Brown Thoughts

Digg users are now able to vote on submitted and crawled images on the popular social networking site. Digg Images has a ‘mosaic’ view which displays submitted images in a thumbnail grid. Moving your mouse over any thumbnail shows how many comments the image has received and who submitted it.
Digg has also partnered with Photobucket […]

If you’re a regular user of Google Reader, you might have noticed 2 new features that have been added. The popular feed reader now displays a list of recommended feeds generated from other people’s feeds that have a similar interest to yours.
Google Reader’s main page shows the top recommendations based on your interests on the […]

Adobe Systems has signed an agreement with Yahoo that will let the popular search engine serve ads through Adobe .pdf files. The free service is called Ads for PDF Powered by Yahoo, and is an opt-in service for publishers who are looking to generate additional revenue.
Interested publishers will upload their PDF to the service and […]

Google’s next move will be to invest in research and development of renewable energy. The official announcement states that their goal is to produce Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal.
The goal is to generate a gigawatt of electricity at a much lower cost than electricity from coal power plants. One gigawatt can provide enough power to […]

Now that November is almost over, most people have realized that the holiday season is right around the corner. For a lot of people, this means going to or hosting consecutive family get-togethers, different Christmas parties, and lots of cooking. If you’re looking for new recipes to add to your holiday repertoire, I’ve got just […]

A new MSN Messenger trojan is rapidly growing a botnet by the hundreds. The trojan is being spread through MSN Messenger by posing as image files which usually come from users’ acquaintances or contact list.
The trojan sends itself as a double extension executable file. An example of this is DSC0013.jpg.exe . While veteran internet […]

SuTree is another great place to visit if you’re looking for free instructional and educational videos on the web. The site contains over 10,800 video tutorials and lessons and covers almost every topic. The topics range from brain games to wheels totalling 25 categories.

If you a collection of related videos, the service lets you turn […]

You’re looking at part of the top 61 suggestions that will be presented to Windows 7 developers. Suggestions submitted to the Windows Early Feedback program were analyzed and the top suggestions will be passed on to the development team.
The list includes features that were dropped from Vista, new functionality, and one that’s sure to be […]