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Google and X Prize Foundation has just announced the launching of the $30 Million Google Lunar X Prize. Private companies from all over the world will competing to be the first to land a privately funded robotic rover on the Moon that will complete several mission objectives, including roaming the lunar surface for at least […]

Everyone loves learning new things. If you’ve ever wanted to figure out how to do a certain task but needed a detailed guide, this just might be what you need. eHow is another site that’s focused on providing how-tos for just about everything. Similar to Instructables, users can upload their own how-to or browse through […]

For those of you looking for an easy way to extend Internet Explorer’s functionality, you’re in luck. IE7 Pro is a free addon that includes a lot of tweaks and features to Internet Explorer that will provide you with more customization options.
IE7 Pro includes Tabbed Browsing Management, Spell Check, Inline Search, Super Drag Drop, Crash […]

An interesting article by Gregg Keizer mentioned the possibility that Microsoft was updating files on computers running XP and Vista, even when the automatic update feature was disabled.
“Windows Secrets” editor, Scott Dunn, said that nine files in XP and Vista were changed by Windows Update without the usual permission dialog box. Event logs from some […]

Mozilla has posted a mock-up of the much-awaited Firefox 3 feature, Places, in its weekly update. Places will be the new history and bookmark manager that supports tags, and is powered by the SQLite database engine.
The feature was supposed to be included in Firefox 2, but was scrapped because it wasn’t finished in time.

The full […]

A glimmer of hope remains for users of Netscape’s endangered social portal. Tom Drapeau has just announced on the Netscape blog, that the new social portal will be moved to www.propeller.com (not live as of this writing) .
As you can see from the new logo, Propeller seems to be going for the 2.0 look. […]

Are you looking for more ways to add some kick to your images? There are quite a number of plugins and filters available but looking for good free Photoshop plugins can take some time browsing through all the free sites.
To save you from having to spend a lot of time looking, here’s a list of […]

CCleaner 2.0 has just come out of beta and is now available for download. The popular system optimization tool sports new features, new interface, and better support for Windows Vista.
Some of the biggest features in the new version include the ability to run CCleaner from a USB drive and be installed on a computer, and […]