Brandon Dimmel

Mon
02
Aug
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'Core Temp 0.99.7.7', and 'ID3 Renamer 4.0.0'

Core Temp 0.99.7.7 Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, small footprint program to monitor CPU temperature. The uniqueness of it is that it shows the temperature of each individual CPU core in a multi-core system. Windows Vista and Windows 7 (x86 and ... x64) compatible. http://www.alcpu.com ID3 Renamer 4.0.0 This is a very useful program if you need to rename a large number of .MP3 files in a directory according to their ID3 description and a given "formula". Such a function lets you assemble the filename as you wish and use the variables from the ID3 tag in the filename. http://www. ... (view more)

Mon
02
Aug
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Microsoft to Patch Critical Shortcut Flaw Today

Microsoft's Windows Shortcut Flaw has certainly grabbed headlines these past few weeks. Fortunately, the company looks ready to move beyond the sensational headlines with a new, permanent fix due out later today. A flaw associated with .LNK ... (shortcut files) in Windows 2000 through Windows 7 was first discovered about two weeks ago by security researchers. At first, the issue involved industrial firm Siemens and could only be transmitted through infected USB key, variants of the bug have spread to common Windows users. Worse yet, researchers found that merely plugging a compromised USB stick ... (view more)

Fri
30
Jul
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'Wireshark 1.4.0 RC2 Beta,' and 'Sysinternals Suite'

Wireshark 1.4.0 RC2 Beta Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions. Wireshark development thrives thanks to the contributions of ... networking experts across the globe. It is the continuation of a project that started in 1998. http://www.wireshark.org Sysinternals Suite The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities have been rolled up into a single Suite of tools. This file contains the individual troubleshooting tools and help files. It does not contain non-troubleshooting tools ... (view more)

Fri
30
Jul
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100M Facebook Profiles Leaked on Pirate Bay, Searchable

Prompted by questionable privacy features , the first "Quit Facebook Day" (May 31st) passed without much fanfare. However, the social networking site's critics might have more to work with now that a security consultant has released data for 100 ... million users on The Pirate Bay, a torrent-based website infamous for software piracy. Ron Bowes is the security consultant behind the massive leak. He told the BBC that he was able to compile an enormous bounty of Facebook user details as part of a test of the Ncrack network authentication program. (Source: crn.com ) 100 Million Accounts Searchable ... (view more)

Thu
29
Jul
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Microsoft to Answer For Big Mistakes at Annual FAM

Microsoft Corporation will face tough questions today at the annual Financial Analysts Meeting (FAM), where it's expected the software giant will have to answer for some troubling financial numbers. Topping the list of questions: a struggling ... Internet business, mobile-phone troubles, and where the company sees its future in a constantly-changing PC market. Microsoft shares have dipped significantly this year, down about 15 per cent over the same period in 2009 and just recently emerging from a 52-week low. That's prompted questions amongst financial analysts about how the company is ... (view more)

Thu
29
Jul
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'MusicBee 1.2.3861', and 'Apple Safari for Windows 5.01'

MusicBee 1.2.3861 MusicBee is a program that manages extensive music collections. It organizes, finds and plays music files on your computer, on portable devices and on the web. http://getmusicbee.com Apple Safari for Windows 5.01 Safari is a ... graphical web browser developed by Apple and has now been recently ported over to Microsoft Windows. Its first release was on 2003 and has been Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther." Safari is also the native browser for the iPhone. http://www.apple.com This freeware software program is brought to you by MajorGeeks.com ... (view more)

Thu
29
Jul
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Free Toolset Fixes Windows Shortcut Flaw

Two third-party software companies have come together to release temporary fix for a highly contagious and critical zero-day flaw which affects all versions of the Windows operating system (OS). The security flaw, which Microsoft says it knows about ... and is working on a permanent patch towards, makes users of Windows 2000 through Windows 7 vulnerable to attack if they open a desktop folder packing an infected .LNK file extension. Microsoft Temp Fix Not Popular Microsoft last week released its own temporary solution in the form of a workaround, but few users were very fond of a solution that ... (view more)

Wed
28
Jul
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Hackers Target WinXP; Experts Urge Win7 Now: Report

Windows XP continues to represent the single biggest target for hackers , according to security experts who also suggest these threats could initiate a considerable push for home and business users to upgrade to Windows 7. The recent discussion is ... based on Microsoft's early 2010 "Security Intelligence Report Volume 8," or SIRv8, which covered the six-month period July 2009 to December 2009. The report found that the United States continues to be the top spot for malware threats, with populous China running second, just in front of Brazil. WinXP Vulnerabilities Behind Push to Windows 7 An ... (view more)

Wed
28
Jul
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'TSR Watermark Image 1.7.1.5', and 'Google Chrome Portable 5.0.375.125'

TSR Watermark Image 1.7.1.5 TSR Watermark Image software, is a free program (for personal use) that can add digital watermarks to all your images, photos and pictures with the transparency you decide. The program can also resize the images before ... the digital watermark is added. http://www.watermark-image.com Google Chrome Portable 5.0.375.125 Google Chrome Portable is a web browser that runs web pages and applications with lightning speed. It's designed to be simple and stylish. It's packaged as a portable app, so you can take your browsing experience with you. http://portableapps.com This ... (view more)

Tue
27
Jul
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'Fresh View 8.0', and 'RunScanner 2.0.0.44'

Fresh View 8.0 Fresh View is a multimedia browser that makes organizing image, audio and video files much easier. Use it to watch movies, listen to music, view graphics in a slide show, print, create an HTML album, and more. ... http://www.freshdevices.com RunScanner 2.0.0.44 RunScanner is a freeware windows system utility which scans your system for all running programs, autostart locations, drivers, services and hijack points. You can use Runscanner to detect changes and configurations in your system caused by spyware, viruses or human errors. http://www.runscanner.net This freeware software ... (view more)

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