Archives for September, 2006

Folder Guide Gives You Easy Access To Your Favorite Folders

Folder Guide is a great little freeware application that will let you customize a list of folders to place in your right-click context menu that is displayed in Windows Explorer. If you are constantly navigating around Windows Explorer then I am sure you'll find this extension useful.

September 25th, 2006
Folder Guide Gives You Easy Access To Your Favorite Folders

More "Spiritual" Startup Sound In Windows Vista?

I think by now we are all used to the Windows startup sound and you could probably pinpoint it no matter how crappy the speakers were that it was playing out of. Microsoft might be changing things up a little bit by providing a new more "spiritual" startup sound in Windows Vista.

September 25th, 2006
More "Spiritual" Startup Sound In Windows Vista?

CyberNotes: 160 Megapixel Seitz 6×17 Digital Camera

If you thought you were staying on top of technology with your 5-8 Megapixel camera, take a look at the camera the Swiss company Seitz has developed.  The Seitz 6X17 Digital scanning camera creates pictures at a whopping 160 megapixels.

September 25th, 2006
CyberNotes: 160 Megapixel Seitz 6×17 Digital Camera

The Remember Ring – Get One For Every Finger!

It all started out as more of a joke and a way to get some attention and a few laughs.  Now it has Chris Fondell of Alaska Jewelry Inc thinking he needs to engineer a way to make this idea, The Remember Ring a reality.

September 24th, 2006
The Remember Ring – Get One For Every Finger!

Open And Save Office 2007 Files In Office 2000/XP/2003

It has been about a week since Microsoft released the Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh and it is running great for me. By default Office 2007 is setup to use the new file format that Microsoft came out with which is much more efficient than the old format. I have noticed that my file sizes are typically 50%-75% less than the original file.

September 24th, 2006
Open And Save Office 2007 Files In Office 2000/XP/2003

FoxyTunes 2.0 Released For Firefox Users

For anyone that likes to listen to music while you browse the web with Firefox then I'm sure you are already using FoxyTunes. It is an extension that allows you to control your music player (WinAmp, Windows Media Player, Musicmatch, and many more) without ever having to leave your browser!

September 24th, 2006
FoxyTunes 2.0 Released For Firefox Users

Make Cool Logos For Yourself

Logo54.com has a small, but cool, selection of logos that you can choose to make for yourself. All you have to do is type in the text that you want to appear in the logo and they will generate it for you. Here are the examples that I did:

September 24th, 2006
Make Cool Logos For Yourself

Microsoft Lets Users Disable Vista’s Startup Sound

Yay! Microsoft must have listened to all of the users who were complaining that they would not be able to disable Vista's startup sound. In the latest build, version 5728 that was just released the other day, you'll find a new option in the Sound Control Panel.

September 24th, 2006
Microsoft Lets Users Disable Vista’s Startup Sound

CyberNotes: Week In Review With Sunday’s Summary

Here is your week in review with Sunday's Summary! If you missed something, check it out.

September 24th, 2006
CyberNotes: Week In Review With Sunday’s Summary

Closed Captions On Google Videos

Google has added a new feature to Google Videos: Closed Captioning! That's right, you can now spend your time adding captions to any videos that you upload. They did it the easiest way that they could but it would still be pretty tedious if you were doing it for a long movie.

September 23rd, 2006
Closed Captions On Google Videos

Norton Internet Security 2007 Not Much Better Than 2006

The other day we mentioned how a site had analyzed a lot of different software to see what slows down your computer the most.

September 23rd, 2006
Norton Internet Security 2007 Not Much Better Than 2006

CyberNotes: Solutions For Storing Your Images While Traveling

When you're traveling for a vacation and you've brought your camera along, you may run into the problem of where to put all of your pictures. Sure you could get another memory card, or even a bigger one, but there are other solutions out there that may be worth investing in or looking into.

September 23rd, 2006
CyberNotes: Solutions For Storing Your Images While Traveling

Limited Time Only: Vista 5728 Available To The Public

This was absolutely shocking to me when I opened my Inbox and an anonymous tipster had sent me an email with the public download page for Vista 5728! I was pretty excited as you could imagine but I'm not sure if I want to go through the whole process of setting my computer up again after getting RC1 all perfect.

September 22nd, 2006
Limited Time Only: Vista 5728 Available To The Public

CSS Cheat Sheet

CSS is a great way to customize the look of your site and just about everyone is using it. I love how nearly everything is customizable but sometimes I have a hard time remembering all of the properties. That is where this CSS Cheat Sheet comes in!

September 22nd, 2006
CSS Cheat Sheet

How To Add Thumbnails When Users Hover Over Hyperlinks

WebShotsPro came up with a pretty cool JavaScript package that you can add to your site which lets users see a small thumbnail of your hyperlinks. It is actually really cool and the best part is that you won't have to provide the extra bandwidth needed to do it all! They host the JavaScript themselves.

September 22nd, 2006
How To Add Thumbnails When Users Hover Over Hyperlinks

Online Version Of Microsoft Works?

Is Microsoft starting to get concerned about their lack of an online productivity suite? Arstechnica believes that they're feeling the pressure and says that Microsoft is looking to take Microsoft Works online to provide a free alternative to a word processor.

September 22nd, 2006
Online Version Of Microsoft Works?

Mozilla Prepares Automatic Updater For Firefox Users

Mozilla is currently testing an update process for those people who will be making major updates (such as from Firefox 1.5.x to Firefox 2). They currently activated the new process for people who are upgrading from one nightly build to another nightly build.

September 22nd, 2006
Mozilla Prepares Automatic Updater For Firefox Users

Microsoft Releases Vista 5728 To Connect Testers

Paul Thurrott was definitely right when he said earlier that Microsoft was going to release Windows Vista 5728 to Connect testers this week, because it is now available. Unfortunately this release is not open to the public but the torrent will probably be alive by the end of today.

September 22nd, 2006
Microsoft Releases Vista 5728 To Connect Testers

Opera 9.02 Officially Released

We knew it was coming soon and it is finally here: Opera 9.02! The list of changes is actually longer than I thought it was going to be but here are a few good ones to point out:

September 22nd, 2006
Opera 9.02 Officially Released

Windows Vista 5728 Expected This Week For Testers

WindowsITPro is reporting that Vista 5728 will be the last version of the operating system that is released to testers before it begins the RTM process. Of course by tester they do not mean the general public, instead they are referring to the Microsoft Connect testers.

September 22nd, 2006
Windows Vista 5728 Expected This Week For Testers