Brandon Dimmel

Thu
22
Aug
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Web Browser Error Rates Revealed by New Study

A new study has found that Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser is more error-prone than every one of its major competitors. But there is some good news for Microsoft and avid IE users. The study was carried out by software development company ... Sauce Labs, which offers developers an automated testing system designed to save time and hassle. Its recent browser study was no small operation: Sauce Labs used 55 million tests to determine an accurate error rate for the world's most popular web browsers and applications. Mozilla's Firefox the Browser to Beat Finishing first in the study was ... (view more)

Wed
21
Aug
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Samsung 'Smartwatch' Coming Soon: Report

Samsung, maker of the extremely popular 'Galaxy' smartphone, is reportedly planning to announce its very own 'smartwatch'. In fact, that announcement could come as early as this September. South Korea-based Samsung is planning to reveal details for ... its new smartwatch at a Wednesday, September 4, 2013 event, reports Bloomberg News. A likely setting for such an unveiling: Germany's IFA consumer electronics trade show. Like the Galaxy smartphones, the rumored smartwatch device will feature a special version of Google's very popular Android operating system. It's also been suggested that the new ... (view more)

Wed
21
Aug
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'Data Crow 3.12.2', and 'AntiToolbar 1.0'

Data Crow 3.12.2 Carefully organize your favorite movies, music, games, and images using Data Crow, the ultimate media cataloger. This ad-free no-cost program allows you to connect to the web to find out more about your favorite media items. ... http://www.datacrow.net AntiToolbar 1.0 These days it seems like every download comes with an annoying toolbar full of useless tools. Get rid of those toolbars quickly and efficiently with AntiToolbar, which is designed to improve Internet performance by killing useless junk in your browser. http://www.anti-toolbar.com This freeware software program is ... (view more)

Tue
20
Aug
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Steve Wozniak Shreds New 'Jobs' Movie

Steve Wozniak, the man who founded Apple along with the late Steve Jobs, is not a fan of the new film 'Jobs'. Wozniak suggested the movie, which stars Ashton Kutcher, is misleading. Wozniak recently took to tech blog Gizmodo to rant about the movie, ... which debuted last week. "I suspect a lot of what was wrong with the film came from Ashton's own image of Jobs," Wozniak said. Wozniak's main concern appears to be that Kutcher -- who made a name for himself on Fox's "That 70s Show" and MTV's "Punk'd" -- failed to capture the essence of Steve Jobs' real-life personality. Wozniak Working On ... (view more)

Tue
20
Aug
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'Cathy 2.31.2', and 'SmartPower 1.5.3'

Cathy 2.31.2 Cathy is a small, high-performance but easy-to-use media cataloging tool. It can be used to index files stored on your removable media, including CDs, DVDs, thumb drives, etc. You can then search these index files to access your media ... faster than before! Scroll down the following page to find the download link. http://www.mtg.sk SmartPower 1.5.3 Concerned about the environment and your own power consumption? Then try out SmartPower, a program that allows you to control when a computer should go into hibernate mode. It's best suited for computers that tend to stay on all day, like ... (view more)

Tue
20
Aug
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BlackBerry CEO Cashing In Despite Firm's Failures

BlackBerry, the Waterloo, Ontario-based company formerly known as Research in Motion, is in big trouble. However, the firm's chief executive officer, Thorsten Heins -- who BlackBerry tapped to take over as CEO just last year -- is set to make more ... than $50 million in salary and incentives if he's forced out of the firm's top job. Heins had served in several executive positions prior to becoming BlackBerry chief executive officer in January 2012. He joined the firm as Senior Vice President of the BlackBerry Handheld Business Unit in 2007 after working for several hardware and software ... (view more)

Mon
19
Aug
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New 'PirateBrowser' Prevents Web Censorship

The Pirate Bay, which is arguably the world's most controversial site, has introduced its very own Internet browser. Setting this browser apart from rivals like Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox: one-click features that allow users ... to avoid censorship. Sweden-based The Pirate Bay provides users with access to torrent files and facilitates peer-to-peer file sharing. Since it was founded a decade ago, The Pirate Bay has often been accused of helping users exchange copyright-protected material -- such as music, movies, and TV shows -- illegally. The Pirate Bay has also faced a ... (view more)

Mon
19
Aug
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Scientists Building Chip That Mimics Our Brains

There's no denying that computers -- whether they're in desktop, laptop, smartphone, or tablet form -- are becoming both more powerful and complex. Most of the smartphones on the market today are far faster than the desktop PCs we used just a few ... years ago. Still, researchers aren't convinced that today's cutting-edge computers are a match for the highly-adaptive human brain. But that could soon change, thanks to the work of a Boise State University research team. Electrical and computer engineering faculty at the school are currently using a three-year $500,000 National Science Foundation ... (view more)

Mon
19
Aug
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'Rename Master 3.8', and 'Google SketchUp 13.0.4812'

Rename Master 3.8 This freeware utility is designed to help you rename many different files with just a few keyboard clicks. It's a handy utility for updating file names for your website, file archive, music / video / image collection, etc! Features ... include auto-preview and intelligent number sorting. http://www.joejoesoft.com Google SketchUp 13.0.4812 Are you an amateur or professional architect, designer, or engineer? Then you need to check out Google SketchUp, which includes a wide range of tools for creating three-dimensional sketch-ups of a home, office, or construction environment. http ... (view more)

Fri
16
Aug
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'Monitor Asset Manager 2.7', and 'PARTYBlaster 1.0.1'

Monitor Asset Manager 2.7 This plug and play utility can be used to collect all sorts of information about your monitor, including color status. It's compatible with 32- and 64-bit versions of the Windows operating system, including the new Windows ... 8 OS. http://www.entechtaiwan.com PARTYBlaster 1.0.1 PARTYBlaster is a simple and easy-to-use media player designed with social events in mind. It offers a number of exciting features that make sharing and playing music at a party extremely easy. PARTYBlaster includes Facebook and Twitter functionality. http://weebly.com This freeware software ... (view more)

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