Microsoft’s latest little toy, Kinect for the Xbox has only been out a couple of days, but already, someones had a go at hacking it to work with Windows 7. Of course! What else you want to do with the newest game console on the market?

It’s finally here! Windows Phone 7 has been out for a few weeks overseas, but in the US, today’s the day we can finally grab a device, if you’re lucky. Mike has been doing an excellent job introducing us to the device and the revamped UI, which you can read here . And if you’re one of the lucky ones to get a WP7 device, your app needs should be met (for the most part) by Microsoft’s ever-expanding App store dubbed the “Marketplace”.

A Release Candidate of Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, Microsoft’s anti-malware software for enterprise desktops, is now available.

If you’re trying to capture that amazing view, but one picture doesn’t do it justice, create a panorama with multiple images in Windows Live Photo Gallery. Find out how: explore.live.com

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Already available in parts of Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, Windows Phone 7 is now available to buy in the US and Canada. On AT&T, the HTC Surround and Samsung Focus are available now, with the keyboard-equipped LG Quantum preorder only. On T-Mobile, the HTC HD7 is available now, and the Dell Venue Pro—the same handset that Dell is rolling out to 25,000 of its BlackBerry-using employees—will be available soon.

So far in this review series I’ve covered the main OS, the handset I’ve been provided with by Microsoft and the main apps.  But what’s a Windows Phone like to live with on a day to day basis?  This after all is the most important factor to any consumer when deciding whether to buy one or not. I’ve had the phone now for about five days and I’m very comfortable with it.  It’s simplicity itself to use even though I am rather annoyed that I had to get used to its onscreen keyboard, rather than it having a keyboard that would work the way I wanted to.  In some apps you can rotate the screen which makes the keys slightly larger, but not in all and certainly not in third-party apps such as Facebook or Twitter. On battery life, which I would imagine if the very first question most of you would ask, you should be prepared to charge it overnight and every day.  On a day of general usage I’m left with a little under 50% battery life at the end of the evening.  This is with a little light web browsing, a few calls and some MP3 music playing.  In part this is the fault of the handset-size.  As the handsets get smaller and thinner, and battery technology doesn’t keep pace, its inevitable this would happen.  I’m used to charging my phone every night anyway but this could be a problem for people who travel a lot

Rob Dyrdek and Minka Kelly are celebrating the launch of Windows Phone 7 on a cross-country trip. They’re starting in New York and going to Chicago, Las Vegas and ending at the Maroon 5 concert in San Francisco.

Keeping Adobe’s Flash Player up to date is an essential online security tasks. Users need to make sure that the Flash plugin is up to date to protect their computer system from exploits targeting Flash Player vulnerabilities. Flash Player informs the user about updates automatically, and one could say that this should be enough to update the browser plugin regularly

ShutDown After is simple program by use of which you can set timer or assign hotkeys for windows shutdown, restart, log off, hibernate, stand by. You can also set your Windows PC to shutdown after…