Google Chrome Web Browser (Beta) Released for Windows

So we have all been using Firefox instead of Internet Explorer lately, right?  Well, I just made the switch to the new kid on the block, Chrome, from Google.  Three words:  Simple, Clean, Fast.  

This is the fastest browser I have ever tested, it loads in an instand, and brings up web pages much faster then Firefox or Internet Explorer.  Extensions we have grown to love in Firefox are not available in this browser yet, but my guess is they eventually will.  Some of the cool features include:

One Box for Everything:  Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.

Thumbnails of your top sites:  Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab (see photo)

Shortcuts for your apps:  This is cool, you can create a desktop icon to launch your favorite website, such as Gmail, Facebook, or anything you want.  It opens up in a clean window with no menus that makes it look like an application.

Incognito Mode:  Open up a tab in Ingognito mode and pages you view will not appear in your browser history or search history, and they wont leave cookies on your computer.

Gunner Optiks: Digital * Performance * Eyewear / Enhanced * Computer * Vision



I am writing this article using my new glasses (non-prescription) specifically designed for computer use. The moment I put them on, the text looked clearer, the images brighter, more crisp, and the screen looked magnified and much easier on the eyes. A local San Diego company has come out with these revolutionary computer glasses that were recently written about in the San Diego Union Tribune.

Here are some quotes from the article:
"An estimated 125 million Americans suffer from what is now commonly referred to as digital eye fatigue or computer vision syndrome, according to the American Optometric Association."
"The eye focuses on the hard edge of an image, but digital images don't have a clean edge, Anschel said. As a result, the focus drifts forward and back, causing eye fatigue."
"They had a yellow-tinted lens, which makes images appear clearer. Yellow makes images sharper by filtering out blue light, Anschel said. The lens is also shaped to pre-focus the light into the eyes, so the eyes don't have to do all the work. There's also a purplish iridescence on the lens, which is an anti-glare filter that allows light from the computer in but keeps out distracting reflected light from other sources. The lenses are also designed to be fitted close to the face, creating what the company called a “microclimate” that keeps away wind."

Check out this video from a local news source, Channel 8:

Plaster Blaster: Rockets in San Diego

Once a year in October a bunch of people head out to the deserts of San Diego where they launch rockets way up in the sky, up to 25,000 feet! Find out more about this years event on October 2-5th at the official site.

OpenDNS

OpenDNS is a free service that allows you to filter web content such as specific sites, specific content and adult website filtering. This is a handy application to prevent your business or kids from visiting undesirable web content. Read on...

(Thanx to ibannieb blog for this article)

MozyHome: Backup your files automatically for only $4.95 per month!


For personal computers, either a Mac or PC, losing your files can be a DISASTER! You need to have a backup plan! MozyHome is an automatic online backup system that backs up your files securely to a server on the Internet every day. This has saved many businesses that we have worked with from closing up shop when there computer died. Click the link above to get started.

For Business Users that would like to backup there server, MozyPro is the enterprise software that is capable of doing that. Beanstalk Computing is a reseller of MozyPro and can help you with this as well. Email info@beanstalkcomputing.com for more info.

AntiVirusXP2008 Malware

AntiVirusXP 2008, with its variants such as AntiVirusXP 2009, or Antivirus 2009, is a piece of Malware (Malicious Software) that can be installed on your computer without you knowing it. It is a misleading application that may give exaggerated reports of threats on your computer. You will notice a Red X on your task bar which looks something like this:










You will need to get ride of this immediately, but AntiVirus software can not completely remove this malware! This software slows down your computer and annoyingly pops up this message every five minutes. Here is what you need to do:

1. You will need to install AntiMalware software. Please click here to download MalwareBytes.org AntiMalware, a free download.
2. When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button.
3. The software will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan.
4. On the Scanner tab, make sure the the Perform quick scan option is selected and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for Antivirus XP 2008 related files.
5. The software will now start scanning your computer for malware. This process can take quite a while, so we suggest you go and do something else and periodically check on the status of the scan.
6. A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown. Now click on the Remove Selected button to remove all the listed malware. The software will now delete all of the files and registry keys associated with the Malware! You are now clean!

