During a Tuesday night Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) dinner with bloggers, Jim Allchin, outgoing co-president of Microsoft platforms and services, shared some Vista tips and tricks. Among the insider tips Allchin shared with bloggers was related to ReadyBoost, the Vista feature that will allow users to up the amount of available system memory by using a USB key. ReadyBoost also will allow users to "borrow" memory over a network. No word on whether that capability will be enabled by the time Vista ships. Speaking of Vista, Bink.nu has an interesting link on licensing changes in Vista that potentially could curb piracy.