Brandon Dimmel

It looks like Apple fans will be able to learn about their favorite company's CEO earlier than expected -- perhaps even in time for the yet-unknown release of the iPad 3 tablet. Right now the Apple iPad 3 release date remains highly speculative -- ... though prominent Apple watchdog blog MacRumors believe it's possible we'll see the latest revision as early as the end of this year. (Source: latimes.com ) What is relatively certain, however, is that the new book "Steve Jobs: A Biography," will be available on November 21, 2011. The book is written by author Walter Isaacson, head of the Aspen ... (view more)

OpenRocket 1.1.7 OpenRocket is an free, fully featured model rocket simulator that allows you to design and simulate your rockets before actually building and flying them. OpenRocket features a full six-degree-of-freedom simulation, realistic wind ... modeling, a multitude of different components including free-form fins and canted fins, automatic design optimization, clustering and staging. http://openrocket.sourceforge.net HotShut v1 HotShut is a free tiny app which lets you do something very simple. It lets you shutdown, restart, lock or logoff your Windows computer instantly from your taskbar ... (view more)

This week, Walmart announced it would bow out of the digital music business , presumably because competition from Apple's iTunes proved too fierce. Now, it appears Apple's dominance of another market is forcing hardware firm Hewlett-Packard (HP) to ... take drastic action. HP has announced it will cut $100 from the price of its tablet PC, the TouchPad. The cost of the 16GB TouchPad tablet has dropped from $500 to $400, while the 32GB edition goes from $600 to $500. That means both choices are available for roughly $100 less than comparable iPads from Apple. (Source: wsj.com ) Apple iPad Market ... (view more)

Microsoft IntelliType Pro 8.20.468 IntelliType Pro software enables you to customize the unique features of your Microsoft keyboard. You can reassign keys to open a program, file, or Web page, or to perform commands and application-specific ... functions. You can also disable keys and modify scrolling and zoom slider performance. http://www.microsoft.com ResEdit 1.5.7 ResEdit is a resource editor for Windows programs. The original purpose was to help C++ developers to create resource scripts. Now it can also be used to modify any resource in PE files and compiled resource scripts (res files). ... (view more)

It might be the biggest retail company in the world, but Walmart has flat-out failed in its crusade to defeat digital music giants iTunes and Amazon.com. The company recently announced it will exit the market on August 29, 2011. Walmart opened its ... online doors to digital downloaders in beta form about eight years ago, not long after Apple first introduced its iTunes Music Store (a name since reduced to just iTunes). After some substantial testing, the final version of Walmart's digital store was unveiled in March 2004. Walmart's Low, Low Prices Not Enough Its main draw, unsurprisingly given ... (view more)

SimpleSysInfo 2.9 SimpleSysInfo 2.9 allows users to easily retrieve system / MS Windows information from their computers. Retrieved information can be sent anywhere by selecting the email button. It's also possible to print the information and save ... it to a text file. SimpleSysInfo even supports creating a HTML file. http://www.wieldraaijer.nl Money Manager Ex 0.9.8 Money Manager Ex is free, open-source, cross-platform, easy-to-use personal finance software. It primarily helps organize one's finances and keeps track of where, when and how the money goes. It is also a great tool to get a bird's ... (view more)

Internet Service Provider (ISP) Comcast has announced it plans to cut the price of its service for families that can demonstrate financial need. The company, which also offers cable TV and telephone service, is calling this new, cheap web plan ... 'Internet Essentials'. Comcast's new plan has a lot to do with its recent acquisition of NBC Universal, a deal that was completed earlier this year. In order to complete the agreement, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stipulated that Comcast would need to make broadband memberships available to 400,000 low-income households at a reasonable ... (view more)

DomainHostingView 1.0 DomainHostingView is a utility for Windows that collects extensive information about a domain by using a series of DNS and WHOIS queries, and generates HTML report that can be displayed in any Web browser. The information ... displayed by the report of DomainHostingView includes the hosting company or data center that hosts the Web server, mail server, and domain name server (DNS) of the specified domain. http://www.nirsoft.net QuickMail 0.1 QuickMail is based on a Metro user interface that allows you to send emails without having to open your webmail/email-client. There's ... (view more)

According to a new report, the world's population will reach nine billion in just 39 years. The finding is raising new questions about our ability to handle that kind of growth, particularly in regions where population expansion is expected to rise ... fastest. The study comes from Professor David Bloom and can be found in a recent publication from the Harvard School of Public Health. Right now our global population is just under seven billion people. Bloom predicts that the number will increase to nine billion by 2050, and ten billion by the end of the century. (Source: secaucusnewjersey.org ) ... (view more)

iPhone Explorer 0.9.26.1 With the iPhone Explorer can you view the file system of your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and download and upload files by USB connection, regardless of file format. With this function users can use their iPhone / iPad / ... iPod as an external disk. The program supports direct access to the photo, email, SMS, and video directories. http://www.software4u.de Rainmeter 2.1 r895 Beta Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform. Through Rainmeter, you can enhance your Windows computer at home or work with skins: handy, compact applets which float freely on your desktop, ... (view more)