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8月10日 The internet revolution was supposed to be about universalizing computing. So why is it that despite the fact that you can do virtually anything from anywhere through the Net, most of us are still tethered to our computer because of the need for access to basic desktop software? Over the past few years, webware has matured to the point that almost anything you can do with desktop software, can now be done with a free webware alternative. Webware allows you to access your programs at any time from anywhere in the world, without having to bring your computer along. In this article, we highlight 100 free webware apps which will help you cut the cord from your computer and its traditional desktop software and instead take your computing completely online. Source: No More Hard Drive! 100 Free Software Apps to Go Online-Only 
How many times have you wished Notepad had tabs, Paint supported layers or Windows Explorer let you bookmark frequently-used folders? Power users need power utilities, and Windows' default system programs barely get the job done. Over time third-party developers have stepped and build superior replacements to programs like Notepad, Paint, Windows Explorer and the Command Prompt. Get the simple jobs done smarter, faster and more efficiently with some of the best Windows utility power replacements - all of which are free downloads.
Geek To Live: Power replacements for built-in Windows utilities - Lifehacker 8月7日 
What is Facebook and why should you use it? Facebook is a social networking service that lets you connect with friends, co-workers, and others who share similar interests or who have common backgrounds. Many use it as a way to stay in touch after finishing school, or as a way to share their life publicly. What makes Facebook different from other social networks are its extensive privacy controls, its development platform, and its large and quickly growing user base. Facebook has been called the "thinking person's" social network. Compared to many other social networks, Facebook gets new features and improvements on a regular basis. Read More... Source: Newbie's guide to Facebook | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone 8月6日 
Ok, it's ugly as sin (and pretty thick, to boot), but we have to give props to Wibrain's new B1 UMPC. Besides coming equipped with a Via C7m CPU up to 1.6GHz, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1, a VGA camera, HSDPA, and a full QWERTY keyboard and trackpad, the thing's going to sell for a mere 600 or 700k Korean Won (about $650 - $760 US) when it's launched overseas this October. Source: Wibrain's B1 UMPC: hideous, yet strangely appealing - Engadget 7月19日 
Now that the Windows Home Server platform has been released to manufacturing, a lot of cool concepts are becoming sweet realities. We just scored some juicy details on Velocity Micro's design, destined to ship in the coming months, with external expansion upgrades in early 2008. Here's what we can relate to you now: • It has an Intel Conroe-derived processor with DDR2 memory. This will accommodate any future Home Server applications that may be more demanding in horse power, etc. • It features a high performance Intel chipset for maximum I/O performance including PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet, Sata 300, NCQ, etc. • It is extremely price competitive and will be available for Windows Home Server launch. • Can be configured up to several terabytes. • Most likely available in silver and/or black. Color schemes are not finalized. • It's designed for vertical or horizontal placement. • It's an enterprise-class design in regards to thermals and up-time. But it's very quiet! • It features eSATA for an external expansion box that will match the design and will be available by Q1 '08 Source: Revealed: First Glimpse of Sexy Windows Home Server From Velocity Micro - Gizmodo 6月16日 
Texyt got their hands on two of the Ricavision-designed prototype Sideshow PDAs that we first heard about a few weeks ago: specifically, the MK140 eChatter (pictured) and Fridge Magnet models. Winbond representatives said that the Sideshow devices could cost as little as "about $80" for the smaller Fridge Magnet device, and "about $150" for the larger eChatter with a QWERTY keyboard, but as Winbond's background is chip manufacturing, they could have meant that this is how much the devices will cost to manufacture and not how much they'll go on sale for (so don't get your hopes up just yet). We'd love a Bluetooth enabled, 5-inch touchscreen PDA for 150 bucks as much as the next gadget maniac, but we'll try and keep it down until we see it confirmed. Source: Ricavision Sideshow PDAs in-the-wild, to sell for $80? - Engadget 6月14日  It looks like Microsoft's upping the street view ante in the cold map war against Google. Tipster The Red Monkey just sent us the shot to the right. We'll let him continue: "This morning on my way into downtown I spotted the Microsoft live "street view" truck. I only had time to grab one picture before my exit onto J street. Its a cameraphone pic so its not great but you can see the cameras on top of the truck and the Microsoft Live logos on the back. I did not catch the name of the company out on the prowl for them either." Source: Candid Camera: Microsoft Live Truck Spotted Prowling On The Highway - Jalopnik 6月9日 
Web site Cameroid lets you play photo booth with any webcam in the comfort of your browser. The web site is basically a web version of Mac's PhotoBooth program, offering you different effects for your pics, from colorful filters and scenes to the popular morph settings. After you take a picture, you can save the image to your desktop or their public page, email it, or print it out. If you've got a webcam and an internet connection, Cameroid promises hours of free fun Link to Cameroid - Take photos with your webcam online! 
