Apple has released Boot Camp 1.1 Beta today which appears to target some more compatibility issues when running Windows XP. Here is what they say they changed:

There are a lot of people that have become all too familiar with Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA). Microsoft will of course sell you a legal version of Windows if you are running a pirated copy...and now they aren't forcing you to reformat your computer to fix the issue.

It may just be possible that Google will be the replacement to the newspaper someday. They already have a well managed Google News that is customizable for each user and now their Google Maps are going to contain coupons.

It looks like Google is finally stepping it up a notch when it comes to integrating photo recognition into Picasa. Google recently acquired Neven Vision which will be used to help improve the photo searching capabilities that their photo manager has. The Official Google Blog makes the acquisition sound pretty exciting:

AllPeers is a Firefox extension that will let you share files with friends by using a simple buddy list. You get to choose which files and folders you want to share with each person on the list and the whole transfer process is based on the BitTorrent network. I have to admit that it does look pretty sweet!

YouTube is either cleaning out their car or making some upgrades...I can't really tell from the message they have posted. :D

Paul Thurrott got some exclusive information on the new Vista RC1 (Release Candidate 1) release date. It has now been pushed back from August 15 to early September (around September 7). As of right now it looks like the build will be Vista 5520 which has not had any screenshots leaked as of right now.

Windows Live Mail recently sent some invitations that asked people to complete a survey. In the 10-minute survey they showed some demos of the service but one really interesting part is the version of Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) they are using. I currently run Beta 3 and that is definitely not the same.

We have heard about and seen pictures of a Dell laptops starting on fire...now comes the battery recall. This effects 4.1 million Dell laptops of the 22 million that were shipped between April 2004 and July 18, 2006. If you own a Dell laptop that was purchased during that time you have a 19% chance that the battery is defective.

It looks like everyone is talking about Google's new Blogger Beta. It has a whole slew of nice new features that everyone will surely love. The tour that Blogger provides adds a little insight with what you'll find to be new:

Plug-ins for applications like Microsoft Outlook and Word are going to be available soon as well. There is also a Wordpress plug-in that will be made so that a ZAP Reader button can be added to all of your posts. You can see the button being used at the ZAP Reader blog.