Brandon Dimmel

Apple's chief executive officer has publicly criticized Microsoft's new tablet computer, the Surface. However, he admits that he has never actually used the device. Microsoft's Surface tablet launched last Friday. Priced at $399 and up, it's seen by ... many experts as a major threat to Apple's iPad, which has dominated the tablet market for several years. The Surface runs Microsoft's Windows RT operating system, a slimmed-down version of Windows 8. Versions of the Surface running fully-featured editions of Windows 8 are expected to hit the market in the coming months. Cook: Microsoft's Surface ... (view more)

StartMenu8 Beta StartMenu8 is specially designed for computers running Microsoft's new Windows 8. It offers a great solution for users who like working with the Windows Start menu and are not accustomed to the new tile-based start screen in Windows ... 8. This free software utility restores both the start button and the Windows Start menu. http://www.iobit.com Intel Solid State Drive (SSD) Toolbox 3.1 The Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox is a free "drive management" software system that allows you to view the current drive information for Intel Solid-State Drives. It also allows you to ... (view more)

Yawcam 0.3.9 Yawcam is a webcam software utility for Microsoft Windows written in Java. The main idea behind Yawcam: Keep it simple and easy to use but include all the useful features found in most other webcam tools. Yawcam is completely free. ... http://www.yawcam.com EverNote 4.5.10.7472 This handy and popular note-taking program allows you to save your ideas, as well as what you like, what you hear, and what you see. Later, you can search your notes by keyword, tag or even printed and handwritten text inside images. Evernote works with nearly every computer, phone, and mobile device. http:// ... (view more)

Apple has announced that the people in charge of iOS and its retail store business are leaving the company. Surprisingly, industry analysts aren't concerned about the departures. Apple iOS chief Scott Forstall and retail executive John Browett have ... both announced they are leaving the Cupertino, California-based firm. Browett, who is leaving immediately, has been on the job only six months. Forstall has been with Apple for fifteen years. The company has previously said it considers him one of the lead architects of the firm's popular Mac OS X operating system. (Source: bostonherald.com ) Maps ... (view more)

According to a new report, the international political hacking group Anonymous wants to start a new service similar to Julian Assange's Wikileaks. The new service would reportedly expose the secrets of governments and major corporations. The effort ... would be right in line with Anonymous' established penchant for carrying out attacks against the UK government , Church of Scientology, and internationally-recognized firms like Visa, MasterCard, and Sony. Financial, Legal Troubles Sideline Assange Anonymous' new service is important because Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been sidelined by ... (view more)

Just Color Picker 3.0 Just Color Picker is a software utility for web designers and digital artists using Windows computers. Created by a web designer and digital artist, the software helps graphic designers, digital artists, and web-designers use ... colors and color combinations more easily. It allows any computer user to identify colors and then save, edit, and combine them to quickly and simply form beautiful color combinations. http://annystudio.com CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor 9.7 Build 456 This is a free and powerful web design system that's easy to use on Windows computers. Built-in tools ... (view more)

South Carolina taxpayers are upset after an estimated 3.6 million of their Social Security numbers were exposed to an international hacker who breached the state's Department of Revenue database. Approximately 387,000 credit and debit card numbers ... were also exposed during the attack. Luckily, most of these numbers appear to have been encrypted. The breach occurred in mid-September 2012. However, South Carolina officials didn't learn of the problem until several weeks later. Officials then initiated an investigation that discovered how the data had been accessed. South Carolina officials say ... (view more)

DupScout 4.5.18 DupScout is a duplicate files search tool for Windows computers. It allows one to detect and remove duplicate files, whether they are stored on local disks, network drives, or removable storage devices. The free version is very easy ... to use. A PDF manual is available for this program. http://www.dupscout.com Eye Pro 2.0 According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, computer vision syndrome affects some 90 per cent of people who spend three hours or more each day using a computer. EyePro is a handy Windows PC application that regularly reminds you to ... (view more)

Universal USB Installer 1.9.1.3 Universal USB Installer is a Linux USB creator that allows you to choose from a selection of Linux distributions to put on your USB flash drive. Universal USB Installer is easy to use. Simply choose any combination of ... a Live Linux distribution, the ISO file, and your flash, then click install. http://www.pendrivelinux.com Fort Digital Identity Manager 5.5 Fort is a secure, easy to use password manager and file encryption software tool for Windows. Fort protects your digital identity by encrypting passwords, credit card numbers and notes using a secure algorithm ... (view more)

Pricing has been announced for a new version of Microsoft Office 365 tailored specifically to university students, staff, and scholars. Microsoft says the software is available as a four-year subscription for $79.99. That works out to about $1.67 ... per month. Microsoft also says any student who continues their education beyond four years (say, by entering a graduate program) can renew their subscription to the software for four more years at the same price. Documents Automatically Saved to the Cloud Office 365 University automatically saves its documents to Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage ... (view more)