Month: August 2006

The master of all graphics editing programs got an update! The most significant fixes in the 9.0.2 release include the following: * Menus now respond correctly after a single click. * Undo/Redo work properly when multiple documents are open. * Photoshop no longer produces a program error when encountering unsupported file types through the Acrobat… Continue reading Adobe Photoshop 9.0.2

Maar liefst 235 bezoekers van Belgische zomerfestivals hebben dit jaar hun partner ten huwelijk gevraagd via de grote sms-schermen van gsm-operator BASE. Dat blijkt uit een onderzoek van de 26.089 sms’jes die over de schermen rolden tijdens Cactus, Suikerrock, Lokerse Feesten, Gentse Feesten en Antilliaanse Feesten. Dit soort van aanzoeken zit blijkbaar in de lift.… Continue reading Huwelijksaanzoeken via sms zitten in de lift

Mozilla has today delayed the release of the open source Firefox 2.0 browser until the 24th of October. The browser was supposed to be ready on 15 August. A second beta is now scheduled for 23 August. Some of the browser bugs which programmers are still working on involve visual refresh, tab overflow, spell check… Continue reading Firefox 2.0 delayed until October

Yesterday the zzillezz.net server got hacked. All index pages were changed. A backup was restored, but the backup was made *after* the server got hacked, so that didn’t solve anything. I still don’t know how they gained access to the files, but the hosting company did a kernel update this morning. I’ll keep you updated.… Continue reading Server got hacked

Hitman Pro is a collection of spyware removal tools, all in one automated package. New in Hitman Pro 2.5 * Added Expert tool. Even though Hitman Pro was never designed for the experienced user, a lot of people asked for it. Users can now have complete insight and control over threat objects (files and registry… Continue reading Hitman Pro 2.5

There’s an audio documentary about Kraftwerk on the BBC Radio 1 website. Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand is the talk host. >> Listen to the documentary

That’s two programs from Microsoft in two days, I know 🙂 But this one looks very handy: Windows Live Writer is a desktop application that makes it easier to compose compelling blog posts using Windows Live Spaces or your current blog service. Blogging has turned the web into a two-way communications medium. Our goal in… Continue reading Windows Live Writer beta

A new version of Windows Live Messenger has been released! As of yesterday, a new version of Messenger 8.0 is now ready for your downloading pleasure – version 8.0.0812. Think of this release just like that little dash of salt on your big delicious breakfast. Almost nothing has changed to the perceptible eye – but… Continue reading Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0812

Along with the AMD and ATI merger, Asustek and Gigabyte have just announced a major joint venture plan between the two companies. This joint venture will allow Gigabyte to use Asustek facilities for manufacturing Gigabyte video cards and motherboards. Gigabyte will own a 51% stake in the company, with Asustek picking up the other 49%.… Continue reading ASUS and Gigabyte merge

foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats. 0.9.3 Changelog: * New file properties dialogs * Speex decoding support, rewritten Ogg Vorbis / Ogg FLAC support * “File Operations / Delete File(s)” now uses… Continue reading foobar2000 0.9.3