Cuil – The New Google?

Is Cuil, the new kid on the search engine block, really as good as the developers say? We checked, and the results are NOT so promising…

First of all, the design of Cuil’s search results page is very inconvenient. You just can’t find what you’re looking for!
And the results themselves seem to be completely irrelevant and definitely not what what the user searched for. Read on and see what Cuil gives us when we search for “Windows”…

Yahoo widgets is a nice little piece of freeware that will, if properly used, help you in making your XP look like Vista or Mac Os X, but even if you aren’t trying to fool your friends or yourself, it can change your desktop into something a lot more useful. From games to weather forecasts, there are literally thousands of free widgets available at the Widget Gallery.
Installing them is dead easy – you can do it from your browser. (You will need to have the main widget-handling software installed before, …

Welcome to the fifth monthly Carnival of Computer Help
and Advice. A big thank you to all the blog authors
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Paul Wilcox, a regular contributor to this carnival and writer of Security Manor, presents valuable advice in his Keeping Children Safe On The Internet article. A must-read for all parents. On the subject of security, Wong SK explains a Step By …