Tag: DASHBOARD

For many Mac users, widgets trapped in the Dashboard are all but useless since you can't use them without flipping the Dashboard on and off. Follow these instructions to festoon your desktop with your favorite widgets -- including those you create yourself with Safari's Web Clip feature! Open Terminal (in Utilities) and type in the following: defaults write com.apple.dashboard ...

We've before pondered the question: How much does Google know about you? Now, Google wants to give you the answer. In excruciating detail. The big 'G' just launched Google Dashboard, a service that summarizes the data stored by the various Google services you use, and then provides quick links to the privacy and personal settings of each. According to Google, the aim is to provide a ...

Microsoft's new Xbox Experience dashboard doesn't officially launch until Wednesday the 19th. But if you signed up for the preview (and who didn't?) with a valid console ID then it's available now according to Major Nelson. What's more, Netflix has confirmed its Xbox 360 launch details: more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes and 300 streaming HD titles. Remember, streaming is free for Netflix ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/xbox/Netflix_on_Xbox_360_Confirmed_to_be_in_HD';It's something you can't get on the Roku. Nor on LG's BD300. Nor on Samsung's P2500 / P2550 Blu-ray players. Nor through Netflix's own "Watch Instantly" portal. It's high-def Netflix streaming, and it's coming first to Microsoft's Xbox 360. Just in case you glossed over this massively huge tidbit when digesting the new ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/xbox/Microsoft_giving_the_Xbox_360_a_totally_new_dashboard_2'; Microsoft just announced at E3 that they'll be giving the Xbox 360 a total software overhaul this fall. "When people turn on their Xbox 360s this fall, they'll get an entirely new interface and Dashboard, an entirely new Xbox through the magic of software," said John Schappert, head of Live services. New ...

Like a fine wine, the Xbox 360 just keeps getting better with age. Microsoft has announced that the next set of Xbox 360 improvements will show up just over a month from now on May 7th. The biggest addition is the inclusion of Windows Live Messenger into the 360's Dashboard, enabling you to not only chat with your Xbox Live buddies, but also with your PC-based ones. Since typing via the ...