Yahoo Mail to go open source
October 1, 2006
Who would have thought it? Yahoo actually cares about the open source community. The company today announced on Friday its decision to give away the Yahoo Mail code in order to encourage software developers to build new apps based on... [continue reading]
Demonoid registrations now open every weekend
September 30, 2006
Good news for the torrent community. Demonoid, the private BitTorrent tracker for the peer to peer file distribution has partially opened up its registration page. On September 25, 2006, Demonoid changed its policy to make it possible for users... [continue reading]
Google opens registrations for Google Talk
September 29, 2006
In a possible attempt to attract more users, Google today announced that it has opened up registrations for their Google Talk client, meaning that you won't be needing a Gmail account in order to sign up. However, non-Gmail users won't... [continue reading]
Google Reader gets a new interface
September 29, 2006
While checking this morning's news, I noticed a whole new interface for the Google Reader with tons of new features (finally). Some of these features include the ability to mark everything as read, without having to browse through every single... [continue reading]
Mozilla Firefox 2 RC1 released
September 26, 2006
Mozilla today announced the availability of the Firefox 2 Release Candidate 1. Here's a list of all the improvements in this version: Visual Refresh: Firefox 2's theme and user interface have been updated to improve usability without altering the familiarity... [continue reading]
Microsoft Soapbox to target YouTube
September 19, 2006
Microsoft has begun testing Soapbox, a YouTube wannabe service that will allow users to watch and post videos, rate or comment on them and share by e-mailing them or linking them to their blogs, just like on any other user-generated... [continue reading]
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7 now available
September 15, 2006
Mozila has released a security update for the Firefox. The new version of the browser will include several security fixes, which include: Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.7) Popup-blocker cross-site scripting (XSS) Frame spoofing using document.open() RSA Signature Forgery... [continue reading]
Skype Announces Video Calls For the Mac
September 14, 2006
Great news for Mac fans. Skype has released the beta version of its popular communications software, Skype for Mac 2.0, which gives any Mac user with an Internet connection the ability to make free video calls to anyone else on... [continue reading]