Category Archives: Quick

SXSW 2006 Podcasts

By Bish | Published: 15/05/2006 – 21:18 | Posted in News, Quick, Web Design, Web2.0 | Comments (0)

The two shows that really get my attention every year are E3 and South by Southwest (SXSW). SXSW brings together the most creative minds of the web for panels, keynotes and speeches – good excuse for a bit of a party too. For those who didn’t make it, including myself, they have released the podcasts for this year’s event on their website.

F.E.A.R Expansion Pack Announced

By Bish | Published: 07/05/2006 – 18:43 | Posted in Gaming, News, Quick, Software | Comments (0)

Fear, probably my favourite game of the year that opened my eyes to what can be achieved with what was a stale genre, has had an expansion pack announced by Sierra Entertainment. ‘Extraction Point’ is thought to logically pick up where the original finished and is expected to be a link to a sequel that is surely going to follow. New locations, weapons and enemies….. my mouth is watering already. Bring on the previews at E3!

New Version of VLC Released

By Bish | Published: 07/05/2006 – 18:08 | Posted in Apple, News, Quick, Software, Windows | Comments (0)

VLC, quite simply the best media player available, have updated and released a new version. Available for almost any operating system including Mac, Windows, Linux and Pocket PC, you can grab a copy here . Now up to version 0.8.5, Video Lan (Client) continues to offer a one stop shop for video and music encompassing numerous formats and even offering the facility to easily multicast over a high speed network.

Keep up the good work……

Updates include; MacIntel support, New AJAX HTTP interface, MSN and Growl “Now playing” plugins and they have done ‘Loads of bugfixes’.

30 Boxes Adds Colour to Tags

By Bish | Published: 27/04/2006 – 18:01 | Posted in Design, News, Quick, Web2.0 | Comments (0)

30Boxes, the quality / free / ajax calendar, has added colour to tags allowing you to browse through your calendar at a glance and see what your up to. Simply click on ‘Find’, then the box next to the tag and select your colour from the palette.

I really like this calendar and it looks as though they are responding well to the recent calendar release from Google. Continually adding features and pushing the functionality, I hope 30Boxes will be around for a while yet.

 

Internet Explorer 7: Official Beta 2

By Bish | Published: 25/04/2006 – 22:13 | Posted in Microsoft, News, Quick, Web, Web Design, Windows | Comments (0)

Microsoft yesterday announced the official Beta 2 release of Internet Explorer 7. The previous release was billed as a preview and according to IEBlog they have fixes and changes have been made based on feedback from the previous releases (including CSS). It looks like another couple of releases to come including Beta 3 before the official release which is likely to coincide with the official launch of Vista to business around November.

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