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Microsoft to launch "Windows Cloud" operating system soon

Filed under: OS Updates, MicrosoftMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the company will unveil a new operating system called "Windows Cloud" within a month. Now before you go jumping to conclusions, no Windows Cloud will not be replace Windows 7, it will not necessarily let you store all of your data in... (original story)

Microsoft launches MSN News Beta for Windows Vista Media Center

Filed under: Internet, Video Microsoft has begun rolling out a new application for Windows Vista Media Center that lets users browse, search, and watch videos from MSNBC News on their media center PCs. The new MSNBC News Beta should be available under the TV + Movies section in Vista Media Center. I... (original story)

GIMP 2.6 open source image editor launched

Filed under: Design, Linux, Open Source The developers behind open source the image editing application GIMP have released a major update. GIMP 2.6 includes a number of changes to the user interface and tools and plugins. There are a also a few important changes under the hood.One of the most notica... (original story)

StumbleUpon relaunches: No browser toolbar necessary

Filed under: Internet, Social Software StumbleUpon may be one of the most innovative social website discovery services around. But the service has always had one major stumbling block: users needed to sign up for accounts and install a browser toolbar. And some percentage of potential users are just... (original story)

24 Great Open Source Apps for Admins & Technicians

Filed under: Business, Security, Utilities, Features, Windows, Productivity, Freeware, Open Source I'm always on the lookout for apps that can ease my workload or free up some room in my budget, and open source applications are an excellent way for me to accomplish both. If you're in the same boat a... (original story)

Power up the Windows Task Manager with Task Manager Extension

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware The Windows Task Manager gives you a good idea of which programs are running and how much RAM they're using. And if you need to kill a runaway process, few things work better than calling up the Task manager and clicking the End Process button. But if you wa... (original story)

BoxCycle: the Internet does cardboard boxes

Filed under: Office, Productivity You're paying way too much for moving boxes. At least, that's the premise behind BoxCycle, a site that lets you buy and sell boxes cheaply to others in your area. If you've got a business that buys more boxes than it needs, list them for sale, and a buyer will come ... (original story)

RealNetworks launches pre-emptive lawsuit against movie studios

Filed under: Video Say you're a major multimedia software company and you've just released a product that you absolutely know is going to tick off copyright holders, like say, major movie studios. You could wait around and for someone to file a lawsuit saying that your software, like say, a DVD ripp... (original story)

Acquia: Commercially supported Drupal

Filed under: Developer, Blogging, Web services, Open Source, web 2.0 When it comes to choosing a content management system (CMS), the open-source Drupal is often a great choice for large or content-rich sites, because it scales well, supports multiple authors and is thoroughly customizable. The down... (original story)

Moo0 Right Clicker Powers up Your Context Menu

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Freeware My mouse has two buttons, and dammit, I'm going to use them both. The Windows context menu is a trusted tool, and I rely on it heavily.Moo0's Right Clicker makes several welcome additions to the default options. I particularly like the folder b... (original story)

Microsoft begins rolling out Hotmail redesign

Filed under: E-mail, Microsoft It's been a while since Microsoft's free Hotmail email service received a major overhaul. Last year, Microsoft increased users' email storage space from 2GB to 5GB. But now the company is also starting to roll out a new site design. The update brings faster page load t... (original story)

Zoho Creator 3.0 and Marketplace launched

Filed under: Office, Productivity, Web services, web 2.0 When it comes to the online office app market, Zoho absolutely kills the competition in terms of its offerings. To me, the product that most outshines the competition is Zoho Creator. I love the forms in Google Docs, but Zoho Creator is far mo... (original story)

The Ten Blogging Commandments: Thou shalt not linkbait

Filed under: News, BloggingWhile talking about blogging commandments makes for good headlines, in this case we're not kidding. The Times Online is reporting that church leaders for the Evangelical Alliance have drawn up ten blogging commandments, meant to mimic the ten commandments that were deliver... (original story)

Easily create HTML email signatures for your favorite webmail service

Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, E-mail, Freeware, Browser Tips, BrowsersDoes it frustrate you that even though you can add HTML links in the content of your email when creating it in Gmail, you can't add an HTML link to your signature? It sure frustrates me. Many webmail services have very l... (original story)

eBay launches browser-based price comparison tool

Filed under: Internet, Browsers Online auction site eBay has launched a a new tool that makes it easy to find out how much an item is selling for on eBay even when you're visiting another site. It's called Browser Highlighter, and here's how it works. You download and install the tool, and then when... (original story)





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