Brandon Dimmel

Wise Program Uninstaller 1.22.52 Wise Program Uninstaller will safely remove files from your Windows computer. Unlike many other uninstall programs, Wise Program Uninstaller will completely clean your system of unwanted programs. This software tool ... is free and compatible with the new Windows 8 operating system. http://www.wisecleaner.com Little Disk Cleaner 1.0 Little Disk Cleaner is a small and easy-to-use program designed to help you find and remove unwanted programs installed on your Windows computer. Freeing up disk space by using this program could improve your system's overall ... (view more)

South Korean TV manufacturer LG has announced it is now accepting pre-orders for its new 55-inch Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) high-definition television. However, the high capability TV is priced at $10,000. Many technology experts believe ... Organic Light Emitting Diode, or OLED, TVs represent the next-generation in high-definition television technology. For one thing, OLED televisions are more efficient than Light Emitting Diode (LED) televisions and far more efficient than Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) TVs, the technologies that have made flat screen TVs currently popular and relatively ... (view more)

A new PC peripheral offers users of Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system (OS) the ability to control their computers using only their eyeballs. Produced by the Swedish tech firm Tobii, it's called the Rex, and it connects to a Windows 8 ... computer's standard USB port. Tobii's eye-controlled technology was first unveiled at last year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Today, it has evolved into an eye-tracking hardware tool that uses Tobii's own 'Gaze' user interface software to interact with a Windows 8 PC. Look Your Way Around Windows 8 The Tobii Rex hardware connects to a USB port, and ... (view more)

Wise Auto Shutdown As the name suggests, this free software utility allows you to schedule when your Windows computer will shut down. In addition, this useful tool can also be used to schedule a computer restart, to log off, and to put your computer ... to sleep. The computer displays a warning five minutes before a scheduled task begins. http://www.wisecleaner.com Little Alarm Clock 0.4 This open source and free-to-use program functions just like an alarm clock, with a wide range of handy features. It offers a snooze button and automatic startup when you boot your computer, plus you can program ... (view more)

Joe in Arizona, for many years a subscriber to Infopackets, recently sent us this question about Windows 8: "Hi there, I recently signed on to my Windows 8 computer and found the system time to be off by an hour. I'm based in Arizona, where we use ... Mountain Time but not daylight saving time. How can I get my system to properly update the time? Thanks for your help, Joe G." My Response: Thanks for bringing this issue to our attention, Joe. It turns out many users are having much the same kind of problem. Synchronizing with a Time Server Windows 8 is set up to get its time from an Internet- ... (view more)

Google says it's preparing to challenge Microsoft in the corporate market by offering more accessible business programs than Microsoft's highly popular Office suite of productivity software. However, Microsoft executives say they're not worried ... about Google stealing the software giant's enterprise customers any day soon. They're apparently responding to a recent interview in which Google vice president Amit Singh said his company intends to lure business users away from Microsoft Office. To do that, Singh indicated that Google will offer business software that is easier to use than Microsoft' ... (view more)

ExtractNow 4.7.5 ExtractNow is a free Windows software tool that allows you to quickly and conveniently extract the data files stored in one or more archives. This program features an easy-to-use Windows Explorer-style interface, so you can easily ... search through folders to find the files you want. ExtractNow supports most major archive formats. http://www.extractnow.com ImageTools 3.4 ImageTools allows you to capture screenshots and adjust images on your Windows computer, and then easily share your image creations with others. Using this program, you can easily resize, crop, rotate, flip, and ... (view more)

A newly-discovered flaw in Microsoft's popular Internet Explorer (IE) web browser could allow hackers to take control of a Windows-based computer. The Redmond, Washington-based firm has acknowledged that the problem exists and that it affects older ... versions of IE. The firm has also released a temporary fix for the problem. Microsoft Advises: Avoid Suspicious Links "Microsoft is aware of targeted attacks that attempt to exploit this vulnerability through Internet Explorer 8," Microsoft said in a security advisory issued on Sunday, December 30, 2012. Microsoft says the remote code ... (view more)

Michigan has joined several other US states in passing legislation that prevents employers and school officials from asking people for their social networking login data. Breaking this new law could bring a three-month jail term or a $1,000 fine. On ... Friday, December 28, 2012, Michigan governor Rick Snyder signed the new law, House bill 5523, into effect. In part, the law says "potential employees and students should be judged on their skills and abilities, not private online activity," and blocks any employer from requesting login or password data for social networks like Facebook, Twitter, ... (view more)

VideoInspector 2.4.0.127 Using VideoInspector, a free Windows utility program, you can find out all kinds of useful information about the video files stored on your computer. VideoInspector displays a variety of details about your video files, and ... it also helps you troubleshoot problems with those files. For example, if your chosen video plays a file without sound, you can use VideoInspector to help figure out why. http://www.kcsoftwares.com NeatMouse 1.02.055 NeatMouse lets you control your mouse cursor with your keyboard. This can be useful when you don't have a mouse connected to your ... (view more)