Filed under: Audio, Internet, Video, Windows, E-mail, Freeware
AOL OpenRide: All-in-one broadband browser
by Jordan Running Oct 4th 2006
AOL (this blog's parent company) is beta-testing a new Windows app called OpenRide, formerly Streamliner, which is basically a single app that consolidates e-mail, IM, web browsing, and media into a paned interface. The target market here, as Om Malik observes, seems to people who are used to AOL's well-worn walled garden but are ready to jump into the broader world of broadband. OpenRide is free and has a few useful features, including multiple e-mail account handling (including non-AOL accounts), tabbed browsing, and a built-in AOL search box. The panes automatically resize themselves depending on the current task, or the user can take control with something unfortunately dubbed the "Dynasizer." While advanced users probably won't be too enamored by OpenRide, it seems like a good app for those fledgling multitaskers who want to do more than one thing online but still compulsively maximize every window. OpenRide is a free download, and you can find more info at AOL Beta Central.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
