I have been wondering what was happening with WindowBlinds and Object Desktop with the consumer release of Vista just a few months away. There are now a lot of details available on what to expect with the new version of Object Desktop that they are currently working on.

Google just released a new version of their desktop searching software that is compatible with Windows Vista and has a little more eye candy. Just like the sidebar that is included with Vista this one now offers a transparency option so that the background is see-through.

Personal homepages are popping up all over the place from companies like Google and Netvibes but YourMinis.com has one really unique feature. First off it is a little different from the classic offerings of Google and Netvibes because this has more of a widget appearance.

I have to say that I was quite shocked this morning when I saw that Google added Skype to the Google Pack. It was always my impression that Google was trying to compete with Skype by offering a no-cost alternative to voice communication with Google Talk.

How secure are the Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2 anti-phishing mechanisms after all? According to Paul Thurrott this is how great the built-in anti-phishing feature is for Firefox 2:

The Google Blog announced yesterday that Google Earth now has the ability to take you back through time so that you can easily compare the current land and layout with how it was hundreds of years ago.

The one thing that I hate about using my desktop computer is that all of my information is typically stored on my laptop. So I end up having to crawl through the networked folders and transfer files anytime that I want to work on my desktop PC.