Microsoft has finally released the system requirements that will be needed to run Windows Vista. I am actually surprised at how low the system requirements are, but I guess there are different "modes" that you can run Vista in so that it isn't so memory and graphics intensive. Here are the requirements:

Minimum Requirements (Vista-Ready PCs):

• 800Mhz Processor
• 512 MB of RAM
• DirectX 9-Capable Graphics Processor

• 1 Ghz Processor
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Microsoft is trying to compete with Dreamweaver by developing a "real" web development tool. Expression Web Designer is a good effort by Microsoft but they will not be able to pull off an application that will compete with Dreamweaver (except possibly by price). People use Dreamweaver because it generates clean code and can create a large range of page formats (PHP, ASP, etc...). FrontPage was always

I was doing a search for some information on the Google Blog Search today when I noticed a new sidebar with some nifty features. The main feature that they added was the ability to view articles during a certain time period (for example: only articles from the last week). This is great because many times a search will provide results that are very old and irrelevant

Microsoft has finally released the Windows Media Player 11 Beta (WMP11) to the public. The build number is 11.0.5358.4827 which is slightly newer than the 11.0.5358.4826 build that was leaked last week.

So far the reviews of WMP11 are looking pretty good. People enjoy the sleek and intuitive interface that Microsoft has established in this release. Now you also get a shot to try

It appears that the Opera Product Page may have been hacked. The first paragraph of the page states:

The most full-featured Internet power tool on the market, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because Wii know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera

Garret Rogers from Googling Google has found some code snippets that refer to experimental features in the newly released Google Notebook. The first experimental feature that Garret found was the implementation of gadgets into your Notebook. We are not quite sure how that will work but the gadgets available should be the same ones you can place on your Personalized Homepage.

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