For those people that enjoy Google Talk, or just the GMail chat, then you may like this little twist. People have found out how to manipulate the Google Talk service in order to add contacts from other services to Google Talk. The directions are quite simple but you do have to temporarily install some software. Once you have set everything up you can then uninstall the software.

Microsoft released Windows Defender Beta 2 today and is available for public download. The feature set seems to be put together quite well. For those of you running 64-bit systems you will be pleased to know that you can download the 64-bit of Windows Defender to test. They redesigned the interface to make it easier to understand and more intuitive for users.