SuperSite for Windows recently published a review of the latest Windows Vista beta release: build 5219. And some of the new features made me say, “Oh, sweet.” To list all of the features and improvements would mean a humongous blog post, but one that’s really worth mentioning is the ability to increase your system’s available RAM by simply inserting a memory stick. That’s right: stick in a 1GB keychain memory stick and you get another gig of RAM and an instant speed boost; an “external RAM upgrade.” Sweet.
Monthly Archives: September 2005
Former IE Developer Switches to Firefox
I found an interesting blog post by a former Microsoft employee who has recently switched to the Mozilla Firefox browser. He talks about the good things about Firefox as well as ways he thinks the browser can be improved. What makes the switch (and review) especially interesting is the fact that he had worked on developing Internet Explorer (mostly in interface design) from versions 1.0 to 5.0.
Podcasting Tools in Windows Vista?
According to this SuperSite for Windows article, it’s possible that a podcast creation utility will be included in Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (see my article on Windows Vista Editions for more info about the different versions of Vista).
In the coming months we’ll see if this possible podcast creation utility turns out to be a competetive solution, a useless Windows accessory as primitive as Paint, or a non-existent feature.
eBay Buys Skype
According to this PCWorld article, EBay recently bought out internet telephony company Skype for $2.6 billion. eBay said that they hope their acquisition of Skype will improve communication by allowing auction buyers and sellers to talk to each other. It’s also likely that users of Skype’s premium services will be able to make payments using eBay’s Paypal.
Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Released
The first beta for the next major version of Mozilla’s popular Firefox browser (which currently holds a John’s Choice award, meaning I use the product) has been recently released. Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 can be downloaded at the Firefox project page on the Mozilla site.
Just a reminder: “Beta” means that the product is for testing purposes only, and could have bugs or stability/compatibility problems. Unless you really want to try out test versions of Firefox, you should use the current stable version, Firefox 1.0.6, instead.