Brandon Dimmel

An Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability was used by hackers to get past the defenses of Adobe, Google, and about 32 other companies, says security firm McAfee. Until now, the IE flaw had been unknown to security researchers, while the attack had ... initially been blamed on an Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) vulnerability. According to McAfee, hackers used a variety of tactics, including spear-phishing (email spoofing with a specific target in mind), to unleash an incredibly effective "cocktail of zero-day vulnerabilities," that exploited flaws in company systems and left backdoor loopholes ... (view more)

7 Stacks 7stacks is an easy to use, free application that lets Windows 7 (and Vista and XP) users have "stacks" of icons in their Taskbar (in 7) or QuickLaunch Toolbar (in Vista and XP). By using stacks, users can reduce icon clutter, and combine a ... group of related icons into a single icon. For instance, if you use application suites such as Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or Adobe CS4, you can have all the suite's icons combined into one icon! http://www.alastria.com DesktopOK Save and restore the positions of icons. DesktopOK is a small but effective solution for users that have to ... (view more)

Switch Off Shutdown your PC automatically or remotely from any computer or mobile phone. Switch Off is a lightweight easy-to-use tray-based system utility that can automatically perform various frequently used operations such as shutting down or ... restarting your computer, disconnecting your current dial-up connection and locking your workstation. http://www.airytec.com TimeComX TimeComX is a small and resource-friendly automation program that can execute various actions after specified time or by a lower deviation of network and processor usage activity. http://bitdreamers.com Today's fresh ... (view more)

If you're still running an old version of Adobe's popular Flash player plug-in, you'd better update, says Microsoft. The software giant, which rarely tells customers to halt their use of another company's wares, has had it with the many bugs and ... security vulnerabilities in Flash Player 6.0, released several years ago. In response to multiple bugs and a slew of security vulnerabilities, Microsoft has through its most recent Security Advisory (#979267) told users that they should either uninstall Flash Player 6.0 or immediately switch to a newer edition of the plugin. Threats Include Remote ... (view more)

In case you were thinking that buying Microsoft's Natal for the Xbox 360 was a bad decision because most gaming consoles only last 4-5 years -- think again. Microsoft has forecasted another few years of life for the game console, which made its ... debut back in November 2005. Microsoft Natal Showcased at CES One of the most popular devices at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week was Microsoft's Natal, a device that plugs into its Xbox 360 video game console. Natal mimics the motion-sensitive gameplay of the Nintendo Wii, which has since its 2006 launch dominated the console market by ... (view more)

TweakPrefetch TweakPrefetch is a utility coded in VB.net capable of managing fetching in Windows XP, Vista and 7. It allows the user to set separate parameters for the native Windows Prefetch and Superfetch functions. Scroll down for English version ... of text. http://exilesofsoftware.blogspot.com Hide Desktop Hide the desktop icons when the mouse is elsewhere. http://www.donationcoder.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at Shell Extension City, in partnership with Infopackets.com. Please note that the below software descriptions are provided solely from the ... (view more)

After a lengthy court battle that saw Microsoft cut down by tiny Canadian firm i4i, the software giant has agreed to remove the conflicting function from its popular Word program. As of this morning, the XML features at the heart of the great 2009 ... Word legal battle have been cut out. The ordeal began back in August , when a Texas federal judge found Microsoft guilty of infringing on small Toronto-based i4i's copyright of various XML functions found in the software company's Word, a prominent part of the very popular Office suite. Microsoft was given until October 10 to remove Word from store ... (view more)

Ever wonder why the glow of your computer monitor makes that late-day headache even worse? Or how the piercing sunset on the drive home makes you want to drill into the side of your skull in some vain attempt to relieve the pressure? Then take note ... of a recent study by Boston-based researchers who say they can now verify that light affects migraine headaches. In a report published Sunday through Nature Neuroscience, Boston researchers have found that certain cells in the brain, referred to as the thalamus, can sometimes act as a sort-of battleground for information based on the brain's visual ... (view more)

Trans Other Want to spice things up with your desktop and the applications running on it? Tired of the same old theme for those open windows? Then try Trans Other, which makes all windows but the active one transparent. http://www.donationcoder.com ... Planet MULE Planet M.U.L.E. is a free remake and tribute of the original game M.U.L.E. from Ozark Softscape. http://www.planetmule.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at Shell Extension City, in partnership with Infopackets.com. Please note that the below software descriptions are provided solely from the developer ... (view more)

Snippage Snippage allows you to easily make desktop widgets out of any website. Take pieces of your favorite web sites and run them on your desktop, such as an auction you've got your eye on, your web email inbox, for example. ... http://snippage.gabocorp.com Jdownloader JDownloader simplifies downloading files from One-Click-Hosters like Rapidshare.com or Megaupload.com -- not only for users with a premium account but also for users who don't pay. It offers downloading in multiple parallel streams, captcha recognition, automatic file extraction and much more. JDownloader is open source, platform ... (view more)