Are you a big fan of Windows Live Messenger 8? If you are then you can sign-up to test out version 8.1 Beta so that you might get to play with the latest software. It doesn't look like anyone knows what is new but I suspect that it is just bug fixes.

Yahoo now has a new anti-phishing mechanism that should prove to be a very effective solution. What they have setup is a way for you to customize what your login will look like. If you want to do something simple you can just enter some text, like I did, and customize the color of the seal. If you really want something unique you can always upload an image from your computer.

Garett Rogers found a pretty cool feature that he has available in his GMail account. What is that feature? Voice chat! The bad part is that the feature isn't exactly what you think. Clicking the button will open a Google Talk voice conversation window with the individual. Unfortunately at this point they do not have voice capabilities directly integrated in GMail.

Microsoft has just released Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate 1 (RC1). The build number is 7.0.5700.6 but I haven't had a chance to run it yet to see what might be new.

Nearly 200,000 people viewed the article that I wrote about using the Vista Transformation Pack 4 to make your Windows XP look like Vista. Windows X's Shrine is at it again with the new Vista Transformation Pack 5.

I woke up this morning to a pleasant surprise when I opened my Google Talk. They had cleverly replaced the traditional Google Talk logo with one that reflected a birthday celebration. After I got done looking at the logo singing Happy Birthday ;) I began to wonder if that logo is hard coded into the program or if it had to be retrieved from the Internet?

Text messages are becoming a very popular way to communicate with your friends and family. Well, the messages may be fun to receive but sending them is not treat. You have to sit there pounding numbers until your thumbs hurt like they did when you would play Super Mario Brothers on Nintendo.