YouTube is now in talks with Hollywood Studios to offer streamed pay per view to their site.  Seems as if YouTube is now taking a shot at Apple and Netflix as Internet streaming video is becoming more and more popular, especially as the next generation of Wi-Fi enabled televisions begin hitting the marketplace.  In what appears to be efforts to combine cable TV, streamed media, and search all into one product, Google and YouTube are heavy hitters when compared to cable or satellite providers, so this could be a huge turn in the way we watch TV and movies in the near future.

Yes you are reading correctly, Commodore is making a new computer system with very modern hardware, but decided to keep the old looks. This new system is going to be an exact replica of the classic Commodore C64. Except this time it is going to have 4GB of DDR3 memory, a 1TB hard drive, an HDMI port, Intel Atom 525 CPU and Nvidia Ion2 graphics. The “Commodore PC64” is set to ship out this holiday season, no pricing details have been released at this time.

MessenPass is a very handy and portable application. All you need to do is click on it and you can recover any of the following.
•MSN Messenger
•Windows Messenger (In Windows XP)
•Windows Live Messenger (In Windows XP/Vista/7)
•Yahoo Messenger (Versions 5.x and 6.x)
•Google Talk
•ICQ Lite 4.x/5.x/2003
•AOL Instant Messenger v4.6 or below, AIM 6.x, and AIM Pro.
•Trillian
•Trillian Astra
•Miranda
•GAIM/Pidgin
•MySpace IM
•PaltalkScene
•Digsby

    Intel Corporation, known for their world leading silicon innovations and processor technologies, has yet again set what should be a pretty significant milestone for the new generation of "netbooks."  The mobile processor Intel Atom is now a dual core CPU!  They are available with several OEMs, including Lenovo, LG, MIS, Toshiba, and Acer, and Asus.  With the newly added horsepower, users' can now enjoy a fuller, and faster computer experience without sparing performance on the compact systems.  Quad core next?!

Saving passwords helps save tons of time but also helps you forget your passwords. This little tool helps you pull any passwords that are saved on the computer. The tool even tells you the website that the password has been saved from.

Samsung has just introduced a portable Blu-Ray player capable of rendering 1080p HD video and very smooth 3D playback. This $500 DVD player features a 10.1-inch screen, integrated Wi-fi, and 2 HDMI outputs. Perfect for the traveling person or for the kids.

A great tool to speed up email or password related issues for clients who can't remember or never knew their password. All you have to do is open the tool point to the password box and it will reveal the password.

Recuva is a file recovery tool that allows you to recover deleted files from hard drives, flash drives, MP3 players, and much more. What is even better is they have a full install version and a portable version. This program is free to download and works on most Windows Operating Systems.

If you’re already an owner or potential future owner of one of Apple’s popular products like the iPhone, iTouch, or newly released iPad then pay attention!  From experience, I know how frustrating it was before when you downloaded an app and it turned out to be a totally dud, especially when you’re purchasing them. 

Well now Apple is launching a “buy before you try” campaign which allows you to download the app and use it BEFORE you buy it.  With some limitations on apps, and less functionality between the “preview” app and the full version, this should be a great addition for Apples marketplace. 

Microsoft released an out of schedule patch(MS10-046) for the recent shortcut exploit issue. The past few weeks have seen increasing reports of attacks using the shortcut exploit. Microsoft felt it was a serious problem to let it wait until the next scheduled patch Tuesday. The patch was released at 1 p.m. on Monday.

Research in Motion (RIM) is getting ready to launch codename “BlackPad” this November.  RIM which is most popularly known for their line of smartphones, the Blackberry, will be squaring off with Apple’s IPad.   The tablet style devices have seemed to be really booming in the electronics world this summer, so be on the lookout for what should be a great addition to the market! { http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-features/50889 }

Whether you want to launch an application when your computer goes idle or you just simply want to mute your speakers that way when you leave the office your email notifications do not annoy your fellow coworkers, System Silencer can help. System Silencer has a set of stock toggles such as turning off your monitor, muting your sound, and locking your workstation, all of which can be activated by your computer sitting idle for a specified number of minutes. This is a really nice program and works on most Windows based Operating Systems. 

