LockergnomeTo inform, empower, and entertain - Lockergnome is a blogging network for people who are curious about the world around them. Join us and start sharing your knowledge today!Will Windows 7 Be Any Good- July 14, 2008 I am posing a question to all testers or anyone who has a copy of the latest build, Is it any better than Vista Are there any major new features in it Does it still have that distinct Vista suck Please reply in comments. Related Articles: Windows Is unsecure, but honestly so is every OS Web Browsers: Realy Why Switch Vista Is So Unsecure! "Anti Bill Gates: WTF is wrong in...http://www.lockergnome.com/pinguin/2008/07/14/will-windows-7-be-any-good/ Another End Date For AVG Support For Version 7.5- July 14, 2008 Reader DougCuk has posted a comment in which he states that AVG has a new end date for support of AVG 7.5 free edition. He states that: For anyone still hanging on to AVG Free v7.5 the end date has now been changed - it is now August 31st. But as most sources always stated the Paid For version will continue until December 31st. AVG Free v8 now seems pretty stable - so only the diehard Windows 98 users are left to check out the alternative products. From the AVG Free...http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/07/14/another-end-date-for-avg-support-for-version-7... Talk About Grammar- July 14, 2008 I was surfing around and stumbled on this at ZD-Net. What caught my attention was the grammar. Since I am criticized for my grammatical errors, I thought it would be nice to pick on someone else for a change. :-) With this very small utility you can kill you freezed programs with one click. For example you double-click on it's icon, the target-like cursor show-up, then on the next program you click, it's terminated. We've took the idea from UNIX world, where people use Xkill. Basically, this...http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/07/14/talk-about-grammar/ World's Oldest Blogger Dies At 108 Years Old- July 14, 2008 Touted as the world's oldest blogger, Olive Riley of Australia has died in a nursing home at the age of 108 years old. After a film was done on her ventures in blogging, Olive had maintained a large following on her site. According to a news article it stated: In her last post, she wrote fondly about the nursing home she'd just moved into: I can't believe I've been here in this nursing home for more than a week. How the days have flown, even though I've been in bed most of the time. I still...http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/07/14/worlds-oldest-blogger-dies-at-108-years-old/ Stream Movies for Free to Your Xbox 360- July 14, 2008 Today at Microsoft's E'3 Conference, Microsoft announced that they would be teaming up with Netflix in order to allow Xbox 360 owners to stream movies from Netflix for free. This service is only available for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, but considering that's only $7.99 a month (unless you buy a full year, which make it only about $4 a month) and you get all the benefits of Xbox LIVE, it's not a bad deal. The service sadly won't be available until fall this year. Stream qulity, while...http://www.lockergnome.com/griffin/2008/07/14/stream-movies-for-free-to-your-xbox-360/ Cancer Claims Katie Reider at 30- July 14, 2008 Katie Reider was a talented songwriter and singer. She was just at the beginning of a singing and performing career that she loved. A cancer in her jaw robbed Katie of her voice and vision. "...In May, Reider fan and friend Lauren Fernandes launched a Web site, 500Kin365.org, where fans could donate $1 for a digital compilation of nine of Reiders original songs. All proceeds from the compilation and private donations will continue to help Reiders family pay for medical bills and funeral...http://www.lockergnome.com/forsythe/2008/07/14/cancer-claims-katie-reider-at-30/ Asus Says Lack Of Linux Eee PC In UK Is Intel's Fault- July 14, 2008 Asus is blaming Intel, not Microsoft, for a shortage of Linux based Eee PC's in the UK. The popular Linux based computers are in short supply and have been sold out, while the less popular Windows XP models are still available. It was at first thought that the shortage was a possible plot by Microsoft but this proved false, when Asus confirmed that it is actually a shortage of Atom chips manufactured by Intel. The Register reports that: Readers alerted us to the fact that while Windows...http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/07/14/asus-says-lack-of-linux-eee-pc-in-uk-is-intels... Monster Beats by Dr. Dre Headphones- July 14, 2008 The Beats by Dre headphones were originally announced at CES 2008, where we were able to get our first experience at listening to the headset. As we noted in our video back then, we were thoroughly impressed. The sound was killer, with fantastic bass. The headphones were well thought out, shipping with audio cables that fit into the original iPhone, and even including a cable that has a microphone on it so that you can take phone calls. ...http://www.lockergnome.com/gearlivevideos/2008/07/14/unboxing-live-038-monster-beats-by-dr... WeatherBug For the iPhone - One Of The Top Free iPhone Applications- July 14, 2008 As mentioned in the AppleInsider, WeatherBug's release of their application for the iPhone was a big success. Landing them in the ranks of the Top Ten Free iPhone Apps, so will want to check this out. The WeatherBug iPhone application included the following features: Your current weather, at the neighborhood level as to provide maximum accuracy Severe weather alerts in real time, as they are provided by the National Weather Service here in the States. Stay on top of up the local weather.http://www.lockergnome.com/insideweatherbug/2008/07/14/weatherbug-for-the-iphone-one-of-th... Making money online- July 14, 2008 One day I decided to go around and look for a job. It was my first time doing so and I had no clue what to expect. Well let's just say it was pretty discouraging when nobody would hire me. Of course I was young then, so it was also kindof expected. So I had to look elsewhere and making money online didn't really seem reasonable since you never know what you can get into. But despite the scams, it is possible to make money online, you just have to know where to look and pick what is suitable...http://www.lockergnome.com/a0369/2008/07/14/making-money-online/ |