Archive: internet news

Looks like Google have finally rolled out Google Voice to the rest of the world. A nice alternative to skype, the rates look fairly reasonable though not as cheap as Skype – in fact the only place it seems to beat skype is on calling the US. More Reading:Google Merchant Centre/Froogle/Google Shopping/Base Changes, Problems and [...]

Just browsing the Spotify site and are now instructions for installing a proper native Linux version, rather than running the windows version under Wine. That’s great – cheers guys! http://www.spotify.com/uk/download/previews/ More Reading:Spotify Links Working in LinuxMagento Performance ProblemsWordpress Upgrade Bash ScriptUbuntu 10.10 is Dead… What next?TIP: SSH add a tunnel to a running sessionVirtualBox Images [...]

Just installed Google Chrome for Linux (Beta), so I could check out this pure CSS3 ATAT (requires a webkit browser). http://anthonycalzadilla.com/css3-ATAT/index.html Chrome seems to work fine, nice More Reading:Flash covers html menus +solutionGoogle Chrome on Linux (Well Kind Of)Magento Performance ProblemsWordpress Upgrade Bash ScriptUbuntu 10.10 is Dead… What next?Tip: Javascript late-loading trickTip: Copy CSS Selector [...]

Just saw this story on the BBC site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8488751.stm More Reading:Google Merchant Centre/Froogle/Google Shopping/Base Changes, Problems and SolutionsGoogle Voice Lands in the UK and elsewhereMagento Connect Search – Easy SolutionGoogle Caffeine and the Real Time WebFnargleblarglewobbady or How Getting to Postion Number One Isn’t EverythingAdvanced Google Search Queries

Magento, the ecommerce package that everyone is talking about at the moment and that Edmonds Commerce have been keeping a close eye on for the past couple of years or so has won the best of open source enterprise software award for the second year running. Run by InfoWorld, the awards highlight the cream of [...]

Its been rumoured for ages but its finally happened, Yahoo and Microsoft have tied together and obviously the goal is to combine their forces to take on Google. “Through this agreement with Yahoo, we will create more innovation in search, better value for advertisers, and real consumer choice in a market currently dominated by a [...]

This is my favourite source for hi resolution desktop images. Some really nice pictures and all available in resolutions to suit whichever display you have. http://interfacelift.com More… DisplayFusion: Set Different Desktop Wallpaper On Dual Multi …Change Desktop Wallpaper Periodically with ThetaWall More Reading:

The worlds most popular browser has a fundamental security flaw which allows malicious code to steal your passwords! Time to switch to Firefox! Or even better, switch to Linux! more: http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/12/security_flaws.html http://blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/webservices/2008/12/16/internet-explorer-security-alert/ http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/hdw/?p=3795 http://www.poliblogger.com/?p=14599 http://myword.blog.co.uk/2008/12/16/internet-explorer-security-alert-5232995 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/12/16/bbc-internet-explorer-security-alert/ More Reading:

Like a pheonix rising from the ashes, Demonoid – one of the most highly regarded torrent trackers on the internet has returned after being shut down back in November 2007. For anyone that was a member of Demonoid, this is amazing news as it truly was/is one of those resources that once you have had [...]