This tool is free if you use the 1.1 version. How this tool works is it generates a 100mb file to send across the network.  It then clears the windows file cache to keep read times from being skewed too high, reads the file back, clears the cache again, deletes the file, and displays the results.

Looking for a nice tool to install to manage other applications and tools on a flash drive? LiberKey is software that installs on a flash drive and allows you to have many portable applications that can be taken to any computer and used without installing them. Basic version has only 12 Apps, standard has 90 Apps, Ultimate has 168 Apps and then is also a Platinum version for people who would like to customize which apps are installed. http://www.liberkey.com/ 

Software GIANT Microsoft(R) is reportedly going to be making hundreds of job cuts to its workforce in efforts towards the industry moving towards cloud computing, according to various reports.  A very “insignificant” amount of jobs are going to be diminished when compared to Microsoft’s 88,000+ workforce.  I sense similar trends in the IT industry as more and more solution providers begin to embrace and implement what seems to be the inevitable; cloud computing.

Samson, Tedd. "Microsoft Cuts Jobs as Part of Core Shift to Cloud ". InfoWorld.

http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/news/Microsoft-Cuts-Jobs-as-Part-of-Core-Shift-to-Cloud-98030954.html.

Do you need a quick reference for those beep codes coming from your motherboard. Give Beep Codes Viewer a try. Beep Codes Viewer is a small, portable, and free application designed to give you a quick reference guide to look up what Beep Codes mean, with different codes by motherboard manufacturer, and see what the problem is. This little program will save you a lot of time.

Best Buy is now in the broadband market with its new service called Best Buy Connect.  This service gives its users access to mobile 3G data which come in a variation of data plans ranging from 250MB all the way up to 5GB.  Best Buy Connect will offer both a traditional monthly contact, and a non-contract plan which has become heavily popular with consumers.  No official word has been released by the consumer giant but their website has information on their new service.

Having a hard time showing someone what you are doing on your own Linksys router? Or are you are Tech that is getting ready to install a new Linksys Router for the first time and would like to test out first. Well  http://ui.linksys.com/files/ is a website that you can go to and run almost any router they make as a emulator so that you can get used to the router before you touch the router.

If you are suffering from a slow startup on your Windows based machine then I would give StartUpLite a try.  Malwarebytes has created a safe, easy, and efficient way to eliminate those unnecessary applications that automatically start when you turn on your computer. The program allows you to disable or remove unnecessary startup entries from your computer which in return will dramatically help shorten the startup time of your computer.

StartUpLite is a free application that works on most Windows based machines and can be found at http://www.malwarebytes.org/startuplite.php.

Thanks to a quadruple-layer Blu-ray disc, 128GB of data can now be stored on a single disc, which is about 27x more than your standard DVD!  Thanks to the new Blu-ray standard "BDXL" which allows for the quadruple layer disc, but also has pushed the limits on their triple layer discs, which can now exceed up over 100GB of a single disc.  As of right now, you won't find any BDXL compliant players on the market for home users, this standard has really been developed, and will be used for professional applications such as media imaging and archiving.  As more data intensive 3D animations become more popular, we will eventually see the BDXL standard move towards the home market, but that is still a ways down the road.

Tweakui gives you the ability to change settings that are normally not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more. This utility is also great to get Windows to Auto login for you without having to change any registry entries.

According to CNET Google is looking in to starting a cloud based music service like ITunes. This is currently just a rumor but has supposedly made ITunes a little scared about Google the Internet Giant getting in to the music business.

Vodburner is an application that can record your Skype video chats and conferences, with the added benefit to edit the recorded video. You can save all of those important business teleconferences or personal conversations for future reference.