Brandon Dimmel

ChromeHistoryView 1.05 ChromeHistoryView is a small utility that reads the history data file of Google Chrome Web browser, and displays the list of all visited Web pages in the last days. You can select one or more history items, and them export ... them into HTML / XML / CSV / Text file, or copy the information to the clipboard and paste it into Excel. http://www.nirsoft.net doPDF 7.2.369 doPDF is a free PDF creator that does what the name suggests: it creates PDF files. Once installed it will allow you to convert any type of printable documents to PDF files. doPDF installs itself as a virtual ... (view more)

A recent Sears advertising mix-up has left many customers fuming with the company. In an online ad, the retail firm marketed a 16GB WiFi-only iPad 2 for just $69 -- one heck of a deal at approximately 86% off the retail price. Unfortunately, it was ... all just one heck of a mistake. Typically, this version of Apple's popular iPad 2 sells for about $499 through the parent company, meaning that the $69 deal represented an approximate savings of $490. Unfortunately, the many customers who thought they'd stumbled across a major bargain were informed that Sears would not honor the deal, with the ... (view more)

IPNetInfo 1.36 IPNetInfo is a small utility that allows you to easily find all available information about an IP address. For example. it can find: the owner of the IP address, the country / state name, IP addresses range, contact information ... (address, phone, fax, and email), and more. This utility can be very useful for finding the origin of unsolicited mail (though keep in mind, some IP addresses can be forged). You can simply copy the message headers from your email software and paste them into IPNetInfo utility. http://www.nirsoft.net Sigil 0.4.0 RC1 Sigil is a multi-platform WYSIWYG ( ... (view more)

SIV (System Information Viewer) 4.22 'System Information Viewer' is a general Windows utility for displaying lots of useful Windows, network and hardware info, including CPU info, PCI info, PCMCIA info, and USB info. System Information Viewer is ... designed for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and most earlier versions of the Microsoft OS. http://rh-software.com Microsoft Small Basic 0.95 Microsoft Small Basic puts the fun back into computer programming. With a friendly development environment that is very easy to master, it eases students of all ages into the world of programming. Small ... (view more)

The United States Defense Department has openly admitted that it was attacked by a hacker in the spring of 2011, the result being the loss of some 24,000 documents. It remains unclear exactly who was behind the attack, with Deputy Defense Secretary ... William J. Lynn III blaming "foreign intruders". Lynn recently announced the attack during a speech at the National Defense University. It was just one note in a very important discussion of the Defense Department's new strategy for preventing these kinds of attacks in the future. DoD a Perpetual Target for Hackers "The cyber threats we face are ... (view more)

A new rumor suggests that Microsoft will allow Windows 8 users to run Xbox 360 games on a PC. It would represent a fusion of two very distinct gaming platforms, and could threaten the distinctiveness of the Xbox 360. It's also a rumor that should be ... taken with a grain of salt. The rumor comes to us from popular tech blog Engadget, which reports that there exist references in Windows 8's kernel code that appear to tie the operating system (OS) to the Xbox 360 video game console, produced by Microsoft. (Source: engadget.com ) Xbox 360, Windows 8 Connection Unclear It's still very much unclear ... (view more)

Intel Chipset Identification Utility 6.0 The Intel Chipset Identification Utility helps you identify the Intel chipset on your motherboard. This information can be used to see if your system supports software like Intel Matrix Storage Manager, Intel ... Chipset Software Installation Utility, or Intel graphics drivers. http://www.intel.com BlueScreenView 1.35 BlueScreenView scans all your Windows 'minidump' log files created during 'blue screen of death' crashes, and displays the information about all crashes in one table. For each crash, BlueScreenView displays the minidump filename, the date / ... (view more)

SystemRescueCD 2.2 SystemRescueCd is a Linux system rescue disk available as a bootable CD-ROM or USB stick for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, ... such as creating and editing the hard disk partitions. http://www.sysresccd.org KeePass Password Safe 2.1.6 Today you need to remember many passwords. For example: you need a password for the Windows network logon, your e-mail account, your website's FTP password, online passwords (like website member account), etc. KeePass is a free open source ... (view more)

Trinity Rescue Kit 3.4 Build 372 Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) is a free live Linux distribution that aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues. It has an easy to use ... scrollable text menu that allows anyone who masters a keyboard and some English to perform maintenance and repair on a computer. http://trinityhome.org wPrime 2.05 wPrime 2.05 is a great, new multi-threaded benchmark tool for x86 processors. It conveniently tests your processor performance by calculating square roots with a recursive call of Newton's ... (view more)

On Thursday last week, the Washington Post admitted the Jobs section of its website had been hacked in June, a breach that led to the theft of 1.27 million user log-ins and email addresses. (Source: pcworld.com ) According to the Post, an ... "unauthorized third party" laid siege to the employment opportunities section of its website and on two occasions (June 27 and June 28) was able to access user information. Although log-in names and email addresses were lost, the Washington Post emphasizes that no passwords were stolen and that other personal information remained unaffected by the attack. ... (view more)