Monthly Archives: December 2005

Firefox Extension: Google’s Blogger Web Comments

By Bish | Published: 15/12/2005 – 22:33 | Posted in News, Software, Technology | Comments (0)

While I am on the subject of Firefox Extensions, Google has pushed some more goodies into their ‘technology playground’ they call Google Labs. With two Extensions released yesterday, Google is continuing to promote Firefox as the web browser of choice – surely simmering rumours of a possible Opera acquisition. Google Safe Browsing and Blogger Web Comments have hit the Beta stage of testing, the point where Google has found that people make the most fuss about them, and are freely available to download.

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Skype ‘integrates’ with Thomson Local

By Bish | Published: 15/12/2005 – 13:56 | Posted in News, Personal, Software, Technology | Comments (0)

Skype

As a user of Skype, the Voip app, the news of the integration with Thomson Local comes as a potentially excellent addition and shows signs of foresight and innovation I had thought had ceased to exist since the EBay buy out. While its certainly a step in the right direction for Skype, until it is seamlessly integrated with the browser, without out the need for the clunky toolbar, its use will be limited.

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Yahoo Acquires Del.icio.us

By Bish | Published: 12/12/2005 – 21:16 | Posted in News, Technology, Web2.0 | Comments (2)

Yahoo Logo 

Like a bolt from the blue Yahoo has bought up the social bookmarking site, Del.icio.us. Much like the Flickr acquisition back in March, Yahoo has snapped up another emerging site and technology that has redefined the way we surf. Del.icio.us is the number 1 social bookmarking site with a community thought to be around 300,000 and growing.

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Review: Flock (Developer Preview)

By Bish | Published: 08/12/2005 – 20:53 | Posted in Reviews, Software | Comments (4)

Flock 

Flock? Excuse me? What did you say? 

Well to those who aren’t quite sure what I am getting at, Flock is an open source web browser that has come on the scene recently shouting pretty loudly about the features its offering. Available at the moment only as a developer preview but based on Firefox’s code, the Flock team have come along and put together a modern, slick looking browser with some radical ideas.

The Social Scene

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Skype Video Arrives

By Bish | Published: 01/12/2005 – 20:18 | Posted in News, Software, Technology | Comments (0)

Skype Video
Well it didn’t take them long, just 11 days after the rumours started flying (see my earlier post), Skype have made their beta release version 2 available for download to the public.

A little buggy, well it is beta after all, this is the long awaited addition to Skype that we have all been waiting for. With a few cosmetic touches, skype is really looking slick and impressive. Additional features include contact grouping and an expandable “My Panel” (mood, events, services integrated) and most importantly Video calls!

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