Stacy's Weekly Mashup: LinkedIn, Flock, Vast, AjaxAMP, TechJunction, Customize Icons in Vista...

Web 2.0 Sites:

• LinkedIn - Be more effective in your daily work and open doors to opportunities using the professional relationships you already have
• IMified - Instant to-do's, notes, reminders and access to the applications you use everyday without launching your browser
• Flock - A web browser that makes it easier to share media and connect to other people online
• FireAnt - A great way to discover, watch, and subscribe to Internet TV channels and podcasts
• co.mments - Bookmark posts you want to follow and this will track new comments for you, so you don't miss out
• Browster - Quickly see previews of the web pages returned in Google searches
• 2ReCall - Record your calls directly from any phone and store conversations online
• Dexly - Tracking new Web 2.0 technology
• Vast - Tracking 25 million classified listings across 70,000 sites
• Pingdom - Web site monitoring the easy way

Freeware Feature of the Week: AjaxAMP - Allows you to access Winamp over the network using a web browser and control it or stream music to or from it.

Wallpaper of the Week: Maelstrom2b

The Week in Geek News:

• NFL fumbles DMCA takedown battle, could face sanctions - Ars Technica
• Beware of Digital Don Juans - ABC News
• Apple TV goes on sale - TimesOnline
• MySpace Aims to 'Impact' Presidential Race - TechNewsWorld
• Google share gains quicken in U.S. search market - Washington Post
• Microsoft: Breached Xbox Live Accounts- Just Isolated Incidents - Playfuls
• Confirmed: TV Networks Launch New Company To Counter Perceived Google/YouTube Threat - TechCrunch
• Intel Capital invests $40 million in DTV chipmaker - Washington Post
• Cell Phone Saints - ABC News
• New batteries run on sugar, are susceptible to cavities - SCI FI Tech

Flickr Image of the Week: by Paris Steve

Top Blog Picks:

• Vote for the Worst
• Ways-of-Seeing
• Bibi's Box
• TechJunction
• The Lime Blog

Article of the Week: Analysis: Why America Needs a Google Phone - PC Magazine

Art Site of the Week: Mr Picassohead

Video of the Week: Super Mario

Geek Tip: Show, hide or resize desktop icons in Windows Vista - This tip comes from Windows Help and How-To.
To show desktop icons, right-click the desktop, point to View, and then click Show Desktop Icons. A check mark will appear, indicating that desktop icons are displayed on your desktop.

To hide desktop icons, right-click the desktop, point to View, and then click Show Desktop Icons to clear the check mark.Note: Hiding all of the icons on your desktop doesn't delete them, it just hides them until you choose to show them again.

To resize desktop icons,right-click the desktop, point to View, and then click Large Icons, Medium Icons, or Classic Icons. (Classic icons are the smallest size.)

TGIF ya'll! That will wrap things up for yet another week! If you're looking for more, check out our archive of past articles here. Keep sending me your favorite links, I love hearing from you! Do you have any comments or suggestions? Click Discuss this Article below to post your comment in the forums or send an email to sreed@tucows.com. I'll see you next week!