Starting next year you won’t be able to buy a new PC loaded with Windows XP, despite the lukewarm reception of Windows Vista.

Microsoft will stop selling Windows XP to PC makers such as Dell, Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard by January 31, a company representative confirmed Thursday. The software maker will stop selling XP to system builders, the smaller custom PC makers, a year later, the representative said.

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The latest version of the Opera browser comes with a new feature, Speed Dial that gives users quick access to up to nine favourite Web pages.

Every time a new tab is opened, instead of a blank page, the user is presented with a 3×3 grid of thumbnails, into which a web address can be stored. The thumbnail then becomes a small image of the page. To open a page the user clicks on the corresponding thumbnail, or use the keyboard shortcuts ⌘ + [1-9], or simply enters the number (from 1-9) in the address bar.

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Many of the gadgets you add to the Sidebar are generic and need to be customized. For example, you can customize the Clock gadget by selecting a new clock face, giving it a name, and selecting a time zone other than your own (this analog clock automatically displays the same time as the digital time display in the Notification area of the Vista taskbar). You also need to customize the Feed
Headlines gadget so that it displays headlines for a particular RSS feed to which you’ve subscribed.

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To display the Sidebar on the left side of your computer’s desktop or to make sure that it always appears on the top of other windows you have open on the desktop, you need to open the Windows Sidebar Properties dialog box. The easiest way to do this is by right-clicking somewhere in the Sidebar area on the right side of the screen (but outside any of the gadgets) and then clicking Properties on the Sidebar’s shortcut menu.

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You can easily add gadgets to the few that are initially displayed on the Sidebar  when you first install Windows Vista. Not only can you select new gadgets from among those that are automatically shipped with the Vista operating system (but just not displayed on the Sidebar), but you can always download gadgets from an ever-expanding online library.

To add gadgets to the Sidebar from among those that are included with Windows Vista, follow these steps:

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If you want to temporarily hide the Vista Sidebar and all its gadgets, right-click anywhere on the Sidebar outside of its gadgets and then click Close Sidebar on the shortcut menu.

To redisplay the hidden Sidebar, click the Windows Sidebar icon (the blue icon that at first glance looks like an old TV set) in the Notification area of the Windows taskbar.

If you want to get rid of the Sidebar on a more-or-less permanent basis, open the Windows Sidebar Properties dialog box by right-clicking somewhere on the Sidebar (outside of the gadgets) and then click Properties on its shortcut menu. Then click the Start Sidebar When Windows Starts check box to remove its check mark before you click OK. Doing this prevents Vista from starting up the
hidden Sidebar the next time you boot up your computer.

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Sidebar and gadgets are the names given to a new Vista’s desktop feature that gives you instant access to volatile information such as the current time, weather, stock quotes, and the like. The Sidebar is the name of the pane — appearing either on the right or left side of your computer’s desktop — that contains the gadgets, the name given to the specialized mini applications that give you the up-to-date information.

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Google was voted by fortune magazine as the best company to work for in year 2007. The company offers free food, yoga sessions, massages, volleyball courts, pools, babysitting, haircuts – everything to make you feel good and work hard. The video below from YouTube will give you an idea about google’s unique corporate culture.