Sponsored Link In our last set of collaboration tools review we featured two of the most outstanding free online collaboration app. But if you think your choice is just limited to those two only, you are seriously mistaken. There are a bunch of app/software out there which are free (Partial or full). So our intended target would be seek and analyze their offers, pros and cons. Thank you all of who provided their valued feedback through …

Doesn’t matter you are just a high school grad student or high flying professional , you need to collaborate with your friends and colleague, time such it is. Though for friendly chit-chat and sharing resource and information social networks like Facebook should be more than enough. But when it comes to professional/business collaboration, the hunts for collaboration software/system begin. In case you are wondering, Collaborative software is the basis for computer supported cooperative workspace, in easy words the software/system that create a virtual office. This is also known as GroupWare. GroupWare have its own classifications on the basis of the …

Apple’s Safari may be the rocking browser for Mac users, but only 4.04 percent Internet surfer use Safari while Firefox 2.x takes the third spot with 10.02 percent and IE7 occupy spot two followed by its predecessor IE6 at the top with a blistering 46.76 percent share (Statistics provided by Net Applications ). Even the web developers using Mac doesn’t hassle to check if their pages work with Safari unless their target market is particularly Mac oriented. So as you can see Safari remains as an underdog in browser war. Only Mac users were in love with it, deducting those …

Got a hat tip from BBC about Ubuntu Mobile and embedded project, which intends to create the open source platform for the initial release around October 2007. Until now Linux never had viable prospect to dominate handheld devices, but things are about to change as Ubuntu Linux developers plan to offer their open-source software development to handheld Internet-enabled devices. This new Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded project was announced on Saturday. Ubuntu programmers will develop a mobile version of their Debian-based Linux operating system in …

Google renamed (iGoogle) and improved its Personalized Home Page earlier this week, but the update couldn’t shake a bug that began shaking many users last week. Thank goodness- I was just beginning to use that, didn’t spend that much time on it, so wouldn’t have to be frustrated like a lot of users who spent serious time configuring it. This bug caused the iGoogle (free service), which allows users turn Google.com into a customized portal, to revert to an undetermined number of pages to their default settings or to months-old versions. In …

Mozilla’s Firefox was always a threat to rest of the browsers, since it’s early launch. Mozilla CTO, Brendan Eich may not agree with mobile web browsing, but Mozilla as a whole do not have any lack of innovation ahead of their competitors.

After breakneck growth during its first two years on the market, Firefox has become the Web browser of choice for about 15% of PC users. After its 2004 release, with features like easy-to-manage bookmarks, tabbed browsing, and an effective pop-up ad blocker, …

Most of the modern browser do contain accessibility tools, but honestly speaking those aren’t enough for visually impaired person. Some of the operating systems like Microsoft windows’98 and later do also have narrator, which can be used/configured to read web content. But the problem is none of these are simple enough, bottom-line not user friendly enough for a blind person. So our web technology has developed, but remain still for visually impaired people. IBM got an answer for that, A-browser or Accessibility Browser .

IBM’s blind researcher Dr Chieko Asakawa and her …

ICANN(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) the organization responsible for oversight Internet decided not to give adult websites their own “.xxx” domain extension/TLD, for the third time in a row. I was surprised by this decision honestly, since that could have enabled authorities to regulate Internet pornography more easily.

The 9-5 vote decision by ICANN’s board came nearly seven years after the proposal was first floated by ICM Registry LLC. The most possible cause for this 3rd time denial was religious group’s fear for so …

Vancouver-based Non-profit organization International Association of Virtual Reality Technologies announced to build a network called Neuronet purely to support virtual-reality game and business applications. Neuronet, which is planned to be separate from the Internet will be world’s first public network capable of meeting the data transmission requirements of emerging cinematic and immersive VR technologies. The first-generation Neuronet is scheduled to go live in 2007, but consumer applications are not to be expected before 2009. IAVRT is overseeing the registration of Neuronet domain names, the group said. Trademark holders can get an early start from February 5 to June 1; the general public is …

The legendary British band “Duran Duran” going to create a virtual island within online game Second Life, on which they will perform actual live concerts. They will be the first major group to announce virtual world existence within a game. Second life is an online digital world, which is imagined, formed & own by its residents. This extraordinary 3D life is presented by Linden Lab. Second Life website: http://secondlife.com/ Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by 553,700+ people from around the globe. From the moment you enter the World you'll discover a vast digital continent, teeming with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity. Once you've explored a bit, perhaps you'll find a perfect parcel of land to build your house or business. You'll also be surrounded by the Creations of your fellow residents. Because residents retain the rights to their digital creations, they can buy, sell and trade with other residents.