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WindowsJan 3, 2010Aug 13, 2016

Download the Bing Sidebar Gadget for Windows 7

I recently stumbled across this official gadget by Microsoft for Bing. As excited as I was, I was disappointed to find out that it’s a very simple gadget that only shows suggestions and opens up the search results in…

WindowsDec 30, 2009Aug 13, 2016

Unboxing pictures and mini-review of the HP TouchSmart TX2z Tablet PC

Imran Hussain

I recently bought an HP TouchSmart TX2z 1000 Tablet PC. It’s an ultraportable convertible tablet PC/notebook hybrid and supports multiple form factors which makes it very versatile. I got the model with Vista pre-installed, but did a clean install of…

WindowsDec 19, 2009Aug 13, 2016

Download Vista Contacts gadget for Windows 7

Imran Hussain

I’m one of those who firmly believe that Windows 7 is Microsoft’s best operating system ever. Hell, it’s the best operating system out there. But, Microsoft has done some little blunders with it such as the removal of the calendar…

BingDec 19, 2009Aug 13, 2016

Bing iPhone App getting update to fix issues

Imran Hussain

If you still haven’t gotten the Bing App for iPhone, you should give it a try as soon as possible. It’s awesome. There have been reports of some issues with it, but the Bing team is actively identifying them and…

Dec 19, 2009Aug 13, 2016

Free e-book by Microsoft Press “First Look: Microsoft Office 2010”

Imran Hussain

Microsoft Press has released a new e-book for free (for a limited time only) titled First Look: Microsoft Office 2010. It contains 14 chapters which walk you through the newest features Office 2010 has to offer along with details of…

WindowsDec 18, 2009Aug 13, 2016

Fishbowl – Facebook client for Windows 7 updated with chat and improved performance

Imran Hussain

Fishbowl, the WPF based Facebook client developed by uxlabs@Microsoft has been updated with a couple of new changes and features. It gets a Facebook chat client, which is basically the chat widget running in a separate window although the online…

ZuneDec 17, 2009Aug 13, 2016

Twitter App for Zune HD available for download from Marketplace

Imran Hussain

The Twitter App for Zune HD is now available for download as anticipated. This is the first ( non-gaming ) app that’s actually a lot more useful than the calculator, piano or weather app that should have been built into…

Dec 17, 2009Aug 13, 2016

Incarnate – new lab by Mix Online finds your avatars across the web

Imran Hussain

The people behind Mix Online come up with some of the coolest labs out there. Incarnate, the newest lab by Mix Online is all about grabbing people’s avatars from different websites using their usernames. Currently supported services are Facebook, MySpace,…

BingDec 16, 2009Aug 13, 2016

Bing introduces search history but respects privacy more than Google.

Imran Hussain

Back in March, I had stumbled upon search history in Live Search, which was never opened to the public. It was just a mere coincidence but it did show that Microsoft plans to implement it down the road. Back then,…

Twitter ZuneDec 16, 2009Feb 9, 2021

Twitter app to be launched for the Zune HD. Why now?

Imran Hussain

While everyone had high expectations for the Zune HD to outdo the iPod Touch due to its better display, HD output, and supposedly faster performance, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that Microsoft has let us down big time. The…