Another Friday and another collection of interesting pages I have found.

1. Creative introduces MP3 players with speakers

Creative has updated its Zen Stone MP3 players by building in a speaker.Creative’s CEO, Sim Wong Hoo, claimed the inclusion of a speaker will help to “free people from having to wear headphones”.

2. HairMixer

Want to know how a new haristyle will look on your face ? Head to HairMixer. You can mix n match to find out how different celebrity hairstyles will look on your face.

3. IE7 Pro 2 released

IE7 Pro 2 has been released with a whole lot of new features. The new release includes a download manager which gives you the ability to pause and resume downloads.Other new features in the update are increased stability, 64-bit support, and the addition of a hotkey (CTRL+M) to minimize IE windows to tray icon.

Some good read from the blogs I read :

1. How to update your Sony Ericsson phone - Nirmal

Nirmal guides you through an easy process to update your Sony Ericsson’s firmware yourself.

2. Tiger Admin WordPress plugin: Polish your WP Control Panel - Shankar

Bored with the traditional default blue look of your Wordpress dashboard ? Give it a sleek new look with the Tiger Admin Wordpress plugin.

3. Comprehensive Guide to Saving Streaming Video - Pallab

Have you ever come across a wonderful video that you wanted to download, but couldn’t find a way to do so? If the answer is yes, read on.

Another batch of good reads for you this weekend.

1. Put Google Reader on steroids - Ashwin

Access your Google Reader susbcribed RSS feeds offline, read your email in Google Reader, make Reader look spicy and much more. This article is all about getting more out of your Google Reader.

2. How to pin folders to the Windows Start menu? - Shankar Ganesh

Applications can easily be pinned to the start menu in Windows XP for easy access. But what about Folders ? Windows XP does not allow that. You can try this easy registry hack for doing that.

3. Launchy making Start Menu redundant - Pallab

Scrolling through the Windows Start Menu to find an application can be tedious. Try Launch an easy application which will launch your favorite app within a matter of seconds.

4. Mobiledit - The Mobile Manager - Nirmal

A one-in-all phone manager which will work with almost mobile phone. No need to change your phone management software at the pace of changing your mobile.

1. Free online magazines dedicated to GNU/Linux and Open Source

A great collection of links pointing to free online magazines dedicated to Linux and Open Source.

2. Free and Premium Website Templates

A collection of website templates, both free and paid.

3. Gimparoo - Adapting Photoshop Tutorials for the GIMP

This blog takes popular Adobe Photoshop tutorials and adapts them for the GIMP. Excellent blog if you like to use GIMP.

1. How to create a really invisible folder

No, we are not talking about making the file “Hidden” in the file properties dialog box. The folder would be right before your eyes but will not be able to see it. Sounds interesting ? Read the post.

2. Manage the use of swap memory in Linux

Here is how, you can configure Linux to use the RAM when available, instead of using the swap memory.

3. Create a robots.txt file and increase your search engine rankings

JohnTP has scooped up a good post on how you can create a robots.txt file for your blog. He even provides some good examples for Wordpress blogs.