Archive for March, 2006

Mar 29 2006

More invites to give away…

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OK – so this may be getting a bit boring… but I have heaps of different invites available to give out to interested people. I have the following: * 100 Google Gmail invites * 5 Windows Live Mail invites * 10 Windows Live Messenger invites read more | digg story

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Mar 29 2006

Apology from Plaxo

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My previous post about Plaxo joined in with the blogosphere’s opinion that Plaxo needed to apologise for their spam they had knowingly sent out. This morning I discovered that Plaxo’s CEO had made a full, public apology – even to the point of making a dig at themselves with a picture of flying pigs in […]

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Mar 28 2006

beta @ amanzi » co.mments for tracking comments

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Blog post from the beta @ amanzi site looking at the new co.mments service which allows you to keep track of blog posts and comments. read more | digg story

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Mar 24 2006

YouTube rocks

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I love YouTube! You can find some of the most amazing and funny clips on the site. Without YouTube I would never have seen these… Microsft iPod parody Chris Bliss the juggler. (To appreciate this, you should watch this one first.) Natalie Imbruglia – “Torn” being ‘signed’ by a comedian Robot dance

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Mar 23 2006

No more spam from Plaxo

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Plaxo have made a couple of high visibility blog posts today saying that they are restricting the amount of automatic emails (a.k.a. SPAM) get sent out by users of their service. This seems like a good thing but it’s the way that they went about it that is leaving a bad taste in people’s mouths. […]

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Mar 23 2006

Firefox 2.0 Alpha 1 – Tab Close Button

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The beta @ amanzi site looks at a controversial change to Firefox in the alpha Bon Echo version. The tab close button has been moved onto each tab from it’s orginal static position on the right. Lots of people have already been complaining, while others prefer each tab to have their own close button. What […]

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Mar 22 2006

Windows OneCare Live Review – Part 2

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This is part 2 of the beta @ amanzi review of Windows OneCare Live – Microsoft’s antivirus/backup/tune-up application. The article covers how easy it is to backup files, but not so easy to restore them. As always there’s lots of screenshots. read more | digg story

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Mar 21 2006

Mini-review of Firefox 2.0 Alpha 1 with screenshots

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I’ve just posted a new article to the beta @ amanzi site showing off the new Firefox 2.0 Alpha 1 with screenshots showing the installation and new features of the freshly released alpha. read more | digg story

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Mar 20 2006

Blogtown NZ updated

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It’s been a while since I’ve last posted, it’s been a busy couple of weeks. I’ve been working on the Blogtown site a bit recently too and I’ve just released a major overhaul to the front page and registration system. I’ve opened up registrations for now, but may suspend them again depending on the number […]

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Mar 09 2006

Origami project revealed as UMPC

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Microsoft have finally taken the wraps off their much-hyped project, Origami. Turns out that it’s the same device that Intel showed yesterday and Samsung today. Microsoft are calling it the UMPC and I am very under-whelmed with it. It’s a small, touch-screen computer that runs Windows XP Tablet PC edition. It has 2 – 3 […]

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