Tag Archives: software

Microsoft: No more Money

Hey, that would make a pretty attention-grabbing headline, right? But the truth is, Microsoft is just pulling the plug on Money. The software package will not be available any longer after 30 June. All purchases must be activated before 31 January 2011, by which time Microsoft will withdraw software support for online banking and bill… Read More »

:CueCat reborn

If Eric Schmidt is serious about saving the newspaper industry, perhaps Google can come up with a :CueCat-like device (I even thought of a name for this: CURL) that can recognise URLs published in news articles and wirelessly direct a user’s computer to the relevant webpages without requiring the user to manually type out the… Read More »

Social networking on the fly

For those who are not contend with chalking up “friends” online, now you can boost your tally offline as well. A service called Satisfly aims to seat frequent flyers in an “intelligent” way by mining passenger data so that they end up sitting next to somebody with whom they have something in common – whether… Read More »

A taste of speech recognition

Tired of hacking away on the keyboard? Or decided to give your mouse (and wrist) a break? Head over to Tazti (pronounced “tasty”) and download the free speech recognition application for your PC. This nifty program allows you to perform Web searches and browse the Internet using your voice. The software also allows you to… Read More »