“When you’re installing Windows in a virtual machine or on old, slow hardware, you want the leanest, meanest and fastest-running configuration possible. Most of the time, you want the best from your operating system, including all the bells and whistles. Other times, you don’t want the default, bloated Windows installation, with every single built-in feature slowing you down. Luckily, whether you want to put Windows on a diet in a virtual machine or you want to get Windows up and running all snappy-like on older hardware, you’ve got a handful of excellent and free options at your disposal. Let’s take a look at a few ways to trim down your Windows installation so that it takes up less space on your hard drive and eats less RAM while it’s running…” read more

src: http://lifehacker.com/374376/trim-down-windows-to-the-bare-essentials

1. PicLens
2. Snap links
3. Tab Scope
4. Reminder Fox
5. Download Status Bar
6. Hyper Words
7. Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
8. Tab Effect
9. Cooliris Preview
10. StumbleUpon

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“Adobe’s AIR platform allows developers to create web applications that run on your desktop without the need of a web browser. Now that AIR has dropped the beta tag (see our previous coverage), it’s time to look at some of the AIR apps you can use today. And if you want to know why we here at Read Write Web are so excited about AIR, read more of our analysis about the platform to get caught up. Did your favorite app make the list?”… read more

written by Sarah Perez

Just last year, there were rumors circulating about the possible merger of Microsoft and Yahoo. The speculations were revived just recently after Microsoft revealed that it plans to expand on its online advertising and search capabilities. After acquiring a portion of Facebook, this is potentially the next big deal for Microsoft.

Now the biggest question ahead is which company name will be used. Until the deal happens, there is no chance that Google will start worrying. But if it happens, Google will finally meet its match.

I am posting this to start a Yahoo-Microsoft bandwagon. Come and join the club!

“People have been talking about as semantic web being the next big thing and as “Web 3.0″. We also mentioned about it at a prveious post. However, there are some people that have been talking in a different direction stressing that generic platforms with applications based on pulling of data and which can be run anywhere are in for future. Here, I will attempt to explain what is the different direction that people are talking about…” read more