Archives for August 2008

Now you have the opportunity to build a free website and tell everyone about your hobby. On the other hand, you may be a fashion addict, always familiar with the latest trend concerning clothes, style and makeup, and you want to share your knowledge with the others. Now you have the opportunity to build a free website and tell everyone about your hobby.

Having your own free website may seem difficult, but in fact, it is not complicated at all. Firstly, bear in mind that you do not have to know HTML or have any technical abilities. carpet amp; upholstery cleaning very easy to build a free website, all that you need is a good idea, dedication, and a little bit of creativity. You can add links to other websites or pictures so that your site will be more appealing to visitors. Secondly, you do not need any money to start, as it is completely free.

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Mobile phone ringtones have become a large industry for cell phone providers. Ringtones alone account for a vast majority of the optional profits companies receive, simply because they are so popular with consumers. But getting one’s hand on free ringtones will keep their bank accounts running high, and their mobile phones just as jamming.

Oddly enough, some mobile phone companies are so strict that they won’t even allow third party content on client cell phones. North American citizens will recognize U.S. Cellular as one of the major proponents of this rule.

Although they claim it is in the best interest of the customer, most say that they actually just want all the profits of mobile phone ringtone downloads for themselves.

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The AIM app for iPhones works pretty well -- if your friends are all on AOL's IM system. But a company called Palringo claims its new app will work with all of the major players:

 Palringo integrates with several existing, popular instant messaging services: AOL's AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Gadu Gadu, ICQ, Jabber and Windows Live Messenger. People can also use Palringo to contact their friends using iChat, Apple's instant messaging (IM) client.

I have yet to try it, but the earliest review I've seen is mostly positive.

Palringo is the true, multiservice IM application iPhone users were asking for after they were underwhelmed by the free AIM application, which only allowed users to chat with one service.

From my testing, the application freezes my iPhone every now and then, but practically all my downloaded apps are doing that anyway. We'll just have to hope the next firmware update will seal the cracks.

The Sci Fi channel in the UK has announced the free availability of two online games - DarkOrbit and Seafight - to users of scifi.co.uk. The website was re-launched in May 2008 to offer users sci-fi and fantasy content, online gaming and gadgets. DarkOrbit and Seafight are provided by German-based Bigpoint, a developer of browser-based games. The games are multiple player games played directly in a browser without downloads or installation of additional software.

In DarkOrbit, the player becomes an elite space pilot on 3D ships, to conquer new sectors in foreign galaxies and work their way up in the company. Playing with other participants in real-time, players will have a chance to win $10,000.

Seafight is all about wars on the high-seas for gaining freedom, fame and fortune. This game is played live against real opponents, with a chance to win a jackpot of $10,000.

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Sao Paulo, SP (PRWEB) August 6, 2008 -- PCWinSoft Systems Ltd has released ScreenCamera v. 1.7, a powerful gadget for Windows that allows users to stream the computer desktop along with the webcam on free online video chatting programs and websites. ScreenCamera can be used by multiple applications simultaneously and works perfectly with MSN Messenger, Skype, Yahoo Messenger, AOL Messenger, Live Messenger, ICQ, PalPalk, Camfrog, AIM, AOL Messenger, Stickam, AnyWebcam, or any other free video chatting program or website.

ScreenCamera can be used to provide cost-effective remote technical support, demonstrate software applications, review documents, give presentations, do video sharing, photo sharing, and more.

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Eleven and EA Sports are running a month-long, multifaceted promotion for EA's release of this year's 20th anniversary edition of the Madden NFL football game. Pepsi-Cola is tying in as one effort in its launch campaign for "Pepsi Lemon NFL Kickoff" colas and also promoting a limited-edition Gatorade Slurpee flavor.  

The game release's August promos include both in-store and out-of-store elements, starting with 7-Eleven stores offering collectible Madden NFL-branded cups for Slurpee and Big Gulp drink orders.

True football fanatics had the option of pre-ordering the new game release and picking it up in 7-Eleven stores as early as midnight of Aug. 12, the game's release date. EA and Warner Brothers Home Video also produced a game demo DVD, available in 7-Elevens both prior to and after the game's release, with the purchase of a "Madden Meal" (turkey/cheddar club sandwich, 99-cent Frito-Lay chips bag, and a Big Gulp drink).

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Proving necessity is the mother of all invention, Google’s mobile team has developed an iPhone interface for Google Translate.

Allen Hutchison, a software engineer at Google, said that while planning a holiday in Europe he was frustrated that Google Translate didn’t work well on the iPhone and teamed up with a fellow Google engineer, David Singleton, to create a new iPhone interface for the translator.

He says Google Translate for iPhone is optimised for speed, supports all existing Google Translate language pairs and uses a client-side data store on the iPhone to hang onto past translations to keep them at hand, even if not connected to the internet.

The software interface was written using the AJAX Language API.“I tried an early version of this interface out on my trip and it was great – although my pronunciation wasn't,” Hutchison said in his mobile blog.

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Folks in need of basic health screenings are welcome to attend an area open house in the Glenwood Springs area next week.

Mountain Family Health Center in Glenwood Springs will hold the open house from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Thursday to help mark National Health Center Week.The center will offer free health screenings, refreshments and the opportunity to meet care providers and staff.

Mountain Family also is marking its 30th year of service in Colorado, with health centers in Black Hawk and Glenwood Springs.Last year the Glenwood center provided care to 6,202 patients, or about a tenth of Garfield County’s population.The public is welcome to attend the Glenwood open house, at 1905 Blake Ave., Suite 101, across from Valley View Hospital.

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Customers are one step closer to getting their hands on SQL Server 2008 as Microsoft Thursday said it has released the latest version of its database management platform to manufacturing. Customers now can download a fully-functional trial version for evaluation, and Microsoft is also making the software available to the Microsoft Developer Network and TechNet subscribers.

With SQL Server 2008, Microsoft is adding a number of features to improve scalability. New capabilities include support for policy-based management, auditing, large-scale data warehousing, geospatial data and advanced reporting and analysis services, the company said.

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Are you an iPhone or iPod Touch owner?  Want to let people you know have money to burn?  Then the “I am Rich” application which was in the iTunes App Store may have been for you.

The “I am Rich” application was the most expensive application in the iTunes App Store and would also win the award for being “most useless.”  The author of the application was charging $999.99 for little more than a glorified screensaver.

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