Brandon Dimmel

Data Crow 3.9.23 Data Crow is an incredibly effective media organizer. It helps you clean up your growing media collection and makes finding that one movie, TV clip, or song easier than ever before. Data Crow is completely free and is free of all ... spyware or viruses. http://www.datacrow.net Adobe Flash Player 11.7.700.197 Beta Try out the newest version of Flash Player, the multimedia tool that lets you watch video and play interactive games from your favorite browser. Adobe Flash Player 11 adds several new features, including Stage 3D, Concurrency, and advanced content protection. http://www. ... (view more)

Raidcall 7.2.2 This program is designed to make communicating with groups of friends, family, and colleagues easier than ever before. It's a group communication software tool that won't take up a lot of space on your computer and uses minimal CPU ... resources. http://www2.raidcall.com OpenRocket 13.05 This fun and free program allows you to design a rocket and then simulate its launch before building the physical device. This can save you time, hassle, and money. Key features include automatic design optimization and staging and clustering support. http://openrocket.sourceforge.net This freeware ... (view more)

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently discussed his friendship and business relationship with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on CBS' 60 Minutes. It was an emotional interview that left the former Microsoft chief executive officer fighting back ... tears. For decades the Jobs-Gates relationship has been portrayed as highly complex. In some instances, such the 1999 made-for-TV movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley," which starred Noah Wyle and Anthony Michael Hall, the two are depicted as rivals viciously battling for control of the consumer electronics industry. Gates Keeps Quiet About Jobs' Insult ... (view more)

Looking for more storage space in the cloud? Then look to Google Drive, which now offers 15 gigabytes (GB) for free. Until now, Google has been offering users of its Google Drive cloud storage service 5GB for free. However, the company now says it ... will combine its Google Drive service with Gmail and Google+ Photos and give users access to 15GB free storage. Google Drive director of product management Clay Bavor says that consumers will no longer have to stress about freeing up space for more files. "Use Your Storage The Way You Want" "With this new combined storage space, you won't ... (view more)

Microsoft is fixing more than thirty security vulnerabilities with its May 2013 Patch Tuesday security update package. All in all, this Patch Tuesday includes ten security updates, two of which have been marked 'critical'. The most significant of ... Microsoft's fixes addresses a zero-day bug that could allow hackers to exploit a security vulnerability in the firm's Internet Explorer 8 web browser. The flaw has been used by cyber criminals to attack United States government websites and steal information related to government employees. Most recently, the vulnerability was exploited by hackers ... (view more)

Microsoft executive Tami Reller recently took the opportunity to boast that her firm has now sold 100 million licenses of the new Windows 8 operating system (OS). On the surface, it appears impressive that Microsoft has sold so many licenses in just ... a six-month time frame. (Source: windows.com ) However, industry insiders have suggested that many of those licenses aren't being used. According to Patrick Moorhead, lead analyst at Moor Insights ... (view more)

SyMenu 2.04.4873 Having trouble organizing your applications stored on portable media devices, like USB drives? Then check out SyMenu, a portable menu launcher that makes finding and accessing your portable apps easier than ever before. ... http://www.ugmfree.it NextPVR 2.6.2 This Personal Video Recorder (PVR) and media center application for the Microsoft Windows operating system allows you to watch (and manipulate) live television and create schedules for your favorite shows. Create your own TV schedule using this great new program! http://www.nextpvr.com This freeware software program is ... (view more)

Things just keep getting worse for Microsoft's Windows RT operating system (OS), which is designed specifically for mobile devices like tablet computers. Now, it appears Apple has no plans to construct an iTunes app for the OS. The news won't be a ... big deal for people running Windows 8-based devices, like the Surface Pro tablet. After all, they can simply download iTunes to the desktop. However, for people who own the Surface RT (or anything else running the Windows RT OS), that's impossible. They can only access applications (like iTunes) via Microsoft's own Windows Store. No iTunes in ... (view more)

A report in the Wall Street Journal suggests that Microsoft may be implementing two significant new initiatives when it comes to Windows development: 1) Cheaper licensing costs for manufacturers (and by extension, consumers); and 2) Less emphasis on ... touch screen functionality. The Wall Street Journal says that it has learned from several Asia-based PC industry executives that Microsoft is slowly changing its attitude towards Windows. These PC industry insiders also told the WSJ that Microsoft has been progressively more receptive to feedback on how to improve the Windows user experience. ... (view more)

Academic institutions need to take steps to protect themselves against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, a new report finds. Right now, many online systems used by colleges and universities are vulnerable to hacker hijacking. REN-ISAC, ... the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center, has completed a report which finds that academic institutions must begin reviewing their Domain Name System (DNS) and network configurations or face hijacking by sophisticated hacking techniques. Universities Unprepared for DDoS Attack REN-ISAC is a membership of more ... (view more)