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Download Squad Week in Review
This week saw an odd migration of geeks in and out of Austin. Early this week the tech geeks all left the capital of Texas en mass, while music geeks all boarded trains, plains and autos headed for Austin. And if you're still suffering from jetlag and whiplash, here are a few stories you may have missed.Download Squad SXSW2008 coverage continues
Southy by Southwest Interactive may be over, but we scored some amazing interviews with movers, shakers, and up and comers. Check out our interview with Guy Kawasaki where he discusses his new startup on a budget, Alltop. And keep checking back for more interviews and special coverage from SXSW.
Who needs IE8? Get WebSlices and Activities in Firefox
Last week Microsoft released the first public beta of Internet Explorer 8. And while it's still a pretty early release with serious compatibility issues with many web sites, IE8 does have a few pretty nifty features. And it only took a couple of days for Firefox extensions emulating those features to pop up.
Evernote launches Mac Client: 2000 invites for Download Squad
Looking for a way to collect data, take notes, clip web pages, scan, and search text in images? Evernote can do all that and make you lunch. Well, maybe not the lunch part. But Download Squad got the scoop on Evernote's launch of a Mac client. And oh yeah, did we mention we have a few invitations to give away?
Firefox 3 beta 4 released
Mozilla has released another beta version of the corporation's flagship web browser. The latest release packs full page zooming, a new download manager, and increased memory use, among other things.
A few more of our top stories:
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jack said 4:27PM on 3-15-2008
IE8..horrible..the pages just overlapped so you couldn't see anything except the first page of anything. SLOWED my system..and tok forever to load..on an Athlon 64 yet!!
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William R. Hughes Sr. said 10:51AM on 3-16-2008
Almost perfect. Foxfire will be just a smoldering glow in the rear-view mirror
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ali jiwa said 6:26PM on 3-20-2008
DOWNLOAD SQUAD ROCKS!
FINALLY SME PEOPLE UNDERSTAND COMPUTERS HW I DO:)
KEEP IT GOIN PEOPLE:D :D:D!!!!!
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