Pandora and Rhapsody - The two music services you will EVER need
For those of you not fully introduced to Pandora and Rhapsody, these are the two music services you will EVER need. You never need to buy music again, and they are both legal! Let me explain each.
1. Pandora "is a music discovery service designed to help you enjoy music you already know, and to help you discover new music you'll love." And the best part is, its completely FREE! It is advertising driven, so no money needed from you. Simply enter an artist or song that you like, and you will create your own personalized radio station based on what you type. Pandora will play artists and songs similar to what you have typed allowing you to experience and discover new music that you will like! (It even works on the iPhone!)
2. Rhapsody For everything else, there is Rhapsody. Unlike iTunes, where you HAVE to buy a song in order to listen to it, Rhapsody uses a subscription model. For about $15 a month, you have access to their entire collection and can stream or even download unlimited songs for free! Note that the downloaded music can only be played if your subscription is active or you choose to actually buy the MP3 version of the Sony for about 1 buck a track which I NEVER do myself. With Rhapsody to Go, you can bring your music or even radio stations they have with you everywhere you go (This does not work with apple products, but with many others here.

Stream Music to Every Room in Your House.....For Free!

Ok, So My goal was to figure out a way to be able to walk through every room in my house and hear the same music playing. In my bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom, wherever I was. I was going originally get a Sonos Music System but this would have cost me thousands of dollars!

My brother in law recently got a competitors to Sonos's system from Logitech, the Squeezebox Duet. For $399 you get a nifty remote control that can control the system. Then you can setup the one interface box included into your main stereo and stream your MP3 music collection from your computer/server/NAS or even if your computer is off, Internet radio stations and Internet music services such as Pandora or Rhapsody from your device. (Also check out the nifty product tour on the Squeezebox homepage)

But you don't even need the hardware, assuming you have computers in every room already hooked up to your stereos (Which I do, of course) You see, Logitech recently purchased Slim Devices, the maker of the software that powers their hardware. This software has always been free and can be downloaded here for PC, Mac, Linux, or even a NetGear ReadyNAS. Here is how it works

1. Download and install the Squeezecenter server to your server or, if you dont have one, pick a desktop on your network to install it to. Remember, that computer has to be on for others to access the music. You will be asked where your local music collection is. If it is not on the same computer that you are installing the SqueezeCenter onto, you have to use the UNC path of the shared folder the music is on (ie \\musicserver\mymusic) and not a mapped drive.
2. Sign up for a free account with Logitech.
3. To CONTROL the music, simply go to the website of your server at port 9000. So if you install the software on a computer named MusicServer point your web browser to http://musicserver:9000 which is the SqueezeCenter
4. To LISTEN to music on the computer or stereo hooked up to the computer, you could use a hardware based squeezebox we talked about above, but that costs money. Instead, you can use the free SoftSqueeze player (Requires Java) which you can install from the Extras-SoftSqueeze menu on your SqueezeCenter. Do this on all computers in your house
5. In the top right hand corner of your SqueezeCenter, you can choose which player you want to control. From one central location, you can choose to play different music in every room in your house.
6. If you want to play the same music in every room in your house, click Synchronize under the Choose Player menu in the top right.

Note: The ONLY feature I found that will not work without the hardware based squeezebox is Rhapsody.
Note 2: You can even stream your music on the internet! You will have to open up port 9000 on your router and point it to your squeezecenter server.

Read on...

Minor planet #24200 Peterbrooks was named in early march...

It looks like the Brooks family name has finally got some recognition from the Universe, a main belt astroid has been named in my Uncle's honor, way to go!

24200 Peterbrooks	Discovered 1999 Dec. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team in Socorro.
Peter Brooks mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.

