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Desktop Show and Tell, Mac Edition

2:00AM September 14, 2007 | Adam Pash

Last week we took a look at the Windows desktops of our readers, and now we’re back for week two of our Desktop Show and Tell. Today’s focus: Macs. There’s no better way to learn than with a little show and tell from our peers, and we’ve got buckets of good looking, tweaked out Mac desktops for you to look at, so let’s get to it. More »


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Google and Vodafone tools for sports fans

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12:50PM September 13, 2007 | Sarah Stokely

Just in time for the Twenty20 World Championship, the official Google blog has announced a new tool which simplifies the search for cricket results:

Just type [cricket]in a Google search box and you’ll see a brief score of all the current cricket matches. A single click will also give you access to a detailed cricket score card.

If you’re a diehard India fan, then type [cricket india]or [cricket score India England]to get results for Indian matches. Of course, feel free to replace India with the country of your choice for country-specific results.

Get your cricket scores here [Official Google Blog]

The Rugby World Cup kicked off in France on the weekend, and The Australian has reported that Vodafone has launched its own mini-channel on its mobile phone and subscription TV networks, devoted to the series.

Vodafone kicks off rugby channel [The Australian] More »


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Wikipedia

11:45PM September 6, 2007 | Adam Pash

A new software developed by a professor at the University of California aims to highlight questionable lines in Wikipedia articles in orange by analyzing the reputation of the contributor. Here’s an example of how it looks in action. More »