Yahoo! has partnered with McAfee to integrated the security firm’s SiteAdvisor technology in Yahoo! search results. That means Yahoo! will remove some of the most dangerous sites from search results altogether, and will include highly visible warning messages on search listings that force downloads, include browser exploits, or sites that send unsolicited emails.
Google offers a [...]
May 6, 2008
Categories: Business, Internet, Security, Web Services . Tags: Yahoo . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: No Comments
Remember Lycos? Once upon a time they were a search engine and internet portal, just like Google and Yahoo! And today they’re… well, actually they’re still around, much to our surprise. And today the company launched its most interesting product in ages: an online video site with a social twist.
When you start watching a movie [...]
May 5, 2008
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SeeqPod is a search engine for finding music on the web. But it’s much more than that. Enter an artist or song title in SeeqPod and it will look for MP3s, video files, or web sites related to you term and present them in a nice clean list — with links to play the files [...]
April 30, 2008
Categories: Internet, Music, Videos, Web Services . . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: 1 Comment
Nothing really beats a good firewall or anti-malware program that offers real-time protection. But if something was going to come close, we’d say a tool that lets you check files against 20 different antivirus might come close. Jotti’s Malware Scan is an online tool that lets you upload a file and scan it with 20 [...]
April 29, 2008
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We’ve all seen desktop applications that let you record music from internet radio streams, but ChiliRec is the first web app that I know of that rips music from online radio stations and stores it in folders.
Here’s how it works: When you visit the Chilirec site, you can choose from a long list of online [...]
April 25, 2008
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Online video site Hulu has allowed users to embed videos on other pages pretty much since day one. In fact, a cottage industry has popped up around embedded Hulu videos, although now that the site is out of private beta, there’s not much use for sites like TV Paradise and OPENHulu to exist. But now [...]
April 16, 2008
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Mibbit is a new IRC client that — wait, they still make IRC clients? While AOL, MSN, Google, Skype and others dominate the world chat scene these days, once upon a time IRC or Internet Relay Chat was king. And while IRC doesn’t get much attention these days, it’s still alive, kicking, and useful if [...]
April 16, 2008
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A while back, the EFF caught cable provider Comcast using basic hacking techniques to restrict the use of Bittorrent on their connection. This irritated a lot of people, not only illegal file sharers, but also the growing number of consumers who use the bittorrent technology for legitimate purposes, such as downloading Open Source software or [...]
April 11, 2008
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If you shed a tear every time you have to delete a text message at the bottom of your inbox, or if you can’t bring yourself to part with the latest ROTFLOL SMS sent by your best friend, then TreasureMyText is for you.
TreasureMyText is an online service that will store all of your text messages [...]
April 10, 2008
Categories: Internet, Phone, Web Services, iPhone . Tags: beta . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: No Comments
How often do you open and save files on your computer? I’m sure that even the most casual users will do it several times throughout the day. Whether it be adding an attachment to an email, uploading a photo to a website, or simply saving a document you’ve been working on… opening and saving files [...]
April 8, 2008
Categories: Anime, Business, How To, Microsoft, Software, Utilities, Vista, Web Services . . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: 2 Comments
OK, we know it’s a long shot, but wouldn’t it be great if Microsoft succeeded in its bid to buy Yahoo! and then renamed the company Microhoo? Because when you type “Microhoo” into Yahoo!’s search engine right now, one of the suggestions is “Microhoods.” And given Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s recent letter to the Yahoo! Board, that seems like as accurate a description as any.
April 6, 2008
Categories: Business, Internet, Microsoft, Web Services . Tags: Yahoo . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: No Comments
The Crunchyroll video-streaming website announced yesterday that it will offer the Speed Racer animated series via ad-supported, subscription, and download-to-own video services. The press release states that the car-racing series will be available to watch starting yesterday, but only three trailers for this year’s live-action movie, the original opening theme, and an anime music video [...]
March 27, 2008
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It’s 2:00 in the morning and the phone rings. You roll out of bed and go grab your phone just in time to hear the person on the other end hang up, realizing it’s the wrong number. You stumble back to bed and the phone rings again. You put a pillow over your head and [...]
March 27, 2008
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MapQuest has finally gotten around to adding a feature that Google Maps has had for over a year: real-time traffic info. When you search for a location or driving directions on MapQuest, all you have to do is click the traffic button in the upper left corner of the screen and all of the major [...]
March 18, 2008
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Yahoo! has rolled out a major update to Yahoo! Maps, with expanded worldwide coverage, new and more focused neighborhood data, and many stylistic improvements.
The new neighborhood data allows you to get more specific information for any given location, with lower zoom levels and more localized data, including schools, rest areas, resorts, restaurants, and so on.
300 [...]
March 6, 2008
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