Just a few days after Microsoft’s Windows 7 highly anticipated launching, the new operating system has been receiving positive reviews and many Windows users worldwide are excited to get their hands on the said OS.

Pcworld.com review has given Windows 7 a thumbs up saying that it gets the basics right by checking 7 important areas:

1. The Interface (the new taskmaster)
2. System tray ( aka notification area)
3. File Management ( the library system)
4. HomeGroups ( a new feature designed to simplify the notoriously tricky process of networking Windows PCs )
5. Security( UAC Gets Tolerable)
6. Applications (The Fewer the Merrier) - Microsoft eliminated three nonessential programs: Windows Mail (née Outlook Express), Windows Movie Maker (which premiered in Windows Me), and Windows Photo Gallery.
7. Device Management - offers you numerous ways to connect your PC to everything from tiny flash drives to hulking networked laser printers–USB, Wi-Fi, ethernet, slots, and more.

pcworld.com gave emphasis on the interface saying that

the Windows experience occurs mainly in its Taskbar especially in the Start menu and System Tray. Vista gave the Start menu a welcome redesign; in Windows 7, the Taskbar and the System get a thorough makeover,” and has specifically explained that ” the new Taskbar replaces the old small icons and the text labels for running apps with larger, unlabeled icon.

However, it is not all the positive reviews that Windows has been receiving as there are reports about some experiences of difficulty in upgrades. Specifically on the issue about reboot glitch where there are computers that are said to be having a problem of getting stuck to endless reboot cycle.

Now, the question is..is it worth to upgrade to Windows 7?

To answer that, I think the pcworld.com recommendation will help us realize on whether to take or leave it. They said that:

if your PC’s specs qualify it to run Vista, get Windows 7; if they aren’t, avoid it. Microsoft’s official hardware configuration requirements for Windows 7 are nearly identical to those it recommends for Windows Vista: a 1-GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of free disk space, and a DirectX 9-compatible graphics device with a WDDM 1.0 or higher driver. That’s for the 32-bit version of Windows 7; the 64-bit version of the OS requires a 64-bit CPU, 2GB of RAM, and 20GB of disk space.

Here’s more ( in videos)…

I’ve just watched a video presentation on Youtube about this newly-introduced product called Modu – a product developed by an Israeli company. It is a tiny modular cell phone that can be inserted into “jackets” - like MP3 player, a GPS device, a bigger cell phone, a car stereo, or a digital camera. Sounds intriguing, isn’t it? If it can deliver what it promises then this could be another giant step of successful innovation.

To give you an idea of what this product is all about,
let me give you a sort of product features:

This device is a small black cell phone weighing approximately 40 grams and is sized at a bit smaller than an iPod Nano. It has a tiny display, a couple of control buttons ( keypad), a mini-USB port, and a charger jack. The product also has a GPRS connectivity feature ( only for now) because the developer said that the 3G version is in the works.

So what is in it for us to be excited about?

Well, although it can be used for call, the product is really meant to be attached with another devices. It is designed to be inserted into one of the jackets, which basically are the shells of a candy bar phone. It can be easily inserted into the top of the jackets and once in place, the jacket’s screen will activate and the phone can be used.

Here’s more from http://reviews.cnet.com:

The role of the jacket, which is about the size of a standard candy bar phone, is multifold. Not only does it give users a normal-sized color screen, a keyboard, and a full set of navigation controls, but it also activates certain functions on the Modu. Of course, the jacket makes the Modu look like an actual cell phone with a bright color skin (several designs will be available).

Just slide the Modu into the jacket.
(Credit: Kent German/CNET Networks)

Other uses..

Consuming public will be able carry it around and slip it into various device jackets. For instance, when attached to camera, this device can be used to send images over the wireless network.

And…there’s more here – watch…

The drawback…

As I have said, the device will initially support GPRS, which is slow – there’s no WiFi.

Initial distribution…

Modu phone is expected to be available this month in Italy, Russia and Israel with $280 price tag included a standard jacket.

The best thing about it is that it is a platform that allows other companies to design devices around it – which could be useful to us.

Linkwheel is a term coined to represent a logical structure of building a strong foundation for your website’s traffic. It was developed by Lemonarian Dot Com to help us figure out how to build links that can pump in more link juice to our websites- useful to generating conversions.

Lemonarian Dot Com has explained the LinkWheel in a nutshell:

Basically, a linkwheel is a set of SIX Web 2.0 properties
interlinked in a “wheel” structure, all promoting a page on the
web which is the focus of that particular “wheel”.

You have six properties up, and each contains a link to
the “focus hub” AND its ‘neighbor’ as you can see in the image
above, the arrows representing links.

Your “focus hub” could be ANY page you wish to promote. For example a page on your website, or another Web 2.0 property.
To expand, you could build a linkwheel like this around a page,
and then build a new linkwheel around each of the properties that are in that linkwheel.