Brandon Dimmel

Xpy 1.1 Xpy 1.1 is a software tool that disables Windows XP components which communicate with Microsoft servers, thereby increasing privacy settings. http://xpy.whyeye.org Eagle Mode 0.81 Eagle Mode is an advanced zoom tool that provides a file ... manager, file viewer and player. It also includes a chess game, a 3D mines game, a netwalk game, a multi-function clock and some fractal fun. http://eaglemode.sourceforge.net This freeware software program is brought to you by MajorGeeks.com: The Original Spyware-Free Download Site, in partnership with Infopackets.com. Disclaimer: the above software ... (view more)

According to news agencies, Kaspersky Antivirus founder Eugene Kaspersky's son has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom in Russia. Unconfirmed reports, including a bulletin from BBC News, state that 20-year-old Ivan Kaspersky was nabbed while ... on his way to work. Eugene Kaspersky is the founder of Moscow-based security company Kaspersky Labs, a world leader in software designed to protect PCs from viruses and malware. The firm says its products are currently being used by more than 300 million people around the world, making it the third-largest security software company in the world. ... (view more)

Free Image Editor 2.4 Free Image Editor is a bitmap image-editing application that lets you retouch existing photos or create original graphics. Free Image Editor gives you the tools and supplies of a professional graphic design studio. Free Image ... Editor provides a rich graphics toolset for digital photography, print production and web design. http://www.softpedia.com Canon RAW Codec 1.9 Canon RAW Codec is a plug-in software that enables the import and display of Canon RAW image files when installed in Windows 7 32-bit version / Windows Vista (including SP1/SP2) 32-bit version / Windows XP ( ... (view more)

Fans of Apple's Safari web browser will soon be able to mask their online activity from online marketers via a handy new Do Not Track feature. The tool will be available with the release of Lion, an upcoming version of the Mac OS X operating system ... (OS), currently only available to developers. The public will get their hands on Lion (and thus Do Not Track) this summer. We're learning of the browser feature through online discussions of Lion on Twitter and various online forums. Microsoft, Mozilla Beat Apple to Punch Apple is by no means the first company to bring a Do Not Track feature to its ... (view more)

Canadian firm Research in Motion (RIM) has finally released its much-hyped PlayBook tablet , a new rival to Apple's iPad. Critics, however, are unsure of Playbook's offerings. The PlayBook boasts a number of features that are meant to set it apart ... from the pack. These include a proprietary operating system (OS) designed to maximize multitasking, and a touch screen navigation system. Tethering Options a Double-Edged Sword It's the PlayBook's many tethering options -- which connect the device seamlessly to RIM's BlackBerry -- that really distinguishes the tablet from those offered by ... (view more)

RSS Xpress 2.10.2 RSS Xpress is a basic news feed reader that allows users to read RSS feeds (supporting RSS versions 0.90, 0.91, 0.92, 1.0, 2.0.1 and atom 0.3, 1.0). The application includes the essential functionalities for using RSS feeds and ... even more. New messages are saved locally so that you can browse them offline. http://www.rsxpress.net Document.Editor 2011.16 This is a basic (but extremely handy) ribbon-based document viewer for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. It has the ability to open FlowDocument, XPS, HTML, Rich text and Text document formats. http://documentviewer. ... (view more)

MediaInfo 0.7.44 MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. View information in different formats, such as text, sheet, tree, HTML, etc. MediaInfo is free software (free of charge and free access to source code ... under the GPL or LGPL licence). http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net PhraseExpress 8.0.131 PhraseExpress organizes your frequently used text snippets in customizable categories for quick access, saving you hours of typing. PhraseExpress is the ideal solution for personnel in office, technical support, customer care, help desk, call center and medical or ... (view more)

Do you feel safe using Facebook? Given the social networking site's incredible growth in previous years, it would appear most people do. But one prominent security company says the site should do a whole lot more to protect its millions of users, ... and has made three major suggestions for beefing up Facebook's privacy shields. The suggestions include: Introduce major adjustments to the default privacy settings so that user data cannot be shared in any circumstance unless they give express consent. (Right now, people have to seek out and adjust these settings to keep people from snooping ... (view more)

Nvidia Forceware for Windows Vista / Win 7 270.61 For Nvidia graphics card users: this is the first WHQL-certified release from the 'Release 270' family of drivers (versions 270.xx to 274.xx). This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, ... 200, 300, 400, and 500-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs. This driver package also includes the 3D Vision Controller driver. http://www.nvidia.com Windows 7 Firewall Control 4.1 (Free) Windows 7 Firewall Control is a third-party program which helps to protect applications from undesirable network incoming and outgoing activity, controls ... (view more)

A Microsoft executive has jumped ship to the company's bitter rival, Apple. Kevin Timmons, general manager of Microsoft's Datacenter Services unit, has reportedly announced plans to leave the Redmond-based firm with rumors suggesting he'll soon take ... a similar position at the Cupertino, California competitor. "Kevin Timmons, general manager of Datacenter Services, has decided to pursue other career opportunities and is no longer working at Microsoft," a Microsoft representative noted in an April 15 email to tech blog, eWEEK. "We appreciate the contributions he made to Microsoft during his time ... (view more)