Earlier this year Microsoft discontinued security updates for Windows XP with Service Pack 2, and Windows Vista with no service packs. I'm still seeing a lot of machines out there without the latest service packs installed.Users running Windows Vist… more »

A new beta build of Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 was released yesterday. Like the previous Wave 4 build, conversation view was plagued by an annoying advert. more »

As promised here's a couple more Photosynths from the Claife Heights, basically on top of the hill north of where we stayed at Near Sawrey in the Lake District. First up this Photosynth was taken just east of Wise Een Tarn, and shows off some of the s… more »

Those following me on Twitter will know I've been away with Catherine to the Lake District for a few days to enjoy the odd walk and bike ride here and there, and also to enjoy the dark (but mostly cloudy) skies and hunt for Perseids. I'm in the proc… more »

The other day we got Gamercast listed on Google News, however it had a bit of trouble correctly indexing our news articles so I had to find a Google News sitemap plugin or skin for b2evolution.After 30 minutes of searching I came up empty handed. So… more »

Microsoft released the new Beta of the developer tools for Windows Phone 7.Probably the most interesting bit for end-users is the Windows Phone 7 emulator, which lets us have a little play with the device. However in the original only Internet Explo… more »

The Macintosh gaming scene received a boost earlier this year when Valve announced they were bringing Steam, along with their Source games like Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal over to Mac OS X.I was expecting to see Adam (the only person I kn… more »

In my on going struggle with Creative and their Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS I've now come across a new problem that manifested a couple of weeks ago. I'm not entirely sure why it started happening then, maybe it was the heat? Maybe after 7 or 8 years the… more »

I've been using the new beta version of Windows Live Messenger since its release last week. I was originally going to quickly blast out my opinions of it. But I'm glad I've waited the extra few days.My first grip which didn't manifest itself fully… more »

It's not yet appearing on all of Microsoft's websites yet, but here's the URL for the download http://g.live.com/1rebeta4_webd/en/wlsetup-webd.exe. more »