Posts Filed Under — Internet

[ July 24th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

KukuKlok, Precise Swiss Timing For the Always On Internet Crowd

If you have a computer that is always on, then there are a lot of things that you can use it for that you may not have ever considered - time keeping is one of them. Let’s face it, the little clock down in the bottom-right of the screen (for Windows users) or top-right of [...]

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[ July 24th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

D-O-H Scrabulous Being Sued By Scrabble Makers

It was bound to happen sooner or later, Scrabulous is being sued by Hasbro, the makers of Scrabble. Hasbro has created a free online version of the game, however, half-a-million people still play Scrabulous every day. Perhaps if Hasbro spent a little more time and energy promoting Scrabble and a little less time whining and [...]

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[ June 18th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Skype 4.0 Beta Rolls Out to the General Public

Skype 4.0 Beta has breathed its first air and it looks to be shaking things up a bit. Most noticeable to veteran users will be that it is sporting a completely different look. The old Skype GUI was great for voice calls, but once you start adding other stuff like video conferencing to the mix, [...]

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[ June 18th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Microsoft Lets the Also-rans Eat Cake

The Internet Explorer team sent their counterparts on the Firefox 3 team a bit of consolatory cake. Why consolatory? Despite the overwhelming success of Firefox, it still comes a very distant second when it comes to market share. The fact is that Internet Explorer is the browser of choice for 74% of the Internet surfing [...]

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[ June 6th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Firefox 3: Bug Free in Release Candidate 2

If you want to hop on the Firefox 3 bandwagon before the official release, there is not much time left; reports have it that the official release will be in the next week or so and should set records for the most software downloads. Their aim is to transfer in the region of 1.6 [...]

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