http://www.met-office.com//it-news http://www.met-office.com//it-news.rss Met-Office.com - News IT News RSS feeds ~ www.met-office.com//it-news'; en-us http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/09/07/twitter-tuesday-third-party-twitter-apps-take-a-beating-and-ke/ http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/09/07/twitter-tuesday-third-party-twitter-apps-take-a-beating-and-ke/ 7 September 2010, 3:15 pm
Filed under: Features, Web services, Social Software, Microblogging, Twitter It's certainly not a good week to be a Twitter app developer (unless you work for Twitter, that is). Tweet honcho Evan Williams just revealed on the Twitter blog that third-party apps make up a teeny-tiny percentage of all Twitter traffic, with the Twitter website and official apps pulling the bulk of the weight. Ev stopped short of saying, "You think we need you, but we don't," but that seemed to be the implication. ...]]> http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/09/03/firefox-friday-not-such-a-great-week-for-the-fox-but-the-futu/ http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/09/03/firefox-friday-not-such-a-great-week-for-the-fox-but-the-futu/ 3 September 2010, 3:30 pm
Filed under: Features, Mozilla, BrowsersHi there, Firefox fans. The esteemed Mr. Anthony is out this weekend, so I'm your host for today's Firefox Friday. Sad to say, things aren't looking too fantastic for Firefox at the moment. Before he left, Sebastian ran a comparison of the hardware acceleration in modern browsers, and Mozilla's baby was lagging in last place. Browser growth was also stagnant for Firefox in August, according to this month's numbers. There might be brighter times on the h...]]> http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/09/02/5-great-content-discovery-sites-digg-alternatives/ http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/09/02/5-great-content-discovery-sites-digg-alternatives/ 2 September 2010, 2:00 pm
Filed under: Features, Social Software, web 2.0, ListsDespite what you may have heard in the last two weeks, Digg is not dead. It is, however, a very different service than when it started. What used to be a great place to find interesting links and hilarious commentary has become, for almost all intents and purposes, a Twitter clone. Digg isn't about to shut its doors, but I do get the feeling that regular, loyal Diggers are looking to take their custom elsewhere. Judging by the 'Reddit incide...]]> http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/08/31/twitter-tuesday-oauth-is-here-password-based-authentication/ http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/08/31/twitter-tuesday-oauth-is-here-password-based-authentication/ 31 August 2010, 3:00 pm
Filed under: Features, Web services, Social Software, Microblogging, Twitter Big changes for third-party apps on Twitter today: they can no longer require you to log in with your Twitter password. Twitter's mandatory switch to OAuth authentication has finally happened, which means you have more control over which apps can access your account. In case you've never signed into a Twitter app with OAuth, here's how it works: you click to sign in, and get redirected to Twitter, where you'll see "ap...]]> http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/08/31/learn-to-touch-type/ http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/08/31/learn-to-touch-type/ 31 August 2010, 12:00 pm
Filed under: FeaturesIf you're a fan of life hacks of any kind and you can't touch-type, you're wasting your time. Just like the best current upgrade you can give your computer in terms of overall speed improvement is a solid-state drive, the best overall speed improvement you can give yourself when it comes to the time you spend on a computer is the ability to touch-type. I'm not kidding, and if you're skeptical I intend to convince you. For our Back-to-School series, I really wanted to write a...]]> http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/08/25/idrivesync-cheaper-more-powerful-dropbox-alternative/ http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/08/25/idrivesync-cheaper-more-powerful-dropbox-alternative/ 25 August 2010, 12:00 pm
Filed under: Utilities, Features, Productivity, web 2.0 I'm an avid Dropbox fan. I've been using it for a long time now, and it's one of a handful of applications that I think of as "mission critical" on my system. But there are a couple of things that have always irked me about Dropbox. First and foremost, there are the rates. It's US$9.99/month for 50GB. Really? With online backup solutions such as Backblaze and Mozy offering unlimited storage for just $5/month, Dropbox's price tag seems quite...]]> http://lifehacker.com/5633097/how-much-faster-is-google-instant http://lifehacker.com/5633097/how-much-faster-is-google-instant 8 September 2010, 6:05 pm
Google Instant likes to think it's pretty fast, but how fast is it really? We pitted regular old Google against Google Instant, complete with its time-saving shortcuts, for a head-to-head comparison. More » ...]]> http://lifehacker.com/5633068/keyboard-shortcuts-thatll-make-your-google-instant-searching-even-faster http://lifehacker.com/5633068/keyboard-shortcuts-thatll-make-your-google-instant-searching-even-faster 8 September 2010, 3:15 pm
The new Google Instant certainly can save you a lot of time searching, but you'll really start seeing the speed once you familiarize yourself with its shortcuts. More » ...]]> http://lifehacker.com/5633074/android-notifier-sends-notifications-from-your-phone-to-growl http://lifehacker.com/5633074/android-notifier-sends-notifications-from-your-phone-to-growl 8 September 2010, 2:30 pm
