If you have wanted to give Google Voice a try and have been unable to get an invite, you will be happen to know that the service is now available for everyone. If you are unfamiliar with Google Voice, the idea is simply you have a single number people call which can ring to any device. You are not tethered to a single device in the event you, for example, change...

While publishing on the internet is no doubt the future, magazines remain a great way to keep you informed on topics of interest. There is a magazine for virtually everything out there so if you want to catch up on some of their content, check out Maggwire. Maggwire is a free service which publishes articles from many popular magazine titles. There are loads of...

As a heavy user of virtual machines and with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 being my tool of choice, I work with VHD files quite a bit. As a result, often times I need to access a file I have stored on a virtual machine which means I have to boot up the VM to access the file. Thanks to 7-Zip, there is now a much easier way. The “beta” release of 7-Zip (at...

Here is something interesting Mac users might want to take a look at. The Growl application centralizes the way applications notify you of events using a common interface. For example, the following events can all notify you through the Growl system:Safari finishing download a file. New email received. Incoming Skype call or message. Low battery.The benefit...

If you upload videos to YouTube but have not bothered with the task of basic editing (as needed of course) for whatever reason, there is good news for you: Google has introduced a new tool which allows you to edit your videos directly on YouTube: YouTube has a new video editor that lets you create videos using excerpts from the videos you’ve already...

Much like new OS and browser releases, I like to keep tabs on the features available in the latest versions of Microsoft Office. So when Office 2010 was officially released earlier this week, I took a look at the new features available. Overall, there is nothing I see which makes me want to upgrade from 2007. Currently 2007 natively supports the XML document...

Good through Friday (6/18/2010), The Windows Club is offering a free copy of Paragon’s System Backup 9.5/2010. While I have never used this product personally, I pass this link along because everyone should have a reliable backup process and if you have nothing in place this program may fit the bill. You can read the full description on Paragon’s...

In Windows XP, the system restore feature was added to the OS which allows you to take incremental snapshots of your system state as a tool to assist in recovery from OS problems. While certainly not bulletproof, it is a useful feature nonetheless. By default Windows creates a new restore point when updates and/or applications are installed, however if you want...

Now that Office 2010 is here and after using Office 2007 for a couple of years now, I have to say that I really prefer the ribbon interface over the old menu driven one. However, sometimes I still have a hard time finding function I need in the ribbon as “translated” from the menu. Thankfully, there are a couple of helpers for situations like...

From the “it was just a matter of time” category, Twitter will soon be pushing out ads through user message streams as well as through a trends campaign: Twitter is beginning to roll out its ad platform, which allows advertisers to insert messages into users’ streams. But the microblogging service already has an idea for a new product: Selling some...