Archive for July, 2007
What I want more from Gmail
Regardless of how fast and brilliant Yahoo! have worked on their new Yahoo! Mail Beta, I am still a bigger fan of Gmail and can’t depend on any other. There are however some quite simple points (from my perspective at least) that can provide much higher usability: Bigger (preferrably infinite) mail size: I am surprised [...]
PlayStation 3 Sales Top As Their Price Drop
Following the $100 price drop of PlayStation 3 their sales have topped on Amazon Video Games yesterday, overdoing Wii. Is the $100 all that was separating people from the PS3? Or is it just a temporarily reaction that will fade away? Both ways, I think this is the best time to strike with new games.
PS3 price drop to $499
Tough luck to me and all people who just bought it. The price of 60 GB PS3 will drop to $499 as the new 80 GB hits the market with $599 price. One of the main reasons for PS3 failure is high price tag so I wonder why they are bringing in a new expensive [...]
Firefox and the PDF Mystery Resolved
For long enough I have been facing problems with opening PDF files from Firefox browser. Adobe Reader was one of the best must applications. Later it became a typical example of good app gone bad. Sometimes things are just good the way they are without creating a big fuss. Gradually, we started seeing Adobe needs [...]
Mac Vs PC – South Park
No more site reviews on Alexa!?
Did you notice that? The site reviews that was powered by Amazon is no more on Alexa.com. Try searching for Google, Expedia or any other site. I could not see the old site reviews we used to see. But why is that? Most likely it’s due to extensive spam issue. But this is sad really. [...]
Google Search is a science
Books have been written on how to use Google more effectively. It’s becoming something of a science by it self. Joost De Valk have posted on his blog a cheat sheet PDF file on the url parameters and their meanings (Thanks Search Engine Journal for the reference). Also, I came across this recently. Search Google [...]