I've been playing with the beta release of IE 7 for the last couple of weeks on and off (ie. on those rare occasions that I bother booting into windows outside office hours) It was due to its stupidity that I ended up posting the last entry twice! What can I say about it? Not a whole lot I'm afraid The tabbed browsing is a nice addition, but as a Firefox user leaves me … [Read more...] about Internet Explorer 7 (beta)
Windows Live Messenger 8 (beta)
I was sent an invite to take the beta version of Windows Messenger 8 for a test drive. The download site didn't have any issue with me logging in with Firefox, but the download button was "dead" until I logged back in with Internet Explorer (I'm trying the beta of that as well). Installation was easy and no reboot was required, which is a nice change compared to so many windows … [Read more...] about Windows Live Messenger 8 (beta)
Losing Posts
Somehow.. Not sure how exactly, but I just managed to lose a blog post I was writing! Damn that is annoying … [Read more...] about Losing Posts
Irish ISP Test Revamped
We've relaunched Irish ISP Test, the site we run for broadband users in Ireland to test their speed. … [Read more...] about Irish ISP Test Revamped
Spanish Domain Registry – Dodgy SSL and no whois
Anyone wishing to draw comparisons between the IEDR and the Spanish domain registry probably needs to get their head examined: - the site's SSL seems to be self-signed - there is no whois server - the web based whois uses captcha … [Read more...] about Spanish Domain Registry – Dodgy SSL and no whois