Brandon Dimmel

Microsoft is warning that those who downloaded Windows 7 RC ( release candidate ) sometime between May and October of last year are facing bi-hourly shutdowns if they do not upgrade (or downgrade) their operating system. Microsoft offered its ... release candidate software for its then highly-anticipated Windows 7 operating system back in May 2009. It generated an unprecedented number of downloads, as users of Windows XP and Vista looked to the Redmond-based firm for something better. Windows 7 RC: to be Banned, No Updates Unfortunately for all those RC users, beginning February 15, 2010, ... (view more)

MSI Afterburner MSI Afterburner is a free overclocking utility designed for MSI graphics cards, but also works with video cards from other manufacturers. MSI Afterburner's main features include GPU / Shader / Memory clock adjustment, advanced fan ... speed, GPU voltage control and monitoring of the card's vital statistics. Note: for experienced users only; overclocking can permanently damage your video card if not done properly. http://event.msi.com JD Context Menu JD Context Menu is a shell extension add-on that add new functionality to the right-click context menu, including: copy to clipboard ... (view more)

The CEO of a major computer vendor and information technology services firm has quit his job. That alone is a big deal, but the way he announced his resignation -- via social networking site Twitter -- has turned a few extra heads. Sun Microsystems' ... CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced his resignation on Twitter yesterday. "Today's my last day at Sun. I'll miss it," he Tweeted at 1:12am Thursday morning, says the New York Times. Schwartz followed that with an exceptionally brief synopsis of the reasoning behind his quitting, announcing, "Financial crisis, Stalled too many customers, CEO no more ... (view more)

Just a week after digital content distributor Steam announced nearly a quarter of its members had already made the switch to Windows 7 , Microsoft Corp. has revealed that its latest operating system is now the most-rapidly adopted OS in the history ... of PCs. Win7: 60 Million Licenses and Counting Microsoft released Windows 7 on October 22 of last year. Over the course of Microsoft's second quarter within the last fiscal year, the Redmond-based firm reported selling some 60 million Windows 7 licenses, making it the hottest OS in the history of personal computers. In a recent report, industry ... (view more)

When a traditional PC user takes his or her first glance at the new Apple iPad : two questions might come to mind: first, "is that design going to work?" and second -- "do I have to use Mac OS X?" Thanks to a company called Citrix Systems, the ... resounding answer, it would appear, is 'no'. According to reports, the company will be bringing a version of Windows 7 to the Apple iPad by route of virtual installation when the much-anticipated device is released later this spring. iPad Display, Resolution Ideal for Virtual Win7 In a blog post earlier this week, Citrix Systems' ... (view more)

File Wing Recover lost or deleted files and delete files safely so they can't be recovered with File Wing. Most of the time, if you delete a file in Windows, this file isn't really deleted. Windows instead intentionally "forgets" where the file is ... located on the hard disk. It is possible to restore some of these files if they have not been overwritten on the hard disk. Our new tool File Wing can help you recover unintentionally deleted files and can also help permanently delete files by overwriting them multiple times, so that they cannot be recovered anymore, by anyone. http://www.abelssoft. ... (view more)

The most anticipated Microsoft product since the release of Windows 7 this past October has to be the company's next version of MS Office, Office 2010, which is now nearing its final release. The software suite has now entered the "Release ... Candidate" (RC) stage, meaning it's very close to the final version. Office 2010 On Track for June Release According to reports late yesterday, it would seem that Microsoft has now shipped to early testers a nearly complete "release candidate" edition of its highly anticipated Office 2010. That means the program should be available to home and business ... (view more)

Envy Envy is a program that compares the environment of two computers and provides a color-annotated display of the results. Envy compares environment variables, over 400 Internet Explorer settings, network configuration, installed software, the ... operating system, processor, startup commands, and more. http://www.zorinsoft.com Sipc SIPC is an ICC color profiler for digital scanners. ICC colour profiles are currently the best way of ensuring that you are preserving original colors in the digital image. SIPC uses an open source ICC compatible color management system called Argyll. http://www.nla ... (view more)

Kdiff3 KDiff 3 is a great program for programmers and text users: it compares or merges two or three text input files or directories, shows the differences line-by-line and character by character, provides an automatic merge-facility and an ... integrated editor for comfortable solving of merge-conflicts, plus much more! http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net Tips to Speed Up IE8 Boost the performance of your Internet Explorer 8 web browser with helpful, handy tips. http://ietips.net Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at Shell Extension City, in partnership with Infopackets. ... (view more)

A 26-year-old who made cash on the side by selling cable modems he'd hacked now faces a potential prison sentence longer than those handed down to murderers. New Bedford, Massachusetts' Matthew Delorey faces up to forty years behind bars. Delorey ... began his campaign by posting ads for the modified cable modems on Craigslist, followed by an even more tempting series of YouTube videos featuring names like "How to Get Free Internet Free Cable Internet Comcast or any Cable ISP--100% works," and "How to bypass Comcast registration page with premod cable modem SB5100, SB 5101." This wasn't exactly ... (view more)