Brandon Dimmel

Shutdownwin 1.5 Shutdownwin is a free, simple software utility tool that can be used to set the time a computer will initiate shut down, restart, or suspension of the Windows operating system. You can cancel the planned operation at any time just by ... double clicking the tray icon on the Windows tray bar. http://falcosoft.tk Desktop Movie 2.0 Desktop Movie is a simple software application that can be used to play movie files on your desktop. The player projects the movie onto the desktop background, effectively replacing the existing background image while the movie rolls. This Desktop Movie ... (view more)

Startup Delayer 3.0.324 Startup Delayer is a free software utility that gives you the option of optimizing your Startup Process. It works by delaying the startup of applications that would normally consume computer resources while the computer is ... first booting up. By delaying certain applications during the start up process, your computer becomes usable a lot faster. Startup Delayer will then start launching your delayed applications without noticeably slowing down your computer's responsiveness. http://www.r2.com RegFromApp 1.23 RegFromApp monitors the registry changes made by various ... (view more)

Under intense pressure from rivals Google, Apple, and Amazon, Barnes & Noble has decided to reduce the prices of its Nook Color and Tablet devices. The reductions range from $20 to $50. Barnes & Noble hardware takes two forms: the Nook Color ... and the Nook Tablet . The 7-inch Color is primarily an e-reader device that allows users to peruse electronic versions of books and share their collections with friends. The Nook Color features a 8GB hard drive. Until recently, it sold for $169 USD. However, that price has now been dropped to $149. Price of 16GB Nook Tablet Cut By $50 Barnes & Noble ... (view more)

A new report suggests that Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 RT-based tablet computer, Surface , will retail for $199. Observers expect that such a price point is more likely to place Microsoft in direct competition with Google than with Apple. The ... report comes from the prominent tech blog Engadget. It states that the basic version of the 10.6-inch Surface, running on Microsoft's bare-bones Windows 8 RT (or runtime) operating system (OS), will cost $199. (Source: engadget.com ) That's the same price as Google's recently released 7-inch Nexus 7 and the similarly-sized Kindle Fire from Amazon. It' ... (view more)

Google Translate for Android 2.5 Google Translate for Android devices is a new, free software program that helps you break through language barriers. The system can translate words and phrases between more than 64 languages. For most languages, you ... simply speak your phrases in one language and will immediately hear the corresponding translations in another language. http://play.google.com Database .NET 7.0.461 Database .NET is an innovative, powerful and intuitive multiple database management tool. With it, you can browse objects, design tables, edit rows, export data and run queries, all by ... (view more)

Sublight 3.6.2 Sublight is a popular Windows application that can be used to search for and download subtitles for your favorite movies and television series. It is available in multiple languages and is compatible with all versions of Windows from ... Windows 2000 to Windows 7. http://www.sublight.si PNGGauntlet 3.1.2 PNGGauntlet compresses PNG image files without sacrificing image quality. This program is also capable of converting other image file types -- including JPEG, GIF, TIFF, and BMP -- to the PNG format. PNGGauntlet is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux. http://pnggauntlet.com This ... (view more)

The Apple App Store might be the single most important reason for Apple's dominance of the smartphone and tablet markets. But Valve, which is responsible for the wildly popular Steam video game distribution platform, now appears ready to challenge ... Apple, Microsoft, and Google with its own app store. According to reports, Valve is preparing to expand its operations into non-gaming areas, including computer applications. For those not familiar with Steam, it's basically an app store for video games. With tens of millions of users and more than one thousand games available for instant download, ... (view more)

Office 2010 Trial Extender 1.0.0.6 Microsoft Office 2010 normally needs to be activated after 30 days, or else it stops working. Corporate users are allowed to "rearm" the Office suite five times, allowing them a total of 180 days for evaluating the ... product before they must buy it or stop using it. But private users are not given this same privilege. This free software tool allows anyone to "rearm" the Office suite of software five times. Just re-apply before the 30 days trial expires. Note: the software may sometimes warn that the Office suite has already been rearmed ... (view more)

It will be a busy week for IT administrators as Microsoft rolls out fixes for five critical vulnerabilities in its products -- including both Windows and Internet Explorer -- and as Adobe issues patches for similar flaws in its Reader and Acrobat ... programs. As part of its monthly Patch Tuesday update, Microsoft plans to release nine security bulletins on August 14, 2012. Five of those nine bulletins have been designated "critical", the Redmond, Washington-based firm's highest security rating. Windows, Internet Explorer Receive Updates Those five critical bulletins address serious ... (view more)

There has been quite a lot of discussion in recent months about the integration of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system (OS) with the company's current video game console (the Xbox 360), its next-gen gaming system (code-named "Durango") ... and its online gaming platform, Xbox Live. There are even rumors that the next version of the Xbox (which is expected to get its first unveiling at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, next year) will use an operating system very similar to Windows 8 . Xbox Achievements Makes Games More Fun, Addictive So it's no big surprise that Microsoft has ... (view more)