CNET has launched AllYouCanUpload, a free image hosting site that doesn’t require registration. Sites like PhotoBukcet have been wildly popular for those that want to include images in comments on sites that get lots of traffic (like Fark.com), but don’t want that traffic to be the downfall of their server. Allyoucanupload.com is an online space where you can store (host) images to embed in pages elsewhere on the Internet. Use allyoucanupload.com to add images to your other online spaces, such as online auctions (eBay), blogs (Blogger, TypePad), message boards, online classifieds, and social networking sites (Xanga, MySpace). You upload, we host, you post. It’s that simple. If you want to Read more »

This has got to be one of the lamest attempts at viral marketing I have ever seen. SanDisk, in an attempt to sway potential buyers away from the wildly successful iPod and convince them to use their players, has decided that they way to do that is by comparing them to sheep. Attention all free thinkers, contrarians, and malcontents. The time has come to rise up against the iTatorship. To resist the monotony of white earbuds and reject the oppressive forces of cultural conformity. Read more »

In addition to the Vista Beta 2, microsoft has also released an Office 2007 Beta 2. Preview the 2007 Microsoft Office system and gain first-hand experience with the new look and feel, features, and functionality of the 2007 Microsoft Office release. 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 is a public preview release designed to help you evaluate the Microsoft Office system. The beta is not final and should not be used for business-critical work. Read more »

Nike and Apple are teaming up to offer a combo package. A sensor designed to fit inside a pair of Nike+ shoes that will sync up with your Apple iPod Nano and turn it into a pedometer, tracking your run in real time. With a sensor in your shoe and a receiver on your iPod nano, your run takes on a whole new dimension. See the minutes tick by. Watch the miles unfold. Hear real-time feedback. All to your favorite music — including the one song that always gets you through the home stretch. Read more »

Microsoft has released a public Vista Beta 2, although it is only available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. If you want to see what it looks like, PCMag has posted 46 screenshots of Vista doing its best OS X impersonation. My Tiger is not impressed. Read more »

If you are a web designer/developer, chances are you have been asked to build photo slideshows. One of the easiest way to create those slideshows using Flash has been to use Todd Dominey’s SlideShowPro. The downside to using SlideShowPro has been having to edit the XML files by hand, which tell the SSP component what order the images are in, where to find them, etc. Todd has just released SlideShowPro Director, a $20 application that lets you manage photos for your slideshow, as well as automatically output the XML files needed for SlideShowPro. SlideShowPro Director is the easiest way to import, organize, edit and manage your images for SlideShowPro. Simply Read more »

TheForce.net has a link up to an interview with Rick McCallum. He apparently mentions that the entire Star Wars Saga will be re-released on the big screen in 3-D. Hit the link and listen to the interview for more information. Read more »

I was browsing YouTube last night and wanted to watch the clip of Steve Jobs’ interview on CNBC about the 5th Avenue Apple Store. When I got to the clip, the video was working fine, but I couldn’t hear anything. In fact, I couldn’t hear audio on ANY Flash 8 Video clip. I guess I had just not watched any since switching over to my new MacBookPro. After searching the discussions at Apple Support, I finally had the solution. Go to Applications > Utilities > Audio Midi Setup. Look for the Properties For: drop-down and select Built-in Output. Here is a screenshot of the panel. Now look under the Audio Read more »

Microsoft has released a beta application that will scan your machine and tell you what devices and/or drivers need to be updated in order to run the various versions of Windows Vista that will be available. You download the app, select what you would like to do with Vista from a pre-set list of options (record TV, manage photos, work remotely, etc) and then it starts scanning your system, first for devices and then for drivers. At work, I am running a Dell Dimension 8400 with a 3.4Ghz P4, 2GB of RAM, and a 128MB ATI Radeon X300SE (PCI-Express). The only thing I would have to upgrade my machine for Read more »

Less than a week after their introduction, there are already some reports cropping up that the “protective coating” on the black MacBook is easily flaking off after relatively light use. Some users report that the matte black coating on their new MacBook is rather fragile and has begun peeling and flaking off leaving the undercoat exposed. We are not sure yet if the problem is widespread or only occurring on a limited number of black MacBooks but we are looking in to it. Some users may remember that Apple had a similar problem with the black iPod nano being scratch prone. Apple addressed that problem by adding a small lip Read more »