Archives for June 8th, 2006

Microsoft Has A Big Patch Tuesday Coming Up

Microsoft will be releasing 12 patches this Tuesday to fix some flaws in various software. Nine of the patches are going to be for Windows, two are for Office, and one is for Exchange. This is quite a big list of patches!

June 8th, 2006
Microsoft Has A Big Patch Tuesday Coming Up

Check out the Top 10 Strangest Clocks!

These are definitely some of the strangest clocks I have ever seen. TechEBlog has put together a list of the 10 strangest clocks. Each clock appears to have something truly unique that helped it land a spot in the Top 10!

June 8th, 2006
Check out the Top 10 Strangest Clocks!

Messenger Plus! Live Soon To Be Released?

With the popularity that Windows Live Messenger has been gaining there are many people anxiously awaiting the release of Messenger Plus! Live. This software has got to be the most popular add-on for MSN Messenger and will likely be the most popular for Windows Live Messenger.

June 8th, 2006
Messenger Plus! Live Soon To Be Released?

Windows Live.com User Interface Update!

Check out the new screenshots of Live.com, Microsofts personalized homepage. It appears as though they have been working on spicing up the user interface.

June 8th, 2006
Windows Live.com User Interface Update!

Microsoft’s WGA System Phones Home

The latest update to Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), an anti-piracy program, is calling home to Microscoft every day. This latest update will contact Microsoft regarding the authenticity of your Window's machine. If it is found to be pirated, they will deny you critical updates.

June 8th, 2006
Microsoft’s WGA System Phones Home

WindowFX 3.0 Released By Stardock

Stardock has released the next version of WindowFX which will help give your XP machine some Vista-like effects. Here is what WindowFX 3.0 will do to your machine: Effects include shadows under windows, min/max/close/open animations, window dragging effects, window scaling, window tiling, alt-tab task switching options, taskbar preview thumbnails, and much more.

June 8th, 2006
WindowFX 3.0 Released By Stardock

DeepDiscountDVD.com Offers 20% Off Movies!

DeepDiscountDVD.com is offering their large 20% discount again, and there are three different coupon codes that will work for it: dvdtalk usatoday nytimes

June 8th, 2006
DeepDiscountDVD.com Offers 20% Off Movies!

Yahoo Photos Beta Release Today

Yahoo will be launching the Beta version of their Photo service on Tuesday today around 9AM PST. The new Yahoo Photos service will have a lot of AJAX so that everything will flow smoothly and impress people (just like AJAX always does).

June 8th, 2006
Yahoo Photos Beta Release Today

Google Sync Let’s Firefox Users Save Settings

Google Sync is a new Firefox extension that Google released and it will allow you to synchronize your browser's settings so that you can always pick up where you left off. The extension will synchronize your bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, open tabs, and saved passwords. Now you will even be able to get your bookmarks, passwords, etc... when you are at work or school.

June 8th, 2006
Google Sync Let’s Firefox Users Save Settings