Vista is on the loose and now some of you may be looking for extras and gadgets to add a little bit of excitement to your experience. Microsoft has a website setup so that downloading your gadgets is simple, and easy, including access to 3rd party gadgets.

Zoho, which is known for their web office suite has introduced Zoho notebook which is in pre-beta, and expected for release in March. Zoho has always done a lot of things "right" in terms of features and versatility.  Zoho Notebook is no exception.

Here's your chance to get your hands on the latest software from Microsoft. We all know that neither Office or Vista come at a cheap price, so here's your chance to get it for free!

We've been talking about Vista for months now, and finally the day for consumers to get their hands on it has come! Newegg and other online retailers have already been selling OEM versions a little early, but now you can walk into nearly any electronics store and pick up a copy. Windows Aero, the redesigned user interface will be one thing Vista will always be known for.

It has been a little over a month since Microsoft's review PC's caused quite a stir in the blogosphere;  I have heard that Microsoft gave out around 90 laptops.

Last week we wanted to know which game system you played the most, or wish you owned. There are a variety of systems available, so which are your favorites? Well, in first place was Xbox 360 with 28% of the votes, and in second was the Nintendo Wii with 20%.  Not far behind was the Playstation 3 with 15% of the votes, and 'None of the Above' with 14% of the votes.

Here's another Firefox Extension for you to try out!  It's called AutoSlideshow, and  allows you to view a slideshow of images on any web page.  I tried it out on a post that we did for the Object Desktop Review/Giveaway.  There were quite a few pictures on the page, so I figured it would be a good candidate. It worked well.

It was just the beginning of January that Yahoo acquired MyBlogLog for an estimated 10-12 million. We were wondering how long it would take Yahoo to  integrate some of their other acquired services like Flickr. Well, that question has been answered because Flickr has been integrated into MyBlogLog.

It's the day before the official consumer launch of Vista, and as expected, there are a few Vista related items in the news. Here's a quick rundown...

Notepad++ is definitely my favorite Notepad replacement because of the extensive features that it has built-in. A lot of applications are going to tabbed interfaces these days and Notepad++ realized the importance of this early on, which is actually why I started using it in the first place.