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Archive for the ‘3rd Party Apps’ Category

May 8th, 2008

Productivity Tracking Built into the Microsoft OS

I just published a post over at Uncover the Internet about an application called RescueTime that allows you to track what applications and websites you spend all your time on during the day.
My initial thought was that this would be an interesting feature to get built into the operating system itself. What better application to […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

May 5th, 2008

Xobni Goes Public and New Design

I’ve been using Xobni for awhile now ever since I found it and downloaded it initially. I wrote about my experiences with the application. I’ve found that it’s really helpful in a variety of instances when looking for information in e-mail that’s in context with the task you’re trying to accomplish at the […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

April 21st, 2008

What’s In Your Start Menu?

The b5 Tech Channel is having a little them post series and I thought of something that might be pretty interesting to share with everyone and we’ll get some responses back in the comments as well.
What’s in your Start Menu?
You’ve got the ability to pin a program you use frequently to your Start Menu […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments

April 14th, 2008

Area Code Identification on Mobile Calls

I may be a weird one when it comes to my cell phone etiquette but here it goes.
Just because my phone rings doesn’t mean I’m going to answer it.
This could normally be because of two things:

I don’t have time to talk to you right now
I don’t recognize your number

In either of those events […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

April 7th, 2008

Possibly the Best 3rd Party Office App on the Planet - Xobni Review

It’s been a few weeks now since I got the invite to download, install and begin using Xobni. I’ve got to tell you folks, this very well may be one of the most ingenious applications ever added into a member of the Microsoft Office family.
In a quick summary; Xobni incorporates itself into Outlook […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

March 24th, 2008

IE Tab Extension for Firefox

I’m looking for the extension that I used to have installed in Firefox that would let me open a page in a tab, within Firefox, in the IE rendering engine.
I found the IE Tab extension by PCMan (Hong Jen Yee), but the version currently available only works with Firefox v3.
I looked through the version […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments

March 19th, 2008

Some Malware Funkiness - What’s an .EFW File Type?

Doing the weekly updates and maintenance of the computers around the office I think I’ve found a computer with a virus or malware.
The problem though is that nothing I’m using to scan both offline and off are finding anything.
When I try to download and install an update for Lavasoft’s AdAware application I’m prompted […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

March 19th, 2008

Apple Pushing Safari On Me?

I just got notification from the Apple Software Update application that Safari is available from Apple for me to install.
I was expecting yet another update to iTunes and Quicktime. Not this time though.
So, when did Safari become available for Windows? Is this new?
There it is folks. Safari running on my Windows XP Pro laptop.
[…]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

February 26th, 2008

MultiMon Multiple Monitor Support for Vista

I wrote late last year about looking for an application that would let me gain even greater efficiency of using multiple monitors. I found MultiMon by Mediachance provided exactly what I was looking for in a small application.
The problem now is I want that same functionality for Windows Vista machines and sadly MultiMon isn’t […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

January 2nd, 2008

Top 10 Posts on Microsoft Weblog in 2007

As we begin a new year with The Unofficial Microsoft Weblog, let’s take a look back at the Top 10 posts last year.

#10 My Xbox 360 Update
#9 Wal-Mart Experiences Red Ring of Death
#8 Halo 3 Retail Box Packaging Leaked
#7 More Halo 3 Screen Shots
#6 Is Office 2007 […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

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