The Nintendo Wii is finally out (in US)! So, the next gen console war is finally started!

I just created a Custom theme for GreatNews. You can download it here.

Finally, Microsoft decided to upgrade ALL Hotmail account to 1GB! I know, some of you guys might be using Live Mail, which is 2GB. But for those who like the old interface, then this is a good news! I’ve been waiting for this for a long time!

A bit late, but the PS3 is finally out in Japan yesterday! Kotaku have some converage on launch day, so remember to check it out!

[PS3 Japan Launch via Kotaku]

Photosynth is finally available to the public! Don’t know what is Photosynth? It is basically a software that generate 3D images using your 2D photos! For better description, read it here or you can watch the videos here. I haven’t try it yet, but it is available at Photosynth’s website. To run Photosynth, you need to have Internet Explorer 6 or 7 (since it requires you to install ActiveX)

Try Phoyosynth

My Zuned Desktop

Microsoft is going to release their own MP3 player named Zune next Tuesday (14 Nov 2006). In conjunction of the new MP3 player, Microsoft released a new Windows XP theme which is the Zune theme. It is basically a black version of Royale, the Windows Media Center theme. You can download the theme here. If you need more information about Zune, check Zune.net.

Recently, Microsoft just released the final version of Internet Explorer 7. One of the feature that I like about IE7 is the ability to add custom search engine in your quick search bar. But Firefox doesn’t have this feature, which is kinda bad. Both IE7 and Firefox 2 support the OpenSearch standard. The only easy way to add new search engine is to use Mycroft. But some of the search engines are out of date and would not work. Fortunately, I manage to find a Firefox extension that allows you to add your own custom search engine. The extension is OpenSearchFox. It is easy to add a new search engine using OpenSearchFox. All you need to do is to right click at the search box and select “Add OpenSearch plugin”. But please remember that this extension is only available for Firefox 2 and above. So, for older Firefox user, you have no choice but to use Mycroft. (or you can update your FF to ver2 ;))

Recently, Sian Siew posted an article about problem viewing Microsoft Word Document on non-MS viewer (such as Open Office). The way he suggested is to convert the doc file to pdf. But his suggestion require you to install some software to convert the document. This might be a bit inconvenient if you are not using your own computer. To solve this problem, the easiest way is to use online file converter. One of my favorite online doc-to-pdf converter is NeeVia’s Document Converter eXPress. It supports large number of input format, which is very good. Some of the less common filetype, such as *.pub (which is a Microsoft Publisher file) is also supported. You also can configure some of the settings for the output file such as the resolution of the pdf file.

I also found two online file converter that convert file to format other than document/text file. These converters support both audio and video format. The two converters are Zamzar and Media Convert. I haven’t try these converters yet, but I think it is a good site for those who want to convert video such as flv to avi. [via TechCrunch]

Finally, meebo is out of Alpha stage! (And they skipped the beta stage) For more info, click here! I also uploaded some pic of the new meebo. Remember to check it out

New login interface. More ‘blue’.

The buddy list look is also updated, with new icons.

Chat windows.

The pop-up window, which is a new feature.