Brandon Dimmel

New Yahoo! Inc. CEO Carol Bartz is already looking to put her stamp on the much-maligned search company only a month after she replaced previous chief Jerry Yang. According to reports, Bartz is currently searching for a number of upper-level ... executives as she shuffles Yahoo's management and pursues new strategies for winning back surfer approval. Bartz, former CEO of Autodesk Inc. (an architecture and engineering software company), has a lot of work ahead of her. She replaced Yang last month after Yahoo's former CEO reportedly blew a $47.5 billion takeover deal that would have seen Microsoft ... (view more)

Are you careful with the friends you keep? What about those on your Facebook page? According to a recent report , your "Friends List" could determine which doors are open and closed to you in the near and distant future. The report likens the ... situation to this: say you hung out with some super lefties during your early years -- perhaps even Communist Party members -- and you keep those chums, be they close or distant friends, on your Facebook Friends List. Several years later you decide to run for office or apply for an executive position at a big corporation; will those friends come back to ... (view more)

Clonezilla Clonezilla is an open source bare metal backup and recovery (disk imaging) program.Clonezilla saves and restores only used blocks on the hard disk, increasing clone efficiency. At the NCHC's Classroom C, Clonezilla SE was used to clone 41 ... computers simultaneously. It took only about 10 minutes to clone a 5.6 GBytes system image to all 41 computers via multicasting -- impressive! http://clonezilla.org Command-Line Fu Command-Line-Fu is the place to record frequently used command line arguments that you use again and again. Delete that bloated snippets file you've been using and ... (view more)

Liquid Location Liquid Location is a dynamic DNS service that focuses on simplicity in design, security and ease of updates. Unlike other services that require you to send your password across a network or use some clunky IP address to update ... software, Liquid Location automatically detects your connecting IP address remotely and doesn't use passwords for updates. http://liquidlocation.com WizMouse WizMouse is a mouse enhancement utility that makes your mouse wheel work on the window currently under the mouse pointer, instead of the currently focused window. This means you no longer have to ... (view more)

Only further riling up anxious PC users who can't wait to get their hands on the new Windows 7 , Microsoft yesterday released a trial version of new file-sharing software intended for use with its upcoming and highly-anticipated operating system. ... The new software allows PC users to swap files with the computers of friends, family, and trusted colleagues along safe, secure channels. Dubbed "Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5," the beta connects the Windows Live IDs of individual users with a Windows 7 account, essentially building a secure link between data stored on a hard drive and ... (view more)

Rumors this week suggest that software giant Microsoft has acquired an Israeli virtual reality company. Although the acquisition could present any number of uses, insiders are speculating that the move has been made to improve the Redmond-based ... company's second-place position in the video game industry. While much of the technology world buzzes about its upcoming Windows 7 , Microsoft has made an important move in its attempt to halt Nintendo's steady advance in the gaming industry. As the Wii continues to run away with the gaming crown by employing motion-sensitive technology and accessible ... (view more)

Folder Checker Folder Checker can be used to monitor changes inside specified folders. The program will alert when files are added, deleted, or modified in these folders, acting like a flashing red light if a remote hacker was to take control of ... your system. http://bapuli.reflectionsindia.org Wssecure Application Monitor Wssecure is a security program that can be used to detect unknown viruses and spyware. It allows the power user to trust the system executables initially and alerts when new programs are run or when existing programs are modified. http://bapuli.reflectionsindia.org Today's ... (view more)

It seems automobiles aren't the only consumer item 'going green' these days. At last week's annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, popular electronics manufacturer Samsung unveiled a solar-powered cellphone constructed from recycled plastic ... water bottles, making quite the splash with enviro-techies worldwide. At the Toronto International Auto Show this past week, just about everyone was thinking green. Hydrogen, electric, and hybrid cars dominated center stage throughout the event, just as they had weeks before at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. With automotive ... (view more)

Wireshark Similar to OINK for Linux, Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer, and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions. It will tell you who (IP address) is connected to your PC and what ... is happening in real time. Wireshark has a rich feature set which includes deep inspection of protocols, live capture, and offline analysis. Click here for a screenshot . http://www.wireshark.org Easy Whiteboard Easy Whiteboard is software used to emulate a computer whiteboard. It lets the user draw basic forms and objects on the whole computer ... (view more)

Coreboot With this very useful and advanced new program, users can replace the proprietary BIOS found in most computers. Coreboot currently supports as many as 200 different main boards (motherboards), making it an exceptionally useful and ... compatible tool. http://www.coreboot.org Web Sandbox Live Labs Web Sandbox technology preview is a solution for securing web content through isolation. Today web gadgets, mashup components, advertisements, and third party content on websites either run with full trust alongside your content or are isolated inside of IFrames. As a result, many modern web ... (view more)