Are you all fed up with that big totally disorganized Windows Start Menu? As we install programs over time our start menu can get really cluttered. I’ve written about bypassing the start menu and ordering it. One simple thing that you can do to reduce clutter is to arrange the Start Menu alphabetically. Windows stores the Start Menu and Favorites information in the registry key, [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder] New programs that are added are usually appended to this list. This is also the case for your Internet Explorer Favorites. To reorder this list all you have to do is delete the key…

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Quick on the heels of the latest release of Firefox, Flock, which is based on Mozilla core has released version 0.7.9.1. The main update is Mozilla’s 1.5.0.9 patch for FireFox, which is a critical update as it fixed several security holes. Support for Blogger Beta A stability upgrade in Flock’s indexing code A fix for displaying Flickr’s favicon Fix small picture DnD feature of photo bar A fix for better cleanup of the image cache Detailed Release Notes are available here along with Known Bugs. Flock is quite a decent browser, though I am not sure why it is still…

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BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with Azureus to distribute hundreds of episodes of BBC programmes. The episodes will be distributed using Zudeo which has been launched to distribute high quality videos (DVD-Quality, HD-Quality). This will make downloading of BBC Episodes over this client legal. The videos will be will be protected by digital rights management software to prevent the programmes being traded illegally on the internet. Pricing structure for the content has still not been disclosed. Via: BBC News

There are two things that every site would love, viz. visitors and return visitors, the latter preferably and participaters. While the commenting system within WordPress allows participation to some extent, it does lack a lot of features, one particularly being the ability for visitors to receive updates on their comments. You can use external tools like coComment to track these comments, or you can install Mark’s Subscribe to Comments to do this for you. Users can subscribe to comments on a particular post, either while they are commenting or seperately without comment, if you choose to enable this option. Whenever…

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Everyone by now must have heard of The Million Dollar Homepage, where you could buy a few pixels to get your tiny logo on the homepage. But what if someone were to offer those pixels to you for free? Would he be considered mad or generous? Well, I’m not sure what you would call him, but there is one site that does just this. Titled the Free Million Pixels Page, you can put your logo on the available free pixels of your choice. Read the rules and FAQ before you submit your request. You get a confirmation email if you…

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Polar Rose, a Swedish firm, plans to make it possible for users to search through photos of people online. It relies on a combination of face recognition algorithms and the collective intelligence of users for the same. Originally developed by CTO Jan Erik Solem, the software is unique in that it is able to extract 3D information from regular 2D images. The company plans on releasing browser plugins for both Firefox and Internet Explorer which you can use to discover who’s in a picture on any public photo. Polar Rose currently has a beta program which I have signed up…

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Google has acquired Endoxon’s Internet and Mobile businesses. Endoxon is a developer of internet mapping solutions, mobile services, data processing, cartography, direct marketing and the Trinity software suite. Google will use Endoxon’s technology to complement Google Earth and Google Maps. Financial details haven’t been disclosed. Existing Data, Cartography And Direct Marketing Clients and products and services of these divisions will still continue business under a new company Mappuls AG

No it’s not from Apple as most people were expecting it. It is from Linksys. Linksys, a Division of Cisco Systems, Inc. Cisco, has held the trademark for this was a good time now. A recent press release, Linksys announced the release of two statements CIT400 and WIP320. The CIT400 sells for $179.99 while the WIP320 for $199.99. Both are available all across United States. I wonder what Apple has to say about this! In another development, StartupSquad reports that trouble continues to brew at Skype. Last week, Alex Kazim, Skype’s President, was replaced by Henry Gomez, who till now…

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The best browser IMO has officially released 9.1 version. The file has already been sitting on their FTP servers for the past few days. The main update since version 9.0 is the implementation of Fraud Protection, including technology from GeoTrust, the leading digital certificate provider, and PhishTank, a collaborative clearing house for data and information about phishing on the Internet. Opera also announced that the Wii version of the browser will be available on December 22. – Opera 9.10 Setup [~4.9MB] – Download page – Detailed Changelog for those interested.

It’s not out yet, but Mozilla released 2.0.0.1 release of their popular browser Firefox on their FTP Servers. I’m sure users of Firefox will be very glad with this new update. As for me, Opera still remains my favorite browser! For users of any version of Firefox because any version below 2.0.0.1 is vulnerable to Cross Scripting Vulnerabilities reports Secunia. Download Firefox 2.0.0.1 Via: DI