Remember that Photosynth tech preview that drew quite a bit of attention? Well, now the BBC has released a collection of Photosynth virtual tours to go along with their ‘How We Built Britain’ TV show. The portal to a variety of Photosynth virtual tours is available here. The screen shot above is me checking out […]

The search bar that is integrated with Firefox has been a tremendous help in my web surfing. Internet Explorer 7 has added a similar search capability, but by default offers only the Microsoft Live Search. Fortunately adding Google or your search engine of choice is quite easy.

The first step is to click the little down […]

Microsoft recently released an update that integrated 3D into their Virtual Earth software. This announcement of the release of the Photosynth Technology Preview has me far more interested. I installed the ActiveX component into Internet Explorer 7 and was met with a 3D looking environment that I believe has to be seen to be appreciated. […]

With the recent releases of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox 2, the ongoing battle between the two browsers was brought back into the spotlight. The reports of the number of downloads each had received promoted by both Microsoft and Mozilla. And now some third party members have decided to have a little fun […]

FoxyTunes, a media player for Firefox which has been available for some time now, has announced a beta release for Internet Explorer. It offers the same features that the Firefox users have come to enjoy including Music Web searches, currently playing track information, automatically finds and displays album covers, and more.
The 647KB download installed […]

In a previous post here, I commented on the large number of downloads of Firefox 2.0 within 24 hours of its release. I also wondered about the slightly longer term numbers for Firefox. While I still do not have the exact details I was after, there is news regarding the continued erosion of Internet Explorer’s […]