Archive for May, 2005

Following confusion surrounding its Windows x64 Advancement Program, which offers a free upgrade from the standard 32-bit version of Windows XP to the recent 64-bit release, Microsoft has clarified the language on its Web site. All users, whether they purchased or built their PCs, are now eligible for the 64-bit upgrade.

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Free audiobooks provided by the County of Los Angeles Public Library. Just go to the bottom of the page and click net library. Then you will have access to free audio books and ebooks.

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This is a fun recreation of the classic STAR WARS in ASCII text. This requires JAVA.

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AMBER Alert, the public notification system that has helped return 201 abducted children safely since 1997, will be expanded today so that most people with a cell phone or other wireless device can get alerts in their area.
Go to this site now, and please sign up!!


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Thursday, America Online will introduce a beta version of AOL Instant Messenger Mail, a free Web mail service for all AIM users. The service will be integrated into the second beta of a maintenance release of AIM 5.9 that will be the last of its pedigree before AOL migrates to its next generation “Triton” client software.

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Puzzlemaker helps you create a very cool custom Word Find puzzle very quickly. Enter a title, pick its dimension, choose text or HTML, and enter the words you in the puzzle, and you are done.

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AMDâ??s Athlon 64 X2 is currently leading the pack in the world of dual core computing, its mega-multitasking-performance and subtly increased power needs and its compatibility with current 939-pin Athlon 64 motherboards and AMD has what amounts to a silicon homerun with the bases loaded.

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Google now has satellite driving directions. I pulled up Bill Gates’s route to work. Only a 12 minute drive.

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Google Web Accelerator: “Google Web Accelerator is an application that uses the power of Google’s global computer network to make web pages load faster. Google Web Accelerator is easy to use; all you have to do is download and install it, and from then on many web pages will automatically load faster than before. “

Yahoo has deemed its new video search ready for primetime, shedding its beta trappings and boasting additional content from CBS News, MTV and more. The move follows the recent expansion of Google Video, still in beta, which has added 14 TV channels to its archive of searchable video content.

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This free defragger goes beyond the Diskeeper Lite in XP/2003. Also has a boot-time defrag. As noted on the page, it is expanded from the contig utility from sysinternals. This is a good competitor to Diskeeper retail.

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