Brandon Dimmel

Looking for a bargain on an uber-popular smartphone this holiday season? From this point until December 11, Radio Shack is selling the Apple iPhone for drastically reduced prices, highlighted by a trade-in deal that cuts the price of an iPhone 4 ... 16GB model to just $24. The Radio Shack deal goes something like this: $50 is being knocked off the contract price of the iPhone 4 smartphone, with the 32GB model reduced to $249, the 16GB down to $149, and the iPhone 3GS cut to just $49. (Source: mobileburn.com ) This is the lowest price for the iPhone from any well-recognized retailer in the United ... (view more)

There was good news and bad news this week for Microsoft. First, the good news: the Redmond-based firm saw the beta version of its Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser reach the 15 million download plateau. Next, the bad: usage of Google's Chrome ... browser jumped almost a percentage point in one month alone, eating up market share lost as users move away from Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). When the Internet Explorer 9 beta was first made available back in September, approximately 2 million users jumped on board in less than two days. Since then, an additional 13 million users have downloaded the ... (view more)

System Explorer 2.4.0 System Explorer is free, award winning software for exploration and management of System Internals. This small software includes many useful tools which help you keep your system under control. With System Explorer, you get ... also fast access to the "File Database" which help you to determine unwanted processes or threats. System Explorer is translated into 21 languages and is available for download in installer and portable version. http://www.systemexplorer.net VisualRoute Lite Edition 14.0g VisualRoute Lite Edition is free for home users to test their Internet ... (view more)

Users of Windows 7 64-bit that use AVG Antivirus received a rather unpleasant surprise earlier this week. A recent AVG security update reportedly bricked these systems, presenting users with the infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSoD), thus making ... their PCs virtually unusable. The update was automatically distributed to AVG Antivirus users on Wednesday night. Those who downloaded the update found their systems caught in a repetitive reboot loop. Users of both free and paid versions of the software have been affected. AVG Apologizes for Poisoned Antivirus Update Since the problem was first ... (view more)

EASEUS Todo Backup BETA 2.0 Protect your files and system with EASEUS Todo Backup 2.0. Todo Backup features system and file backup, incremental backup and backup schedule to make backup a simple task. Disk and partition backup, file backup as well ... as backup plan, disk and partition clone and wipe are all available in this version. This beta is available until December 31st. http://www.todo-backup.com TheWorld Browser 3.3.0.8 TheWorld Browser created by Phoenix Studio is a multi-tab and multi-window web browser. It is completely free and there is no function limitation. It has no bundled ... (view more)

Looking for the ultimate netbook / tablet just in time for the Holidays? One might consider the new Inspiron Duo from Dell -- the Optimus Prime of netbooks. It literally transforms between a standard semi-lightweight word processor / web browser to ... an even more portable tablet PC, heavily inspired by Apple's iPad. But is it a real winner deserving of a place on Santa's list? Engadget, which recently reviewed the product, isn't so sure. The $550 Inspiron Duo at first looks like a slightly more stylish 10.1-inch netbook (using 2GB RAM, dual-core Intel Atom Processor and Windows 7), with its ... (view more)

BulletsPassView 1.00 BulletsPassView is a password recovery tool that reveals the passwords stored behind the bullets in the standard password text-box of the Internet Explorer web browser. After revealing the passwords, you can easily copy them to ... the clipboard or save them into Text / HTML / CSV / XML file. http://www.nirsoft.net Scribus 1.3.9 Scribus is an Open Source Desktop Publishing (like MS Word) program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux / UNIX, Mac OS X, and Windows platforms with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page ... (view more)

There are plenty of rumors about the final release date for Google's Chrome operating system (OS), but that hasn't stopped the search giant from touting its wide-ranging applications. In a recent report, a Google executive boasts that most ... businesses could easily switch out Windows in favor of Chrome OS once the final version is released to the public. Chrome OS Stripped Down, Simplified Google's upcoming Chrome operating system is designed to be a stripped-down and simplified operating system that competes directly with Microsoft's Windows and Apple's Leopard. Few industry insiders have a ... (view more)

The United States government has shut down a total of 82 websites accused of selling pirated goods, including music and movies. But these aren't just torrents: amongst the targeted pages are those that sell clothing, sunglasses, and even handbags. ... The seizure orders came from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") agencies and apply to eight states in addition to Washington, D.C. A selection of the sites includes Torrent-finder.com, DVDscollection.com, Sunglasses-mall.com, and NFLjerseysupply.com. ( ... (view more)

Data Crow 3.9 Data Crow is a media cataloguer and media organizer, which allows you to create a huge database containing all your collected items. Use online services to retrieve the information of your items (CD, DVDs, for example) instead of ... typing all the information yourself. http://www.datacrow.net BienneSoft YouTube Downloader 2.6.3 YouTube Downloader is software that allows you to download videos from YouTube, Facebook, Google Video, Yahoo Video, and many others and convert them to other video formats. The program is easy to use, just specify the URL for the video you want to download ... (view more)