Mozilla has released Thunderbird 2 Pre-Beta 1 onto their FTP. I have been using the latest nightly build since before Alpha 1 was released but I have only noticed one significant change and that is with the Options screen (pictured below). I am sure a lot has been done but it is probably more "under-the-hood."

A few days ago "d_leaper" commented asking why we haven't created Microsummaries for Firefox yet. I hadn't really thought about making a Microsummary before so I started to look into it.

You no longer have to trick Yahoo in order to test out their new Mail Beta which embraces the Web 2.0 functionality that many websites are starting to converge to. In order to activate Yahoo Mail Beta you will have to go to this site. It only takes a few clicks to start using it and I found the bouncing guy to be pretty amusing (he is displayed while your mailbox is loading).

Totalidea Software has released a program called TweakVI which will let you customize Windows Vista without the need to dig through the registry. They do have a free version available that has the ability to tweak several different features but they also have subscription-based versions that you can purchase for one year at a time.

If you're not into using AOL's XDrive then maybe you'll find a little more comfort with the AMD LIVE! Media Vault. The most obvious benefit of AMD's offering is the increased 25GB file storage that they allow...but don't forget to take a look at the fine print.

Someone has figured out a way to make a Google URL do just about anything they want by using an exploit. The page that they "created" is located here:

When I think of Blogmusik.net, I can't help but think of the original Napster.