This is one of those just-for-fun websites that's worth paying a visit to. Go to www.canvaspaint.org and check it out, come back, and now tell me that doesn't look just like Microsoft Paint? Cool huh? Now of course, who really needs an online version when you already have the application on your own computer ( if you use Windows), and if you don't use Windows, you could probably care less about the application anyways. Regardless, it's still

Yesterday Bill Gates announced to some of the CES attendees some features that will be part of the Windows Extras. One of the new features that really stood out to me was the Windows DreamScene which allows you to add videos (MPEG and WMV) to your desktop to give an extremely unique experience. This is truly something that I would love to be able to do because it adds another dimension to your

Integrating the new technology of Microsoft's Windows Vista, Yahoo has designed a new messenger from the ground up. It's being previewed at CES (the Consumer Electronics show) going on in Las Vegas, Nevada right now.  It's expected to be launched as a beta, and shortly after to the public sometime in the second quarter this year. It was redesigned so that it could take advantage of all of the brand-new features specific to Windows Vista

Microsoft is apparently making a Vista Ultimate Signature Edition available for the first 20,000 people looking to pick up a copy of the upgrade version on Amazon. They don't actually say how many copies they do have on hand, but the image that they made available of the packaging shows that they print your "serial number" on the box, which is out of 20,000. Amazon might

Sony originally forecasted that 400,000 PlayStation 3 consoles would be sold on launch day. Launch day came and went, and not even half of the projected amount were sold. It took two additional weeks after the launch for  Sony to meet its original goal of 400,000.  Between the launch, and the end of 2006, they were able to sell 1 million consoles, about half of their 2 million goal.  So, what does this mean

CES is off and running with Bill Gates as a keynote speaker kicking things off. It's a big CES for Microsoft, with the Windows Vista launch in less than a month. His keynote was entitled 'Connected Experiences' in which Gates talked about what a connected lifestyle might look like, and a vision for this in the not so far future. By connected lifestyle, he means devices capable of receiving digital content all

PowerToys are probably some of the most popular add-ons to Windows, especially the Tweak-UI PowerToy that Microsoft has available. It allows you to customize various aspects of your Windows interface so that everything works just the way you want it to. Best of all is that these PowerToys are offered at no additional cost to existing Windows users and, surprisingly, don't require you to forego a WGA validation before downloading or installation.