Archive for August, 2007

A Week With Ask.com Search

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

You have probably seen one the new, and sometimes strange, TV commercials promoting Ask.com with the “its the algorithm” campaign. However with all the new marketing hype about the interface, search features, and algorithm, I have yet to meet anyone who uses Ask.com as their primary search engine. So I decided to give it try [...]

A Behind the Scenes Video of Google’s Gmail

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Have you ever wondered how an email message travels around the world? Google is putting together a collaborative video of a Gmail M-velope traveling to its destination. They are taking user submitted videos and putting the best ones together and will feature the final collaborative video on the Gmail homepage on August 13th, 2007.
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TWiG - Don’t Miss Another Event

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

This Week in Geocaching, or TWiG for short, is an on going series of articles where I highlight my personal geocaching treks and anything else that I find of interest in the world of geocaching.
Don’t Miss Another Geocaching Event
The past couple of months have been pretty busy for me and has left very little time [...]

Apple iPhone ads: TV verses Reality

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Often new products fail to live up the marketing hype surrounding it, but the iPhone doesn’t disappoint. CNET’s Rich DeMuro attempts to recreate, in real time, the four iPhone ads that started the frenzy.
Watch the video: iPhone ads: TV verses reality.
Another entertaining video is the iPhone verses the Blendtec Total Blender. Watch the video: [...]

Protect Your PC from Adware/Spyware with 4 Free Programs

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

One of the questions that I here the most is “Why are there so much adware and spyware written for Windows operating systems?”. Well, Microsoft Windows is by far the most popular and widely used desktop operating system in the world. Therefore it is the biggest target for malicious code writers. Why would a malicious [...]