Peter is also the founder of a software company called MicroMind

Astronomers find 'super-Earths'

Researchers today said they discovered a batch of three "super-Earths" orbiting a nearby star, and two other solar systems with small planets as well.

Hulu: Watch your favories. Anytime. For Free. Cancel your Cable.

Hulu is a "corporate sandbox" loaded with content from NBC, News Corp., Sony, MGM, as well as their various subsidiary channels like FX, Sci-Fi Channel and so forth, offering anything from full episodes of Battlestar Galactica and Buffy to SNL Digital Shorts and an entire Russell Crowe flick, Master & Commander. It's Flash-based, it streams, just like YouTube, and it's ad-supported, with bumpers and "commercial breaks," just like the TV it's trying to ape.

Amazing Future Projects of Dubai

Dubai, in the middle east and also known as, the City of Dreams, has always attracted business oriented people, but now they are attracting people for residence too! They are on their way to create a mini-universe of their own. The future is near!

Construction to Start on Rotating Wind-Power Residential Tower

The Cars of the Future: Hundreds of Miles to the Gallon

There are four new electric / hybrid cars coming to the market that are going to revolutionize the way we think about electricity in a car.


Car 1: $98k Full Electric The Tesla Roadster
Car 2: $29k Hybrid The Aptera (I put a deposit on this one!!)
Car 3: $600 Month Lease Hydrogen Honda FCX Clarity
Car 4: $25k Natural Gas Honda Civic GX NGV
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So I just got back from three days of technical training in San Francisco at the Microsoft TechMentor Conference. I learned a lot about Server 2008, Vista SP1, and TONS of other stuff. My favorite speaker and author was there, Mark Minasi , and my second favorite speaker was Greg Shields. I recommend picking up any and ALL of Mark's books.

Here is a link to ALL the session slides and audio clips!

Log in with username: TMSF08 and Password: SFNtwk (both are case-sensitive)

The following classes were the ones I took and recommend them all!

Windows Administration Section

• Fundamentals of Failover and Load Balancing Clusters
• Active Directory Fundamentals
• System Recovery: The Good, the Bad, the Lifesaving
• What's New in Vista/Server 2008 Administration

Troubleshooting Tips and Tricks

• The Best Free Tools for Windows Server Troubleshooting
• Inside Vista's First Service Pack

Practical Security

• Intro to Hacking and Countermeasures
• Repel the Crackers - Best Practices in Securing Windows Passwords
  
• Inside Windows Logons
• Windows Vista: The Hidden Truth

Windows Server Technologies

• Unveiling What's New and Exciting in Server 2008's Terminal Services
• When and Where to Use Virtualization
• Hardening Windows Server 2008 and Active Directory

Also Recommend but did not attend:

• Troubleshooting Windows Crashes and Hangs
• Migrating from XP to Vista: Don't Fear, Stop Waiting, Here's Why!
• Windows Server Backups: New Tricks for an Old Need
• Active Directory: Group Policy Fundamentals
  
• Terminal Server Fundamentals
• IIS 7.0 Fundamentals
• Become a Disk Management Guru with Vista and Server 2008
• Intro to USB Stick: Remote Communications and Portable Applications
• USB Stick: Network Analysis
• USB Stick: Penetration Testing
• Current Wireless Attacks and Countermeasures
• Social Engineering
• Active Directory in Windows Server 2008 - Designing, Integrating, and Implementing
• Best Practicies in Managing the New Windows Event Log
• Managing DNS in a Server 2008 Active Directory Environment
  

My Boy Nate Knows exactly how to handle the Beanstalk Shirt

MagicJack: Unlimited phone calls for $20 per year.

1. Plug any phone into magicJack.
2. Plug magicJack into any USB Port.
3. Pick up your phone and talk.

I just got my free 30 day trial for magicJack today and so far, it works perfectly for phone calls within the US. I got myself a local 619 number instantly and started making phone calls right away. $20 bux a year, plus $20 for the actualy device. How can you beat that?!?

