Archive for the 'Internet' Category
Live.com Made only for Microsoft Internet Explorer?
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006I was downloading windows messenger live after ajay invited me to use it. The download asked my passport login and I agreed the terms and saw the download button. I was surprised to see that the download is not clicable! I was using Mozilla Firefox. I had to open the invite in IE to download […]
Seekz! just another Parallel search engine
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006I had the idea to create a parallel search engine since i started using multiple search engines for comparing results. Never had time to look into it and there are too many now doing the same what i thought. May be its late but will work some time in future for it.
Check out Seekz […]
Google Toolbar 4 Beta
Monday, January 30th, 2006Now you can make your Toolbar as unique as you are. You can add buttons and bookmarks; get instant search suggestions; share web pages with friends; and enjoy the Toolbar’s pop-up blocker, web form filler, and spellchecker.
Yahoo Finds of the Year 2005
Friday, January 27th, 2006Yahoo Search UK has published the Yahoo Finds of the Year 2005.
The final award winners have been published under the following categories.
Best Community Website
Best Educational Website
Best Entertainment Website
Best Innovative Website
Best TV Website
Best Travel Website
Best Weird and Wonderful Website
Best Celebrity Website
The most innovative website award goes to Net Disaster which overlays an animation that simulates several […]
$14 Million SEX
Friday, January 27th, 2006Ya thats right! $14 Million!
Sex.com is sold to Escom LLC For $14M.
Sex.com owner Gary Kremen was unavailable for comment, but a source from Kremen’s company, Grant Media, told XBiz that sales for the famous domain name will still be handled through Grant Media’s San Francisco offices.
Read more at Xbiz.com.
77% of Google users are not aware that their personal information is recorded
Friday, January 27th, 2006According to a phone poll on over 1000 Internet users took last week by the Ponemon Institute, more than three quarters of web surfers don’t have a clue about Google’s possibility of recording and storing personal information that can be used to identify them. This fact proves clearly that the privacy war is far from […]
Have you installed the Performancing Firefox plugin yet?
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006There is one plugin for firefox that is currently talked about.
Its from Performancing. Its called Performancing for Firefox.
Its definitely a bloggers love. I have been using it since its first release day and there is a new version now supporting technorati and delicious. I had a chance for a sneek preview as a performancing […]
IE Tab - Firefox Extension
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006There was tabbed browsing in opera and then the supercool firefox without opening n mumber of windows. And then there was Tabbed browsing in IE(which is a flop). Now there is combination of browsers in one. The New IE Tab Firefox extension lets […]
Firefox usage increasing very rapidly!!
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006This is one browser the techies and bloggers love to use. As a blogger myself, and internet freak myself, firefox is not just comfortable but is unique and ranks as the top used tool on my computer. I am sure its the same […]
Saarang 2006 Firefox Theme
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006Have you heard about Saarang? Its the name of the collge festival conducted every year at IIT Madras. I heard that its one of the biggest events in chennai that youngsters enjoy.
I came across this firefox theme on the mozilla site today. It does’nt so good but, it comes from Chennai
You can download […]