There’s tool called SyncToy 2.1. The brief description reads:

SyncToy 2.1 is a free application that synchronizes files and folders between locations. Typical uses include sharing files, such as photos, with other computers and creating backup copies of files and folders.

The tool was originally written for Windows Vista, but works like a charm in 7.

• http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&displaylang=en#filelist

Could this be the next iPod Shuffle? http://bit.ly/2Ny7js

To help celebrate Windows 7, HP is entering the stylish PC market with the HP Envy line of PCs by stealing the sexy good looks of Apples Macbook Pro line of notebooks. Looks good, and appears to be powerful, but with the bountiful selection of Windows notebooks available, is $1500+ for a Mac-ish PC worth it? Time will tell, but the question remains – will consumers pay the Apple tax for an HP.

I have to admit, they look sleek and sexy.

See Gizmodo’s initial reaction to HP’s announcement.

I came across a great write-up on why this problem comes up and how to solve it. In short, the problem appears to be with Windows Vista’s WCS color management system. I was able to fix the problem by simply using the system default setting for my display devices. I never saw improvements in color despite trying different profiles, so no loss.

Read Why does Canon ZoomBrowser EX always crash on Vista?

• Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade – $49.99 (normally $119.99)
• Windows 7 Professional Upgrade – $99.99 (normally $199.99)

I really wish that Microsoft would adopt the Apple upgrade for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Mac OS X Leopard owners can upgrade for $29. Despite that, I’m going to do the W7 Professional Upgrade…

Almost flawless… I have a Belkin wireless card installed in the box, which as the Atheros chipset, which results in a lost wirelss connection after a few hours of use.

Ubuntu 9.04 identified the card, lauched a restricted driver dialogue. After downloading and activating the MadWiFi driver, everything’s running smoothly. It’s been over a week now and the system hasn’t lost its WiFi connection.

I installed Puppy Linux and everything worked. The system just didn’t have enough horsepower to allow Pandora, so that pretty much killed that project.

I’m going to try Suse 11.1, OpenGeu and gos 3.1 next. I just want to run it to stream Pandora in the baby’s room, and occasionally look stuff up. I’m essentially trying to build a machine that will be used to run “cloud” applications with no intent of actually storing anything on it.

I found that I’ve been able to do pretty much everything with Ubuntu with no withdrawals from either Mac or PC applications. I really think that cloud based applications will spell doom to the concept of the operating system in the coming years, particularly as people lean to adapt to web-based services that provide functionality that no longer requires a core operating system.

After Googling for a fix, I found someon’s blog that had the simplest solution to this.

Open a terminal window and execute the following, then restart:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-177

Once restarted, enable the NVidia driver (177)… and all will be happy in Ubuntu land.

Let me know if this helps!

Me thinks Microsoft needs to do a bit more integration testing… yeah, I know, it’s a beta, but if they want people to start using it, it needs to work with their apps first (let alone a handful of popular sites).