Adam Baratz, of Ars Technica has posted a review of DesktopX 3.1. http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/desktopx.ars While it's perhaps not the most flattering review, it does mention the great potential of DesktopX. Some of the issues he noted were some of the same things that have kept me from utilizing DX to a greater degree. Brad has stated that DX, while having much more power and configurability, has been Konfabulator's "Whipping boy" Maybe these are some of the reasons why.

Yesterday I could only get a "Request timed out while waiting for Wincustomize" Later I read this article: http://news.com.com/Network+feud+leads+to+Net+blackout/2100-1038_3-5889592.html?part=rss&tag=5889592&subj=news My ISP is RoadRunner. I was unable to get any Stardock site to load, whether in FF, IE, or using the WC browser. I logged onto WC from work this morning, expecting to see posts about the server being down or soemthing, but I don't see anyone else posting any problems (i...

Did you, like me, spend way too much time playing Space Invaders when you were younger? Visit http://www2.b3ta.com/notepadinvaders/ for an odd twist on an old favorite. You know, in case you were getting tired of solitaire.

Microsoft Watch has a story with the emerging details of Microsoft's IE7 beta. http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1776290,00.asp Code-named "Rincon" features are supposed to include: tabbed browsing, native PNG support,and improved security, including possible integration with the new MS Anti-Spyware.

A while back Litestep.net had a message saying they were temporarily down, now all you get is a refused connection, not even a 404. Isearched around a little, and the same question has been asked in some other forums, but no one seems to know.

Firefox 1.0.1 was officially released by the Mozilla Foundation today. Above link to Mozilla announcement. Slashdot link here: http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/02/25/0327235.shtml?tid=154&tid=164&tid=162&tid=1 This should fix the Windows IDN bug.