Friday, July 03, 2009

Put some Fireworks on Your Desktop

It’s a very light news day as tech reporters and writers have taken the day off….but not me.  So, today’s news is a bit of light fluf, but there are a couple of nice downloads for you.  Happy 4th!!!

Study: 13 Percent of Cell-Phone Users Don't Use Them

Lightspeed Research has released the results of a multi-nation study about cell phone use--and some of them are strange.

Star Trek-like Universal Translator a Step Closer

The first iterations of something akin to the universal translators used on Star Trek may soon be arriving via your smartphone.

Celebrate the Fourth of July with a New Desktop Wallpaper

If ever there were a holiday that yields colorful and flashy desktop wallpaper, it's definitely the Fourth of July. Celebrate the Fourth on your desktop with these swanky fireworks wallpapers. And speaking of wallpaper…..

WallPapa 1.0.4.2 (Windows)

WallPapa is a free lightweight automatic wallpaper changer that changes the wallpaper on windows start up or at time interval of your choice.

Keep Firefox Open When Closing the Last Tab - Firefox 3.5

The new Firefox 3.5 release brought a lot of great features, but one annoyance sent reader Mark looking for a solution: When you close the last tab, the browser closes instead of opening a blank tab.

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