Brandon Dimmel

WMP Tag Plus 2.2 This handy little tool is a Windows Media Player (WMP) utility that allows you to quickly and easily read and write tags for unique audio formats like FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, and WavPack, Monkey's Audio, Musepack, and MPEG-4. ... http://bmproductions.fixnum.org/ SearchMyFiles 2.46 Looking for an alternative to Windows' "Search For Files and Folders" tool? NirSoft's SearchMyFiles allows you to quickly search for files stored on your system by using a wide range of unique filters, including last modified time, last created time, file attributes, file content, and file size. ... (view more)

Don't think your fast food is delivered fast enough? Then you might want to check out one fast food cafe that delivers burgers, nachos, fries, and other fatty (and delicious) items using a series of pneumatic tubes. The advantage: food travels from ... the kitchen to the table at a speed of approximately 87 miles per hour (MPH). That system is currently being used by C1 Espresso, a hybrid burger joint / cafe located in Christchurch, New Zealand. The cafe's owner, Sam Crofskey, says he was inspired by the Tube Transport System shown in the popular animated TV series "Futurama". Pneumatic Tubes ... (view more)

Google has revealed its top search terms for 2013. Topping the list: gadgets, dead people, terrorist attacks, and natural disasters. Google broke its top search terms into several categories, including People, Events, Athletes, Consumer Electronics, ... Movies, Performing Artists, and TV Shows. Death Casts Shadow Over Popular Search Terms The people Google users searched for the most: recently deceased South African leader Nelson Mandela and American actor Paul Walker, who was killed in a high-speed traffic accident a few weeks ago. Google users also searched for Pakistani education activist ... (view more)

Twitter 5.0 This is the official Twitter application. Don't know what Twitter is all about? It's a new type of social media tool that lets you get instant updates from your friends and family, keep tabs on the work of your favorite celebrities and ... experts, and receive up-to-the-minute local and national news. https://twitter.com/ PDF24 Creator 6.2.0 Create PDF files from virtually any application using PDF24 Creator. This freeware program supports multiple languages and includes several exciting features, such as merge, split, extract, and copy. There's also an integrated preview feature. ... (view more)

Prey 0.6.2 Worried about losing your data to smartphone thieves? Track your lost or stolen smartphone with Prey, which uses a device's built-in global positioning system components to help you find a device. This tool is compatible with Windows, Mac ... OS, iOS, Linux, and Android. http://preyproject.com/ Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.8.0 Addicted to Minecraft? Take the game with you all over town with Minecraft: Pocket Edition. New features include mine carts, rails, increased viewing distance, improved textures and colors, and enhanced artificial intelligence. http://mojang.com This freeware ... (view more)

Microsoft will revive the complete Start Menu in a future version of its Windows operating system. That's the claim of Windows insider Paul Thurrott, who says he has learned from sources at the Redmond, Washington-based firm that the Start Menu ... could be back as soon as 2015. Thurrott suggests the new Start Menu could be far closer to the interface seen in Windows 7. Microsoft introduced what Computerworld calls a "pseudo-Start button" with Windows 8.1 (or Windows 'Blue'), which was released this fall. Thurrott's claim has resulted in an explosion of speculation about how and when the Start ... (view more)

Tired of being told not to use your smartphone on a commercial flight? There's good news. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to lift the long-running and often criticized ban on in-flight cell / smartphone use. The FCC voted 3-2 ... in favor of ditching the measure late last week. But there's still one major hurdle left: the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which has final say on whether or not you should be allowed to use a handheld electronic device while a plane is in the air. "The FAA is the expert agency on determining which devices can be used on airplanes," noted ... (view more)

HeavyLoad 3.3 Test the durability of your system with HeavyLoad. As the name suggests, this program stresses your system to see how each one of your components responds. Using this tool you can stress your CPU, graphics card, and hard disk. ... http://www.jam-software.com/ Spotflux Lite 2.9.16 Protect your identity and data with Spotflux Lite, a Chrome browser extension that encrypts all of the data sent while surfing the web. Spotflux is easy to download, install, and use on a computer, tablet, or smartphone. http://www.spotflux.com This freeware software program is brought to you by MajorGeeks. ... (view more)

It's been a tough couple of months for users of Yahoo Mail. Not long ago the Internet firm pushed out an overhauled user interface that alienated more users than it pleased . Now, many Yahoo Mail users can't even connect to their accounts and check ... their messages. Yahoo Mail has been suffering outages since early last week. When reports of the outage first emerged, Yahoo took to Twitter to acknowledge that it was experiencing technical difficulties, but promised the issues would be resolved quickly. Yahoo Mail Users Knocked Offline For Days "We know some of our users are unable to use Yahoo ... (view more)

Copycats are now using their own version of the CryptoLocker ransomware scam to steal hundreds of dollars from victims. The new malware is called 'Locker' and demands targets pay $150 USD to reclaim lost files. Locker was recently discovered by ... security firm IntelCrawler, which says the new malware is basically the same as CryptoLocker: after an infection takes hold, files are scrambled and only retrieved after a ransom is paid. So far, Locker infections have been reported in the United States, Holland, Germany, Turkey, and Russia. In the US, people in Washington DC, Texas, and Missouri have ... (view more)