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Just some interesting things that came about this week.

Palm Eos

They aren’t just going to stop at the Pre. Palm has plans to release another WebOS device before the end of the year.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/01/palm-eos-headed-to-sprint-as-well/

Windows 7

There was a lot of buzz surrounding Windows 7 this week. From the release of the first release candidate to the slip from Acer about actual availability on Oct 23.

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/30/2232216&from=rss
http://www.trustedreviews.com/software/news/2009/05/01/Acer-Spills-Windows-7-Release-Date/p1

Microsoft or Apple

This isn’t quite the traditional debate. This week there was lots of talk about whether or not the iphone will ever make it to Verizon or if AT&T will continue on in exclusivity. Weighing that also with the rumors that Microsoft’s ‘Project Pink’ could be an as-of-now unknown runner in the ‘beat the iphone’ race.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/microsofts-pink-smartphone-could-rival-iphone-on-verizon/

Nikon Drops Hefty New Cam

For all of the photogs out there – Nikon has an uber-ridiculous new cam with an articulating display.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/nikon-d5000-hands-on/

Microholographic Storage

Researchers are pushing the limits of storage into the 3-D realm using holograms.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/ge-microholographic-storage-promises-cheap-500gb-discs-blu-ray/

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I ran into an interesting problem the other day and I thought I might share the solution I found. When setting up the fingerprint reader on my laptop the security software takes over the usual login screen. So instead of my user avatar it just displays a Dell logo. So I wanted to change this. After some searching I found an individual on a dell forum who had the same problem and figured out where the necessary changes needed to be made. In short, the "oem_resources.dll" file holds the image. Simply replace it with your image and you are set. Full text below:

The embassy software installs it’s own "credential provider". This replaces the Vista login screen with it’s own. Now, the embassy software stores icons in the file c:\windows\system32\oem_resources.dll. All you need to do is delete the "103" resource bitmap from the dll and import your own 128×128 pixel bitmap. First get a copy of xn resource editor (http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/d10resourceeditor.htm). Next copy the oem_resources.dll file to your desktop. Open the dll file in the resource editor. Delete the resource under bitmap/103. Right-click to import a bitmap. Save the file, copy it to c:\windows\system32. No reboot necessary, changes take effect immediatly!  You can test it by locking your workstation (window key + L).   :: From-http://tinyurl.com/cl42um

I am running Windows 7 also, so it’s not just for Vista.

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