Free MS Goodies
This is an old but still an excellent list of free goodies and tools from Microsoft for Windows. You can also find a link there for Office goodies.
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VistaBase
I stumbled across this very cool site called VistaBase which helps you track all the various products, betas, RC’s, etc coming from Microsoft. I am quite surprised, I have not heard of them before - but as they say, better late than never. Check them out when you get the time. The best part being the one-stop shop for all the drivers that work with Vista for your graphics cards.
Want a RealPlayer alternative?
If you are like me and shy away from RealPlayer because of all the “junk” it installs with and the persistent nagging, well you don’t need to anymore. Check out RealAlternative (as of now at v1.33) which lets you play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer (or RealOne player). You do need a player that is capable of playing RealMedia. The included Media Player Classic supports it and works very well....
Extension Room (Firefox, Mozilla and Thunderbird)
This probably is no surprise to you (it sure was to me), but there is an excellent collection of extensions (@ the time of this post 228) for Firefox (you can also get to Mozilla and Thunderbird ). There are various categories and seem quite cool. I have not tried them yet, but am going to install some soon. Also not sure, if these are cross platform or do they depend on a platform basis....
Your favourite comics by RSS
Tapestry has a bunch of comics they provide as RSS which contain some of my all time favourites ( B.C , Dilbert and Wizard of ID ) and wishing they add some more! Irrespective, it is pretty cool and if you want a good laugh in a day, then worth checking out.
VS.NET Fun Facts
If you use VS.NET then you must read the <strong>fun facts</strong> to get the most out of the IDE. This is not new, but had forgotten about it, till I stumbled upon it again recently.
WinFX Reference
WinFX is the next generation of the API Library that is going to be part of Longhorn and would be replacing Win32 as we know it today. There is an excellent reference that covers Whidbey, Longhorn and Yukon for it that can be found <strong>here</strong> .