Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote

YouTube - How people are tracked using bittorrent

SWFTools is a free collection including tools for converting various filetypes to SWF, or extracting content from SWF files.

Wink is "a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc". You can also overlay your own audio.

http://www.webassist.com/professional/products/productdetails.asp?PID=18

http://www.dslzoneuk.net/

Online speed check which stores your past results.

http://www.xobni.com/

For Outlook 2003/2007 users this could be very handy.

The distance you are from your local exchange can affect the speed of your broadband service.

Find out how far away from your local exchange you are here...
http://www.dslzoneuk.net/distance.php

ADSL2+ , up to 24Mbps, is already being brought in...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU_G.992.5#United_Kingdom

VDSL, up to 50Mbps, requires fibre optic cabling which BT has currently no plans to install. 28 German cities have this.

Cable. 50Mbps is to be offered by Virgin in 2008

FTTH, 'fibre to the home', has the fibre optic cable going straight to your house. It offers 100Mbps in both directions and is already used in Japan and Korea.

http://www.cash4yourmobile.co.uk/

JScreenFix

JScreenFix is a software solution that can fix stuck pixels, reduce screen burn-in and improve the quality of images displayed on a screen.

http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2007/01/24/windows-xps-file-and-settings-transfer-wizard/

See also the comment...

Those migrating from XP to Vista might want to consider the vastly improved wizard that’s included with Vista. Just pop the Vista disk into the XP box to run the new version.

Alternatively, see here

/*
TOP SECRET Microsoft(c) Project:Longhorn(TM) SP1
Estimated release date: 2008
*/

#include "win95.h"
#include "win98.h"
#include "leopard.h"

char chew_up_some_ram[10000000];

void main() {
while(!CRASHED) {
if(first_time_install) {
make_10_gigabyte_swapfile();
do_nothing_loop();
search_and_destroy(FIREFOXOPENOFFICEORGANYTHING_GO OGLE);
hang_system();
}

if(still_not_crashed) {
basically_run_windows_xp();
do_nothing_loop();
}
}

if(!DX10GPU()) {
set_graphics(aero, very_slow);
set_mouse(reaction, sometimes);
}

//printf("Welcome to Windows 2000);
//printf("Welcome to Windows XP");
printf("Welcome to Windows Vista");

while(something) {
sleep(10);
get_user_input();
sleep(10);
act_on_user_input();
sleep(10);
flicker_led_promisingly(hard_disk);
}

create_general_protection_fault();
}

OLED - the technology which offers the possibility of roll-up monitors etc. It looks likely to replace LCD over the next 10 years, although there are still a few problems with it (eg. lifespan of kit when compared to LCD, and not liking water much).

See here and here for more.