Microsoft has released add-ins for both Outlook 2007 and 2010 that add an additional pane that links your contacts to social services like Linked-in and Facebook. Cnet has a rundown and you can find out more at Microsoft.
Outlook Gets Social
February 19, 2010
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XP Mode – Windows 7
February 19, 2010If you have Windows 7 Home Premium or above you are entitled to the free download of XP Mode. It’s a virtualization of XP using Windows Virtual PC. One of the requirements of it is hardware virtualization. If your computer doesn’t support it you were out of luck. Lifehacker has a way to run it on non-supported hardware using VMware’s free VM player.
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Media Center Comparison
February 3, 2010Lifehacker has a comparison of 3 of the major Media Center applications available today; Boxee, XBMC, and Windows 7 Media Center. If you’re looking for a quick take and a nice chart then this is the ticket for you.
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Techradar’s Guide to XP mode
January 12, 2010Techradar has a complete guide, walk-thru, how-to of XP mode on Windows 7. If you have Windows 7 Pro or Ultimate then you get XP mode for free. Learn all about it at Techradar.
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Questions about 64 bit?
December 24, 2009Lifehacker has a rundown on 32 bit versus 64 bit computing.
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Easeus Todo Backup 1.1
December 21, 2009Easeus has a free disk cloning and image backup tool available for Windows. It has recently been updated to support Windows 7. You can find out more info at the Easeus website.
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More Multi-Touch from Dell
December 16, 2009Dell UK has the Inspiron One 19 on their website. It’s a 19 inch all-in-one with multi-touch goodness for Windows 7. No word yet on US availibility but for now you can find out more at Techradar and Dell UK.
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Windows 7 tweaks
December 14, 2009Techradar always has some very thorough articles, this one walks through several tweaks and hacks to make Windows 7 more your own.
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Microsoft Touch Pack to be released soon
December 11, 2009Neowin reports that the Microsoft Touch Pack that comes with many multi-touch systems will soon be available for a free download to all users. The official Touch Pack website confirms the plans, but no download link yet.
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Create a Windows 7 bootable flash Drive
December 11, 2009ARS Technica has a good walkthrough of creating a bootable USB flash drive for Windows 7 installs. With netbooks it’s a must and the convenience is good. Take a look over at ARS and download the tool from Microsoft here.
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