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.

Last week the Google Video Blog posted a few videos that had holiday greetings from people in the United States Army. I thought it was a good idea so I have randomly posted five of the videos below. It really makes you realize how lucky you are when you are able to spend the holidays with your family and friends.

As many of you probably figured out the posting is going to be very light today. I have one more holiday-related post that I will do after this one because I think it is very important, but I'll leave that for when the day starts winding down. In the mean time I just want to wish everyone a happy holidays and hope that you all have someone special to share this time of the year with.

If golf is your game, and you have a few extra bucks burning a hole in your pocket, take a look at the ultimate in Luxury Golf Cars. You'll be cruising the course in style in mini decked out versions of a Hummer, Cadillac, or a Buick Lucerne.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has decided to move onto another business venture and this time it would directly compete with sites like Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Jimmy is hoping to create a search engine, called Wikiasari, that will return better results than other search engines that are currently available. Here is what he says will be unique with Wikiasari:

So I have decided to start up a new poll and end the voting on "What BitTorrent client do you use?" The poll received more than 980 votes and here are the top 5 from that poll:

I thought Facebook would undoubtedly be the next YouTube and sell their soul to another company. At $1 billion I thought it was a done deal but as it turns out that just isn't enough:

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

Setting up your own Web server can be a pain when trying to install PHP, MySQL, Apache, and phpMyAdmin. There are several different applications available that try to make doing this easy by installing all of the above for you, and my favorite has always been EasyPHP.

For those of you looking to test out different Linux distribution or maybe tinker around with Vista (if you downloaded a pre-release version while it was available) this is your time to do it. VMware Workstation 6.0 Beta is currently available for download and they will even give you a free serial number to use with it.

Wouldn't it be nice if you could take your computer with you no matter where you are? If you have a laptop, this isn't so difficult, but when you rely on a desktop computer, this becomes an issue.  It's always nice to have all of the applications that you want, the music that you like, and of course all of your important documents, files, and settings.

The holidays are a special time of year and it is a time to spread the holiday spirit with others. I'm not sure if there is a better way to spread the cheer than with some festive Firefox wallpapers! If you like any of the following wallpapers just click on them, but the only size available is 1024 x 768:

I haven't been able to find information on the largest lawsuit in history but I'm sure this one is right up at the top. The RIAA (yes, I was just as shocked as you ;) ) is suing the website AllofMP3.com on behalf of EMI, Sony BMG, Universal Music, and Warner Music in the amount of $150,000 for each of the 11 million songs that were downloaded from June to October of 2006.

It was one year ago that Google and AOL announced the possibility of cross-compatibility between their instant messenger clients. They didn't explicitly say in the press release that it was a guaranteed thing and made sure to cover themselves: "" Maybe the whole "" didn't turn out quite like Google had planned. Or maybe Google was concerned that AOL would leak their member's data.