Brandon Dimmel

Apple unveiled its latest invention, dubbed the "iPad" at a press conference yesterday and to millions of potential television viewers. So, what does the iPad look and feel like? iPad: Hardware Details Some suggest that the iPad is essentially an ... oversized iPhone with longer battery life and a larger screen. And, unlike most laptops, netbooks, or tablet PCs, the iPad doesn't have a flip-top design. Instead, the iPad is merely a tablet, weighing only 1.5 pounds (about twice as heavy as Amazon's last Kindle) and comes preloaded with the standard iPhone fare, including Safari, Music, ... (view more)

KeePass KeePass is a free, open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file. Thus, you only have to remember one ... single master password -- or, simply select the key file to unlock the entire database. http://keepass.info PhpSecInfo For PHP web developers: PhpSecInfo provides an equivalent to the phpinfo() function that reports security information about the PHP environment, and offers suggestions for improvement. It is not a replacement for secure ... (view more)

Input Director Input Director is a Windows application that lets you control multiple Windows systems using the keyboard and mouse attached to one computer. It is designed for folks who have two (or more) computers set up at home and find themselves ... regularly moving from one system to the other. http://www.inputdirector.com Quick Restore Maker Create a Restore Point with a single click in Windows with Quick Restore Maker. Normally, to create a system restore point, you have to open the System Protection box and then open the System Restore utility (rstrui.exe) to create a restore point. Quick ... (view more)

With Windows 7 only recently released and by all accounts faring quite well amongst business and home users alike, it's hard to imagine Microsoft plotting the release of Windows 8 for any year in the near future. However, an ex-employee blog ... suggests otherwise. Microsoft's Windows 7 was released only in October (the 22nd, to be exact), and since that time has turned Vista-haters and other critics into big fans of the Windows platform once again. In a recent Windows 7 survey , digital content distributor Steam found that almost 1 in 4 of its users had converted to the new operating system (OS ... (view more)

One of the most crucial mistakes Microsoft made with its 2007 perating system (OS) Vista was fail to convince gamers that the OS was worth an upgrade. Vista, by all accounts, slowed down systems more than necessary, making it one more obstacle in ... the quest to play titles like Crysis at the maximum video frames per second. It seems, however, that the Redmond-based company's attempt to rectify that situation with the new Windows 7 is paying off. According to a recent survey performed by video game download center Steam, users of the increasingly popular operating system account for an ... (view more)

Taskix Reorder taskbar tabs, scroll tabs with mouse wheel, close tabs with middle-click using Taskix! The program is shareware but registration is not required; the program as the same functionality as the registered version ($4.00) and is not ... limited in time or in performance. http://www.taskix.robustit.com Agrowi Tired of staring at the same, old, boring desktop screen? Agrowi is a wallpaper manager that can download pictures and create collections of pictures. It works with a large number of image formats, and even offers special multi-monitor support. http://www.kruit-software.nl Today's ... (view more)

TeraCopy TeraCopy is one of the best, free (for non-commercial use) programs you can use to copying a large list of files from one place to another. For example, you might want to copy 1TB of movie files from your PC onto a portable, external ... harddrive to take with you to a friend's house. Teracopy is especially great for such a task because it shows which files will be copied, along with a process indicator, and even allows you to pause the copy. These features are not available via the standard Windows file-copy function. If you want a reliable file-copier, teracopy is highly recommended! ... (view more)

Imagine being fined almost $2 million dollars for illegally downloading two albums' worth of music. Minnesota single mom Jammie Thomas-Rasset couldn't believe such a decision, and neither could a U.S. District court judge, who recently cut the fine ... down to $54,000. Original Fine $200K, Upped to $1.92M Thomas-Rasset's case is a long and prolific one, dating back almost four years. It was in 2006 that a case was brought against her on behalf of the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA), for the illegal downloading of 24 songs. At the conclusion of that trial, Thomas-Rasset, who is a ... (view more)

Comodo Time Machine Comodo Time Machine (CTM) is an alternative to the Windows System Restore. It is a rollback utility that allows users to quickly restore their computers to an earlier point in time using CTM 'snapshots'. Snapshots are contain ... system properties, including the registry, critical operating system files and user created documents. http://www.comodo.com Windows Double Explorer Windows Double Explorer manages two or more Windows Explorers in one application. Also you can add your favorite folders with drag and drop to the toolbar for quick access. It's similar to Norton ... (view more)

With the recession dominating headlines across the U.S. and around the world for the past year and a half, some of the media buzz about global warming has, sadly, been disregarded by the wider public. However, a new report from NASA may change that. ... The research is courtesy of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, or GISS. According to the U.S. government space agency, 2009 was the second warmest year on record -- second only to 2005. However, 2009 does share a statistical tie with the years 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007. Some may take this to mean 2009 wasn't all that hot after all, ... (view more)