OEM manufacturer Amtek's rolled into Computex with a fresh new UMPC prototype, and it looks like it may have already signed up a partner in the US to offer it under their brand name. That bit of news comes from GottaBeMobile, which has also managed to scope out a few of the device's specs. As is par for the course these days, the device is based on Intel's McCaslin platform, and packs either an 800MHz A110 or 600MHz A100 processor, a 3600mAh 2-cell battery with an optional 4-cell extended battery, and an integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam, not to mention a full QWERTY keypad. Apparently, Amtek is set to put the device into mass production by the end of the year, although it looks like we'll have to wait a bit longer to hear anything on pricing or availability, as well as any word about that mystery US partner. Source: Amtek shows of U560 UMPC at Computex - Engadget 6月4日 
Anyone who's ever futzed with a drive array on the fritz or tried to upgrade their large home storage system knows the plight well -- disks will eventually fail and/or run out of space, and when they do, neither scenario is particularly pleasant for a RAID user. (Trust us, we have the horror stories to prove it.) Even though the Data Robotics Drobo isn't ready to take the place of your NAS, if you've been looking for a simple, convenient, reliable method of keeping vast amounts of data in one spot, this may be the way to go. We've been fortunate enough to have a Drobo of our own to fool around with for the past few weeks, and we're pretty excited about how it's gone. Read on for our thoughts. Gallery: Drobo review     
Source: Drobo review - Engadget 
USBCELL rechargeable batteries are NiMH (non-alkaline) batteries that plug right into your computer's USB port to juice up. Nothing's worse than being hard at work or play and having the battery die in your wireless mouse or game controller. USBCELLs recharge from your tower, monitor, game console or keyboard's free USB port; or you could turn a USB hub into a battery recharging station. These suckers reduce waste, keep batteries on hand, fully recharge in about 5 hours, and cost £10 for a pack of two Source: Stuff We Like: USB rechargeable batteries - Lifehacker 6月3日
The Pico-ITX motherboard standard truly lives up to its name as the smallest regular commercial motherboard that money can buy. It's not hard to imagine why people would want a motherboard as small as VIA's PX10000: its low power requirements (the guys at Mini-ITX.com couldn't get it to draw more than 16 Watts under full load) and miniscule size (less than 4 inches long) make it perfect for really small enclosures. Unfortunately if you were hoping to make this into a high definition mini-media box to sit under the TV, you'll be disappointed. The 1GHz CPU isn't capable of running any popular video formats at an acceptable rate above 1024x768, so you'll have to stick with standard definition, if at all. VIA isn't particularly helpful when it comes to getting the motherboard to play nicely with Linux either, and haven't provided a central depository for Linux compatible drivers. There's also a lack of enclosures for the Pico-ITX motherboard size, where there's a Catch 22 situation of manufacturers unwilling to create cases for a limited market, and consumers unwilling to buy motherboards without a decent array of cases. Until these problems are sorted, the Pixo-ITX platform and this particular motherboard will fail to appeal to the general market: as if that was ever the target in the first place
Source: VIA EPIA PX10000 Pico-ITX motherboard gets reviewed - Engadget 5月30日
Video: On10 First Look: Microsoft Surfacing Computing!
