Brandon Dimmel

Tomorrow is the second Tuesday of the month, which means it's Microsoft Patch Tuesday . This month's patches address 22 software vulnerabilities and are associated with four security updates that address flaws in Microsoft Windows and Visio 2003. ... Without applying the patches, PCs remain vulnerable to attacks. Only one of the security updates has been marked "critical." So far, this is the third-most number of fixes offered in a single month for 2011. The number of fixes this month (22) is behind 34 patches issued in June and the record-breaking 64 vulnerabilities addressed in April ... (view more)

Fusion 2.0.4 Fusion is a program that merges several images of the same scene into one image. You can merge photos taken with the same exposure or images taken with different exposures. When blending together images taken with different exposure, ... the program creates an image with high dynamic range of brightness (HDR). Subsequent tone mapping to low range (LDR) uses nonlinear algorithms and allows preserving maximum details of the original images. http://fusion.ns-point.com STDU Viewer 1.6.2.0 STDU Viewer is a file viewer which handles multiple file formats. The goal of this software is to ... (view more)

Terrafugia's flying car , which has been in development for some time, has been given the 'thumbs up' by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) -- meaning it should start appearing on U.S. highways soon. The NHTSA has granted ... Terrafugia's drive-able plane -- called the Transition -- a special exemption that will allow the company to begin shipping units from its Massachusetts plant (after final testing, that is). Terrafugia says the Transition will be ready for manufacturing this year, with the first completed units being shipped out early in 2012. (Source: foxnews.com ) ... (view more)

FreeSizer 1.0 FreeSizer is an easy to use tool to quickly create resized copies of your pictures that can be sent by email or uploaded to the web. Simply drag and drop one or more photos into the list, select a resizing profile and click a button. ... http://www.freesizer.com Core FTP Lite 2.2.1687 Now you can download Core FTP LE, free Windows software that includes the client FTP features you need. Features include browser integration, site to site transfers, FTP transfer resume, drag and drop support, file viewing & editing, firewall support, custom commands, FTP URL parsing, command line ... (view more)

Win7 MAC Changer 1.0.0.0 Beta Win7 MAC Address Changer v1.0 Beta enables users to change the MAC (Media Access Control) address temporarily, which is used to identify hardware devices such as network cards, modems, etc. This software enables the ... user to spoof the MAC address used by the network interface card (both wired and wireless cards) in Windows-based machines. http://soonware.blogspot.com Scott's Gmail Alert 5.5 With Scott's Gmail Alert you can monitor any number of Gmail inboxes and labels and customize each account with individual colors and sounds. You can also instantly reply to ... (view more)

NeoRouter Free 1.5.0.2810 NeoRouter is an ideal remote access and VPN (virtual private network) program. It mobilizes your office network and enables you and your teammates to work securely from anywhere. Access home computers securely from anywhere ... and work remotely with office applications, files, emails and printers. http://www.neorouter.com Dooble Web Browser 1.23 Dooble is a new Open Source Web browser that focuses on compactness, security, and stability. Dooble is the only Web browser that encodes a user's browsing information. http://dooble.sourceforge.net This freeware software ... (view more)

A senior Research in Motion (RIM) employee has publically snubbed the management of his (or her) own company, recommending that executives to "stop shipping incomplete products that aren't ready for the end user." The embarrassing letter comes ... amidst rumors that Microsoft may buy up the flagging firm. Open Letter Asks CEOs to Step Aside The open letter was sent to both RIM co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie as well as online news site BGR. It makes a number of shocking statements, highlighted by a demand that management lay off unproductive workers. It also encourages Balsillie and ... (view more)

Fox News has reported that one of its Twitter accounts was recently breached by hackers. The hacked account was then used to post fake reports that President Barack Obama had been assassinated in Iowa while visiting a local restaurant. (Source: ... wsj.com ) Fake Tweet Stays Live for 9 Hours It's not known for sure who was behind the attack, though there are a number of suspects. Whoever it was, they made fixing the problem a hassle by changing account passwords, preventing Fox News from easily removing the post and offering an explanation. In total, the falsified tweet stayed live for about nine ... (view more)

Google says it's currently seeing 500,000 Android phone activations every single day, meaning that their devices actually outpace those running Apple software. The stat comes from Google's Android chief, Andy Rubin. Rubin boasted about the ... 500K-per-day plateau in a Twitter tweet, and it's not the first time he's done it. Back in December he told us all that Android had hit 300,000 activations per day, then updated us in May with news that the tally had officially reached 400,000. According to Rubin, Android's growth rate currently sits at 4.4 per cent per week. (Source: computerworld.com ) ... (view more)

Dialupass 3.16 This utility enumerates all dialup / VPN (virtual private network) entries on your computers. It displays their logon details, including user name, password, and domain. You can use it to recover a lost password for your Internet ... connection or VPN. Dialupass also allows you to save the dialup / VPN list into text / html / csv / xml file, or copy it to the clipboard. http://www.nirsoft.net Protected Storage PassView 1.63 Protected Storage PassView is a small utility that reveals the passwords stored on your computer by Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and MSN Explorer. The ... (view more)