Game Boy DS Plus A4 = Unlimited Gaming for about $200

So I recently got myself a new Cobalt and Black DS. This Dual Screen portable gaming system is the newest Nintendo Game Boy and has been out for a few years with a hefty supply of games availalbe. But each game sells for $30, and then on top of that you have to carry around each cartridge you want to play with you. What if I told you there was a way to get every game made and for the price of the DS itself plus two more games? Here is what you gotta do:

1. If you dont already have a Game Boy DS, head over to Amazon and pick up the new DS Lite Cobalt and Black (Or any other older color) for $129.99


2. Also order the DS Revolution V4 3rd Generation from Amazon for $64.99 (This is a cartridge that fits in the DS and within it is a MicroSD slot)


3. Get a MicroSD HC card on amazon (4GB is the best price point at $17) but you can also get up to 8GB. You can store about 25 games per gig, so a 4GB card will allow you to have 100 games on your system at once


4. Download the ROM, or image, of the games you are looking for at Nintendo DS ROMS as they currently have over 1000 games ready to download (Disclamer: Downloading ROM's of games you do not own is illegal and you should only use these ROMS as a backup of a game you already have legally purchased, end silly disclaimer)


5. Copy the game ROMS onto your MicroSD card


6. Place the MicroSD card into the R4 and the R4 into your Game Boy


7. Enjoy your newely downloaded game!

Tips:

• If you run out of room on your SD card, delete the game files in the games directory but keep the .sav files, these are your saved game files


• You can soft reset the device back to the main menu by pressing all the buttons at the same time


• Some games come with cheat options, which you can enable by pressing Y


• You can update your Cheat Database and the R4 Kernal from the official R4 website here

iPhone Killer: Sony Ericsson does Windows with XPERIA X1 smartphone

Why do I like the Sony Ericsson Better then the iPhone?

1. Touchscreen similar to the iPhone
   
2. High Speed Internet Access via 3G or WiFi
   
3. Wireless synchronization with Exchange via ActiveSync
   
4. Highest resolution display on a phone ever: 800*480 (Remote Desktop, here we come)
   
5. Stereo Bluetooth
   
6. Video Calling finally comes to the cell phone!
   
7. Expandable Memory: MicroSD HC Card up to 8GB now, with 32GB and larger cards available in the future!
   
8. 3.1 MegaPixel Camera
   
9. FM Radio
   

   
    

   
   

"Sony Ericsson unveiled at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona a Windows Mobile smartphone that uses a touch screen overlay to interact with the phone, making it a possible competitor to Apple's touch-activated iPhone. The phone will work with both AT&T and T-Mobile's forthcoming 3G networks.

The Xperia X1 will be available in North America in the second half of 2008, says Sony Ericsson's Suzanne Cross, head product marketing manager for Sony Ericsson North America.

The new phone blends entertainment and productivity features, she notes. But the high-res touch screen is what will interest Apple lovers most...and will perhaps woo away current iPhone users."

 

Toshiba's 12.1-inch Portege R500 is world's thinnest with disc drive

It's easy to jump to conclusions when you hear a spec like "2.4 pounds" -- things like no disc drive, minuscule screen and a complete lack of horsepower quickly spring to mind -- but Toshiba is really taking things next-gen with its new Portege R500. The new bestest buddy to Tosh's flagship R400 tablet, the R500 packs a first ever 7mm optical drive, 12.1-inch transflective (outdoor readable) LED-backlit screen, and does it all with a mere 0.77-inches of thickness, which Toshiba claims is the thinnest ever to include a disc drive, and that aforementioned 2.4 pound weight. The R500 isn't spec shy either, with a Core 2 duo U7600 1.2GHz processor, Intel GMA 950 graphics, up to 2GB of RAM, a 120GB HDD and a 1280 x 800 screen res. There's even a PCMCIA slot, gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth and VGA out, just to make the other ultraportables look bad. To top it all off, Toshiba is boasting of the "world's longest" battery life for a 12.1-inch widescreen notebook, but doesn't have any hard numbers other than that. The laptop starts at $2,000 with XP Pro, or $2,150 with Vista Business, but the real fun starts later this year when Toshiba starts shipping 64GB SSD configurations, which once specced to a 3 cell battery and no optical drive will weigh a paltry 1.72 pounds.

