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AOL buys social networking site Bebo for $850 million

Mar 13th 2008 12:47PM on Download Squad

Hey Greg,

I didnt realize the british school kids angle. Thanks for pointing it out.

Disney sells 4 million movies and over 40 million videos on iTunes -- amounts to nothing

Mar 13th 2008 11:31AM on Engadget

Even though it may be nothing, its better than nothing. Not only that in an era when people expect free music and videos on the web this is nothing short of a miracle.

Microsoft finally confirms Windows 7 for 2010 launch

Mar 13th 2008 10:46AM on Engadget

I think by 2010 I will move to apple. Sick and tired of navigating the ultimate, business, home and other versions.

SearchMe visual search engine launches private beta

Mar 13th 2008 10:41AM on Download Squad

The reason google is successful is because of its simplicity. Even though searchme is nice and useful, because of bandwidth and computer power this site will become a tool for the select few, when you look at the global picture.

Anyway I wish them luck!

AOL buys social networking site Bebo for $850 million

Mar 13th 2008 10:36AM on Download Squad

That means they are paying 20 bucks a user. Isnt that a bit on the high side especially for someone that does not have a huge US exposure? At the same time AOL has laid off people in the Washington DC area. Boggles the mind.

TwitterFox add-on for Firefox

Mar 13th 2008 10:32AM on Download Squad

Twitter and Firefox have a long relationship. In fact there is something known as fwittering because you can literally put in plugins all over firefox as evidenced by the picture at

http://ltips.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-i-went-from-twittering-to.html

GmailAssistant 1.0: Free Java notifier for multiple Gmail accounts

Mar 4th 2008 1:40PM on Download Squad

My favorite is Notifier2. Allows for multiple gmail, hotmail and yahoo accounts. also lets you login with a double click to the gmail accounts. http://www.notifier2.com

Loopwing toy car runs on wind power

Aug 31st 2007 11:37AM on Engadget

The rechargeable vehicle runs for 1-2 minutes for each 5-10 minute of charge, according to this post. Also has a video.

http://www.transporttrends.com/mvnforum/mvnforum/viewthread?thread=1569

How to Add/Hide software in Add/Remove programs

Jun 25th 2007 9:55AM on Download Squad

For the technically challenged just download this simple app:

http://ltips.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-hide-programs-in-add-or-remove.html

But good to know what happens behind the scene. The app is from novell.

Twitter tips - tools for your tweets

May 10th 2007 10:10AM on Download Squad

For more info on how to become a firefox + twitter junkie check out

http://ltips.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-i-went-from-twittering-to.html

but on a serious note here is a big list of twitter tools.

http://wtips.blogspot.com/2007/04/twitter-tools.html

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

"I'm in the market for a new laptop, and I want a 13-incher. I need something with a great keyboard for typing, as this will mostly be used for note taking in class. I am absolutely smitten with the XPS 13, but I'm afraid that with its age Dell is going to give it an update soon. Any advice for someone in my shoes?"

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