Brandon Dimmel

Now that Oprah's Twittering , it's only fair that America's weirdoes follow her onto the popular social networking site. Recently, an Oklahoma City man was arrested after threatening to go on a killing rampage over his tax return. In a Twitter post ... two weeks ago, Daniel Knight Hayden -- known to his Twitter friends as CitizenQuasar -- encouraged pals to join him in a bloody and brutal protest against the government over what CNET is reporting was a tax disagreement. "START THE KILLING NOW! I am willing to be the FIRST DEATH!," read Hayden's April 11th post. He followed that shortly afterwards ... (view more)

Facebook's Terms of Service vote wrapped up yesterday, and although participation fell far short of what the social networking company had hoped, by a vote of three-to-one users supported its new TOS. Earlier in the week, Facebook attempted to right ... earlier wrongs over its Terms of Service by throwing the issue open to a massive vote. Controversy erupted earlier this year when the site tried to introduce a new policy that could have left accounts in Facebook's possession, even if a user terminated his or her association with the database. Some even feared Facebook would take users' personal ... (view more)

Bump Top BumpTop is a fun, intuitive 3D desktop application that helps you organize and be more productive. Think of it like a real desk, but infinitely more interactive, colorful, and a lot more fun! http://bumptop.com Ecofont Ecofont is a great ... printing font that uses less ink, which not only helps save the environment, but can also keep your wallet nice and full. http://www.ecofont.eu 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 ... (view more)

There's nothing hotter in the computer world than the "Netbook" . These slim, light, 8.9" and 10.2" systems feature impressive speed and abilities, so long as you're not looking for a Crysis fix on-the-go. And yet, industry powerhouse Apple doesn't ... seem to want a piece of the pie. Earlier this year, Apple COO Tim Cook referred to netbooks as "much less powerful" than the minimum requirements of the average user. Even with sales of Acer's Aspire One, HP's Mini-Note, and Lenovo's IdeaPad soaring, Apple's execs could only muster this in describing their own feelings about the market: "We are ... (view more)

Dark Screen Some computer users experience problems with glare from the screen. Dark Screen sits over all windows and provides a means of dimming the output between 20% and 90%. Dark Screen is multi-monitor aware, and can be used on the main monitor ... only or all monitors. Everything is controlled from the icon in the Notification area of the Taskbar (where the clock sits). http://www.fxc.btinternet.co.uk Edgeless This application causes the mouse pointer to wrap around the screen instead of stopping at the edges. It can be configured to start at Windows startup if required, making it easy (and ... (view more)

Reg Compact Reg Compact solves registry bloat by rewriting the registry 'hives' into new files that are optimized and smaller. Your computer is restarted after the registry hives are compacted and during system startup the old, fragmented files are ... replaced with the newly generated and optimized ones. http://www.hiren.info Refresh Lock Fed up with getting 60Hz or 75Hz in your favorite OpenGL/Direct3D/DirectX games (e.g. Quake 1/2/3, Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, or Deus Ex) instead of the 120Hz your display adapter and monitor are capable of? With Refresh Lock, you can enjoy higher display ... (view more)

Will astronomers some day find an unspoiled planet where we can all move when this dying rock is kaput? It seems scientists are getting closer, having discovered a planet very close to earth's size -- and it's only 20 light years away. The discovery ... was recently announced at a conference at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, with more details submitted in a paper to the journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The planet in question lies way, way off in the distance, orbiting around a dim red star called Gliese 581 in the Libra constellation. The new planet, now dubbed Gliese 581e by ... (view more)

Volta Volta is a Microsoft Live Lab experimental developer toolset that allows you to build complex web applications. It has been unavailable for a while, but a download has been made available via BrotherSoft. http://www.brothersoft.com Top 9 ... Tweaks For A Faster Vista Tired of Vista's sluggish startup and load times? They can make operating a Vista machine feel like a not-so-pleasant time warp back to the late 1980s. Below is a list of features that offer tweaks for the UAC (User Account Control), system restore and indexing, sidebar, themes, and lots more. http://www.blackviper.com Today's ... (view more)

Those anticipating Windows 7 , Microsoft's new operating system, will be happy to hear that the Redmond-based software giant will make its Release Candidate 1 (RC1) edition available soon. Starting May 5, Microsoft will provide Windows 7 RC1 through ... TechNet.com and MSDN.com. There's been some confusion about the download date. Microsoft's Partner Program site not so long ago bragged that the Windows 7 Release Candidate was already available, luring users in with the promise that the build was available "now". However, as Ars Technica recently found out, that appears to be a typo and the full ... (view more)

Boot It Boot It is a tool offered by Lexar that enables a user to format a USB flash drive, set a volume label, set a (bootable) active partition and most importantly, flip the Removable Media Bit (RMB) on the USB device to allow Windows to see the ... USB device as a fixed disk, rather than removable media. That will allow a user to setup and use multiple partitions on the USB flashdrive from Windows. http://www.pendriveapps.com Close All Windows This tool helps you to close all running applications with one click. It does not use system resources because it only flashes a close signal to all ... (view more)