Brandon Dimmel

CPU Frequenz CPU Frequenz is used to quickly, efficiently, and accurately identify the CPU frequency on your machine. http://www.softwareok.com Color Console ColorConsole brings a little color to the black and white world of Windows (DOS) command ... line. Installation not required: this program runs from a single file. http://www.softwareok.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at Shell Extension City. Please note that the below software descriptions are provided solely from the developer and are absent from any guarantee or warranty. You are encouraged to review ... (view more)

Interested in helping honor fallen U.S. troops who gave their lives in its recent wars, but not sure how to do it? A new Google Earth tool helps people find local (and not so local) families as well as media related to those troops who have paid the ... ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan and Iraq. It's a worthy reminder that these wars are far from over. The new feature is called Map the Fallen , a new Google Earth layer released Sunday by Google engineer Sean Askay. It holds data on the 5,700-plus service members who have died during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The highly interactive ... (view more)

Test Windows 7 RC On A Virtual Machine: Part 1 This handy guide takes an in-depth look at Windows 7's Release Candidate , which was recently just a few weeks ago. Its author shows you how to install a virtual machine in order to test out the new ... operating system easily and safely. http://www.makeuseof.com Test Windows 7 RC On A Virtual Machine: Part 2 This continuation of the previous Windows 7 RC guide now moves beyond the installation of a virtual machine to the installation of Windows 7 itself. http://www.makeuseof.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at ... (view more)

Facebook is exceptionally popular, and with all of that fame comes plenty of trouble. Scams are hardly new to the social networking site, and now it Facebook faces one of its most serious yet: a phishing routine that threatens to infect user ... computers with malware. The scam, which started nailing Facebook users yesterday, goes something like this: a member receives a message from a friend packing a link, usually with the subject line "Hello" or "areps.at" or other addresses ending with ".at". Those who click on that link will be sent to a website asking for their login information, which is ... (view more)

Microsoft has been slapped by a heavy hand for including a Canadian company's technology in Microsoft Word. A Texas federal court recently decided that the Redmond-based firm infringed on Toronto-based i4i's XML-based patent. Canada's i4i raised its ... concerns in 2007, suing Microsoft for altering the XML (eXtensive Markup Language) in Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007. According to i4i, the customization of this process violated its patent. Microsoft denied the charges, insisting that its own patent is valid and has nothing to do with i4i technology. (Source: crn.com ) Microsoft Appeals Ruling ... (view more)

Eee Rotate Rotate your monitor's screen with exciting new program Eee Rotate. It's a tiny program designed to help you rotate a screen and touchpad at the same time. It's specially designed for EeePC (netbook) machines but will work effectively with ... most other computers, too. http://www.ghacks.net Defraggler Defraggler differs from other defrag tools on the market by enabling you to quickly and simply defrag the files you want to without having to process the whole drive. Simply run it, select the file and defragment in seconds. No more struggling with the Windows defragmentation tool, and ... (view more)

HD Clone HD Clone copies smaller drives onto larger units for migrating or backing up complete installations. The download package contains HDClone as a Windows application (HDClone/W) and as a self-booting application (HDClone/S). You can easily ... create a bootable HDClone/S floppy disk or CD/DVD on Windows with only few mouse clicks. http://www.miray.de Mojo Pac MojoPac help to maintain privacy with support for a number of applications: a useful tool for small businesses or family-based networks. http://www.mojopac.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at Shell ... (view more)

In a recent study Microsoft surpassed Apple in value perception scores, meaning those participating felt they got more value when purchasing a Windows PC. The study, launched by advertising trackers BrandIndex, included some 5,000 people and lasted ... several months. Research began right around the same time Microsoft revved up its popular and controversial ad campaign dubbed "Laptop Hunters," which follows real consumers challenged by the Redmond firm to find the cheapest laptop with a specific set of features. Most of the time they settle on PCs for about $500 to $1,000, making premium Apple ... (view more)

Is it just me, or does it seem strange that netbooks are getting bigger? The slim, lightweight, and reasonably powerful sub-10" laptops that have captured the hearts of penny-pinching Americans mired in a recession are steadily growing outwards from ... their 7" and 8.9" roots. HP started the trend with the release of its 10.2" HP Mini 1010 last year. Boasting a 92% full size keyboard, the Mini matched smaller netbooks in power while adding a much-needed punch of size and style. Unfortunately, the Mini costs just under $500 in most places, making it a runner-up to the cheaper Acer Aspire One ... (view more)

Service Tuner Service Tuner is a utility that lets users tweak the start-up state of the background services using some presets. It is also capable of saving the current start-up state of all services, as well as restoring that saved state at a ... later time. http://www.hiren.info Taskbar Commander This tool is only for the most eccentric of Windows users: it lets you control the order that buttons appear on your taskbar. Alphabetize them, color them, do anything you want! Requires IE4+ with shell integration. http://www.hiren.info Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob ... (view more)