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Entries from May 2006

Install the Windows Vista Sidebar on XP…Easily!

May 23rd, 2006 · 2 Comments

MSTN has put together a nice executable package by which you can install the infamous Sidebar built into the next generation Windows operating system: Vista. There have been hacks for some time now but they all require you to download various files from various sources and assemble them together yourself. This should be […]

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Tags: Microsoft · Software

Google Brings “Notebook” Live

May 16th, 2006 · No Comments

Google has officially released their Notebook application they announced last week at Google Press Day. According to the official page, Notebook allows you to "clip and collect information as you browse the web."
Here are some of the highlighted features:

Clip useful information.You can add clippings of text, images and links from web pages to your […]

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Tags: Google · Software · Web 2.0

Windows Media Player 11 & URGE.com - They’re Alive

May 15th, 2006 · No Comments

A digg.com entry earlier posted direct links to both Windows Media Player 11 (a BETA which wasn't supposed to be released until early this coming week) as well as the new Microsoft/MTV music service, URGE.
Both apps have been successfully installed on my primary laptop but there's a certain order you need to follow. First, […]

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Tags: Microsoft · Software

Google Announces New Products, Services at Annual Press Day

May 10th, 2006 · No Comments

Via Reuters, Google has announced (thus far) an updated version of their Desktop Search product (featuring "Google Gadgets") as well as a new product called Google Notebook, a competitor for Microsoft's OneNote (which I absolutely love.)  They also announced new search services for health/medical information.
In addition:
"Executives speaking to reporters at the company's Mountain View, […]

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Google Announced New Products, Services at Annual Press Day

May 10th, 2006 · No Comments

View, Calif., headquarters also introduced a range of new
products including the ability for any Google user to analyze
search trends and compare them to other search trends.”

technorati tags: google, notebook, onenote

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Google Announced New Products, Services at Annual Press Day

May 10th, 2006 · No Comments

View, Calif., headquarters also introduced a range of new
products including the ability for any Google user to analyze
search trends and compare them to other search trends.”

technorati tags: google, notebook, onenote

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Windows Live Mail Desktop Available for Download

May 5th, 2006 · No Comments

An article from WebProNews.com alerted readers to a forum which is posting a link to a very unofficial download of Windows Live Mail Desktop.  WPN makes sure you realize that this is very unofficial and very well may not work on your system at all…unless you're prepared to disable your entire firewall.
FoT has not tested […]

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Windows Live Mail Desktop Available for Download

May 5th, 2006 · No Comments

An article from WebProNews.com alerted readers to a forum which is posting a link to a very unofficial download of Windows Live Mail Desktop.  WPN makes sure you realize that this is very unofficial and very well may not work on your system at all…unless you’re prepared to disable your entire firewall.

FoT has not […]

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Windows Live Mail Desktop Available for Download

May 5th, 2006 · No Comments

An article from WebProNews.com alerted readers to a forum which is posting a link to a very unofficial download of Windows Live Mail Desktop.  WPN makes sure you realize that this is very unofficial and very well may not work on your system at all…unless you’re prepared to disable your entire firewall.

FoT has not […]

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Eventful.com Adds Support for Google Calendar

May 4th, 2006 · No Comments

The parent company of Eventful.com, EVDB, has released a new option to allow Eventful events to be exported to a user’s Gmail calendar.  If you’ll recall, it was only one week after Google released their new Calendar application that they also released an API for the Calendar.  EVDB is one of the first few companies […]

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