Windows Vista RC1 Released!

Seeded on Fri Sep 1, 2006 6:00 PM EDT (winsupersite.com)

Paul Thurrott reports the official release of Windows Vista RC1 (build 5600) on his site with a screenshot gallery. An articles on this latest release is also coming up.

technology, official, release, gallery, windows-vista, screenshots, paul-thurrott, vista-rc1, vista-build-5600

Windows Vista build 5536 available for public - Limited time free offer.

Seeded on Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:27 PM EDT (download.windowsvista.com)

This pre-RC1 build is available for a limited time – we will close the program when we reach 100,000 downloads.

technology, microsoft, download, public, beta, limited, windows, vista, 5536, rc1

Google has too much cash

Seeded on Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:42 AM EDT (Bloomberg.com)

Google Inc., owner of the most widely used Internet search engine, is facing a hurdle other companies would love to confront Maybe they should give me a couple of million dollars ;-)

google, technology, money, cash, assets, problem, too-much

Computer Stupidities

Seeded on Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:58 PM EDT (rinkworks.com)

It's a baffling phenomenon that in today's society an individual, who might in other circumstances be considered smart and wise, can sit down in front of a computer screen and instantly lose every last shred of common sense he ever possessed.

technology, lessons, stories, usability, stupidities, computer-support

NetSlaves: Horror Stories of Working the Web

Seeded on Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:33 PM EDT (disobey.com)

"NetSlaves" is dedicated to everyone who's been burned by the incompetence, moronic planning, and hysterical management of New Media companies. If you've been burned by New Media, here's your chance to step forward and tell your tale of woe.

technology, internet, the-web, netslaves, horror-stories

Sync Google Calendar with Outlook and Smartphones Automatically

Seeded on Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:44 AM EDT (jakeludington.com)

Google Calendar's iCal export made manual syncing with Outlook possible, but I want to get all my calendar data from my computer to my phone automatically. I've personally used this method and it works well enough, sure beats having to pay for an Exchange server!

technology, outlook, smartphone, sync, synchronize, google-calendar

Scrapetorrent - Your new favorite bittorrent site

Seeded on Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:38 AM EDT (Lifehacker)

Web site Scrape Torrent is a bittorrent search aggregator that scours the most popular torrent sites to find you the best download available.

technology, search, torrent, bittorrent, scrapetorrent

Invaluable JavaScript Tools

Seeded on Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:36 AM EDT (cfis.savagexi.com)

If you write a lot of JavaScript, then you'll find Matthias Miller's website chockfull of useful information. And even better, he's put together two great tools.

technology, javascript, tools, memory-leak, drip, lint, spidermonkey

Porn billing leak (or hack) exposes 17 million iBill buyers

Seeded on Wed Mar 8, 2006 7:09 PM EST (Wired News)

Seventeen million customers of the online payment service iBill have had their personal information released onto the internet, where it's been bought and sold in a black market made up of fraud artists and spammers, security experts say.

technology, leak, privacy, spam, phishing, identity, hack, ibill

VNU Business Media Europe acquires leading Dutch online technology site, Tweakers.net

Seeded on Mon Mar 6, 2006 5:33 PM EST (VNU Business Media Europe)

VNU Business Publications, has reached an agreement to acquire Tweakers.net, the largest web site for technology news and information in the Netherlands.

technology, acquisition, vnu, tweakers, tweakers-net