[News] Google, Facebook and others held talks about the acquisition of Twitter

It seems that Google, Facebook and others held talks in the recent months about the acquisition of Twitter. The estimated valuation was $8 to $10 billion ... Go figure !

Link to Wall Street Journal

[Tech] 8.5 Watt Core i3-based desktop computer

It's amazing Mike ! This Dutch Tweaker really did his best to minimize the power consumption from his Core i3 system. He started with 27 watts and ended when it was finally as low as 8.5 watts idle.

8.5 Watt Core i3-based desktop computer

[Fun] Super bowl

dailyshite.com

[Util] Nice utility for unlocking a locked file

Have you ever had the problem that you wanted to remove a directory, a movie or just a file ? I too have that problem once in a while and to battle this I used Unlocker 1.9.0 but it seems that there were some problems with the tool. Also the original link is no longer accessible.

I discovered lockhunter, a tool which can be installed on Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 on both x86 and x64 versions and which is free.

[.Net] Reflector from RedGate no longer free

I just saw a posting from @Kellabyte saying that Reflector is going to pay only ... That is too bad since it is sometimes a tool that one really needs.

Here is a link to the download at Red Gate and where one can read regarding the announcement

Good blog post regarding this issue.

An interview (youtube) with Simon Galbraith, Red Gate CEO

The only alternatives I could find are:
Dis#
Monoreflector (just started)

[Win7] Incompatibility between Office 2010 x64 and Windows Mobile center

I ran into this message in different occasions: "Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging problem". Also when trying to sync my Windows Mobile phone with my Windows 7 machine with Outlook 2010 installed.

Each time I started Outlook 2010 I was greeted with the message that Outlook was not my default mail client.

The problem was that I could not solve this by using the default actions, so I started searching on the internet. I was not alone, but most of the links I ran into talked about changing a registry key or by deleting a dll file. I tried but to no avail ...

I would not give up on this strange problem and finally I ran into the real cause; An incompatibility between Office 2010 x64 and Windows Mobile center is the problem and according to Microsoft they are not fixing it ...

The solution for me was to install the x86 version of Outlook, which is a bit strange since more and more applications are shifting to x64.

[PS3] Just played the beta of Killzone3 with the move controller, AWESOME !

I just finished a few multiplayer games with the beta of Killzone 3 while playing with the move controller in one hand and the navigation controller in the other. It was real fun to play a game this way instead of sitting down with a regular controller. It really pulls you into the game, so I can't wait till the special move gun for Killzone3 is released. Some info regarding the gun.