Brandon Dimmel

A survey of British behavior on Facebook suggests the vast majority of pictures on the social network display intoxication, and that users are generally ignoring privacy controls. The survey, conducted by MyMemory, asked 1,781 British Facebook users ... about photographs they had posted or those in which they had been "tagged". While the sample size isn't what most scientists would consider large, the results are somewhat interesting. An astounding 76 per cent of all photos in the study showed those in the picture were drinking alcohol or had recently consumed alcoholic beverages. Scandalous ... (view more)

Microsoft Junk Email Filter for Outlook 2003 This update provides Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with a more current definition of which e-mail messages should be considered junk e-mail. Supported operating systems include Windows 2000, Windows ... Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. http://www.microsoft.com TeamViewer 7.0.12299 TeamViewer allows you to host online meetings with up to 25 people. The software connects to any PC or server anywhere in the world within a few seconds. You can then remote control your partner's PC as if you were sitting in front of it. More than 100 million ... (view more)

Nero DiscSpeed 7.0.2.1 Nero DiscSpeed is an excellent, easy-to-use benchmarking tool for testing the operational capabilities of a recorder. A multi-functional tool, Nero DiscSpeed also tests the speed of your CD/DVD disc drive and benchmarks the ... speed capabilities of blank discs. http://www.nero.com PureSync 3.5 PureSync by Jumping Bytes is a Windows program designed to help synchronize files and folders, and to perform backups automatically in the background. It's easy-to-use, free, but features a wide range of useful synchronization features. [Note: the link does not appear to work in ... (view more)

Last year, the FCC announced it would be making plans to update and allow text messages, pictures, and streaming video for 911 emergencies via cell phones . Now, a new technology will allow Facebook users a way to discuss their problems with a ... professional via live chat. Facebook has recently announced a partnership with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The program will give social networking users who experience clinical depression a new way to find help quickly and privately. Friends can Report to Facebook Team If a suicidal memo is left on a Facebook wall, for example, friends ... (view more)

Ultrabooks have been in the news lately as PC makers challenge Apple for dominance of the high-speed, ultra lightweight laptop-sized PC market niche. Apple's MacBook Air, which effectively set the standard for the Ultrabook market for several years, ... offers lightning-fast processing speed and a display size much larger than the average netbook. The price point for Apple's Macbook Air (and non-Apple Ultrabooks similar to it) sell at a price point upwards of well over $1,000. Until now, Ultrabooks lacked a DVD/Blu-ray optical disc drive; however, Samsung is hoping to change that. Optical Disc ... (view more)

GOM Player 2.1.36.5083 GOM Player is a media player for viewing videos and playing music on a PC. It comes equipped with all of the most popular video codecs (XviD, DivX, FLV1, OGG, MP4, H263 and more) by default, so downloading and installing ... extras is rarely necessary. For those videos that do require a separate codec, GOM Media Player will find one and direct you to a site where you can download an open source version. This way, you won't get stuck with unnecessary codecs on your system. http://www.gomlab.com PulpTunes 1.3.1 If you've got a huge music collection in your iTunes at home and ... (view more)

Microsoft has fixed a major vulnerability exploited by the nasty Duqu Worm with its most recent Patch Tuesday series of security updates, which started rolling out yesterday. The total number of patches fix 17 vulnerabilities in Windows. (Source: ... eweek.com ) Unfortunately, the company still hasn't issued a fix for a serious browser flaw ominously known as BEAST (Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS). The BEAST exploit was first discovered in September of this year and was responsible for cracking Paypal encrypted browser cookies. (Source: theregister.co.uk ) Of the 17 vulnerabilities noted, ... (view more)

System Restore Explorer 0.0.5 Beta System Restore Explorer is a tool which allows you to browse system restore points on your computer and select individual ones for deletion, which is helpful for freeing up disk space. It also allows you to mount ... the contents of a restore point into a folder so you can browse and copy individual files, without the need to perform a full system restore. http://nicbedford.co.uk Foxit Reader 5.1.3.1201 The Foxit Reader is a small, fast, and feature rich PDF viewer which allows you to open, view, and print any PDF file. Unlike other free PDF readers, Foxit ... (view more)

It's neither a bird, nor a plane, nor Superman. The giant object now appearing next to the planet Mercury remains a mystery. UFO followers believe it could be an alien ship. Scientists, however, aren't convinced. The object appears in a number of ... images taken by a NASA telescope named Heliospheric Imager-1, which was focused on a coronal ejection from the Sun. In a sequence where the telescope observes a solar flare, viewers can clearly see a massive circular object moving around in the frame. YouTube Video Arouses Speculation Video of the object next to Mercury has been posted to YouTube, ... (view more)

FJScan (FlashJetScan) 2.0 FJScan is a handy utility designed to scan and manage documents in a logical way so users can more easily find their documents. The purpose is to avoid using paper-based bills and other documents. With FJScan, you can scan ... pages easily and save them for retrieval without the mess of bulky paper documents. http://sites.google.com Rockmelt 1.2.189.1 RockMelt is a web browser that provides built-in social networking notifications (such as Facebook and Twitter), photo sharing and news feeds without having to install any third-party addons. http://www.rockmelt.com This ... (view more)