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Microsoft has taken off the wraps for its new MSN site and is offering a preview. Microsoft is also offering free Hotmail email with 5 GB of storage plus some additional features that Microsoft has stated users wanted. For instance, the new site appears to be less cluttered than the older MSN site is. Users [...]

Ziff Davis will be shutting down their ExtremeTech web site soon and the folks who worked the site will be let go. ExtremeTech was noted for their in depth study of new technology and new products. The site also presented information for what was called ‘extreme geeks’.
According to a recent article it also states:
The ExtremeTech.com web [...]

About twenty minutes ago I get an email from Circuit City advertising all kinds of electronic products. At first I thought it might be a spyware email so I didn’t click on anything. But I did go over to circuitcity.com and sure enough, Circuit City is back from the grave. According to a press release it [...]

Maybe Google is a little worried about Bing after all. Google now has a Explore Google Search page in which they describe what they do. They also have introductions to their staff as well as user stories. Google also takes an in depth view of what exactly their search engine can do like finding out [...]

Over at the Google blog they have listed several changes to their ’suggest’ feature that Google says will speed up results. The new ’suggest’ features are feature rich, and who better to describe the what they have done than Google themselves. Here is what Google has to say about the new features:
Suggestions on the results [...]

If you haven’t dropped by Linux.com recently you will be in for a surprise. The site has a new look and is loaded with hot Linux information. Besides news, community and a distribution center, they also host a learning center. The new look is sure to attract more visitors to the site now that the site [...]

Would you like to rub shoulders with some of the folks at Microsoft who actually want to hear your input? People that want to hear what you think? Well now is your chance. There is a new web site from Microsoft called ‘Talking About Windows’ that has just launched and is being manned but some [...]

You have to love the entrepreneurial spirit especially when it comes to new ideas on the Internet. Just when we thought the world would be tweeted to death, a young man has come up with a new idea to change the name of the game. Instead of having to sign up you merely click on [...]

I have been using WOT, aka Web Of Trust, for over six months. I received a newsletter alert indicating a new version was available for downloading. WOT can be used by both Internet Explorer and Firefox users and blends completely into the background, using few resources.
According to the news blub I received, it stated that:

Web [...]

I just read an article in which it stated that social networking site MySpace has just purged their site of some 90,000 sex deviants. MySpace originally stated that they suspected only 40,000 perverts had made their way onto the site. But later admitted the increase in numbers.
At the same time, social networking site Facebook, is [...]

Amazon is testing out a beta version of a new game download site that they have launched. The company hopes to attract many of it’s 88 million visitors to try the new site. I took a look at the site and noted that you get to try some of the games before you buy. Pricing [...]

The WJS is reporting that TechCrunch founder is taking a brake after receiving death threats. Michael Arrington, the founder of TechCrunch, states that some unhappy readers as well as other bloggers have turned against him causing him to stop his TechCrunch blog. Though he didn’t state how long the blog would be closed, it could [...]

Microsoft is now offering what they call ‘Fix it’ to correct problems for users of Windows XP and Vista. The system works by offering the user the option to download a fix and by following what Microsoft claims is a easy wizard to correct the problem. On their web site Microsoft states that:
Have you ever [...]

Google labs has a new site which provide specific quotes automatically for you. There is only one small problem with the service, which is stated on the Google quotes site:

Quotes and their speakers are determined automatically by a computer program and we don’t guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the information you may see. The [...]

When I wrote the article about Engineering Windows 7 this week, [here] there were a few thoughts that crossed my mind after I finished the article. One comment to the article also jogged my memory about Windows Vista, in that during its development there were many issues, which forced Microsoft in changing the path they [...]

Well there seems to have been some improvements over at delicious.com, that according to their blog, should make the site more useful and faster. The Delicious team invites everyone over for a look at their new site, and I did just thought. I like the layout and yes, it is fast. Everything so far just jumps [...]

It has happened to all of us. We try to get on a web site and receive an error message. So we keep trying until we get frustrated. But in the back of our minds remains this question. Is it the web site that is down or is it just me and my computer?
There is [...]

Starting next month, July 2008, there will be a new site on the Internet which is going to dedicate itself to the teenage crowd. Called ‘Teen In Tech’ the site is being run by a 15 year old who is the CEO of the new company. This new crop of web people are called ‘teentrepreneu’ [...]

After reading about North Oaks, MN., telling Google that they could not use any images from the town, I went out to see what was up in North Oaks. On their web site it states:
Located in the Twin Cities,just northeast of St. Paul, Minnesota, North Oaks is a unique suburban community.  With a rich history [...]

Google and it’s teleporting feature makes it easy to find what you are looking for. Having a search within a search, allows anyone to find what they are looking for, even if they do not know the entire information they seek. Google describes teleporting as:
Have you ever forgotten the exact address of a site that [...]