Wikipedia is becoming one of the most popular sources for knowledge on the web. The increasing popularity can definitely be seen just because of the millionth article accomplishment.

Just three weeks after their previous release, Skype has put out another release with only one notable change and one notable fix. The change is that they "added a SkypeOut promotion button" and the fix was "relayed Skype-2-Skype call quality improvements".

iTunes is constantly increasing in popularity and that is partly because they keep it up-to-date. With the release of iTunes 6.0.4 they fixed some stability and performance issues that Front Row users were experiencing.

Technorati is THE blog search engine that everyone uses to find the content that they need. Some people don't like to use RSS feeds, so now they offer a friendly alternative. A registered user of Technorati can create a Favorites list which can contain up to 50 blogs.

The other day my friend and I noticed that the GMail chat has various 'animated' emoticons that you can use while chatting with your friends. While browsing another site I found a listing of the emoticons that can be used and what key combination is needed for them (they are listed to the right). They are so simple yet they are fun to use.

This is the first time I have ever heard of Microsoft updating a CTP/Beta release just days after a build was released. That is right, Microsoft has released Windows Vista Build 5308.60 (the previous version was Vista Build 5308.17).

Microsoft has released a new version of Windows Live Messenger with the build number 8.0.0566 which is now available for you to download. The service is still by invite only so unfortunately you will have to wait if you are not already part of the beta program.