Brandon Dimmel

Just how did Microsoft fare last quarter? Pretty well, according to company chief financial officer Peter Klein, who recently indicated that strong consumer support for Kinect and Windows 7 resulted in better than expected earnings. Total quarterly ... revenue has been pegged at $19.95 billion with $6.63 billion in net income. Those numbers are based on surprising growth in a number of different areas, including the company's Business Division, which saw revenue grow 24 per cent over the same period in 2009. (Source: eweek.com ) Windows 7 Sales Surpass 300M Plateau Windows 7 has certainly proven ... (view more)

SilentEye 0.4.1 SilentEye is a cross-platform application design for an easy use of steganography, in this case hiding messages into picture or sound files. It provides an easy to use interface and an easy integration of new steganography algorithm ... and cryptography process by using a plug-ins system. Three main plug-ins family exists, including the format plug-in: using BMP and JPEG; audio format plug-ins: support for .WAV files; cryptography plug-ins allow application to encrypt data before hiding them, for example using AES 256. http://www.silenteye.org VideoInspector 2.2.7.125 ... (view more)

Microsoft plans to release fixes for twelve security bulletins tomorrow, three of which have been deemed "critical". Those who don't bother with the update could find themselves vulnerable to several remote code execution threats. Microsoft started ... the year quietly with a small set of patches for its January Patch Tuesday. That's changed this month, as the company now prepares to fix three "critical" and nine "important" bulletins. Flaws in Every Version of Windows Addressed Arguably, the most serious issue addressed on Tuesday will be a much-needed fix for Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) ... (view more)

Since high definition televisions (HDTVs) first made a splash in the electronics market five years ago, at no point have sales of these devices actually declined -- that is, until now. According to a recent report from the Consumer Electronics ... Association, consumers simply aren't buying high definition televisions right now, meaning it's expected prices could come down significantly in the coming months. The Consumer Electronics Association report points to one glaring statistic: in 2010, 34.4 million TV sets were shipped by manufacturers. That's down 500,000 from 2009, the first time there's ... (view more)

Despite Microsoft's recent success of Kinect and Windows 7, the once-dominant web browser Internet Explorer (IE) has fallen on tough times. According to a recent report, Internet Explorer market share has fallen to new lows -- despite a newsworthy ... IE9 beta debut, which had 2 million users download Internet Explorer 9 beta in just two days. In contrast, Google's Chrome browser is steadily advancing in popularity. January 2011 represented a record month for Chrome, which cracked the 10 per cent market share barrier for the very first time. Chrome's first public release was September 2, 2008. ... (view more)

Complete System Tuneup 2.1.0.2 Complete System Tuneup is an all-in-one utility designed to help maintain a PC. Its main purpose is to provide faster access to Windows system tools, including: Disk Cleanup, Disk Defragmenter, System Restore, ... Performance Monitor, and more. http://www.cilsoftware.com ArtSage 1.00.05 ArtSage is a small graphics viewer. It displays the image files (JPG, etc.) in a folder tree. Features and options include slideshow (timer, windowed / fullscreen / wallpaper, stay on top), transparency (blend, opacity), loop (pause / exit, reshuffle) and sort (forward / reverse / ... (view more)

Despite personal health problems sidelining its CEO, Apple appears to be having a very good fiscal year. The company recently reported it had experienced a whopping 78 per cent hike in quarterly profit, helped along significantly by holiday sales ... frenzies generated by the iPad, iPhone and various Mac computers. According to analyst reports, Apple's net income for the first fiscal quarter increased to an incredible $6 billion from just $3.38 billion the year prior. This means a rather remarkable increase in the value of the company's shares, from $3.67 each to $6.43. Apple's Record-Breaking ... (view more)

Microsoft has issued a formal warning that all versions of the Windows operating system (OS) are vulnerable to a new exploit. The vulnerability could allow attackers access to sensitive data (such as passwords) after a user unknowingly clicks on a ... malicious web link. The flaw is related to the way online content is viewed via the web browser Internet Explorer (IE). According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft late last week admitted that the vulnerability exists and that it affects every version of Windows, from Windows XP to Vista, Windows 7 and even Windows Server. Malicious Web Link ... (view more)

Panda Batch File Renamer 1.3 RC Beta Panda Batch File Renamer is an easy to use utility for changing the names of multiple files. The intuitive interface provides a flexible way to quickly alter file names. The current and final file names are shown ... side-by-side on the screen and any changes are displayed on screen immediately. http://animalsoftware.kodingen.com Cain and Abel 4.9.38 Cain and Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft operating systems. It allows easy recovery of passwords used by networks, password boxes, and more. Cain and Abel has been developed in the hope that it will ... (view more)

A woman has been awarded a $10,000 prize by Apple for downloading the 10 billionth iTunes application. Interestingly, when Gail Davis was called by Apple with the good news, she assumed it was the work of telemarketers and immediately hung up the ... phone. "I thought it was a prank call," said Davis, who lives in Orpington, England. Frustrated with what she thought was a joke, Davis snapped "Thank you very much, [but] I'm not interested." (Source: msn.com ) Daughters Responsible for App Download Davis had good reason to be suspicious. After all, she doesn't even own an iPod capable of ... (view more)