Brandon Dimmel

The Bush family's email accounts have reportedly been hacked. Lost in the security breach: correspondence records, phone numbers, addresses, and photographs. The Smoking Gun website reports that a hacker calling themselves 'Guccifer' was able to ... infiltrate the Bush family email accounts and steal recent personal documents, including a photograph of George H.W. Bush, taken before he was released from a Texas hospital in January 2013. The image shows Bush in a hospital bed where he was recovering from a number of ailments, including bronchitis. Another photo showed the former Republican ... (view more)

Microsoft Process Explorer 15.3 Microsoft's very own Process Explorer is designed to help you figure out exactly what's running on your system. It displays information in two sub-windows -- one shows active processes, while the other is highly ... customizable. Use this application to keep tabs on your PC! http://technet.microsoft.com Google Chrome 25.0.1364.68 Beta Google Chrome is a fast, safe, and absolutely free web browser. It's available for Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and even Windows XP. Click below to try out the brand new beta version of edition 25. http://www.google.com This ... (view more)

A recent Facebook outage not only prevented logged-in users from accessing the social networking site, but other sites as well, including Gawker, CNN, Mashable, and The Washington Post. The glitch occurred Thursday, February 7, 2013. It lasted just ... a few minutes and only affected those people who were logged into Facebook at the time. However, the issue didn't just affect access to Facebook -- instead, users reported being unable to view many other sites. Facebook Users Unable to Access External Sites According to reports, when users tried to visit sites like ESPN, Gawker, and CNN, they were ... (view more)

Microsoft is targeting Google's Gmail in a new campaign designed to steer Internet email users towards the Redmond, Washington-based firm's own Outlook.com service. The basis for that attack: Google doesn't do enough to protect the privacy of Gmail ... users. The Microsoft campaign, which is being carried out across the United States, is called "Don't get scroogled by Gmail." At the heart of that campaign: the fact that Google scans Gmail inboxes to figure out which advertisements should be displayed along with the messages. Microsoft Investigates Responses to Gmail ... (view more)

Concerned about what your kids are doing on Facebook? You're probably not alone. One Massachusetts father decided it was worth $200 to keep his daughter off the social networking site for a five-month period. Surprisingly, the deal wasn't Paul ... Baier's idea. Instead, Baier says his 14-year-old daughter, Rachel, came up with the plan. "She approached me," the senior Baier said. "She has been frustrated she hasn't been able to find a babysitting job and she has been looking for ways to get cash ... So she asked, 'If I didn't use Facebook for so long would you pay me?'" Daughter's Facebook Usage ... (view more)

FotoMorph 13.7.2 FotoMorph allows you to create professional-looking animations on your home computer. Flash, AVI, GIF, and JPEG formats are all supported. This program is designed for Windows-based computers, including Windows 2000, Windows XP, ... Windows Vista, and Windows 7. http://www.diphso.no Free Video call Recorder for Skype 1.0.2.115 As the name suggests, this program is designed to help you record calls made using Microsoft's Skype program. It's highly customizable, allowing you to record only the video, text, or audio of each call. Of course, you can also record everything at once. ... (view more)

StartMenu8 1.0.0 Final You might have seen SmartMenu8 on Infopackets before -- but that was the beta version. Now, developer IObit has released the final edition of this very popular tool, which adds the traditional Start Menu to Microsoft's new ... Windows 8 operating system. http://www.iobit.com Data Crow 3.9.19 Data Crow is designed to help you organize your favorite media files. This program allows you to attach all kinds of useful information to your media files, thereby creating a full-fledged media library. This program easily connects to online databases to retrieve relevant data. http:// ... (view more)

FotoMix 9.0.9 FotoMix lets you do all kinds of crazy things with your favorite photographs. Using this program you can easily resize, crop, rotate, enhance, and manipulate images. This program is designed for the Windows operating system and ... supports a wide range of different languages. http://www.diphso.no FeedRoller 0.64 FeedRoller is a special type of RSS ticker. It's designed to present the user with a scrolling set of headlines from his or her favorite news services and blogs. This program features a highly customizable interface and can be 'pinned' to the desktop. http://sector-seven. ... (view more)

The United States Department of Energy has been attacked by hackers. The unknown assailants reportedly gained access to employee personal information. News agency Reuters recently acquired a letter between the US Department of Energy (DOE) and its ... employees. In that letter, the DOE admits that the attack "resulted in the unauthorized disclosure of employee and contractor Personally Identifiable Information." Employee Personal Data Lost to Hacker The letter indicated that employee and contractor personal information was lost. However, it also noted that none of the stolen information was ... (view more)

Do you feel stressed out and exhausted after using Facebook? You're not alone. According to a new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, most Facebook users have taken an extended break from Facebook after becoming tired of the ... site. Pew worked with Princeton Survey Research Associates International to carry out telephone interviews with just over 1,000 U.S. residents. Two-Thirds of US Facebook Users Take Extended Breaks The interviews revealed that six in every ten Facebook users admit to having taken breaks from Facebook that lasted several weeks. (Source: zdnet.com ) Why ... (view more)