Having lost the battle to acquire Yahoo! so many times, Microsoft decided it still needed to get into the search engine business, and this weekend they launched a “preview” of the service. Called “bing“, the service doesn’t look much unlike Google, except for some prettier formatting. Opinions online seem pretty varied so far, as people […]
Month: June 2009
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Hulu Desktop released for Mac and PC
Last week, Hulu released it’s Hulu Desktop application for Mac and Windows, which allows you to stream it’s library of videos without using a web browser. The current release is considered a “beta” while Hulu “[…] plan[s] to gather and incorporate user feedback to improve the service”. The software and it’s interface fill the entire […]
In addition to Microsoft’s Bing preview, Microsoft also announced Project Natal, a technology project developed by 3DV which uses a camera technology to function as an input. The core ideas behind the project include motion recognition, complex voice recognition and scanning body features. And since a picture’s worth a thousand words, here’s what the guys […]
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Apple Releases QuickTime 7.6.2 Update
On Monday, Apple released the latest version of QuickTime, its multimedia support system for Mac OS X and Windows. The new version, known as QuickTime 7.6.2, is available as a variably-sized download (depending on version chosen through the download page), improves reliability, application compatibility and addresses security issues. The update requires Mac OS X 10.4 […]
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Apple Releases iTunes 8.2 Update
Late Monday, Apple released iTunes 8.2, the latest version of its multimedia/jukebox application for Mac OS X. The new version, a 77.3 megabyte download, offers support for the iPhone or iPod touch with the iPhone 3.0 Software Update. The update also includes many accessibility improvements and bug fixes. iTunes 8.2 requires Mac OS X 10.4 […]