Brandon Dimmel

A new report says Microsoft's own digital distribution center, the Windows Store, contains roughly half of the world's most popular applications. It's more bad news for Microsoft, which continues its struggle to lure mobile consumers away from the ... iOS and Android platforms. The study was conducted by Nick Landry, a product manager and Microsoft expert at New Jersey development firm Infragistics. Landry, whose company builds user interface development tools, based his "must-have" list on the top 100 iOS apps. He then went to the Google Play and Windows Store digital outlets to see how many of ... (view more)

Puran File Recovery 1.1 This tool provides you with an easy way to recover deleted files. You can use this program to scan hard disks, memory cards, mobile phones, DVDs, CDs, and USB drives to find important files that may have been accidentally ... deleted. http://www.puransoftware.com NetTraffic 1.23 Track the traffic on your network connection with NetTraffic. This tool uses a user-friendly interface to relay all kinds of information related to your network's activity. Supported operating systems include Windows 2000 through Windows 8. http://venea.net This freeware software program is brought ... (view more)

With the back-to-school shopping season upon us, Microsoft is dropping the price of its Surface Pro tablet computer. The $100 price drop is less substantial than the $150 the firm knocked off its Surface RT tablet, but it should arouse interest in a ... device that has received better reviews than its cheaper counterpart. The Surface Pro launched early this year and several months after the Surface RT. Unlike the Surface RT, which runs Windows RT, the Surface Pro runs a full-blown version of Windows 8. That means Surface Pro users -- unlike their Surface RT counterparts -- can download apps from ... (view more)

It's hard to imagine seeing internationally-renowned actor Will Smith at a conference for hackers. But the star of 'Independence Day' and 'The Fresh Prince of Bel Air' made a splash at the recent Defcon hacking event held this past weekend. The ... Defcon hacker conference was started two decades ago. Originally, it was little more than a party for a network of hackers who got to know one another through BBS, or Bulletin Board Systems. (Source: defcon.org ) In the years since, Defcon has become a friendly meeting ground for computer security professionals, journalists, lawyers, government workers ... (view more)

Image Sequence Viewer 2.01 Create custom animations with Image Sequence Viewer. This tool allows you to create animations by stringing together your favorite images. You can adjust the frame rate, loop the video, edit frame-by-frame, and more! ... http://cyber-d.blogspot.ca Wallpaper Shifter 8.02 Make your Windows experience a little more interesting with Wallpaper Shifter. This program chooses a random wallpaper for your desktop every time you start your computer. It doesn't use any system resources, meaning it won't bog down your PC! http://cyber-d.blogspot.ca This freeware software program is ... (view more)

Google has unveiled a new tool that allows Android users to find and track a lost smartphone or tablet device. The utility can also be used to wipe a smartphone's hard drive if recovery is deemed unsafe or unlikely. Google is calling the service ... 'Android Device Manager'. The firm says the service should be available to most Android users by the end of August 2013. It's been a long time coming. Apple released a similar tool -- called 'Find My iPhone' -- several years ago. That service lets iPhone users narrow down their smartphone's location to a specific geographical area (such as an ... (view more)

Autodelete 3.13 This handy tool allows you to customize your delete options. You can tell the system when to delete files in a given folder and how to delete them (choosing from options like move, recycle bin, and secure delete). A detailed log is ... created for every session. http://cyber-d.blogspot.ca DriveHide 2.01 Hide the drives you never use with DriveHide. If you use a 6-in-1 card reader, chances are you have six extra drive letters in your Windows Explorer window. Why not clear things up by getting rid of the drives you never use? This program is compatible with Windows Vista and Windows ... (view more)

Edward Snowden, the former technical contractor for the United States' National Security Agency (NSA) who leaked critical details about NSA surveillance, has been granted asylum by the Russian government. He's also been offered a job. Snowden leaked ... information about NSA surveillance earlier this year. That prompted a media firestorm focusing on the ultra-secretive NSA and resulted in U.S. federal prosecutors charging Snowden with espionage and theft of government property. Snowden then fled the United States and until recently he was living in a Moscow airport. However, the U.S. ... (view more)

FreeText 1.18 This program helps you take all kinds of notes. Using it, you can create handy to-do lists, store information about your accounts and contacts, etc. It's the perfect tool for making quick notes about a recipe, TV show, whatever! ... http://softconstructors.com Shotcut 13.07.31 This free, open source and cross-platform video editor comes equipped with several exciting features, including audio capture, screen capture, webcam capture, drag-n-drop, scrubbing and transport control, and multi-core parallel image processing. http://www.shotcut.org This freeware software program is brought ... (view more)

A prominent security firm says browser vendors like Mozilla, Microsoft, and Google aren't doing enough to protect your privacy. In a recent report, NSS Labs suggested that features like "Do Not Track" represent half-hearted efforts to keep users' ... personal data safe. Do Not Track is designed to protect browser users' privacy by requesting that websites avoid tracking them through cookies, the small pieces of data sent from a website and stored in a user's web browser. Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE), Mozilla's Firefox, Google's Chrome, and Safari currently offer some form of Do Not Track. ... (view more)