Archive for June 4th, 2010

Microsoft kills Bing cashback

The Bing cashback program is coming to an end . The kickback scheme, which gave Web shoppers cash back on purchases from affiliated stores, will be discontinued at 9 PM PDT on July 30. Users of the scheme will have a further year to claim their cash

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Etc: United Airlines has begun offering free inflight music (up to 21 separate playlists) on all its aircrafts, courtesy of Microsoft’s Zune.

United Airlines has begun offering free inflight music (up to 21 separate playlists) on all its aircrafts, courtesy of Microsoft’s Zune. Read More: United Read the comments on this post

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Desktop Media Displays Drive Icons On Computer Desktop

One of the great features of the Commodore Amiga computer was that it’s graphical user interface Workbench would automatically create an icon on the desktop whenever a disk was inserted into the drive. Floppy disks are not the medium of choice anymore but the feature itself would still be extremely useful for quickly accessing removable storage devices such as USB Drives, CD-Roms or sticks. Windows by default displays a dialog window if a new storage device is connected to the PC or a CD or DVD inserted into the optical drive

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Etc: Blogger Jamie Thomson has posted his 10 secrets of Windows Live Wave 4, revealing some things that Microsoft has yet to unveil.

Blogger Jamie Thomson has posted his 10 secrets of Windows Live Wave 4, revealing some things that Microsoft has yet to unveil.

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Windows 7 passes XP on Steam, Mac OS X grabs 8% share

Four months ago , Windows 7 passed Windows Vista on Steam, the leader of the digital game distribution market, and we predicted that XP was in its crosshairs. Last month, Windows 7 passed Windows XP, making it the most popular operating system on Steam. Windows 7 is also the first version of Windows where gamers are adopting 64-bit faster than 32-bit

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Track your mouse pointer in Windows 7

OdoPlus tracks the distance your mouse pointer travels on the screen. It also keeps a record of how often you clicked each mouse button and in which part of the desktop. Features: Tracks overall..

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Hard Drive Diagnostics Software GSmartControl

Nothing is worse for a computer user than a hard drive that is nearing the end of its life cycle as hard drive crashes or unreadable sectors could lead to data loss if the user was not prepared for the worst case. But when is the right time to start preparations? Should you start feeling worried when the hard disk begins to make strange noises that seem to grow by the hour

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The best of Bing 3 – Theme for Windows 7

Top mark the first anniversary of the launch of their Bing search engine, which officially launched on June 3rd 2009.

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Hey Bing, Happy 1st Birtday; Google’s copying you!

Happy first birthday, Bing. You have come a long way since  June 3, 2009! “You’ve successfully gained significant market share in a year – from 8 percent in May 2009 to 11.8 percent in..

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