Microsoft has yet to comment about rumors of yet another extension for Windows XP that first started circulating late last week, but that now seems to have changed, with a spokesperson for the company reportedly confirming in an email to InformationWeek that it is in fact pushing the end date back six months, all the [...]

Today, Comcast added a video download store to its Fancast online video site. Until this annoucement, Fancast featured free streaming video from Hulu and CBS video websites. Now users of Fancast can rent or purchase TV shows and movies, as well there is now a bigger selection of new releases and older movies. The Fancast [...]

Here are fifteen free portable applications that should be on your flash drive.

Web and Internet

Operator – Opera is not everyone’s favorite browser, but it works great as a portable application. As well as being a browser, it features anonymous browsing built in to keep you safe. We also recommend Portable Firefox that is [...]

A couple of hours ago, Google released it’s Chrome Web Browser. We were excited about the new web browser and clicked download, but not before I saved a copy of its terms of service. We know that many users would like to know what they are agreeing to.
Here are a few things that stood out [...]

Google Chrome, the new browser from Google that Google fans everywhere have been waiting for years is now available, keep in mind it is a beta version. Just like Google, Chrome is simple, easy to use and fast. Google Chrome uses the open-source WebKit browser as the foundation for Chrome. Currently there is only a [...]

The well known classifieds site, Craigslist, has always been simple yet, outstanding. Other web services changed their content to AJAX, and Flash, while Craigslist kept the same design since the beginning. The site has kept people coming back for some time now, so there hasn’t been much need for change.
Craigslist has been in the news [...]

Apple released an updated version of the Safari web browser today, with many improvements on performance, compatibility, and reliability. Safari 3.1 also adds support for CSS 3 web fonts, HTML 5 audio and video elements, and other web standards. Safari was the first browser to pass the Acid2 standards test, but unfortunately it failed to [...]

One thing that has always annoyed us about Windows is how it brings up an AutoPlay menu asking if we’d like to burn a disc, watch a movie, or perform some other action. Or if you have selected an option, Windows may just automatically launch a program.
To our relief CleanHandler came along. It is a [...]

eBay has just release eBay Desktop 1.0. Right after Adobe Air 1.0. Which they did purposely. It provides a desktop alternative to the eBay website. eBay users can use it to search, browse, bid, keep track of their auctions, and more. And because it uses Adobe AIR, it runs on both Windows and Max [...]

Canonical has just released some more details and pictures of Ubuntu Mobile, a version of the popular Linux OS designed for mobile devices using Intel’s Silverthorn processor. News that Ubuntu Mobile was in progress has been known for some time, but it looks as though the operating system is coming closer to an official release. [...]