Everyone has their personal tool bar of favorite bookmarks, (favorites in IE) but some websites everyone should have. These lists will go through the obvious and not so obvious. All sites listed are free to use.
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Many will agree with me that the new Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista is too cool…way too cool for XP. But hey, now you can enjoy the cool on XP with a little bit of hack.

Hold on, you are not going to hack it anyway, just download the file listed below and you can give it a run on XP!

Download the rar file, extract the rar file, and run Yahoo.Messenger.YmApp.exe.

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Keeping some confidential files private means a lot to me. I can do this easily with several folder and file locking software and tools available out there in the Internet but with a price to pay.

So, here is an equally easy alternative, without any cost to bear – no software no tools! What you need is just a Notepad.

OK, here is how to setup a locking and hidden upon locked folder.

1. Copy and paste the code listed below in blue (between Start copy and End copy) in Notepad.
2. Change the “yourpasswordhere” with your own password.
3. Save it as a batch file (with extension .bat), any name will do.
4. Now you see a batch file. Double click to run the batch file to create a new folder named Locker by default. You can change the folder name by changing the line “md Locker” to “md yourfoldername”.
5. Now, you can put all your files that you want to lock and hide want to hide into this Locker folder.
6. To lock it, double click the batch file. Double click the batch file again will unlock it, prompting you for the password.

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Yourminis is a web-based widget experience. The flash-based website allows users to customize a desktop-like environment with pre-built(or build-them-yourself) widgets.

First time users are sent to a start up page that is filled with prearranged tabs for different subjects. In each tab you can customize the background and widgets. The widget database is currently on the small scale but growing rapidly. The basic necessities are supplied such as calender, notepad, clock, stock market analysis, RSS reader, sports watchers, email client, and other common widgets.
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I’ve mention about Windows 7 briefly and provided some insiders’ screenshots. Now, you can “experience” Windows 7 live on your Vista or XP thanks to deskmundo’s Windows 7 theme.

Here are some screenshots to enjoy…

It looks pretty much like Vista, but there are some new graphics to be noticed.

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I am not a person who watches a lot of TV. To be honest all I really watch is Discovery and History Channel. Occasionally I will watch South Park online, but besides that I really don’t watch anything else. Anyway, about a month ago I was on a plane going across the Atlantic, and the only show they seemed to play was The Office. After watching the humorous comedy for hours on end I started the urge to watch more. When I got home I searched for a site to watch some more episodes and stumbled upon Hulu.

Hulu is a online video bank of TV shows and movies. Their list varies from Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show to My Name is Earl. Hulu broadcast about fifty or so different series, and more is coming at a rapid pace. Some of the episodes are only in the current seasons, but some have the entire series. Shows appear on the on the episode guide about an hour after they finish air time. They use their own flash player for videos which is straight forward enough for even the average Internet user. The quality is excellent, roughly the same as a 1999 analog TV. Like the regular programing there is a 15-30 second commercial in the preset locations, but I found if using a slow enough Internet connection the screen will only go black with no long interruption. The player even has its own built in tool bar that appears on mouse over. With a 56kbs connection everything works fine with small buffering time, and even with a slightly slower connection the buffer is hardly noticeable.

Currently this is only available in the U.S, but I have heard of sites that can get around this. (Hotspot Shield for instance)

So if grandma won’t change from Wheel of Fortune this is a great site for new popular shows and movies that is worth a look.

Check it out at hulu.com