Cool Stuff

On September 5th, the Live Writer team offered a new version of the popular blogging tool, Windows Live Writer. The new version, Beta 3, includes several enhancements, including the ability to upload to Picasaweb via Blogger, publish XHTML-style markup, support for 28 new languages, print &…

Microsoft's Silverlight technology, which delivers interactive media and applications for the web, just made another big splash online. The technology has been adopted for ET's 2007 Emmy Awards website. As Chad Brown, Senior Vice President of Products & Services and…

Superna Systems is a company that is making use of Vista's SideShow technology in their home automation systems. With their ControlWare software for Vista, you can control your home's security system, lights, climate, music, and televsions. All of these can be controlled through your computer…

With the new Facebook app Fonebook, you can sync up your Facebook contacts with your Outlook contacts. The application works with both Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007. As an added bonus, if you also use a Nokia or Windows Mobile smartphone, you can then copy your contact's photos over to your phone,…

Did you know that you can sign into Hotmail with just one click? Neither did I, until I saw this post on Windows Live Chronicles blog. Here's how it works: Install the "Windows Live Sign In Assistant." Currently, this comes with Windows Live Messenger if you check the option to…

Jasman Toys plans to unveil the new Halo replica weapons at Booth #1116 at this year's Comic-Con convention. The weapons are recreations of Halo's Convenant Plasma Rifle and Plasma Pistol. The replicas are made with metal and plastic materials, giving them a heavy presense and an authentic look and…

Did you know that Outlook 2007 can be configured to allow you to preview PDF attachments automatically? With this handy tip from the Living-With-Outlook blog, you can easily set up your Outlook to allow PDF previewing right in the Outlook's Preview Pane. To get started, you first need to download…

Michael Bove, the head of the Consumer Electronics Lab at MIT, has created a new incarnation of his previous holographic-video system, the Mark II. While the Mark II is an impressive system, it is 14-year-old technology that takes up most of the room. However, the new system called, appropriately,…

How cool is this? The BananaScreen software lets you login to your computer using facial recognition software. All you need to use the softare is a PC and a webcam. BanananScreen will lock your computer when you move away from it, and, when you return, BananaScreen unlocks the PC in less time…

GoPets is a popular virtual community of online, interactive pets currently boasting 400,000 registered users. In the GoPets online communite, users create and customize their own digital pets, with which they socialize, play games, and make new friends with other GoPets owners in the GoPets global…