The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) computers fall a little short from being a hardcore gaming machine, so they need to include an efficient Web browser that can handle the job without consuming all of the available resources. Opera is working on a custom version of their browser for the laptop but, as this post states it really isn't anything different other than a custom skin and toolbar.

As Microsoft continues their battle with Piracy, they have disclosed that one in five, or 22% of Windows installations are not genuine.

Get a taste of RumShot! It's an awesome free screen capture program. It's not made to replace any screen capture software for everyday screenshots, instead it's made to add frames, and borders to make your screen shots fancy. RumShot takes both a screenshot of your desktop, but also a preview shot which is what you'll see below.

I don't think that anyone would argue that getting used to Microsoft Office 2007's new interface takes some time. I've been using Beta 2 for what seems like forever (probably about 8 months in reality) and I finally feel comfortable being able to find the commands that used to reside on toolbars and menus in previous versions of Office.

Yesterday, Google announced that their Google Groups has been updated with a new look and features. Back in October they had a beta site available with the redesign.  Previously, it was an orange, yellow and white color scheme.  They've switched to a light blue and white color scheme which gives it a cleaner look. Some of the new features include:

Right now I am using Firefox 2 as my primary browser because some of my extensions don't play nice with the pre-release version of Firefox 3. That's a real shame too because the rendering engine (Cairo) that Firefox 3 offers is really amazing. The only thing is that a lot of people will never think twice about the great things Cairo brings to the table.