A few weeks ago there was a conversation going on within our comments regarding the use of solid state drives (SSD) versus hard disk drives (HDD). The big thing about using SSD's is that they are faster and more energy efficient, especially in the case of the iPhone which is what the comments pertained to. Earlier today I was flipping through YouTube videos (like I do almost everyday) and I came across one

Eight months ago, and together with three partners, Microsoft started and funded an Open XML Translator project. Version 1.0 of the plugin has been released with plans for a spreadsheet and presentation translator plugin ready for previews in May, and a final release in November, 2007.

This plugin facilitates the conversion of documents from one format to the other.  For example, if you are using Microsoft Word with the plug-in, you can choose to open

The Opera Desktop Team just announced a new experimental build of the desktop version of the Opera browser. The version that they are currently working on is 9.2 and when released it will have a few new features, including a usage report collection as mentioned a few weeks ago.

The new feature this week is a set of developer tools that will open in a pop-up window for the website that you

Viacom who owns brands like BET, MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Spike TV and several others, has demanded that YouTube remove 100,000 videos.  That's over 1.2 billion streams that are to be removed immediately. According to several sources, Viacom had been negotiating with YouTube for several months.  Apparently there were disagreements or the deal wasn't going anywhere for Viacom to make such a demand.

In a statement from Viacom, they say:

“Filtering tools promised

One of the major factors that is keeping people from upgrading to Windows Vista is the software compatibility factor. Not all software is prepared for Vista which can make the upgrade frustrating. There are several sites putting together lists of software as they become compatible. You can find the complete list here, broken down into categories.  It's a Wiki, so if you know of additional software that's Vista Compatible, you can go ahead and

Free for all Friday

Internet security is a big issue these days, and there are a variety of elements that can help keep your important information and documents safe. There's a lot of security measures out there like anti-viruses and firewalls that people are willing to pay money for, but yet they overlook one very important security measure... passwords.

There are several lists floating around the Internet with the top