Brandon Dimmel

Valve Corporation, which is behind the major online video game retailer and social networking platform Steam, has been hacked. According to reports, gamer credit cards have been compromised, as well. Steam is a major online gaming platform that ... provides nearly 2,000 games for play by some 35 million users based in 237 countries. Not only can visitors to the site download games, but they can also use the platform to easily organize multiplayer sessions, and can interact with one another through instant messaging. User Database Infiltrated by Hackers Given the massive size of Steam's user base ... (view more)

GTweak 1.56 GTweak is a command-line script that can be used for tweaking Windows operating systems. It has two modes of operation: Wizard Mode (for average-skill users) and normal, prompt mode (also called advanced mode). Almost all tweaks are ... reversible. http://gtweak.prv.pl BulkFileChanger 1.20 BulkFileChanger is a small utility for Windows that allows you to create a list of files residing in multiple folders. You can then modify each file's created / modified / accessed time, change their file attributes, run an executable (with these files as a parameter), or copy / cut paste into ... (view more)

Seven people have been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly infiltrating millions of computers and using them to pocket some $14 million in fraudulent advertising revenue. Six of the defendants hail from Estonia and one from ... Russia. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the seven were able to gain access to an estimated four million computers worldwide, and infect them with a form of malware that successfully diverted web traffic to sites that would pay the scheme's participants a percentage of advertising revenue. When users of these infected computers attempted to ... (view more)

MyPorts 2011 2.01.03 MyPorts 2010 is a program specifically designed to look for open communication ports on your PC using TCP and UDP. The program displays each local port and its address, each remote port and its address, and which process owns ... each port. This could be useful when looking for trojans, keyloggers or other malware "listening" for incoming calls. http://www.fewbyte.com SafariCacheView 1.0 SafariCacheView is a simple utility for Windows that reads and parses the cache file of Safari Web browser (cache.db) and displays a simple table listing all cached files. ... (view more)

Core Temp 1.0 RC2 Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, yet powerful program designed to monitor your computer's processor temperature and other vital internal information. Unlike other monitoring software, Core Temp is capable of displaying the ... temperature of each individual core in every processor within your system. You can even see the temperature fluctuations in real time as your computer's workload varies. http://www.alcpu.com Splash Lite 1.70 Splash Lite provides the best video quality with a unique user experience. It plays all High Definition MPEG-2 and AVC/H.264 camcorder clips and ... (view more)

The complaint that Facebook prioritizes its own revenue targets above user security is hardly new. However, there is something fresh about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's recent attempt to distract users by pointing a finger at other tech companies ... -- most notably Microsoft, Google and Yahoo -- accusing them of being far less privacy conscious than Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg, the 27-year-old billionaire founder and CEO of Facebook, recently appeared on the Charlie Rose TV show to discuss his company's growth and, as usual, ongoing concerns with the way the site handles the personal information ... (view more)

Scribus 1.4.0 RC6 Beta Scribus is a desktop publishing system, sort of like a word processor on steroids (example: MS Word). It's an open source program that is compatible with Windows, Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4/eComStation with a ... combination of press-ready output and new approaches to page design. Underneath a modern and user-friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as color separations, CMYK and Spot Color support, ICC color management, and versatile PDF creation. http://wiki.scribus.net Mozilla Lightning Project 1.0 Final Mozilla Lightning brings ... (view more)

A few weeks ago Amazon.com announced it would be stepping into the tablet arena with an adaptation of its popular Kindle e-reader. Now, it appears that Barnes & Noble will be releasing a similar device, which has been a major rival for the ... Kindle for the last few years. Details about the Nook tablet were leaked to the media this past week. Some of the specifications are impressive, though it appears the slate will retail for slightly more money than its major competitor. (Source: slashgear.com ) Nook e-Reader Hardware Specs According to reports, the upcoming Nook tablet will house 16GB of ... (view more)

Driver Magician Lite 3.81 Driver Magician is a program that can extract your hardware drivers from MS Windows, and store them onto a location of your choice. This is especially useful if you've misplaced your old driver CDs and need to reinstall ... Windows, for example. http://www.drivermagician.com EMDB 1.35 EMDB is a small utility to keep track of your DVD collection. It offers an automatic import from the database of IMDB, export to CSV, text or complete website, thumbnail cover preview, a loan tracker, search function and multi-language user interface. EMDB is written in C++ using Microsoft ... (view more)

Recently, Apple announced it would revamp its popular MacBook Pro line of laptop computers. Now, a new report suggests the Cupertino-based company will provide similar updates and upgrades for all of its major products, including the MacBook Air, ... iPad tablet computer, and iPhone, in 2012. The new MacBook Pro has much-improved hardware, including faster processors and larger hard drives. Luckily for Apple fans, the new MacBook Pro's price point hasn't changed, even though the new hardware upgrades offer considerably better performance than before. iPad Updates, iPad 3 Expected by Late 2012 ... (view more)