Intel is revamping its Atom processor platform in a move that will yield more powerful netbooks, better efficiency and smaller designs. Will Intel set off another netbook boom?

On Monday, Intel made its overhaul of its Atom platform official (statement, Techmeme). The biggest item is that the Atom will integrate graphics with the CPU for the first time—something the Federal Trade Commission may notice. Intel said the new Atom has lowered power consumption by 20 percent from the previous generation. Meanwhile, there’s an army of netbooks set to be released Jan. 4 at the Consumer Electronics Show.

The chip giant notes it has 80 design wins lined up. Simply put, there’s another armada of netbooks coming your way—and maybe even a few desktops.

Intel’s new Atom processor, the N450 rides shotgun with a new chipset designed to lower power. Atom also has a lineup for entry level desktops—the D410 or the dual core D510. Atom’s role for the desktop will be to facilitate smaller designs, fanless units and unique all-in-one PCs.

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When using Windows XP and previous operating systems one could easily send messages from one computer to another by using the "Net Send" command from the command prompt. Typing a command like this:

Net send Support "Please contact help desk immediately!"

Would result in the computer searching for the location where the user Support has last logged on, or in case of a computer, where the computer called Support is listed, and would send that message to that user or computer. You should note that this method of sending messages was made available by the Messenger service running on the target machine. Without it, there could be no messages transmitted to that computer.

Note: Windows XP SP1 (or was it SP2? I can't remember right now) disabled the Messenger service by default. So does Windows Server 2003 SP1.

Long story made short, when using Windows Vista one might go looking for the "Net send" in Vista and wonder where it went. There is NO "Net send" command in Vista… However, there is a solution. You can use MSG.EXE instead.

Note: Apparently Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium editions do not have the msg.exe command installed. It does work on Vista Business, Enterprise or Ultimate edition.

Click on the Start button, type CMD in the search box and press Enter.

Palbee is a free online service which allows you to set up easy video meetings with your friends and colleagues.

You can also use Palbee to record your own presentations and store them online.

MeBeam Video Chat is a quick, easy way for you and your friends to get together for a video chat. When you want to video chat using MeBeam you can just go there and start chatting. There is nothing to download to use MeBeam video chat. Just go to MeBeam and start video chatting.

Before you can Video Chat ..
Before you can use MeBeam video chat, you'll have to plug in your webcam to your computer and download any software that came with your webcam. Then make sure the webcam works on your computer. As long as your webcam works on your computer, you'll be able to use it on MeBeam to video chat.

Two Ways To Video Chat
There are two ways to video chat with MeBeam. You can enter open chatrooms and chat with whoever's already online using MeBeam video chat. All you have to do to start video chatting with other MeBeam members is click on the "Next Room" button. There are several different open chatrooms that you can join. Start your video chat right away with anyone who happens to be on MeBeam at the time.

The other way to video chat on MeBeam is to set up your very own private chat room. This is just as simple as joining an open chatroom. All you have to do to start your own video chatroom is create a name for your chatroom. Then email your friends and tell them to meet you there for a video chat.

Your friends can now go to MeBeam video chat, type in the name of your chatroom, and join you in your private video chat. There can be up to eight people in a chatroom at a time, including you.

Text and Voice Chat
At the bottom of the video chat screen is where you do your chatting. Enter whatever you want to say in the box and chat. If you and your friends all have audio and speakers on your computers, you can also talk to each other using MeBeam video chat.

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