Google Reader Keyboard Shortcuts
Google Reader one of the web RSS readers. Here are some great keyboard shortcuts that will enhance your Google reader experience and save you time. Navigation Acting on items j/k: next/previous item s: star item space: next item or page <Shift> + s: share item <Shift> + space: previous item [...]
Halo 3: ODST. The Verdict
You must have lived under a rock to not know about the success of Bungie’s golden boy, Halo. In it’s three incarnations, it has never failed to impress, surging to the top of the charts as soon as they were released. Halo 3 has been quoted as being the most [...]
Freeware Pick: Open Office
Many a student or office worker will remember spending long sleepless nights on Microsoft Office, praying to Bill Gates that the program wouldn’t die on you, nor would the evil Mr. Clippy come and ask you, “It appears you are writing a letter. Would you like help with it?” You [...]
Freeware Pick: Firefox 3.5
Continuing on with the theme of ‘Man, I hate Microsoft’s included software $@*($’ we’ve given those that haven’t changed their browser to something other than Internet Explorer, a look at a much better alternative. I won’t cover other browsers at the moment, although Chrome and Opera are worth more than [...]
Freeware Pick: Paint.net
Let’s just say you need photo editing software, you don’t have the money for photoshop, nor internet with a speed higher than 4 kb/s. Let’s also say that you strongly dislike GIMP, and want to try something different. Of course, you could always try the updated version of Microsoft Paint, [...]
Windows Live for Windows Mobile.
Most announcements from Microsoft today have been about the impending release of Windows Phone (Windows Mobile 6.5), featuring updates to MyPhone, as well as updates to the Mobile Client and an improved web experience for Windows Live. At this point in time, it seems that it’s only a minor update, [...]
Freeware Pick: VLC Media Player
It doesn’t have the most appealing icon to look at, being nothing more than an orange traffic cone, but VLC player is, well, basically a tank, when compared to most other media players, premium or free. Before you judge the player on it’s interface, the fact that it’s an Opensource, [...]
Goodbye Geocities.
Being perhaps, one of the first ways for the public to own their own webpage, Geocities will close this month, on October the 26th. With a almost non-existant user base, as people continue shifting towards Myspace and Facebook, this relic of the internet will finally be laid to rest. Back [...]
Kindle goes International
Basically being one of the cheapest E-Readers on the American Market, Amazon executives have announced that they will release the Kindle internationally, with wireless books being able to be downloaded in 100 different countries. Obviously, this is a move designed to penetrate foreign markets, as well as allowing international travellers [...]
TDK makes 320GB Optical Disk
Yes, TDK Corp has made an optical disk that can store more data than a Bluray disk, or most small portable hard drives. The Disk itself has 10 layers, each containing 32GB each. The composition of the disks have been improved in order to combat the problem of a weakening [...]