Web Talk

Nowadays the iPhone is the most popular smartphone. No doubt. Period. A lot of people own it and the ones who still don’t have it, wish to grab the dream gadget as soon as possible. With so many Apple phones around it’s only normal to  wish to get something different, something which stands out from the crowd, something special. Alternative around? Plenty. But they are not cheap at all, and in many cases they are quite expensive. So, why don’t we customize our iPhone to make it unique and possibly even better? Here is the solution. Continue reading »

A few days ago I spoke about the Professional Developers Conference 2008 (PDC2008) in Los Angeles where a lot of details about the upcoming Windows 7 were released. During that important event Microsoft released a pre-beta build of Windows 7 to the attendees.  Some good willed guy, right after the end of the conference, has leaked this Windows 7 version via torrent right away! Continue reading »

A few days after releasing Vista SP2 pre-beta version, Microsoft has officially released Vista SP2 beta version to beta testers. Since I know that you really can’t wait to get and try it right away, here is what to do to download it. Please keep in mind that this service pack is not stable and it is just intended to beta testers, since it contains bugs which could potentially harm your PC. Continue reading »

As we know Google is always looking for new exciting features and ideas to add to its already exciting applications and web services. Most of them can be found in Google Labs. Recently, Google has made available in Google Gmail Chat a nice feature which lets you send SMS from Google. Let’s see how what we have to do to enable this SMS service which, so far, is still experimental and limited to the United States. Continue reading »

OK, I know that this title is a little too inflated and overstated for your tastes, but after playing with these games for hours I can well say that they are quite amazing and worth a game console such as Nintendo DS! Here is the list! Continue reading »

Google is the most famous Web search engine in the world which has developed, during these years, a lot of web applications to improve our Internet experience.  Sadly you can not customize Google applications at all and everything is left up to Google which disposes of the layouts of these applications completely. Luckily for us, there is a nice freeware add-on for Firefox which from a-to-z, customize Google utilities. CustomizeGoogle helps you customize everything: Google Search, Google Docs,Gmail, Google Reader, Video, Apps and More. Now, with CustomizeGoogle, everything is up to you and you decide what features to keep from the one to delete such as: unwanted information, ads, Spam Box etc. Here is a list of its most important features and the link to download it. Continue reading »

As late as two days ago I spoke about an interesting Microsoft article released during the Professional Developers Conference 2008 (PDC2008) in Los Angeles and talking about Windows 7. During this Conference a lot was said about the new Microsoft operating system, also thanks to Julie Larson Green, Corporate Vice President of Windows Experience group, who showed an interesting presentation of the Windows 7 features and potentiality. Here are a couple of videos of that wonderful presentation. Continue reading »

If you are accustomed to make a lot of searches in the Internet by using famous search engines such as Google and Yahoo or famous online encyclopedias such as Wikipedia, then this little hack is what you have been looking for a long time! Your quest is over. As a matter of fact, now you can personalise the Instant Search Box to search whatever you want in the Web. (To know what I am talking about just press Start and look at the bottom of the screen. You should see the Search box enabling you to search for files and documents in your computer). Continue reading »

Sometimes, after scrolling a blog down to read all of its news, we have to go all the way up by pressing the up-arrow located on the right of our browser. This can be quite annoying above all if the blog is very long. Webmasters are very sensitive to the word “annoying”, since it means loosing readers and visitors. That’s way this little trick comes in handy for those webmasters who don’t want to bother their readers with long pages and homepages and for those readers who lose their temper after pressing the up-arrow for more than 5 seconds. Continue reading »

A couple of months after the release of Inspiron Mini 9, Dell has just unveiled a new version of this cheap ultraportable namely Dell Inspiron Mini 12. As you may guess the main difference between this new netbook and its predecessor is the screen dimension which, in this version, has been enlarged to reach 12.1 inch. Anyway this is not the only difference. As a matter of fact, the Inspiron Mini 12  has got more powerful features which have nothing to envy to “regular laptops”. Continue reading »