Archive for April, 2006

Firefox Flicks Ad Video Contest Winners

Mozilla recently announced the winners of its Firefox Flicks video contest at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

New York Times & Microsoft to launch Times Reader

At the American Society of Newspaper Editors convention, The New York Times and Microsoft Corp. unveiled a prototype of a new PC-based software application for news distribution called Times Reader which will be available for download in the coming months.

Forget Passwords : Login with Fingerprint Readers

If stay online most of your life, probably you have a long list of secure passwords that you need to remember. Many password protection software are available, as are many tools to store passwords and insert them with one click. But what can be more unique and stronger than any password – your fingerprint.

Office Genuine Advantage : Validate Microsoft Office Software

First there was the Windows Genuine Advantage program to validate if your Microsoft Windows software is genuine and offer you several discounts and promotions for the same. Now they have introduced the Office Genuine Advantage Program to combat software piracy in Microsoft Office.

Google Suggest on Google News Launched

Google Search provides a wonderful tool Google Suggest. As you type into the search box, Google Suggest guesses what you’re typing and offers suggestions in real time. And if you keep updated with breaking new using Google News, how does Google Suggest on Google News sound to you…

Babel Fish Free Online Language Translation : Altavista to Yahoo

I think Babel Fish was the first free online translation service I ever used several years back. It was fast, provided accurate language translation and was free. Supported by a big brand name and then popular search engine, Altavista’s Babel Fish was very popular.

WordPress Ping List: Update Search Engines, Blog RSS Services

There are many ping services which track blog updates in the blogosphere. When you blog, a ping list is notified about your latest article, and your latest feed content is indexed across blog tracking services, blog directories and search engines. Your blog would normally ping some such ping service by default, but you can enhance [...]

CSS Reboot on 1st May : Rebooters Show Web Standard Redesigns

CSS Reboot is a community event for web professionals to be held on May 1st, 2006. Rebooters from all over the world will launch their web standards-based redesigns simultaneously, bringing traffic, interest and respect to their sites.

Annual Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day on April 30

Worldwide Pinhole Photography day is an international event created to promote and celebrate the art of pinhole photography. Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is held each year on the last Sunday in April and that day is on April 30, 2006.

Google SketchUp : Free 3D Modeling Program

Google SketchUp is an easy to learn 3D modeling program which provides simple tools to create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects…

Slashdot CSS Redesign Contest

Slashdot Redesign Contest is all about a new look and feel for Slashdot. The goal here is of course to get the best looking, bandwidth efficient, compatible, attractive Slashdot.

Lifehacker�s Coolest Workspace Contest

Lifehacker is running the Coolest Workspace Contest. Take a few pics of your favorite workspace – home office, desk, studio – and send it to them, they feature the exclusive ones, the readers will vote on the ultimate coolest workspace – and the winner gets a $100 gift certificate to Amazon