Sources have informed us that Microsoft has stamped the RC build of Windows 7 last night.
Windows 7 makes remote connectivity to corporate networks seamless, protects data on thumb drives, and offers fewer user account control prompts to bug users compared to Vista, Microsoft said on Monday.
More information [Microsoft.com]
In February, many people noticed that Google tested a new interface for search results. The test didn’t include any new feature and Google even loaded the standard search results page to display the results. An unfortunate side-effect of the new format was that Google didn’t load a new page to display the results and browsers didn’t send proper referrals when clicking on search results.
Starting this week, you may start seeing a new referring URL format for visitors coming from Google search result pages. Up to now, the usual referrer for clicks on search results for the term “flowers”, for example, would be something like this:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=flowers&btnG=Google+Search
Now you will start seeing some referrer strings that look like this:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=7&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com%2Fmypage.htm&ei=0SjdSa-1N5O8M_qW8dQN&rct=j&q=flowers&usg=AFQjCNHJXSUh7Vw7oubPaO3tZOzz-F-u_w&sig2=X8uCFh6IoPtnwmvGMULQfw
“Google is likely making this change to better track search actions and shield URL parameters from sites downstream”, but I think this is a solution for the lack of referral information in a future Ajax interface.
Google is already using gateway URLs for users that are logged in: just copy the address of a Google search result and you’ll notice that it’s just a redirect which sends Google some details about your actions.
Ya van apareciendo las primeras imágenes de Kumo, la nueva plataforma (aunque parece que no definitiva) de Microsoft en lo que a búsquedas se refiere. Por cierto, algunos “pajaritos” están cantando que este proyecto podría ser un primer paso en la unión Microsoft – Yahoo! Search.
Windows only: Tiny utility Rightload makes short work of uploading files to almost any server, whether you have your own FTP or just want to quickly send images to Flickr.
Once installed, take a trip over to Tools -> Manage Servers to configure your accounts. Rightload supports FTP, SFTP and Flickr out of the box, but you can get more plugins from the download page, including Imageshack, Rapidshare, and Tinypic. After configuring, you can upload files by dragging them into the window, or simply use the Rightload options from the context menu—once the files are uploaded it can even generate links or image tags. The context menu options don’t work in Vista 64-bit, but they have a set of Send To shortcuts for you that do the same thing.
We’ve mentioned this utility before, but since then they have added support for HTTP upload sites and custom plugins, making this a must-have utility for anybody sharing files online with friends or embedding images into a forum.
More information [Rightload.org]
A carpenter in a Chinese village, perhaps unwilling to spend what would amount to a month’s pay on a bicycle, has created a 100% wooden one to ride around town instead.
55-year-old Peijia Wu, from Shandong province, allegedly took three months to build his DIY wooden bike. It features no metal parts whatsoever – joints are fixed with small wooden bungs and a rod-crank system has replaced where the chain would normally be.
Ingenious! It’s like a stair master and a bike rolled into one and it’s probably less likely to fall apart than other wooden bike models.
More information [Shanghaiist]
We’re pleased to announce that Service Pack 2 (SP2) for the 2007 Microsoft Office system is expected to be released in the near future. Although we aren’t yet announcing the exact release date, it will fall between February and April of 2009.
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