Technology Bites

Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate

Automattic, the company behind wordpress acquired IntenseDebate, one of the comment enhancement systems. IntenseDebate launched last year with features like ratings, comment threading, OpenID support etc. IntenseDebate provides community features likevoting, reputation, profiles, reply by email ... Read More →

Access Hulu, Pandora Outside USA with Gpass

Hulu has some good video content but it is only available for US viewers. If you are outside US like me and want to enjoy Hulu shows there is an easier way. Gpass is a freeware that allows you to access Hulu or Pandora or any other site that is restricted outside the US. ... Read More →

Now You Can Embed Books from Google Book Search as Widgets

Google today announced set of free tools that allows anyone to embed books from Google Book Search on their blogs or web sites. We are also providing new ways for these sites to display full-text search results from Book Search, and even integrate with social features such as ratings, reviews, ... Read More →

ArtWeaver: Light Weight Free Desktop Image Editor

ArtWeaver is a light weight desktop image editor. Functionality and tools resembles Photoshop interface but it is not as powerful as Photoshop. If you are looking for a simple image editor to quickly edit images this is one of the Photoshop alternatives you can consider. If you have ever used ... Read More →

Microsoft Pro Photo Tools 2.0 Released

The latest version of Microsoft Pro Photo Tools has been released with some new features. Microsoft Pro Photo Tools provides a set of tools for photographers to perform various tasks with their images including RAW captures. The new version brings some useful features. You can identify the ... Read More →

Listen to Music in Yahoo Search Results

Yahoo added a nifty feature to its search, listen to music with out leaving yahoo search results page. Yahoo search has a shortcut for music artists for find out more information about artists. Now they have partnered with Rhapsody to allow you to play the music right from the search results page. ... Read More →

Yahoo home page redesign

Yahoo.com home page is got a redesign, although it is not available for public, some users in US, UK, France and India. Later the new home page will be made available to general public. (Screenshot of the new home page) ... Read More →

Joost Web Version is Live

Joost is the much hyped startup when it launched, and the hype faded after the launch and slowly everyone forgot about the service, partly because of the desktop client requirement to watch videos. Today Joost announced that the web version of the Joost is live, no desktop client is necessary to ... Read More →