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Microsoft is currently letting people download Windows Vista 5536 Pre-RC1 but they have limited the number of downloads to 100,000! That sounds like a lot but it really isn’t if you think about how many people will be downloading it.

You can go to this http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/prerc1/en/download…. in order to download Vista 5536 or you can just download the ISO directly with this link. The download is only available for 32-bit machines and I doubt they have any intentions of releasing a 64-bit version.

Also, you will have to use your Windows Vista Beta 2 product key because they will not provide a new one for you. Hopefully you still have it laying around someone.

Some of you may have decided to fork out the $20 to upgrade your Google Earth to the Plus edition. The key feature of the Plus edition is the GPS support that it has…which may soon be even more useful.

Garett Rogers from Googling Google noticed that Google registered three new domains on Monday. What are they?

* googleimagetagger.com
* googleimagetagger.net
* googleimagetagger.org

From the domain name it looks like Google is coming out with an image tagger, duh? When he started searching the Web looking for an image tagger example he stumbled upon a free download that Earthmate offers for their GPS. The software will take your photos and map them according to your location at the time the picture was taken.

Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 and is just begging to be downloaded. If you are running Windows XP SP2 then you are able to download the new version.

Here are the things that are new according to their list of changes:

* Fixes have been made for issues that occurred in the first beta release of Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP.
* More online stores are available in this beta release of Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP. For a listing of online stores that are now available, see Availability of online stores.
* The functionality of Windows Media Connect is now integrated into Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 for Windows XP as the new Media Sharing feature, which lets you enjoy the contents of your Windows Media Player library from anywhere in your home. If you have a home network (wired or wireless), you can use Windows Media Player 11 to stream the contents of your library to networked devices such as Xbox 360 or other digital media receivers. For more information, go to Digital Media at Home.