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Log Into Windows Using Facial Recognition Software
26 July 2007 in Software & Windows | Comments (0)

How cool is this? The BananaScreen software lets you login to your computer using facial recognition software.

All you need to use the software is a PC and a webcam. BanananScreen will lock your computer when you move away from it, and, when you return, BananaScreen unlocks the PC in less time than it would take you to enter a password. To use BananaScreen, there are 3 easy steps: download the software, create your face model, then login! Currently, BananaScreen works on Windows 2000 and XP. Vista support is not guaranteed at the moment, but daring users are reporting that it works for them. The site claims that a Mac version will also be available soon.

Its not entirely foolproof (still in beta) so I wouldn’t trust high secured workstations with this authentication method.

(Via makeusof)

TwitterMSN
25 July 2007 in Random tidbits & Windows | Comments (1)

Twitter, the all so famous web service that started a revolution by allowing users to answer and share their responses to the simple question: “What are you doing?” can now be used inside the MSN Messenger.

The new 3rd party service, called TwitterMSN, integrates Twitter into your Windows Live Messenger application.

The TwitterMSN service allows you to update your Twitter account from your MSN account. To use the service, you just have to add msn@twittermsn.com to your Window Live Messenger friends list. Additionally, this third party service also lets you receive the friends’ updates, automatically converts URLs to TinyURL, sends tweets even when Twitter is down, and allows you to extend past Twitter’s built-in 140 character limit.

Sick Joke from Adobe?
10 July 2007 in Fun & Linux & Windows | Comments (0)

Apparently was found in Adobe InDesign CS3 on MacOS X. Original Source.

Cool shortcut in Windows Vista
20 June 2007 in Random tidbits & Windows | Comments (0)

If you still have the Quick Launch toolbar in you taskbar, pressing the Windows key plus the index of the shortcut in the toolbar will launch that application.

For example, on my desktop Windows + 1 launches the ‘Show Desktop’, Windows + 2 the ‘Flip 3D’, etc.

It would be even great if you could see the indexes on a tooltip when you hover the shortcuts.

Outlook Clone using WPF
14 June 2007 in Programming & Windows | Comments (2)

A group in Microsoft Switzerland have put together a WPF Hands On Lab to demonstrate building an Outlook UI using WPF… and it is a lot simple, as it contains barely any custom code. Done 90% in Blend 1.0 and 10% with manual XAML. No single third party control used.

XBAP Demo: http://www.00001001.ch/download/HOL/WPF_XBAP/OutlookWPF/OutlookUI%20Browser.xbap

The lab manual can be downloaded from: http://www.00001001.ch/download/HOL/WPF/Outlook_HOL_WPF.pdf

The lab binaries are located here: http://www.00001001.ch/download/HOL/WPF/Outlook_HOL_WPF_projects.zip