Saturday, August 11, 2007

A browser AddOn from GoogleHotKeys.com

This site called GoogleHotKeys.com and it has a new browser add-on that lets you control searches with shortcuts or key commands. It gives you a list and you can move through results and open a page, or preview it in split-screen, all through the keyboard.

Another nifty feature is the Search term highlighting, available on all the pages, and even checks for dead or cloaked links. They claim it works with both Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox, but I have only tried it on IE7 so far.

BJ

Watch TV Online with Joost

Would you watch television on the web if it was free? Some people claim, "Joost would change the way I watch TV. " It broadcasts TV-quality video over the Internet, and lets people stream real TV programs from networks like Discovery or VH1. So would that take the place of a regular television broadcast?

It also has search, chat and IM, as a way of incorporating Web 2.0. Joost lets you do time shifting like TiVo, allowing you to watch the program you want whenever you want to. And the added advantage is that Joost is free, and works with most PCs with a broadband connection. It is invitation-only so far, and it is an ad-supported service but it has managed to generate more than 800,000 registered users.

Based out of London, England, the site can be found at joost.com. Since it's launchin June of 2006, it has managed to receive funding of $45 million .