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Teqlo – Do-It-Yourself Mashups
If you're one of those people who've been waiting for somebody to create a tool that would let ordinary mortals without programming…
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DirectX 10: Forcing Gamers Into Vista Upgrades?
Many users who have grown accustomed to the functionality of Windows XP have been reluctant to take the plunge and upgrade their operating systems to Vista. Users who are heavily involved in gaming, however, are beginning to find that the choice in operating system has already been made for them.
Eurekster Makes Swickis Wiki-er
Eurekster released a set of Web 2.0 upgrades to its Swicki (search plus wiki) collaborative search engine to make search results more participatory and personalized. The new "Community Features" allow swicki users to vote in favor of or against results that appear on the page. Or, if something's missing that should be there, users can write their own search result and add it to the…
Thickbox – For Image Display and Slideshows
One of my clients asked me to create an 'image of the week' page for them using whatever method I thought looked and worked best. I remembered seeing the JavaScript/Ajax tool Lightbox JS in another blog recently and thought that looked pretty cool, and had the capability of showing a slideshow as well, so I got it and installed it on my client's home page.
Webster And AskMeNow Launch Mobile Dictionary
AskMeNow, a mobile search company has partnered with Merriam-Webster, publisher of print and electronic English language references to launch a mobile dictionary. Customers can access the dictionary by texting ASKME (27563). The service is available in the US and Canada. Mobile users can also access interactive features such as Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day, which is designed to improve vocabulary and Open Dictionary, where members…
Sit, Google! Sit!
As Google grows and evolves, so does public perception of it. For those of us outside the Googleplex, Google has represented a broad spectrum of things. For a lot of people they’ve made the transition from fun-filled upstart to Evil Empire. We have always known Google for producing fast results, and their speedy evolution is no exception. They’ve run the gamut in less than a…
