In the past week I have received more than 10 emails directing me to articles that all had bad things to say about Windows Vista, and while I think that Vista is far from perfect it surely doesn’t deserve negative attention. Before I go ahead and get started going through some of the things that I have found I want to first say that I am far from a Microsoft fanboy.

Our next poll is up, and we’re wondering, who do you think will be next to cash in on the the Web 2.0 Jackpot?  We’ve already seen some huge pay-outs already, and Google acquiring YouTube definitely tops that list.

I have always been a huge fan of using the default Firefox theme because I think it is nice and simple. On several occasions I have actually gone out and scrounged around looking for a nice Firefox theme, but each time I have come up empty handed.

Reverse Hacker Shawn Carpenter was recently awarded 4.3 million for wrongful termination. He worked at Sandia National Laboratories as an intrusion detection analyst and ended up fired for a probe that he did over a network security breach.

Vending machines can accept payments from cell phones, so why not McDonald's? Back in September, Coca-Cola announced that it was going to equip all of their vending machines in Japan with the technology that would allow the machines to accept payment via mobile phones. They hope to have this done by the end of 2008.

Clipmarks is an extension for Firefox, Internet Explorer, and even Flock that will allow you to clip your favorite parts of the web. They just released their latest version, Clipmarks 2.0 that has a few new features that you might like.

Last week we talked about how some of the user-submitted ideas on Dell’s IdeaStorm site were becoming quite popular. The things that were becoming the most popular were all related to open-source software and the need for a Linux laptop/desktop offering.

I am all about freeware that gets the job done, and the free application that I am about to talk about definitely gets the job done! It’s a brilliant program that offers a wide range of features you wouldn’t normally find on your Windows computer.