Facebook adds Slideshow as a new prototype application
Facebook has made available a new prototype application named Slideshow.
Facebook Slideshow does what it sounds like. You get the ability to watch photo albums in a slideshow.
After you enable this prototype, you get a new option named Play while checking out photos of your friends and [...]
Google to add Twitter like status updates feature to Gmail!
The Wall Street Journal has stated that Google is all set to add a new feature to their Gmail webmail service.
This new feature would enable users to post Twitter like status updates from within Gmail that would be shared with their Google Talk friends. [...]
Windows 7 RC users need to make a decision
Windows 7 RC was released for public use last year.
It enabled the users to check out the Windows 7 operating system by using it as one of their primary operating systems.
It was made available for free.
The free party is over now. As originally announced, Windows [...]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday this month is huge
Microsoft is set to launch their next batch of updates tomorrow.
The company is scheduled to make available 13 sets of patches which makes it one of their biggest ever.
One of these patches would fix a problem which has existed for more than a decade!
Jerry [...]
Moonlight 3.0 Alpha released
The developers behind the Moonlight project have released an alpha edition of the plug-in for the Linux platform.
Moonlight is designed to provide support for Microsoft Silverlight technology on the Linux platform.
This release feature support for the technologies introduced in Silverlight 3.
Updates in this edition:
MP4 demuxer support. The [...]
OpenDNS serving more than 250,000 queries per second!
OpenDNS has revealed that they are now serving more than 250,000 queries per second.
This comes to around 22 billion queries per day which is a new record for them.
The service continues to grow despite facing new competition from Google who recently launched their own Public DNS [...]
Facebook gets a new more powerful photo uploader
Flickr might be one of the most popular photo sharing services, but Facebook continues to do well in this segment.
Facebook allow their members to upload and share unlimited number of photos for free. However, the photos are not showcased in their original size and format.
The [...]
Wolfram|Alpha for iPhone updated
Wolfram|Alpha developers have released a new updated edition for the users of iPhone and iPod Touch.
Wolfram|Alpha 1.1 is now available on the Apple App Store. It is still being sold for USD 50 which is a disappointment considering the service works for free from a web browser.
The new version [...]
Google Chrome 5.0.317.0 released on Windows Dev Channel
Google has issued a new build of Chrome for the users on Windows Dev Channel.
Google 5.0.317.0 is now being delivered to the users.
Changelog:
All
[r37939] (Windows/Linux) Do not select a word by right-click on an editable field in a web page (Issue: 8841)
[r37411] (Extensions) Adds a [...]
Mozilla Firefox might soon drop support for Mac OS X Tiger
Mozilla developers have pretty much decided that the future editions of Firefox would not include support for the Mac OS X Tiger operating system.
Tiger was released back in April 2005. Apple has already released two editions of Mac OS X after that (Leopard and [...]
