I installed the new Yahoo Messenger 6.0 instant messaging client, and even though I chose custom installation, and removed the optional components to prevent Yahoo from taking over my computer, it still hijacked my computer. How, you ask? I’m glad you asked; here are a list of things Yahoo Messenger 6.0 has done to my…
Sites Use Copy/Paste Wrongly
A disturbing trend I’ve been seeing for a long while now is just getting out of hand. It has to do with a news site copying and pasting the exact words of the article into their post, and not using the semantically correct blockquote tag to make it look like another source cited it. In…
New Gmail Features
Just logged in to Gmail and found in bold red letters the words New Features! Yay! I’m discovering that I’m really enjoying Gmail, the ease of use it provides, the lightning quick web interface, and the features it provides are top-notch. I’m glad I gave it a try and decided to make it my primary…
Mac OSX Tiger Preview – Spotlight
One thing that Google has taught me is that quick, easier searching is an invaluable tool in my daily web life. iTunes has also taught me that quickly, and easily searching for the tunes on my computer is an appreciative and welcome ability to have. Now Apple introduces Spotlight, for their upcoming OS X Tiger…