Browsers can now cache Youtube videos
YouTube has finally allowed its videos to be cached in the browser’s Temporary Internet Files/Cache. Although this has been possible all along for Flash movies, but YouTube had disabled caching probably due to copyright issues. Now that it’s enabled, you can buffer a video, and refresh the
How to change the Windows 7 Logon UI button set
Rafael Rivera, the man behind numerous hidden tweaks and discoveries in Windows 7 has posted another one on how to change the button set in the Logon Screen in Windows 7. Why would you want to change the Logon Screen button? You can already change your logon
Browser for Better – Download IE and Feed the Hungry
Microsoft has launched a new ‘Browser for Better’ campaign aimed at feeding the hungry in America. For every download of Internet Explorer 8 from the Browser for Better website, Microsoft will donate 9 meals to ‘Feeding America’ which is the America’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. For those
Bing Image Archive by Long Zheng
Long Zheng (Mr. about-to-graduate-from-university) of istartedsomething has created an archive of the photographs that are used as Bing’s backgrounds. They are some of the best looking photos you’ll see. Although, Bing has an option to navigate through the old photos, it’s not really a fast process.
6 reasons why the Zune HD is no competition for iPod Touch
I’ve been reading a lot of blogs and tweets lately on how Zune HD is Microsoft’s reply to iPod Touch. Even some people from Microsoft have been labeling it as an iPod Touch killer, which is totally ridiculous. Just because it has a browser and multi-touch, doesn’t
A tour of Microsoft Research labs in Cambridge
Reuters recently did a tour of Microsoft Research Labs in Cambridge where they were shown Second Light, Sense Cam and other projects being worked on. They also have a huge, antique disk platter from main frames which had just 1 MB capacity. Surface PC and touch based
Video Demo of XBOX 360’s Game on Demand Service
Microsoft announced at GDC 2009 that it’ll be providing digital distribution for games ala Steam for Windows. While, that hasn’t appeared on the horizon yet, we’ve been shown a demo already of XBOX 360’s Games on Demand service which was unveiled at E3. Once you’ve made sure
Apps for Windows: Tetris Games
One of the most popular games in the world, Tetris celebrates its 25th birthday today. According to Telegraph The game was created by Alexey Pajitnov, a computer engineer who was working for the Computing Centre of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. It has sold more than 70
Live Demos of Project Natal – Take that Sony!
If you followed the E3 conference, you must have noticed how Sony and PS 3 fanboys were claiming that Microsoft only showed scripted/acted demos and not live one for Project Natal ( they acted as the Paint Party and Ricochet demos weren’t live ). Microsoft had promised