About a year ago I gave a presentation to a group of journalists about gadgets of the future and showed a video about a theoretical multi-touch computing system. When asked when we would see something like that in the wild, I optimistically ballparked 5-7 years. You can imagine my surprise when I walked into a room at Microsoft and found a fully functioning Microsoft Surface Computer (more than one, actually.)
I played with it long after the shoot was over. It's incredible. And I know many of you have the same question I did; when am I going to have one of these in my house? Surface computers will start with Microsoft partners getting first shot at various public applications, you'll most likely see them in action in Las Vegas first. Eventually prices will come down and production will go up and I expect we'll all be waving through our playlists on our coffee table before we know it. You'll also see in this video that wifi on the Zune can be used for more than just bursting a song or picture to a stranger.
Check out the 18 minute demo over at Microsoft's On10.
Source: First Look: Microsoft Surfacing Computing! | Larry Larsen | Channel 10 5月29日  Finally, the service part of Microsoft's hosted consumer storage offering — Windows Live Folders — is about to go to beta, according to the LiveSide.Net.
Microsoft's positioning slogan for Live Folders: "Password-protected online file storage. Always available where you need it." LiveSide links to the Windows Live Folders beta home page (not sure how long this link will keep working, so visit early and often). According to that page, Microsoft is planning to allow users to store up to 500 MB (initially) worth of personal, shared and public files in the cloud. Users will be able to access these files from Internet Explorer or Firefox. Users can sign into the service using their Windows Live IDs. There also may be a Windows Live Folders client available as part of this offering, but so far, no sight of that, according to the LiveSiders. Source: » Microsoft tees up LiveDrive hosted-storage service | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com 5月28日  LEAKED:
Today an internal build of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 was leaked by Messenger Addictos, a site dedicated to Windows Live Messenger and related products.
The new build includes a completely new installer system (though it appears it might need some tweaking). Messenger itself also got a complete overhaul, featuring a new UI that combines the best of Windows Live and Vista. The new build also includes several minor new features, some of which are still undisclosed. Unfortunately support for Plug-Ins (or "Add-Ins") has been dropped.
Click on the links below to view some screenshots of the new Messenger:
- Sign in window
- Windows Live Messenger 8.5
- Sign-in Toast
- Conversation Window
- New typing indicator (above text input)
- About window
The leaked build is only available in Spanish at the moment, but if you managed to download it somewhere, you can copy the old language file ("msglang.dll") of Windows Live Messenger 8.1.0178 over the new one ("msglang.8.5.1235.0517.dll"). Note that the installation directory has also been changed to "C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\" making the transition from MSN Messenger to Windows Live Messenger complete. Link to Mess with MSN Messenger: msn emoticons msn names display pictures download 5月26日
Itching for something to match real pretty with your $1,195 Stealth Computer keyboard? If so, the very same company has recently unveiled a miniature PC that costs just marginally more than the 'board itself, but the LPC-450 packs some pretty decent specs into a battle-ready 5.7- x 9.9- x 1.65-inch enclosure. The slightly unattractive case can pack a wide range of Intel's Core 2 Duo processors, up to 1GB of RAM, a DVD writer, between 80GB and 160GB of hard drive space (or an SSD for a serious upcharge), your choice of operating system, Intel's GMA950 integrated graphics set, gigabit Ethernet, and a plethora of ports including audio in / out, VGA out, a trio of USB 2.0 ports, RS232, FireWire, and even a parallel printer port for kickin' it like it's 1995. The case itself is said to be made of "rugged extruded aluminum," and the only fan noise should come from the one keeping the CPU from getting too toasty. Stealth's wee machine can be picked up now for just under $1,400 in the base configuration, but specing it out like you truly desire will push things quite a bit higher.
Source: Stealth Computer's LPC-450 mini PC - Engadget
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