Brandon Dimmel

In many parts of the country, kids are just getting ready for another year back at school. And although this usually means a lengthy spike in sales for electronics retailers, industry analysts Gartner predict PC shipments will slow considerably over ... the rest of 2010. Although Gartner Research has predicted a 19 per cent increase in PC shipments this year, it believes most of that hike will have come during the year's first half. In a recent report, Gartner said it expects second-half PC sales to drop 2 per cent from its original forecast, down to 15.3 per cent. Uncertain Economic Forecast ... (view more)

Microsoft Process Monitor 2.92 Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process / thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, ... and adds an extensive list of enhancements. http://technet.microsoft.com Spiffy 0.5.4 Spiffy is an advanced Gmail notifier for Windows that is free and completely customizable. It supports free Gmail and Google Apps mail, allows you to check up to 5 accounts, and provides users the ability to customize the interface, alerts, icons and more. http:// ... (view more)

Shortly after announcing a severe iTunes flaw that affects over 40 Windows applications just last week, it now appears Apple's popular media player, QuickTime, also includes a flaw that could be exploited by hackers to execute malicious code on PCs ... using the Windows operating system (OS). Even systems running more recent versions of the OS, Windows Vista and Windows 7, are vulnerable. "At present the security vulnerability seems to be with users that run Internet Explorer. Given the relative ease with which [the exploit was demonstrated], the chance for drive-by [download] attacks to ... (view more)

Web Of Trust The WOT (Web of Trust) add-on is a tool for your browser that helps to identify websites that are trusted and safe for surfing. Its active community has rated millions of websites. http://www.mywot.com Chromium 7.0 Chromium is an ... open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web. This site contains design documents, architecture overviews, testing information, and more to help you learn to build and work with the Chromium source code. http://dev.chromium.org This freeware software program is brought to ... (view more)

Notepad X 2.1.2 Notepad X is an alternative open source text editor for Microsoft Windows, with a lot of customization options created to help users managing text documents, featuring tab navigation. This most recent version adds several cool new ... features, including font and background color customization. http://notepad-x.sourceforge.net Fresh HTML 3.54 Fresh HTML is software for creating and editing pages for the world wide web. Its "WYSIWYG" (what you see is what you get) interface makes editing HTML pages as easy as using your favorite word processor. Its built-in editor allows ... (view more)

Security firm McAfee recently compiled a list of the most dangerous celebrity search terms. Malware-Riddled Sites Plague Internet Search, Infect PCs Hackers know all about celebrity obsession, and will use these Hollywood figures to ambush visitors ... to "booby-trapped" websites that can infect a PC if a user clicks or downloads the wrong file. That download might include a desktop background, screen saver or video (beware of the nude ones). (Source: telegraph.co.uk ) Hackers could use booby-trapped downloads to install malware onto machines, and from there, steal login and password information ... (view more)

Eusing Free Internet Window Washer 2.8.5 Free Internet Window Washer is an Internet tracks eraser and privacy cleaner software. With a simple click, you can securely erase your Internet tracks, computer activities and programs history information ... stored in many hidden files on your computer. http://eusing.com RemoteDLL 1.3 RemoteDLL is a tool that makes it easy to inject or remove a DLL (dynamic link library) from a remote process. Many spyware programs use this technique to hide their presence so that you don't know that your computer is infected. Often, spyware injects itself into ... (view more)

Easy Bash Prompt Generator WYSIWYG Bash Prompt customization for Linux bash. Pick your options and colors and insert the result in your ~/.bashrc http://ezprompt.net/ Lunascape 6.3.0.22683 Lunascape is the world's first and only triple engine ... browser. It has been downloaded over 15 million times and it's available globally in 12 languages. Try it for yourself the new kind of speed and versatility. http://www.lunascape.tv This freeware software program is brought to you by MajorGeeks.com: The Original Spyware-Free Download Site, in partnership with Infopackets.com. Disclaimer: the above ... (view more)

Microsoft has voluntarily leaked more details about its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) web browser via a Russian Internet portal. The company revealed several new features related to the browser's overall look, which is heavily inspired by a ... rival. To date, Microsoft has yet to reveal a user interface for Internet Explorer 9, even though several developer previews of the browser have emerged since the spring. This means the Russian leak gives us our first glimpse of IE9's navigational model. IE9 Navigation Similar to Google Chrome First impressions suggest Microsoft's next browser -- ... (view more)

This week, we reported an iTunes vulnerability that exposes Windows users to over 40 different application attacks. Now, it seems that the same exploit is being used by hackers to infiltrate and drain PayPal accounts. "My account was charged over ... $4700. I called security at PayPal and was told a large number of iTunes store accounts were compromised," complained one customer in a recent post to blog TechCrunch. The same victim said he'd received almost fifty receipts from PayPal totaling $99.99 each, but was able to prevent these transactions from being recorded by his bank. Not everyone ... (view more)