There are enough painting apps for the iPad but this next one is special. The Crayola ColorStudio HD app turns your iPad into a coloring book. The app comes with a stylus called the iMarker that looks like a large crayon but is designed to interact with the iPad’s MultiTouch display. The app then treats your iPad like a piece of paper.

The app is actually smart enough to differentiate between a child’s swipes, finger taps, from the input of the iMarker. Pretty slick.

This might turn out to be a big help in getting your child to stop coloring the walls. You’ll probably need another iPad for yourself though.

Time to stop playing air guitar. It’s time to start playing real rock guitar — on your shirt. The Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt lets you play real chords on your shirt. All the chords were recorded from an electric guitar. Nope this isn’t a one button deal where you press a button and it plays a song. You actually have to play your own riffs.

The guitar shirt comes with a mini amp that clamps to your belt. A magnetic pick is included as well. A nice touch with the amp is that you can crank the volume knob up to 11. There’s also a tone knob on the amp to let you adjust your sound.

Take a look:

Here’s the amp:

And here’s the chord chart for the shirt:

You know you want one.

Having the ability to restore your computer to a previous state is priceless. Windows’ System Restore feature works fine and is usually enough for most computer users. If you’re one of those people who who wish to have more control over system restore, here’s what you need.

Comodo System Restore is another free offering from Comodo that functions similarly to the default Windows System Restore feature with added features. One such feature is giving you access to restore points when Windows won’t start. Restore points or “snapshots” as the application calls it, records your entire system including registry, critical operating system files, and user created documents.

Aside from the option of scheduling regular snapshots, the restore options allow you to mount and browse snapshots to recover individual folders and files. Now that’s pretty slick. You can right click on any file to synchronize it with a snapshot version.

Comodo Time Machine runs on Windows Server 2008 and 2003, Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
Don’t forget it’s totally free.

Sending large files through email is almost impossible since most services cap their attachment size at 2 – 10 megs. Uploading the same files to online storage sites aren’t a lot of fun either. The simple solution is to send your files in smaller chunks.

HJSplit is a free application that lets you break up your file into smaller parts which solves the problem of sending or uploading large files. You can specify the size of chunks you want your file to be split into. Joining the split parts is no problem so no worries there. Files that have been split on one OS (Windows for example), can be joined on a pc running a different OS (Linux, etc.). Slick.

If you’re unsure of how the application works, you can check out the online manual here. The interface might not be as pretty as most apps, but it’s free, clocks in at 300kb, and doesn’t even need to be installed. Now that’s a great deal.

HJSplit runs on Windows, Linux, BSD, and Mac.

Microsoft has just released the first service pack for Windows 7 and it’s available for download. Interested users can get it by downloading it from the official site, through Windows Update, or by ordering the installation DVD.

From the official site, here’s what’s included:

“Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is an important update that includes previously released security, performance, and stability updates for Windows 7. SP1 also includes new improvements to features and services in Windows 7, such as improved reliability when connecting to HDMI audio devices, printing using the XPS Viewer, and restoring previous folders in Windows Explorer after restarting.”

Installation takes less than an hour and you’ll have to reboot your computer.

Anyone who has used Windows long enough inevitably gets an urge to customize it. There are lots of transformation packs available that will make your desktop look like something else but if you want an easier way, we’ve got just the thing for you.

Magic Desktop lets you customize your desktop icons, wallpaper, start menu, themes, etc. with just one click. It even lets you create your own personal pack called “suit” which is basically a combination of elements from different packs. There’s just a little catch. The packs or even specific elements will all be downloaded once you’ve chosen them. Depending on your connection speed, this could be a non-factor or a bit of a hassle. Once the customizations have been installed you’ll have to restart your computer. You don’t get a “restart later” option. Want to see how it looks? Here you go.

Magic Desktop runs on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. It’s also free.