Brandon Dimmel

Millions of people log on to Blizzard's Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft every day. The game is a sensation around the world, and has arguably made Blizzard the king of PC gaming. However, WoW's popularity ... has demonstrated that there is room in the marketplace for rival franchises, and LucasArts recently revealed plans to bring people together online via the Star Wars universe. With the media buzzing about at a recent San Francisco unveiling, LucasArts and BioWare (makers of the popular Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series) announced Star Wars ... (view more)

Shoot Shoot is a speech recognition program that translates your voice commands into arbitrary keystrokes, and is perfect for commanding AI buddies in your favorite flight simulator or first person shooter! Forget about having to memorize all those ... keyboard shortcuts, now you can just say what you want to happen. http://clans.gameclubcentral.com Vista Services Optimizer Vista Services Optimizer is a free tweaking utility that can improve your Windows Vista Performance and security with a simple mouse click. Vista Services Optimizer also enables you to tweak Windows Vista services manually for ... (view more)

Pilfius PiLfIuS! is a program that turns the commands you speak into your microphone or headset into keystrokes. Command Lists are fully customizable, meaning that you no longer will have to remember a myriad of key combinations to perform an ... action, and won't have to take your hands off your mouse to do so. As an example, to order one of your fire-teams to open fire in Operation Flashpoint (tm), you would have to take your hands off the controls and hit the keys 9-2-3-1 in order, and without typos. This program helps you avoid the distraction! http://www.pilfius.com.ar Plax Network Suite ... (view more)

Think technology helps or hinders society? Granted, cellphones cause traffic accidents, cars pollute, and video games keep kids immobile and out of shape. However, recent research shows that many of these same technologies are bringing families ... together like never before. In the 1930s and 1940s, families often gathered 'round the household radio, listening intently to news on new New Deal policies or the progress of the American Army's march across Europe during World War II. In the following two or three decades, television also brought nuclear units together as families gathered to watch ... (view more)

Ever had your car stolen? The feeling one gets when approaching an empty parking space is of almost unsurpassed revulsion and horror. Well, now police are starting to fight back against car thieves, and they're doing it with a combination of ... technology and hard-nosed detective work. Car theft is certainly a rampant problem. In 2006, nearly 1.2 million cars were stolen in the United States, and although that's down about 3.5 per cent, the problem is still one of America's most concerning and popular crimes. (Source: auto-theft.info ) However, the popular "bait car" program might be ... (view more)

Net Surveyor NetSurveyor is an 802.11 (WiFi) network discovery tool and, as such, its goal is to gather information about nearby wireless access points in real time and display it using a variety of different diagnostic views and charts. Data can be ... recorded for extended periods and played-back at a later date/time. http://www.performancewifi.net Keepass KeePass is a free open source password manager that helps manage passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file. http://keepass.info Today's fresh software picks ... (view more)

Input Director Input Director is a Windows application that lets you control multiple Windows systems using the keyboard/mouse attached to one computer. It is designed for folks who have two (or more) computers set up at home and find themselves ... regularly sliding from one system to the other --- wearing out the carpet in the process! With Input Director, you can share a single keyboard/mouse across a set of systems. http://www.inputdirector.com Sql Backup And Ftp SQLBackupAndFTP is a software program that runs scheduled backups of SQL Server or SQL Server Express databases, zips the backups, ... (view more)

Feel like all those warnings about cellphones giving you cancer is just a load of baloney? You're probably right. However, dermatologists now warn that at the very least these mobile devices can cause awful skin breakouts! B.A.D., the British ... Association of Dermatologists, are now actively warning physicians in that country to be aware that "mobile phone dermatitis" is for real. The breakout appears as a rash that usually develops across the face and/or fingers. The ailment, which can be frighteningly red and painfully itchy, is actually caused by consistent contact with shiny cellphones. ... (view more)

The economy might be tanking but General Motors seems to think there are still those out there willing to fill up a big, big gas tank: the company has announced it will be accepting customer orders for its gutsy, gas-guzzling revived Chevy Camaro on ... Thursday, October 16, 2008. Fans of the car will remember its long, low shell and deep, guttural roar. The original Camaro, first sold in 1966, became a popular competitor for Ford's Mustang and Pontiac's Firebird. Despite making its mark as a American muscle car mainstay, slow sales eventually led to the Camaro's demise (or so it seemed) in 2002 ... (view more)

Create And Use A Password Reset Disk The Password Reset Disk is essentially a small file that can be used to reset your password, even if you have changed it since creating the disk. This can be extremely valuable for preventing any embarrassing ... situations. http://www.howtogeek.com Ico Fx Ico Fx is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing. It is designed to work with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Macintosh icons supporting transparency. With a wealth of tools and more than 40 effects at your fingertips, there's virtually no limit to the icons you can create. http://www ... (view more)