Android and Mac/Windows/Linux: If you don't want to deal with your phone while you're at your computer, free app Android Notifier will send all your phone's call, SMS, and battery notifications to your desktop. More » ...]]> http://lifehacker.com/5632939/google-instant-filters-your-google-search-results-as-you-type http://lifehacker.com/5632939/google-instant-filters-your-google-search-results-as-you-type 8 September 2010, 12:00 pm
Google Instant is a major update to the default Google search experience, providing immediate, as-you-type search results that aim to speed up your everyday Google queries by two to five seconds per search. More » ...]]> http://lifehacker.com/5632722/how-to-pick-the-right-tv-tuner-for-your-diy-dvr http://lifehacker.com/5632722/how-to-pick-the-right-tv-tuner-for-your-diy-dvr 8 September 2010, 11:00 am
You can pay a monthly fee to your cable provider for a time-shifting DVR, but if you prefer control and flexibility to DRM and, well, that monthly fee, you can roll your own DVR with a TV tuner for your PC. More » ...]]> http://lifehacker.com/5632849/otherinbox-batches-your-unimportant-mail-inside-your-gmail-or-yahoo-inbox http://lifehacker.com/5632849/otherinbox-batches-your-unimportant-mail-inside-your-gmail-or-yahoo-inbox 8 September 2010, 10:05 am
Free webapp OtherInbox wants to do the job you loathe doing daily—looking through all those semi-regular news alerts, coupons, account updates, and other non-personal mail. Give it the keys to your inbox, and OtherInbox can summarize and prioritize your bacn. More » ...]]> http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/SrOjRU7lWK4/1283988015 http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/SrOjRU7lWK4/1283988015 8 September 2010, 6:20 pm
By Tim Conneally, Betanews Irish company Amulet Devices today announced it is now shipping its Amulet Voice Remote to U.S. customers. The Windows Media Center remote control supports a full array of voice commands in addition to standard button-based IR navigation.Through the remote's built-in microphone, users can access their profile and navigate through all the content on their Windows Media Center box. In addition to simply playing the media, users can also program their DVR, instantly navig...]]> http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/np9edz_mfmA/1283977947 http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/np9edz_mfmA/1283977947 8 September 2010, 3:33 pm
By Ed Oswald, Betanews As promised at last week's event, Apple on Wednesday released iOS 4.1, its first significant update to the iOS platform that was introduced with the iPhone 4 earlier this summer. The update includes several new features including HDR photos, HD video upload, and a working Game Center.Several bugs were also fixed in this latest update, including the highly-publicized proximity sensor issue and security issues involving FaceTime, GIFs and TIFFs, and at least 20 bugs in the W...]]> http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/ilmOUwYuCkQ/1283968429 http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/ilmOUwYuCkQ/1283968429 8 September 2010, 1:03 pm
By Ed Oswald, Betanews Microsoft has fired the first salvo in a battle for motion-sensing superiority that is sure to last through the holiday season. The Redmond company said Wednesday that it would introduce a Xbox 360 bundle that would include Kinect for $399.99 beginning November 4.The console is Microsoft's redesigned 250GB Xbox 360 which retails on its own for $299.99. The company had announced in July that the Kinect system would be a $149.99 add-on, so buyers would save $50 on the bundl...]]> http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/QPFcgRW-tDY/1283966242 http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/QPFcgRW-tDY/1283966242 8 September 2010, 12:17 pm
By Tim Conneally, Betanews Google Wednesday launched a new search feature called Google Instant, which offers search results as you are typing your query terms.Around this time two years ago, Google unveiled Suggest, a feature which predicted what searchers were looking for as it was being typed in the Google search field. Instant takes this a step further and provides the actual results so the user doesn't have to even click "search" or hit enter.This feature is designed to make searching on Go...]]> http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/a4zq80XH5E8/1283961809 http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/a4zq80XH5E8/1283961809 8 September 2010, 11:03 am
By Tim Conneally, Betanews A lot of attention is being paid to Google Doodle logos with the company's impending press conference today, and the public's curiosity about the search engine's animated logos really paid off for one toy maker.On September fourth, Google's Doodle logo was a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Buckminsterfullerene molecule, a spherical allotrope made up of 60 carbon atoms which closely resembles the geodesic domes made famous by American Engineer Buckminster Ful...]]> http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/DlEIEbQps_Q/1283920312 http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/DlEIEbQps_Q/1283920312 8 September 2010, 7:29 am
By Tim Conneally, Betanews Symantec Wednesday launched the latest versions of its flagship security products: Norton Antivirus 2011 and Norton Internet Security 2011. As it has been for the last two years, Symantec's focus remains on keeping the Norton software quick and lightweight, while harnessing the power of the crowd and the cloud.For this version of the Norton software, Symantec has added 100 new content updates, which includes new versions of both the software's behavioral engine, and t...]]>