Buy it here

From Engadget

Walking to the shops ‘damages planet more than going by car’

" Food production is now so energy-intensive that more carbon is emitted providing a person with enough calories to walk to the shops than a car would emit over the same distance."

"The troubling fact is that taking a lot of exercise and then eating a bit more food is not good for the global atmosphere"

"Catching a diesel train is now twice as polluting as traveling by car for an average family"

"Organic beef is the most damaging because organic cattle emit more methane."

Shattering the great green myths

"Paper bags cause more global warming than plastic. They need much more space to store so require extra energy to transport them from manufacturers to shops"

"Trees, regarded as shields against global warming because they absorb carbon, were found by German scientists to be major producers of methane, a much more harmful greenhouse gas

MP3 Player of Choice: IRiver Clix Gen 2

Why do I like this MP3 player?

• No buttons, just click the whole screen in one of four directions to navigate
• Up to 8GB of storage (4GB version out now, 8GB next month)
• Smaller then IPOD Nano
• beautiful AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic LED)
• Built-in digital FM tuner
• Can drag and drop music to it from explorer, no need to use custom software such as itunes to transfer music to device.
  
• Works with Rhapsody to Go, you can bring your subscribed music with you without actually purchasing it. Check out the Rhapsody version.
  

IT Support Tool: Know your network - For Free with Spiceworks

For you IT support companies out there, this is HUGE! This FREE software will allow you to audit your entire network! "For Windows PCs, the product reports the manufacturer and model, hardware configuration, available hard drive space, TCP/IP settings, and installed software, services, and Windows hotfixes."

"Better yet, however, you can also run reports with the information it gathers, letting you see, for example, all machines that lack antivirus protection, or all machines with Microsoft Office installed. You can also have the software alert you via e-mail when certain conditions occur, such as when a printer's ink supply drops below 10 percent or if a hard drive is low on space. This sort of reporting and alerting is just the sort of handy force-multiplier that can really save an overworked IT department's bacon."

The interface is a web based interface, and when you install it you can configure what port you want the software to run on, if you are running it from a server, I would choose a port other then 80 as something is most probably running on that port.

Also, if you run the tool at the client site, you can move the Database to your laptop for further review by following the instructions here.

Check out the PC Mag article here

Dell's Vostro small business PCs turned loose (Engadget)

Those Vostro PCs we first heard about last month just got pushed out the door by Dell. The laptops consist of the 14.1-inch Vostro 1400, 15.4-inch Vostro 1500, and 17-inch Vostro 1700 while the desktops include the Vostro 200 Slim Tower and Vostro 200 Mini Tower. There's even a low-end, AMD-based 15.4-inch Vostro 1000 laptop starting at just $449. The laptops mirror their Inspiron brethren configurations only with a small-business mindset: all-black (only) slabs, zero pre-installed bloatware, a 30-day guarantee without restocking fee, choice of XP or Vista Business, and services designed for small businesses. Same goes for the Vostro desktops which start at just $319. All available now.

