Transform Windows XP with the OS X Transformation Pack

December 27th, 2007

Free Software

Awhile ago we talked about the Vista Transformation pack, which allows Windows XP users to easily give their computer the look and feel of Windows Vista.  Well, now it looks like Apple fans that have Windows XP on one of their computers have an option as well, with the release of the MAC OS X [...]

Windows Live Writer Finally Leaves Beta

November 7th, 2007

Technology

If you are a Windows Live Writer user, you probably are still using the beta version of WLW.  It looks like now you can use this Windows Live Installer to upgrade your blogging software to the non-beta version of Windows Live Writer.
If you run into problems with the upgrade, you can use the Windows Live [...]

Microsoft Releases Microsoft Sync Framework

November 4th, 2007

Technology

How does that old saying go? If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em? Unfortunately for Microsoft, that has been there motto for the last couple of years as they continue to struggle to keep up with Google.
There is no doubt that the recent release of Google Gears by Google has the potential [...]

Is Facebook the Next Google?

October 12th, 2007

Technology

If you look back to the late 1990’s, the internet looked a lot different than it does today. Microsoft was the dominant company, Yahoo! was just getting started, and Google was just getting ready to be created. In the years since, Microsoft became content with their role in the world of internet/software and [...]

IE7Pro to Add Bookmark Syncing

September 7th, 2007

Technology

Back in June I talked a bit about how to improve Internet Explorer 7.0 with IE7Pro.   If you still use Internet Explorer, IE7Pro does a great job of bridging the gap between Firefox/Opera and IE7.  
Features currently available with IE7Pro include:

Tabbed Browsing Management
Spell Check
Inline Search
Super Drag Drop
Crash Recovery
Proxy Switcher
Mouse Gesture
Tab History Browser
Web Accelerator
User Agent Switcher
Webpage Capturer
AD [...]

Windows Live Writer Goes to Public Beta 3

September 6th, 2007

Technology

While I’m not sure exactly how popular desktop-based blogging platforms truly are, there is no doubt that Windows Live Writer is the most popular one available.
According to the Windows Live Writer Beta page, you can now download the newest installment, known as Windows Live Writer 3. Here is what they list as being new with [...]