I have seen some great success in my experience of web browsing since I got Mozilla Firefox – ( www.getfirefox.com ), but my experience has just got a whole lot better with a new Freeware from totalidea.com: FireTune for Mozilla Firefox v1.x was developed for an easy and fast optimization of your browsing experience with Firefox. It is based on a collection of popular and well working optimization settings used and tested by the experts. Usually you have to optimize Firefox manually, which can be time consuming and difficult for the novice user. FireTune helps you here – it includes...

SAM — Skype Answering Machine — has been released to public on March 17, 2005. From the official site: Included features are: √ Free for all to enjoy √ Supports Window 2000 & XP √ Uses dedicate software audio device (included) for compatibility with all sound cards and USB phone devices √ Simple installation √ Straight forward configuration √ User Interface Localization – currently supported 24 languages √ User configurable text & voice greeting messages √ User...

March 9, 2005, San Francisco, Calif.—Today at the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC), Microsoft® announced the first details about its next-generation Xbox® video game system. Hardware, software, and services are being fused to power enhanced gaming and entertainment experiences. You can now view the footage of the GDC with some previews of the next XBox on xbox.com… It looks pretty nice I mean, look at these pics: it even (or should I say finally?) has a media player! Watch the Next XBox Video here View the official report here

Well finally Yahoo! have taken a step in the direction of many other companies, such as MSN’s Spaces and many others. Well what’s it gonna offer? Of course it’ll have a ‘Blog’, the latest craze on the net, along with Photo galleries and other stuff like music and reviews. To be honest its nothing very new, but a beta version is soon to be availiable so sign up if ya want Related Links: Yahoo! 360° Home | Yahoo! 360° Beta Sign up

Finally! After having waited for what looked like eternity, Patchou finally released msg plus! 3.50 And I must say, the new Custom Emotion Sounds feature rules! :p Patchou Writes: It’s been 5 months already since the release of the last public version of Messenger Plus! and I’m proud to announce that Messenger Plus! 3.50 is now available for download! The new Custom Emotion Sound has been tested thoroughly this past month and is expected to work like a charm, the servers are waiting for you! All the beta testers are unanimous: the new emotion sound feature is the best thing that happened...

SlashDot reports: Skype quietly released a new 1.2 beta featuring SkypeIn (in US, UK, France, China & Hong Kong), central voicemail (for those not using the free 3rd party SAM or Pamela), and finally centralised contact list. SkypeIn is the opposite of the company’s SkypeOut, allowing you now to receive normal telephone calls through Skype. All I can say is: Yippeee!!, They finally added the only cool features it was missing :p

Well this certainly interested me!! Minimo – Aka Mini Mozilla, Firefox for Handheld Devices! Finally a decent, open source browser, to replace the rubbish that is currently availiable for these devices. It has not yet been released but it seems to be coming on: edit – I have actually tested the Browser, although it doesn’t work very well as of yet, I can certainly see its going somewhere!   MiniMo project can be found here. Rebron blog which has posted the pics: here

Well this was quite an interesting story in the gangsta side of the world Rapper 50 Cent has ended his public feud with his protege The Game as the pair said they wanted to be good role models for their communities. The row blew up when 50 Cent threw The Game out of his G-Unit crew and accused him of being disloyal. A member of The Game’s entourage was reportedly shot outside a radio station where 50 Cent was being interviewed. But the pair shook hands as they handed over money to music projects for New York’s deprived areas on Wednesday. We’re here today to show that people...