hours ago, Different colors represent entries from different calendars. (Click to enlarge.)(Credit: Yahoo) Yahoo plans to begin a beta test of a major overhaul of its online calendar Wednesday, a redesign that brings new advertising and social-ne...

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Bonjour amis! Box.net now localized in French, written 1 day ago, We're happy to announce to all our French-speaking friends throughout the world that they can now enjoy Box.net, the simplest, most secure way to store, share and collaborate on files online, using our localized version of Box.net in ...

Cool Websites and Tools (edition #183), written 5 hours ago, Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory. Want to submit your...

Resolume Avenue 3 Beta Released: Get Your Cross Platform Audiovisual Software On!, written 4 days ago, Since its official announcement in July, Resolume 3 has been causing excitement with its cross-platform, beatmatched, AV, VST-compatible next-level-ishness. Peter and I have had a great time playin...

How to resume an accidentally removed/missing transfer in Opera?, written 20 hours ago, This tip will help you to resume a download (especially large size) in the following cases. Accidentally removed transfer from the transfers tab. Closed Opera with an intention to resume download next day but tra...

Chicken, egg and mobile open source, written 11 hours ago, Mobile systems are not like server or client systems. The softare needs cooperation to work. The handset maker must load it, or allow it to be loaded. The network must, in most cases, approve the application.

The Future of Programming Languages, written 17 hours ago, I just found this great video on the future of programming languages by Anders Hejlsberg, who was the lead architect of the C# programming language. Its definitely an interesting presentation to watch to get a perspective on where things are...