Bill Detwiler

Windows Vista build 5536 offers significant performance improvements and feature enhancements over previous releases, including the overly-hyped Beta 2. This gallery’s 35+ high-resolution, screenshots give you a first look at Vista build 5536’s new integration of Windows Live services, Internet Explorer 7’s default dual-homepage design, User Account Control (UAC) improvements, personalized Control Panel, and more.

Submitted by Steven Warren

It is unknown whether Amazon.com has insider information as to Microsoft Vista’s release date but January 30 is listed.

A novel set of input devices aim to reduce repetitive stress injuries by going vertical.

New in-camera features let photographers enhance images seen with the naked eye.

At the IFA show, Philips Research is showing off a jacket with a textile that lets fabrics display changing colors, graphics.

The annual arts festival has come a long way since 20 people participated on a San Francisco beach.

A look at Alien Love Nest/Alien Monkey Love Nest pendants from Burning Man festivals back to 1998.

Internal photos of Microsoft’s Zune are part of a regulatory filing with the Federal Communications Commission by hardware maker Toshiba.

From July 22nd through July 25th, computer enthusiasts descend on the Bilbao Exhibition Centre for Spain’s oldest, large scale computer/LAN party-Euskal Encounter 2006. According to the event’s Web site, Euskal Encounter 2006 was prepared for more than 5,700 attendees with a network for over 3,500 computers, a 2 Gbps Internet connection, and over 35,000 square meters of floor space in the Bilbao Exhibition Centre.

While attending Euskal Encounter 2006, Webshots member katxikamo, snapped pictures from the show floor and captured dozens of serious computer case mods. From aliens to aluminum cases, these wild mods are definitely not your everyday computer cases.

Compiled by Bill Detwiler

Fox-Tek has developed optical sensors that detect minute changes in the strain on a structure and if a pipeline is about to leak.

Iomega’s 320GB eSATA drive connects to computers using eSATA technology, an external version of the SATA technology used inside computers.

How to determine whether the battery in an Apple Computer notebook is among those targeted by the recall.