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Microsoft has updated Messenger and added the following new features:
• Redesigned, smarter contact cards give you more data about and easier access to your friends
• Your display name, status and personalization roam with you to any computer
• Try PC-to-phone calling with two free calls to virtually any phone in the world*
• Better server performance
• Automatic [...]

In my daily web surfing of security web sites, I came across this great list of “The Ten Most Dangerous Things Users Do Online” from DarkReading.com. It may sound like a common sense list for most of us, but to the vast majority of PC users, it’s got the potential to put us all [...]

Microsoft released the final version of WMP 11 today for all versions of Windows XP patched up to Service Pack 2.
The coolest thing I see thus far is the media sharing capabilities: “The new Media Sharing feature of Windows Media Player 11 lets you enjoy the contents of your Windows Media Player library [...]

Wow. That’s quite a prediction, Steve. But I’m not buying it - just yet. In his latest blog, Steve claims “YouTube, Digg, and MySpace took out TV a few months back”. I don’t exactly agree, because unless we all get Media Center PCs, cheap broadband access for all as well as [...]

That uber-geek superstore known as Fry’s Electronics has finally opened up its online doors! Walking through those big front doors of the brick and mortar stores, you’re confronted with seemingly aisles and aisles of discount hardware, software, toys, DVDs, and more. The Las Vegas store even resembles a huge slot machine!
Previously operating on Outpost.com [...]

According to tech gizmo site Ubergizmo.com, US Modular is set to release the shock-resistant 12GB Monstor USB thumbdrive next month for a retail price of $129 USD. It looks like a Zippo lighter, but flipping the cover reveals a USB 2.0 connector.
$129 for 12GB of portable pocket storage goodness seems like a steal to [...]

Lik-Sang, the once popular Hong Kong gaming import/export dealer, announced it was closing its doors forever as of the 24th due to multiple lawsuits from Sony. Per the gaming site Kotaku.com, “Sony claimed that Lik-Sang infringed its trade marks, copyright and registered design rights by selling Sony PSP consoles from Asia to European customers, [...]

Hmm. Some things seem very strange, yet very cool at the same time…
“ReactOS is a project to develop a free software/Open Source operating system that is binary-compatible with Microsoft Windows NT/XP and Windows Server 2003 applications and device drivers.”
ReactOS started out in 1996 as a clone of Windows ‘95, but evolved to [...]

Wonders never cease from those crazy folks at Mountain View, CA. This week they released Co-op, a customizable search engine that searches websites that you specify and integrates the results into your own Web site.
From its site:

Specify the sites you want to include in searches.
Place a search box and search results on your website.
Customize [...]

It’s hard to believe, but yes indeed, Windows XP has hit the big five as of this week. A replacement to the horribly flawed Windows ME and Windows ‘98, which transitioned to non-supported status as of July 11th of this year, XP lived up to most of its promises as a better OS from [...]

Seems that Apple is thinking about ditching the old clickwheel navigation in lieu of a touch-sensitive screen on future iPods, if this filing (filed back in June ‘06) at the US Patent and Trademark Office’s site has anything to say about it…
Much like mouse gesturing (the mouse equivalent of keyboard shortcuts), you’ll be able to [...]

Wow! It’s been a long time since I posted here at LG, but I’m back and with a vengance. I’m the guy who trawls the web and finds those cool stories so you don’t have to! So sit back and enjoy as I walk you through the coolest places, wackiest ideas, and [...]