Numbers on maps are no longer needed with the way that Worldmapper does things. They have a unique approach to displaying maps where they make countries and territories larger the higher they are in the statistic. The example map that I have shown above is for the total world population in which it is apparent that India is at the top of the list.

PortableApps.com just launched an awesome new suite. It has all of your favorite applications like Firefox, Thunderbird, and OpenOffice in one convenient download that can be stored right on your flash drive. Not only does it include all of the best programs but it also has the cool new launcher that is pictured to the right.

Computer geeks are often tagged as people are are unbelievably dull and have no lives. I'd like to think of myself as having a life but I have met several people that fit the stereotype of a geek. Textbooks, however, are often the last place that I thought a joke could be found but it looks like some computer geek authors have a sense of humor that is just itching to be unleashed.

Microsoft is not only fighting piracy in Windows Vista but they are also doing so in Office 2007, just as expected. According to a Knowledge Base article found by ZDNet there will be a reduced functionality mode for those people who are pirating Office 2007.

Google Reader is undoubtedly my favorite online RSS feed reader but I am still in awe that Google hasn't made a notifier for it and their Calendar. Of course a Firefox extension, called the Google Reader Toolkit, has finally popped up that will notify you when there are unread items in your Reader.

They appear to get bigger and bigger every year, and range in size from "just" a yacht to "gigayachts." While they are getting bigger, they're also becoming the next "must have" toy for the insanely wealthy people to own.  Of course the list of insanely wealthy people also increases every year which means that if you're in the yacht business... it's probably going pretty good right now!