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First 3rd party application for Vista Mobility Center: Turn off internal display
But while Microsoft packs the basics like display brightness, battery and wireless settings, there are a few other things that would be nice to have, like say the option of turning off your display with a button press.
Microsoft lets computer manufacturers create custom Mobility Center tiles, but has discouraged other 3rd party developers from making custom Mobility Center applications. While some people would see that as a reason to give up and move onto another project, others take it as a challenge. And so Rafael Rivera Jr. decided to see if he could answer a request Long Zheng made earlier this year to add an internal display control applet to Windows Mobiltity Center.
The end result is the first publicly available 3rd party add-on for Windows Mobility Center that we're aware of. You can download the tile from Rivera's site. It comes in x86 and x64 varieties. Once you install the tile, you should notice a new "Internal Display" option pop up in your Mobility Center, which you can bring up pressing Windows+X on your Windows Vista machine.
Rivera's blog post also includes information that could come in handy for anyone looking to develop their own Mobility Center tiles.
[via istartedsomething]
Sushi Cat is one of the cutest Flash games I've ever run across. You play a blue cat with a major talent for eating and, fortunately for you, every level is filled with delicious sushi! The controls are simple: you aim and drop from the top of the screen using the mouse, trying to hit as much sushi as you can on the way down. Eat enough sushi, and you can go on to the next level.
Your score depends on how much sushi you eat, and which bucket the cat lands in when it finally reaches the bottom of the screen. The more ...
