JAlbum is a free cross-platform program that I've been using for years, and before I got my Flickr account it was my only way to share digital photos with my family. I had a computer at my house being used to serve up the photos to anyone that requested them, but Flickr was too great of a deal to pass up.

The great thing is

There have been tools in the past that monitor programs on your computer for updates, but none is like the new UpdateStar. This free app claims to check for updates on upwards of 80,000 titles including freeware, shareware and commercial software products. That's quite a database it has got built up!

Here's a quick list of some features it offers:

• Once program updates
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It was only going to be a matter of time before Microsoft took a step towards bringing their Office Suite online, and yesterday they made that first step by announcing Microsoft Office Live Workspace. It's described as the online companion to Microsoft Office and for now, only pre-registration is available. They have yet to release it into beta, but once it is, only a limited number of people who have pre-registered will get the

Stardock just launched WindowBlinds 6, and there is no doubt that this is what the next generation of skinning is all about! It completely supports the blurring of window borders and menus...for both Vista and XP. I guess you could say that it helps blur the line between the two operating systems. :) Sorry, I couldn't help it.

When we reviewed the early

TechCrunch is reporting that AOL is finally going to put the domain wow.com (which they've owned since 1998) to good use. And no, they're not selling it to Microsoft to promote the "Wow" experience of Windows Vista.  Aside from Microsoft using "wow," there's another obvious thing that comes to mind ... World of Warcraft, the extremely popular online game usually

Apple has begun to warn users of the imminent Boot Camp expiration that will be coming later this month. They started winding things down by setting Boot Camp 1.2 (released in March 2007) to expire a few days ago.

So when does Boot Camp expire? There has been no official date set as of yet, and all Apple says is that it will

Late last night Yahoo announced that their "New Yahoo! Search" has launched. This new search was the result of time spent researching, designing, and engineering, to provide a better search for Yahoo users.  Over the last several years, Yahoo has lost some of their users to Google's search, so a change in their search was necessary. The biggest change to the search is the addition of search suggestions and related concepts in a drop