Dennis Faas

Description Battle pirates on the high seas by using your wits and matching items that directly influence the course of the fight! Some of the items you match affect the course of the battle, while others let you upgrade your ship. Combining ... tactics, match 3 gameplay and a sea-faring pirate yarn, come set sail into the world of pirates and treasure maps! Work out a tactical plan and launch the attack! Arrr! Key Features Spectacular Match 3 Sea Battles! Collect Resources For Upgrades! Outwit Your Scurvy Opponents! 7 Fabulous Mini Games! Requirements OS: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista Memory: 128 ... (view more)

Power Slave Power slave is a program that can power off devices during certain time periods. For example: you can define your working day start time and end time. From there, you can then choose one power scheme that will be used during the working ... day and a second power scheme that will be used at night. http://polychromenz.com Kontrol Pack KontrolPack is a cross-platform network controller. KontrolPack provides a large list of network related features such as: remote shell command execution, file transfer, network overview, and more. The objective of this project is to improve system ... (view more)

Jumplist Launcher Tweak the newly introduced jumplists in Windows 7. Great increase in functionality! http://www.tomthong.de Best Practice BestPractice is an audio tool that allows you to slow down or speed up music, either from an MP3 file or ... directly from a CD. Ordinarily the sound is distorted when slowed down our sped up, but now you can get the effect like when playing a 33 rpm record on 45 rpm speed (remember the Chipmunks?). It is also possible to change the pitch of the music without affecting its tempo. http://www.xs4all.nl Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob ... (view more)

Zen Key ZenKEY allows you to control all aspects of your computer via keystrokes. Using the configuration utility of the ZenKEY Wizard, you can create menus, each containing items which perform "actions". You can start these actions by clicking on ... the item or pressing a key-combination. Using these actions, you can: open a program or a file, control program windows, automatically make windows transparent, iconify windows, issue a Media command, open a folder -- and much more! http://www.camiweb.com Lan-Explorer Lan-Explorer determine all computers, shares and printers on your local network. ... (view more)

Infopackets Reader 'feckinbricks' writes: " Dear Dennis I am trying to find a program for a friend who cannot read or write in order to assist him in being able to use his computer -- and maybe even have the program teach him some skills in the ... process. He loves his computer but can not use it to the capacity that he would like to. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! " My response: Great question. There are two things that are universal when using a computer for literate and non-literate users: and that is it requires (and provides) both input and output in order ... (view more)

Description Go Hawaiian all over again with Big Kahuna Reef 2: Chain Reaction! This spectacular and explosively charged match-game of adventure will captivate you as you dive with Humpback Whales, discovering new and exotic fish at every turn. ... Creative designers from around the world deliver over 750 delightful and fantastical levels! With its breathtaking effects, dynamic explosions and thousands of new levels to download online, what are you waiting for? Come back to an underwater paradise! Key Features An Explosive Ocean Adventure! Discover More Than 40 Exotic Sea Creatures Over 750 Levels ... (view more)

Click fraud is a type of Internet crime that occurs in pay per click online advertising. How Click Fraud Works A person or automated computer program imitates a legitimate user clicking on an ad online a web site. The ad is clicked for the purpose ... of generating a charge (per click) to the advertiser. Click Fraud with respect to PPC Advertising Pay per click (PPC) advertising is an arrangement in which web sites ("publishers") display clickable ads from an advertising network in exchange for revenue earned for each ad clicked. Each time a (believed to be) valid user clicks on an ad, ... (view more)

Description Take a raid deep into alien force positions to eliminate the threat for your homeworld. You'll encounter lots of different alien ships, upgrade your weaponry with extra-weapons, blow up enemy barriers and defeat powerful bosses. Lots of ... special effects, unique tactics for each level, nice music and sound FX, Worldwide Hall of Fame and much more. Requirements OS: Windows 9x/Me, 2000, XP Processor: P2-400 Memory: 64 MB Disk Space: 20 MB Microsoft DirectX (free): 8 Display: 8 MB Video Card [ Download ~ 6.16 MB | Buy Now @ $19.95 -- only $9.99! ] NOTE: More games available from our ... (view more)

Infopackets Reader Brad B. Writes: " Dear Dennis, Regarding USB flash drives: how do I know which USB thumb drive is a good one? I bought a 4 gig flash drive that is incredibly slow, and another that is much faster. They both say they are USB 2.0 ... and cost about the same price. So how can one know which to buy? " My Response: There are a few things to consider here. Regarding USB specifications: USB is simply an interface. If a product says it's USB 2.0 compliant, that doesn't necessarily mean it will operate at full USB 2.0 speeds. What determines the speed is the memory chip inside which ... (view more)

Infopackets Reader 'Peneloppe' writes: " I have been hacked by someone I know through my IP address, and this is easy for him since he is a hacker. I have Kazpersky anti virus but still he has been able to tag all my conversations through Internet ... because he gets my IP addresses all the time. Before he used Trojans because he had access to my PC (not anymore). He has shown me files and files of all my conversations. At this point don't know what to do! Please I need help and want to report him to put an end to this never ending story. I am tired of him trying to have control over my personal ... (view more)