Mosquito Indoor Radio Controlled Hellicopter

I usually despise going into Radio Shack for anything, but they had a device that I could not resist. This is the smallest lightest radio controlled hellicopter I have ever seen for indoor use. It can easily take off from the Palm of your hand and can soar for about 10 minutes per charge. This thing is TINY, and very hard to find. A few months ago I called almost every radio shack in town and no one had it and it was also sold out online. I dropped in a radio shack today and there was one and only one available so I snatched it up, man this thing is fun! Check out this Video

The Palm Foleo Un-Laptop

Palm has just announced the Palm Foleo, what they claim is the "perfect companion" for your smartphone. Currently only compatable with Treo devices, basically what it does is connect to your Treo via bluetooth and download your email to the device. It doesn't have a mobile antenna built into it, rather, it uses your PDA as a modem to connect to the internet. By the way, you can use your Treo to connect your regular laptop to the internet as well. Its not a full blown laptop, its basically a UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) that runs a custom version of Linux, and is basically a full blown keyboard and screen for your Palm. It also has WiFi capabilities. Who would use such a thing? I would guess someone that doesn't need to carry around a full laptop, but wants to have easy acccess to their email and attachments that are synced through their PDA. And at only $500, its quite a bit cheaper then a regular laptop or any competing UMPC.

Dell Offering Ubuntu Linux and FreeDOS as alternative operating systems!

Isn't that interesting? Right after Windows Vista comes out, and people can't seem to stop complaining about it, Dell offers an alternative operating system, Ubuntu! For those of you who dont know, or dont read Digg.com, Ubuntu is THE HOT NEW Linux operating system for consumers. By purchasing a Dell Computer with Ubuntu instead of Windows Vista, it shaves between $50 and $150 off your Dell Computer!

The San Franciso Chronicle reports that "Some of the biggest computer retailers failed to make the grade in a new survey of Bay Area computer repair shops. CompUSA, Fry's Electronics and Best Buy all scored near the bottom based on overall performance and quality of service."

This is good news for smaller shops. "independent service businesses of any kind have to depend on satisfying customers and customer referrals more" then the big shops, which mean that people that are unsatisified with the bigger shops, can go to smaller shops, such as Beanstalk Computing in San Diego.

We Shall Return to the Moon! (Compliments of NASA)

"Scientists look high in the sky for power : Jet stream could fill global energy needs, researchers say"


"Scientists are eyeing the jet stream, an energy source that rages night and day, 365 days a year, just a few miles above our heads. If they can tap into its fierce winds, the world's entire electrical needs could be met, they say."

Read more of the story...

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Incredible monitor setups

I thought I had it big with my three monitor setup, but 8, 15, even 30 monitors! Check out these incredibly crazy configs...

GreenPrint :: Saving Money Today, Trees tomorrow

"GreenPrint eliminates wasteful pages in any printout automatically, saving you time and money, and maybe more importantly, saving trees, reducing greenhouse gasses, and decreasing waste.

GreenPrint does this by analyzing each page of every document sent to the printer and looking for typical waste characteristics (like that last page with just a URL, banner ad, logo, or legal jargon)."

The most advanced looking robot I have ever seen

Take a look at Jules....creepy looking because it looks so real!

SNWMF 04

Check me out at Sierra Nevada World Music Festival in 2004. Go there in 2007. http://www.snwmf.com/

Microsoft Office Live: Free Web hosting and Accounting Software!

Microsoft is now giving away for free web hosting. The service is called "Office Live Basics" and includes a domain, a 500MB website, and 25 company-branded e-mail accounts with 2GB of storage in each account. The price can not be beat! A little note is that you can not upload an existing site, you must create one from scratch as detailed in this comparison chart. If you would like to upload your existing site, as well as have 1GB of webspace and 50 email addresses, you have to upgrade to "Office Live Essentials" for $19.95 per month. In my opinion, it would be cheaper to transfer your web hosting provider to the 1and1.com MS hosting beginner package which is $2.99 per month, with 10GB of webspace and 600 email accounts.

Microsoft is also giving away Office Accounting Express 2007 for free to compete with Quickbooks. Everyone uses quickbooks, and I guess they feel like the only way to compete with Quickbooks is to give away the competition.

For all of Microsoft Live products, click here.

