Archive for April, 2006

PCLinuxOS Rocks!

April 26, 2006

What is Linux? Linux is an open source operating system that has been around for a few years and there are many flavors of Linux. For more details on Linux, click here. What I'm really here to tell you today is about one particular version of Linux called PCLinuxOS. This is [...]

IE7 Beta 2 Mass Release

April 25, 2006

Today, Microsoft has made available IE7 beta 2 for mass public release with free support. There are many great features with this new release such as tabbed browsing, Anti-phishing technology, new search capabilities, greater sercurity and more. For details, click here for a tour of the new IE7. In my opinion, with [...]

JAlbum

April 20, 2006

Do you have your own web site? Do you have a digital camera? Are you wanting an easy way to publish your photo gallery on your web site? If you answered "yes" to these questions, then I suggest you check out JAlbum which is a cool, open source free web photo album [...]

AjaxTunes

April 20, 2006

It is a week later and Ajax13 which is the organization behind AjaxLaunch which created AjaxWrite and AjaxXLS has done it again, they have created a new AJAX program called AjaxTunes. What is AjaxTunes? According to the weekly e-newsletter from AjaxLaunch, AjaxTunes is a fully interactive web-based media player that lets you play, [...]

What is AJAX?

April 13, 2006

(Asynchronous JAvaScript and XML) Using an enhancement in JavaScript that allows Web pages to be more interactive and behave like local applications, which are also known as "rich client" applications. AJAX allows the Web page to retrieve small amounts of data from the server without reloading the entire page. (Taken from [...]

New Web Based Spreadsheet Program

April 13, 2006

The same company that launched AjaxWrite a few weeks back and partnered with Eyespot which is a web based video editor has now launched a web based spreadsheet program called AjaxXLS. (See my info on AjaxWrite and Eyespot on this blog) While I like the word processor and it opens Microsoft Word documents [...]

Google Calendar

April 13, 2006

Google has released a new tool in its growing list of tools for users called Google Calendar. It is a free, web-based easy to use calendar service which allows users to schedule events and share them with others. It includes drag and drop event calendaring between calendars. You can schedule events allowing [...]

Microsoft Office 2007

April 12, 2006

Microsoft will be releasing their next version of Office called Office 2007 in January 2007.  This is not an ordinary update to Office with some new features, but an entirely different looking Office Suite with a brand new user interface which should bring more ease to using an Office Suite.  For more details about this [...]

Windows on Mac

April 5, 2006

Apple Computer has just released a beta program called "Boot Camp" that allows you to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac computer. With BootCamp you'll be able to dual boot WindowsXP and Mac OS X. For more information click here! The final version of Boot Camp will be available as a feature in the [...]

Web Based Video Editing

April 5, 2006

Did I read that correctly, web based video editing?  Yes, it's true!  There is a new video editing program that allows you to create videos right on the web with your browser.  It is called Eyespot.  Use the Eyespot Mixer to edit and combine your videos, music and photos online and then share them!  For [...]