Spy Journal 3.0 Filtering the web for you

Ergo is a very sexy search interface. Think smoothly flying out folders (reminsicent of an old CD juke box flipping the CDs (I was an 80s teen!) and nice mind mapping techniques for organising related search results.

It links into Vista's existing indexed folders and searches them and redisplays the results in a very cool connected way - far more intuitive than Vista's built in search. Only problem was I couldn't open any Office 2007 document that it found. Weird. I have registered my problem with them and hope they can fix it or tell me what I am doing wrong.

Link courtesy of Mark Harrison and theres some pics on his site also. 

There are two new Windows sidebar gadgets produced by the Windows Live Team that work specifically with Outlook. One displays your current appointments in the side bar while the second displays your to do tasks in the sidebar. Great for when you have Outlook minimised to the task bar or task tray. For Vista users only.

Bink.nu has the news that Windows Live Writer has come out of beta, and will be rolled out as an important update to all beta users with microsoft update. For new users wanting to know what the fuss is about, go and download it directly from the Windows Live site.

The freeware application WinOFF schedules Windows shutdown, restart, log off, hibernate, and other shutdown modes with a scheduling criteria. You can opt to shut down after a specific time, or when the CPY is idle or usage is low for period of time. Find out more and download WinOFF.

Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP only.