Change in Daylight Savings time starting this year

"In August of 2005 the United States Congress passed the Energy Policy Act, which changes the dates of both the start and end of daylight saving time (DST). When this law goes into effect in 2007, DST will start three weeks earlier (2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March) and will end one week later (2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November) than what had traditionally occurred."

"All users of Microsoft products affected by the time change should give extra attention to meetings and appointments scheduled between March 11, 2007 to April 1, 2007 and October 28, 2007 to November 4, 2007, referred to here as the "extended DST period." Users should view any appointments that fall into these date ranges as suspect until they communicate with all meeting invitees to make sure that the item shows up correctly on everyone's calendar both internally and externally. To minimize confusion during the affected date ranges:

•	Include the time of the meeting in the e-mail request so that invitees can double check the correct meeting time (such as, "Project brainstorming - 11:00 A.M. Central Time").
•	Exercise caution with the appointments and meetings in the extended DST period. When in doubt, verify the correct time with the organizer.
•	Consider printing out your weekly calendars during the extended DST period prior to applying the Windows patch containing the updated time zone definitions and running the Outlook Time Zone Update tool so that you can keep track of which meetings were scheduled before and after you run the tool. Reference: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx

Apple Announces iPhone Today that runs full desktop OSX software.

So I am not really an Apple person, but I am pretty impressed by the new iPhone from Apple. Basically, an 8GB MP3 player, a PDA, a phone, and an internet device all rolled into one, it has a revolutionary user interface. It wont be available until June and is not even FCC approved yet. At $599 for the 8GB version with a 2 year contract with Cingular, it will be very pricey. But if you are gonna pay $300 for a PDA phone, and another $200 for an MP3 player, it doesn't seem so bad.

Virgin Galactic: Book your flight into space now!

So Virgin Galactic was announced, and starting in 2009, you can take a flight into outer space! Of course, you have to put down a refundable deposit of $20,000 and the flight itself is $200,000 but hey, Steven Hawking just signed up! So go ahead, book your flight. You know your worth it, and of course you can afford it, right?

Space elevator

This is the future of space travel! Ride this elevator to outer space!

Goodbye Netflix..... Hello Vongo

So I have been playing with a new service called Vongo which allows me to instantly watch movies through my computer on the Internet. I could also transfer those movies to a portable device such as an IPod Video if I had one. They use a subscription service such as Napster or Rhapsody which means as long as I am a member for $9.95 a month I can watch UNLIMITED movies from their colletion unlike ITunes which makes you purchase each individual movie you download. And there is a free 2 week trial for you to try it out, do it today!

Goodbye Microsoft Frontpage, Hello Microsoft Expression!

So Microsoft finally realized how crappy of a web page editor Frontpage was. As a matter of fact, they probably got so much bad press about Frontpage they completely changed the product name and redesigned it from the ground up as Expression. Download your free trial for a limited time from Microsoft's Expression Website.

As a matter of fact, they have a whole Expression Studio package that is supposed to compete with the likes of Adobe Creative Suite, the mack daddy of design suites. Will they really be able to compete with Adobe? I seriously doubt it.

Windows Vista Released and Cracked

So Windows Vista has been released to manufacturers and has already been hacked. How do you hack Windows Vista?

1. Get your hands on a copy of Windows Vista RTM (Release to Manufacturers)
2. Download the Vista Activators 1 AIO CD
3. Install Windows Vista 32 or 64 bit edition with any version (Basic to Ultimate are all on one DVD from Micrsoft) without entering a product key (This will give you a 30 day trial version)
4. From the Vista Activators CD select the "RTM Crack Nov 18th"
5. Follow the directions in the text file created by Dr. Hisham
6. This crack will allow you to use a Vista RC2 product key, if you dont have one of these keys, generate one here
7. You can now enter the product key and activate with Microsoft. Your product key can be used up to 10 times!

Express Upgrade to Windows Vista

Starting TODAY through March 15th, 2007 if yo