Is it time for bloggers to enforce manners? Two influential Webpioneers think so.Tim O'Reilly, a technology publisher and Internet conference organizer,and Jimmy Wales, founder of the people-powered Wikipedia onlineencyclopedia, have proposed a voluntary Blogger's Code of Conduct. Story:  http://www.cio-today.com/news/Blogger-Code-of-Conduct-Proposed/story.xhtml?story_id=0220020SBHYC

In the ever growing social networking community programs, comes an award winning addon for Twitter called Spaz.AIR . Spaz recently won the award for Best HTML Community Application at the Adobe AIR Developer Derby which pushed awareness of the app through the roof. Check out an interview with the developer of Spaz.AIR . Features Cross-platform : available on all AIR-compatible platforms (currently Windows and OS X, with Linux coming soon) Multiple themes User-defined C...

Aviary is a collection of design tools aimed at the hobbyist market. There is a photo editor (Phoenix), a vector editor (Raven), a patterngenerator (Peacock), and a 3D Modeler (Hummingbird) among many others. The flagship product is Phoenix, the image editor that looks and feels a lot like Photoshop. Here's a review of Aviary Screenshots

Would you prefer to order your Photoshop Info to go? For those of you on the run, Photoshop Podcasts and Photoshop Elements Podcasts are now available in the "Podcasts" section of the iTunes store. So open up iTunes, subscribe, and feast away! These are some great free tutorials that are easy to follow. Click on the image! For a list of other podcast tutorials available, have a look at: Click on the image!

This Holiday Season we have been treated to some great Skins, Icons, ObjectDock themes and others so why not have a challenge game. Here's a cute seasonal game to try your skill at. Give it a shot and post your High Score. Good Luck! Winterbells Link

When Bill Gates winds uphis speech tonight at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, itwill mark the end of a remarkable era in the personal-computer industry. This will be the Microsoft chairman's ninth consecutive kickoff addressat the giant confab, his 11th since 1994 - and by many accounts hislast. CES web site Check the article out - Mercury News

CNET chooses Philips' Eco TV Best in CES Show It appears the the Phillips 42-inch, 1080p resolution, flat-panelLCD Eco TV has impressed CNET as they have chosen it as the CES 2008 Bestin Show. This Eco TV has the ability to dim the backlight--by up tofive times peak brightness in response to program material whichshould reduce the power consumption greatly. There have been some great gadgets introduced at this show andwell worth investigating. Check the article out – CNET CES 2008 ...

ASUS Wraps up Four Prestigious 2008 International CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards At this years CES 2008 show four ASUS products have been chosen as recipients of International CES In novations Design and Engineering Awards. These include the ASUS Eee PC, the ASUS R50A Notebook, the ASUS P527 Cell Phone and the ASUS Internet radio. ASUS has been known primarily for it's motherboards and these new products are expected to significantly impact the industry. Take a l...

Windows/Mac/Unix: Free, open source program Jajuk (Just AnotherJukebox) is a music management app chocked full of interesting features. For example, Jajuk boasts integration with Wikipedia, severaladvanced playlisting and filtering tools, automatic cover finder andmanager, and tons more. You can also try a "Live" version. Jajuk Site

Nothing like getting kids started early learning to draw and paint using a fun program called "Tux Paint". This easy-to-use interface has fun sound effects and a cartoon mascot to guide children as they use the program. This open source program is available for both the Windows and Mac OS. Bring out the creative genius in kids or kids at heart and maybe a starting point for a future "Master". Check out the " Children's Art Gallery " You can get info and download Tux Paint here...

I was checking through some articles on PC World and came across this one. Considering the advancements in the past 5 years can you imagine what we can look forward to in the next 25 years. To quote from the article: "The future ain't what it used to be. In the pre-PC era, futuristspredicted huge changes in transportation. By 2008 we would be flittingabout in personal jetpacks and taking vacations on the moon. But thecommunications revolution spurred by personal computers and theInte...

Use that USB flash drive for more than storing pictures and music. Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all ofyour bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on anyWindows computer. All withoutleaving any personal data behind. PortableApps.com provides a truly open platform that works with anyhardware you like (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc).It's open source built around an open format that any hardware vendoror software developer can use....

A group led by a Princeton University computer security researcher has developed a simple method to steal encrypted information stored on computer hard disks.  When the computer’s electrical power is shut off, the data, including the keys, is supposed to disappear.  Seems a fast-freeze of DRAM chips keeps the data in memory including the keys to modern data-scrambling algorithms even when the power has been shut off. Laptops are especially vulnerable to the attack when the mac...

It's been 30 years that Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker'sGuide to the Galaxy has been broadcast on BBC radio and yet its most famousmystery is still waiting to be resolved. Douglas Adams died in 2001 without revealing the meaning of "42". Stephen Fry, a close friend, and the voice of the audiobook claims that " Douglas told me in the strictest confidence exactly why42. The answer is fascinating, extraordinary and, when you think hardabout it, completely obvious " and " But sadly I ca...

Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. Silverlight 2 beta includes innovative new features like Deep Zoom,more than 40 new controls and a rich .NET base class library offunctionality. For a look at some of the applications using Silverlight check the following - Silverlight Showcase Silverlight 2 Beta