Archive for April, 2004

GoogleGet – The Latest News Headlines on Your iPod: “GoogleGet is Back:

It disappeared for a while there, but now GoogleGet is back in action. I guess I underestimated the number of people using the program who wanted it working again Besides, I can’t see that I’m really doing Google News any harm, so here’s a nice shiny new update for you all.”

ClearType information page / activating ClearType / ClearType news / ClearType FAQ: “ClearType in Windows XP

Windows XP is Microsoft’s first operating system release to include system wide ClearType support. Use the updated ClearType Web interface to activate ClearType, and to tune your ClearType settings”

PC Wizard: “PC WIZARD 2004 is a powerful utility designed especially for detection of hardware, but also some more analysis. It’s able to identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per month) in order to provide most accurate results.”

Microsoft QuickStart Tutorials: “.NET Compact Framework QuickStart Tutorial

The .NET Compact Framework QuickStarts are code examples and supporting commentary for developing .NET Compact Framework applications on smart devices. Pocket PCs and other devices running Windows CE .NET are the devices that currently support the .NET Compact Framework. To start programming, you do not need a device because Microsoft Visual Studio .NET provides emulators for smart device projects.”

Create an Account: “Visual Studio .NET is the most productive and powerful tool for addressing today’s pressing application development challenges. Work through hands-on, guided exercises with Visual Studio .NET now. – no installation is required. Check it out!”

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About Gmail: “About Gmail

As part of Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful, we’re testing an email service called Gmail.

Gmail is a free, search-based webmail service that includes 1,000 megabytes (1 gigabyte) of storage. The backbone of Gmail is a powerful Google search engine that quickly recalls any message an account owner has ever sent or received. That means there’s no need to file messages in order to find them again.

When Gmail displays an email, it automatically shows all the replies to that email as well, so users can view a message in the context of a conversation. There are no pop-ups or banner ads in Gmail, which places relevant text ads and links to related web pages adjacent to email messages. “

Windows XP SP2 Technical Preview Download: “Windows XP SP2 Technical Preview

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) provides an enhanced security infrastructure that defends against viruses, worms and hackers, along with increased manageability and control for IT professionals and an improved experience for users.

To aid IT professionals in planning and testing for the deployment of Windows XP SP2, Microsoft is making available this preview, based on Release Candidate 1 of the SP2. Additionally, we have established 11 newsgroups for sharing information.

WARNING! This technical preview is unsupported and is intended for testing purposes only. Do not use in production environments.”

PCWorld.com – MyUninstaller v1.00: “MyUninstaller v1.00

Do you waver over Windows’ uninstaller, wondering whether you’d get more use out of a program or out of the space it takes up? This installation utility gives you more data, helping you make an informed decision. It tells you the product name and company, its location, the version number, whether the program is obsolete, and more of points that help you decide whether to uninstall. It lets you save a list of installed applications as a text file or HTML file so you can keep a record of what’s on your system. Download “