Author Archives: Mr.Geek
Google Chrome is out of Beta
The browser released by Google a hundred days ago, that has attracted over ten million users throughout the world, is about to come out of beta and is ready for full release.
Throughout the beta test users were encouraged to report any bugs, while the developers worked on fixing the known ones until they reached a point where the browser is as stable and usable as it is likely to ever be.
Search engine for Wallpapers
Wallpaper Search is a website where we can find any wallpapers that we want. It’s very simple and automatically find our screen resolutions. It offers also this resolutions 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024.
Adult filter options is available, although this option is disabled by default.
Make Windows Vista quick launcher as Mac OSX Leopard
RK Launcher is a free application that will allow the user to have a visually pleasing bar at the side of the screen that is used to quickly launch shortcuts. With support for themes, PNG’s and ICO’s and with smooth amazing animations, RK Launcher is a versatile and great taskbar replacement.
Released WordPress 2.7 Stable version
Photos from Microsoft Visitor Center
New in Gmail – Tasks and Text Messaging in Chat
There are added two new features in Gmail. Task and Text Messaging in Chat.
Tasks
Keep track of what you need to do with a lightweight task list right inside of Gmail. Just click and type to add new tasks, convert emails into tasks, and (most satisfyingly) check them off as you’re done. Once you turn on this Labs feature, look for the Tasks link to the left of your inbox under Contacts.
Facebook infected again by Koobface
Facebook users have been advised to be on high alert after it emerged that the computer invading Koobface worm had resurfaced.
Having previously targeted users of Bebo, MySpace and other social networking sites earlier in the year, once ‘in the loop’ the virus-type worm spreads like wild fire.
Trojan for Firefox: Update your Antivirus
Here are a news about trojan from Greasemonkey – a Firefox addon. It is identified by BitDefender.
BitDefender has identified this new bit of holiday cheer as Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A” (the ChromeInject suffix refers to the Chrome component of Firefox). The trojan installs itself into Firefox’s add-on directory, registers itself as Greasemonkey, and begins searching your hard drive for passwords, login details, your World of WarCraft account information, and your library card number.
FriendZoo – Your Zoo for iPhone and iPod touch
FriendZoo by Aspyr is a nice application that allows you to map your contacts as animals of a virtual zoo, with lots of atmosphere appropriate for each of them.
With this app you can convert each of their contacts in a different animal, choosing from 18 different species placed in 5 unique scenery of nature, and assigning each to the animal features more appropriate.
You can call, send text messages and emails to each "animal contact", and not only: the more we interact with someone, the more relevant the animal appears happy and satisfied inside the zoo.
The application does not offer any particular option to make it indispensable in any case it is a nice software. For those who want to try it, here’s the direct link respectively Store to download FriendZoo, at a cost of 2.39 euros.