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November 10, 2006

Windows Vista already has official release date

It will be January 30th, 2007 when the new operative system comes to the consumers hands, after five years of wait.
Joining the also newborn Internet Explorer 7, the new operative system includes improvements as a more powerful search of files system, the new version of Windows Media Player, or major quality graphs.
Though the big Microsoft […]

Filed by Tom at November 10th, 2006 under Windows, Software, Information Technology, Clients, markets, Creativity
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November 2, 2006

Download Windows Media Player 11

Windows Media Player 11 (definitive version), is already available to download. About the characteristics there is no much to say (there’s bookshop and online shop improvement). But what bring my attention are the very fresh and renewed design and the simple but elegant interface, which gives signs of what is going to be the next […]

Filed by Tom at November 2nd, 2006 under General, technology, Internet, Windows, Software, Web Services
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October 24, 2006

Official: Mozilla Firefox 2.0

After several days of rumors, the official version of Mozilla Firefox’s 2.0 has just thrown. And with this throwing, Firefox’s official site has given itself a little make over (see in the image below the new face of the official web).

Link: Download Mozilla Firefox 2.0

Filed by Tom at October 24th, 2006 under Firefox, wordpress, technology, Internet, Software, Internet Marketing
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October 23, 2006

CSS changes for IE7

The development team of Internet Explorer 7 have published a post indicating the “improvements” of the new browser. Useful improvements for the CSS design and that only work under the <! DOCTYPE> switch, this to preserve the compatibility with IE’s previous versions.
Between the changes, I find five essential ones:

Support of Min/max width/height (ideal for designs […]

Filed by Tom at October 23rd, 2006 under technology, Internet, Windows, Software, Information Technology, Css
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October 22, 2006

Download Internet Explorer 7

The final version or definitive version of Internet Explorer 7 is already available to download, right now only in English. Importantly: The requirement to be able to install the program is to use Windows XP Service Pack 2.
This version is practically similar to beta 2, no change or significant improvement:

We already commented the tab use, […]

Filed by Tom at October 22nd, 2006 under General, Internet, Windows, Software
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October 16, 2006

So you want to start an online business?

Follow these five golden rules, says Michael Parsons, and nothing can possibly go wrong
At this point even the most cynical will probably concede that this internet thing is going to be around for a while. For good or ill, the audience is moving online, which means the people who serve the audience have to move […]

Filed by Tom at October 16th, 2006 under Business, Software, Tips, Small Business, Internet Business, Successful
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May 7, 2006

Widgets PC

The widgets are tiny programs that offer useful and enterteining functions that go from the meteorological forecasts to the managing of the loudspeakers of the computer.

They are alike the pieces imantadas adhered at the edge of the icebox that they serve to take rapid notes or to have at sight a number of telephone. These […]

Filed by Tom at May 7th, 2006 under Business, technology, Open Source, Software, Widgets
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April 1, 2006

Google Earth may catch a break in patent quake

Google may get a break from a federal judge in a lawsuit claiming the company’s 3D Earth-mapping program violates patent rights.
In a preliminary order released last week, U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock in Massachusetts appeared to side with Google’s interpretations of the patent in question, a stance that could bode well for the search giant […]

Filed by Tom at April 1st, 2006 under Google, technology, Internet, Software, patents
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March 30, 2006

Microsoft to bring Hotmail onto the desktop

Microsoft has started beta testing software that will take its Web e-mail onto the desktop.
This week, Microsoft served up the first test version of Windows Live Mail Desktop, a free Windows program that will let users manage multiple e-mail accounts. The software is designed to work with Windows Live Mail, the successor to Hotmail that […]

Filed by Tom at March 30th, 2006 under Microsoft, technology, Internet, Software
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March 29, 2006

Will virtual humans replace machines?

How many times have you been rebuffed by a machine, be it a vending machine swallowing your cash but keeping its soda, or a ticket machine refusing to give you a subway ticket in a foreign country? It happened to me, and I’m sure it happened to you too, and it’s very irritating. This is […]

Filed by Tom at March 29th, 2006 under technology, Software, Virtual Reality
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