Livescribe has finally enabled their Pulse smartpen for use with Apple’s Mac OS X. PC users have been able to use the pen that transcribes real world handwriting into a digital template. On November 24th, Mac users will be able to as well.

The company has even thrown in some new features for both Apple and Windows users. For an additional $29.95 you can get your hands on some handwriting to text transcription software. Consumers can also print dot paper notepads for free.

Legacy Entertainment has released a joystick that doubles as an homage to the legendary Atari 2600 controller. The joystick just looks like an Atari controller, however. It’s fully Windows, OS X and Linux compatible and connects via USB. The company claims it will work flawlessly with "nearly any emulator" so you can seek out the original games that the joystick helped make so much fun. It costs just $14.99 and it’s currently available.

Well it’s been a long rollercoaster of a ride for Microsoft Windows who turned 25 yesterday. November 10, 1983 was the day that CEO Bill Gates unveiled the Windows operating system at New York’s Helmsley Palace Hotel to IBM associates. Although the OS didn’t ship for another two years, Gates was definitely correct in his prediction that Windows would rule IBM and personal computers.

You gotta love the GUI, which was bleeding edge for the day as well as the 5 1/2 inch floppies that the OS shipped on. Oh, those were the days.

If you are like me, you’re waiting anxiously for the arrival of Windows 7, coming sometime in 2009.

It’s Monday morning. The most dreaded part of the week. We figured we’d lighten the mood a bit by calling your attention to a really funny piece recently posted by the Onion. It’s a comparison graphic pitting Apple’s forthcoming Snow Leopard against Microsoft’s elusive Windows 7. Tongue is planted firmly in cheek with this one folks. Glance above for all of the hilarity.

According to it’s corporate bigwigs, Microsoft will releases Windows 7 in early 2010. That’s not the whole story, however. Ina Fried at CNET has heard from Microsoft Director Doug Howe that Windows 7 should be ready for general consumption by the 2009 holidays. Answering a question from Fried, Doug Howe said "Definitely the holiday focus is going to be on 7."

Using the Vista launch as a template, this would put the Windows 7 OS in the hands of OEMs and big business IT staffers by the middle of the year, just three months shy of consumers. Now we play the waiting game.