Archive for November, 2006

Messenger Plus! Live is an add-on for Windows Live Messenger which adds lots of features and extras that make your instant messenger easier, more useful or just tons more entertaining. FAQs
Latest changes:

|| Compatible with the public beta version of Windows Live Messenger 8.1
|| Commands are now recognized even when some characters are automatically replaced [...]


After Google Talk with Gmail earlier this year, Yahoo! will integrate an Ajax version of Yahoo! Instant Messaging directly into the new Yahoo! Mail beta so users can chat and see when contacts are online, even if they don’t have an instant-messaging application installed. Unlike Google, Yahoo! is combining the products into a single interface.

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Google released 5 new features for Gmail, First up is a new Reply button replacing the previously clunky ‘more options’ button at the top of all messages. no more scrolling to the bottom of a long message to find the “Reply” link. Now there’s a Reply button right on top, along with a lot of other options [...]


Long Zheng reports the comparisons of Windows Vista operating system sounds and Windows XP sounds. Yes, Vista system sounds have been revealed! And they sound really subtle compared to XP’s annoying sounds.

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Microsoft has declared Windows Vista complete. It’s been five years since Windows XP debuted and three years since detailed “Longhorn”–Vista’s codename–plans were first revealed. Now Microsoft will release the OS to PC manufacturers and gear up for its release to business customers on November 30 and consumers on January 30. Microsoft is planning [...]


As posted before, orkut became available to everyone and this could be confirmed in orkut’s help.
Now orkut has integrated with Google Talk. You just need to go to settings and click on “enable Google Talk”. You can automatically add your orkut friends or only some of them and also gain new options in Google Talk for orkut contacts.

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Windows Live Local, an online local search and mapping tool, is powered by Virtual Earth and enables people to learn, discover and explore a specific location. maps.live.com shows the Earth in 3D. Allows you to view two-dimensional aerial and 3D imagery object from four different sides angle (Bird eye view). Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D [...]


EditPad Lite is a free general-purpose text editor, designed to be small and compact, yet offer all the functionality you expect from a basic text editor. EditPad Lite works with Windows NT4, 98, 2000, ME and XP.

EditPad Lite
It has all the features a solid text editor needs. You can open as many files at a time [...]


Zune is coming

03Nov06

Zune is officially releasing on November 11 2006 and Zune.net, has gone online giving folks a sneak peak and Zune’s music offerings.

Zune Player
Zune is a brand from Microsoft that incorporates a line of portable media players, software that will drive the devices, and connection to the world of media and to entertainment-loving people like [...]


According to APC Magazine, Microsoft has officially announced the final release dates for Windows Vista: November 30, 2006 for business customers and January 30, 2007 for consumers.

Here’s Vista’s retail prices for your reference:

|| Vista Home Basic: $199 ($99.95 upgrade)
|| Vista Home Premium: $239 ($159 upgrade)
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