I am still stuck in the days of the original Xbox but one thing that I have noticed over time is that in-game advertising has been increasing. I have never really paid attention to these ads because that is not where my focus is supposed to be.

You've heard of Meebo before, you know, the popular in-browser messaging program? It supports all of the popular messengers, and makes it super easy to access all of your messengers no matter what computer you're on.

These days, it's all about social networking and messaging.  Gizmoz.com utilizes a flash-based 3D avatar product, and it works by using a picture of a person, and their voice. Gizmoz will most definitely become a magnet for MySpace users and the like who will flock to avatar creators such as this.

Mozilla really seemed to step up the game in 2006 when it came to Firefox. With the new release of Firefox 2 they even went as far as to air commercials on television that were created by Firefox fans! It has been an amazing journey following Firefox throughout 2006 and I went through all of our Firefox stories (totaling more than 240) to pick out our favorites.

KlipFolio, the virtual news center has released KlipFolio 4 (in beta), with a new mini-sidebar so that you don't have to give up any of your desktop space for all of your important information. In case you're unfamiliar with it, KlipFolio is a personalized dashboard, a collection of "Klips" that are chosen and completely customizable by you, the user with a built-in alert feature.

What a Christmas present this was! Vista Transformation Pack 6 was just released yesterday with all kinds of new goodies including 3rd-party applications for providing features like Taskbar thumbnail previews and a remarkable sidebar just like Vista's.

Personally I believe that screenshots are one of the best elements to any blog.