Brandon Dimmel

Tempted to buy an Apple iPhone for yourself or a loved one this Christmas? Impressed by its video playback, games, and touch screen technology? How about its speed? Well, the latter may not be as impressive as Apple has led consumers to believe. ... According to reports, Apple has been forced to pull an advertisement airing in Britain that boasted the device's extremely fast capabilities. The ad in question showed an iPhone 3G transferring data "really fast"; however, Britain's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has deemed that spot misleading and has in turn banned the ad from airing in ... (view more)

Log On To Windows XP Automatically Tired of logging on twice? You boot up your computer, walk away expecting that all files and necessary programs will be loaded, only to return to a password screen? This program helps users bypass that step in ... order to log onto Windows XP automatically. http://www.downloadsquad.com Ramona This is an oddball program that simulates a conversation with a lovely brunette. It seems even a virtual person likes to chat; just answer Ramona's questions, and let the conversation flow from there. http://www.kurzweilai.net Today's fresh software picks were provided ... (view more)

Clean Up Your Context Menu One of the most irritating things about Windows is the context menu clutter that you have to deal with once you install a bunch of applications. It seems like every application is fighting for a piece of your context menu, ... and it's not like you even use half of them. This article explains where these menu items are hiding in your registry and how to disable them. http://www.howtogeek.com Cache Viewers CacheView is a small utility that reads the cache folder of Google Chrome Web browser and displays the list of all files currently stored in the cache. http://www. ... (view more)

Remember the 1991 film, "The Rocketeer", where a young pilot uses a jetpack prototype to become a masked vigilante and win the heart of Jennifer Connelly? That scenario isn't as far-fetched as it once was, given that an American stuntman recently ... used a jetpack to soar over Colorado's Royal Gorge. The stuntman in question is one Eric Scott, who recently appeared on CBS' Early Show and a variety of local cable channels after making his daring leap. Scott has been testing jetpack devices for some 16 years, and was confident that he wouldn't plummet to his untimely death when he straddled the ... (view more)

They say curiosity killed the cat. Well, apparently it also gets Verizon Wireless workers canned. According to reports, several employees for the popular cellphone provider were suspended under suspicion that they may have peeked at President-elect ... Barack Obama's call records. Verizon Wireless CEO and president Lowell McAdam was forthright with the media when he announced that Obama's personal cellphone account had been accessed by employees. "This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed President-Elect Barack Obama's ... (view more)

Reg From App RegFromApp monitors the registry changes made by applications and creates a standard RegEdit registration file (.reg) that contains all of the registry changes made. You can use the generated .reg file to import these changes with ... RegEdit when desired. http://www.nirsoft.net Convert Pdf Document To Word Just as it sounds, this useful online utility allows users to convert .pdf files/documents viewed by Adobe Acrobat into Microsoft Word documents. You'll find a very simple interface that quickly and easily converts your file. http://convertpdftoword.net Today's fresh software ... (view more)

Seadragon Microsoft Live Labs' Seadragon aims to change the way we use screens, from wall-sized displays all the way down to cell phones, so that graphics and photos are easily browsed regardless of the amount of data or the bandwidth of the ... network. http://livelabs.com Vista Visual Master Vista Visual Master is a free application that will help you to customize your Windows Vista easily. With a clean and simple interface it brings you an All-in-One set of powerful and neatly classified tools, settings and tweaks. http://www.ghacks.net Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of ... (view more)

Think the iPhone is a fantastic new technology that should be celebrated the world 'round, not unlike Apple's iPod? Well, if you live in Britain (or perhaps any region other than North America) you may have trouble with one of its popular features. ... The iPhone includes a number of handy tools, including a touch screen, mp3 playback, video display, organizational utilities, and games. However, many fans in the US are particularly fond of a new iPhone tool: voice recognition-based search. Unfortunately, for those using the device in Britain the voice-recognition tool is struggling to compensate ... (view more)

Create Your Own Version of Basic This episode of Computer Archaeology is about reverse engineering eight different versions of Microsoft BASIC 6502 (Commodore, AppleSoft etc.), reconstructing the family tree, and understanding when bugs were fixed ... and when new bugs, features, and 'Easter eggs' were introduced. http://pagetable.com ViOrb ViOrb automatically replaces your start button with one that looks the same as Vista's start orb so you can get the Vista feel and look for Windows XP. Just download ViOrb, extract the ViOrb OneStep executable and then double click it. http://lee-soft.com ... (view more)

The antivirus software industry may change dramatically now that Microsoft has announced it will be offering free protection in the near future. The Redmond-based giant has revealed that it will terminate sales of its popular Windows Live OneCare ... security suite and will instead offer a slimmed-down version called "Morro" in its place -- for free. The switch will be effective June 30, 2009 and could have homicidal ramifications for other popular antivirus makers like McAfee, Symantec, and Trend Micro. (Source: pcworld.com ) Some are heralding the move as a sort of socialist godsend. The free ... (view more)