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Archive for February, 2006

Posted by Jamie ADD COMMENTS

According to Apple, their will be an Apple Event held tomorrow, Tuesday, February 28th, 2006 — at which Apple is said to be releasing a few “fun” products.
Their are rumors of an Intel iBook, an Intel Mac Mini, a full, 3.5 inch touch screen video ipod, and much, much more. However, no one knows for [...]

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Posted by Jamie 4 COMMENTS

Okay, being the bored person I was today, I got out my cell phone and started pressing random keys on the keypad. Eventually, I got into a pattern.. 1 2 1 2 333.. etc. Over the timespan of a few hours, I finished “Mary had a little lamb” on my cell phone keypad.
1 2 1 [...]

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Microsofts AntiSpyware Beta has been comletely revamped with many bug fixes and improvements, along with a new name, Windows Defender.
Windows Defender (Beta 2) is a free program that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software. It features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends [...]

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Posted by Jamie 1 COMMENT

Due to prices of release of the $149, 1 GB iPod nano, the iPod shuffle prices have decreased. The 512 MB iPod shuffle is now $69 while the 1 GB is $99.
On that note, Apple released a 1 GB iPod nano a few days ago, which I think will be a great competitor to [...]

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Posted by Jamie 1 COMMENT

Most of you have seen the orange feed icon on almost every website ever since Firefox started using it quite a while ago. But recently, Microsoft adapted the rights to it and has put it up for download in many different formats (AI, EPS, SVG, PSD, PDF, PNG, JPG, GIF) at feedicons.com. You can also [...]

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Posted by Jamie 7 COMMENTS

I was listening to a radio show the other day on the radio when they started talking about advertisements. It’s true — it seems as though there are advertisements everywhere these days. On the internet, on the side of roads, billboards, etc! Heck, I heard that they will soon be putting advertisements next to the [...]

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Posted by Kangie 2 COMMENTS

DodgeIt allows you to check disposable email addresses on the fly (without having to create one) to avoid possible spam that comes with signing up for new services.
When you sign up for something, somewhere, DodgeIt allows you to enter any name @dodgeit.com as your email address. Afterwards, visit DodgeIt.com to check that disposable email address, [...]

Categories: General
Posted by Kangie 2 COMMENTS

Google recently released Google Toolbar v4 Beta to the public. This is a big change over v3, both due to functionality, and apperance.
Custom Buttons are one of the latest features packed into the new toolbar. You can add buttons to your Toolbar that will let you visit and search your favorite websites and keep up [...]

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