Category: Internet
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Compuserve is dead, for real!
We had forgotten that it existed, but this major pioneer of the modem age of computer communication, Compuserve, has now officially closed its doors. It had been trampled by AOL before loosing ground in front of the Internet explosion. But, now, there is nothing left of the communication service we (I) used to exchange information…
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Doom, Quake, shoot-them-all for free
How many PC gamers started their career with video games as raw (according to today’s criteria) as Doom or even Quake. We may find their quality too low for our eyes, but they already demonstrated their main strength: the gamer found interesting adversaries and environments where you could not know what would happen behind the…
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Safari 4, fast new browser
Apple is not only delivering sleek computer designs and nice little mobile phones. They are also producing a good web browser: Safari. It’s new version, Safari 4, is just out. Faster, still as good and powerful, but Apple is now claiming the crown for the “fastest” web browser. It could well be possible when Snow…
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Opera 10: beta-test browser
I’ve been using and recommending the Opera web browser for many years. It’s a kind of a Firefox where everything you need would be directly included rather than having to download extensions. And it’s fast too. For mobile applications (PDAs, mobile phones, etc.) Opera Mini is probably the best possible option and it is in…
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Man/woman? Your browser knows it
You can browse, but you can’t hide… from your browser. Actually, your browser knows a lot about you. Some scientists believe that from your browsing habits they can recognize fairly precisely if you’re a man or a woman. Using your browser URL history to estimate gender Be patient, it may be long. According to it,…
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Computer skills
From GraphJam.
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29.99€ for broadband
This is exactly why I am quite happy to live in France: We have a reasonably priced broadband offering. Most 20Mbps ADSL services are price around 29.99€ per month. I thought about this when I saw that in the US, CableVision was offering 100Mbps at 99$ per month (and AT&T offers 18Mbps for 80$ per…
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Top commentators
If you are one of the fastest typing commentators on this web site, you may find yourself interested in the newest little widget on Roumazeilles.net. The most prolific commentators are now highlighted on each and every page (in the side bars). If you have correctly filled your web site affiliation, this will count as a…
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uTorrent, optimal configuration
While I had a long love affair with BitComet as my prefered BitTorrent client, it happens that I currently prefer to use the lean and clean uTorrent software. It is a bit smaller (but it has a tendency to eat up memory if left serving files for a long time -it’s ok if you stick…