Writely is a web word processor. It is built on Ajax-rich technology. It was recently acquired by Google in March. Writely had closed down new registrations in March but it is now open. So, the question in the forum is whether or not Writely could actually replace MS-Word?

Couple days back I was shocked to read that google didn’t want the term “googled” to be used as a verb for searching. If you have missed that bit of news, here is an excerpt from news.com.

Spam or UCE (Unsolicited Commercial Email) is the online equivalent to off-line junk mail. The difference being off-line one must identify their market, purchase a targeted mailing list to be effective, incur the cost of the printed materials of which the quality will determine how they are perceived (or phone charges if calling folks during [...]

I have seen some indifferent 404 pages in my time. Some are creative while some are outright imaginative. I would stick to imagination than creativity with respect to bias. I have seen some odd ones with semi-naked bodies. There was one 404 page that I visited which had the game of hangman on the page. [...]

We do the best when we have a list. Geeks must be listy. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Flock are the major players. I am not including safari and camino on purpose as they serve Mac only. I call browsers like Safari and Camino as brandists, I stole that term from racists. Without much delay, [...]

There are two different protocols available to access e-mail: POP3 and IMAP. POP3 is useful when e-mail is checked from only one computer. IMAP is the better choice when you would like to check your mail from multiple computers, at work and home, for example. IMAP has the added benefit of accessing folders [...]

For years I have been advising and informing business men and women that they really “should” keep on top of the virus scene if for no other reason than to save themselves the grief a subsequent virus infection can cause. Those days are way over. You no longer have any choice; you need to make [...]

The news is that Microsoft has released at least twelve security bulletins on the 8th of August of which nine deal with critical vulnerabilities in Outlook and Powerpoint.

When Heroes of Might and Magic V came out, Heroes fans had one question in their minds: will the game suck?

Java platform 6 is currently in its beta 2 and is codenamed “mustang”. Sun website gives a list of 10 things that are native to Java 6. The website promises to give more details in its further articles. If you would like to download the beta 2, here is the link.