image

USB Image Tool 1.6 This program allows you to quickly and easily back up your USB drives by creating separate images of those drives. USB Image Tool isn't only compatible with USB sticks, however -- it will also work with digital media players, SD ... cards, smartphones, and even digital cameras. http://www.alexpage.de LazPaint 5.1 LazPaint is a unique image editor that gives users access to a number of exciting features, including alpha blending, antialiasing, rotation, filters, and multiple undo. Make sure to click the dark green button in the middle of the page in order to begin the download ... (view more)

We recently received this question about pinning items to the Windows 8 desktop: "Dear Infopackets team, Last week, when complaining about having to sift through an extensive list of my preferred websites under the "Favorites" tab in Windows 8's ... Internet Explorer, one of my co-workers suggested that I start pinning these sites to my desktop. I went home to do some more research and stumbled upon a website called "Pinterest." Yes, I can upload my favorite websites, but it looks like everyone will be able to see my list if I decide to go this route. I really don't want to make this a ... (view more)

Image Tools 3.5 This software tool can be used to quickly and easily adjust your favorite digital images. Using Image Tools 3.5, you can adjust the brightness and size of images. You can also use this program to take screenshots and share your ... images with friends and family. http://union-d.ru SafeIP 2.0 Interested in protecting your privacy while using the Internet to surf, work, or play games? Then try out SafeIP, which hides your Internet Protocol (IP) address from prying eyes. This program will hide your IP address from websites, email programs, and games. http://www.freesafeip.com This ... (view more)

Dear Infopackets team, First off, thank you for your helpful Windows 8 tips! Now I need a specific answer. I recently found a neat cooking website and wanted to take a screenshot of one of the recipes. In previous versions of Windows, I was able to ... take a screenshot of the entire page, but I'm experiencing difficulty doing this in Windows 8. Am I still able to take screenshots in Windows 8? If so, is there any way that I can capture only a portion of the screen? I could really use your help on this! Thanks, Brenda W." My response: Yes, Brenda. Windows 8 contains a tool that lets you ... (view more)

Easy Image Modifier 4.7.1 Easy Image Modifier for Windows does just what its name implies: it allows you to easily rotate, resize, crop, and flip your digital images without having to learn the complicated system commands often required by other ... image modifying programs. This program also allows you to add watermarks. Click the big grey box at the bottom of the next page to download this free program. http://www.inspire-soft.net Speckie for Windows 8 5.7 Speckie is a real-time spell-checker designed for use with Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser. It's completely free for personal use ... (view more)

Apple is facing a new kind of challenge to its popularity overseas: a group of Russian Orthodox Christians are calling the company's corporate logo "sacrilegious." The group bases this judgment on its spiritual standards and claims to have made it ... their mission to stop the iconic image from appearing in their region. The Apple logo, you may remember, was first created in 1976 by graphics designer Rob Janoff. Since then, the image has been emblazoned on many high-tech innovations, from the original Macintosh personal computer to the newest iPhone 5. Logo Conveys 'Forbidden Fruit' Imagery To ... (view more)

Be careful when using Bing, Microsoft's search engine, says a security expert. According to the expert's report, Bing is more likely than other search engines to offer users links to malicious websites. The report comes from Fraser Howard, a ... computer security researcher with SophosLabs. In the report, Howard suggests that users of Bing are twice as likely as users of Google to find malicious links on their results pages. Bing Bad, Google Less Bad That's a startling number, given that Google has more than four times the market share of Bing. However, it remains unclear how accurate and ... (view more)

A recent study by Swedish researchers has led to claims that it is possible to erase emotional memories from the human brain. It's an idea that appears to come straight from the 2004 movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." The startling ... assertion is related to a new theory that suggests memories (predominantly those associated with fear) can be turned into benign memories and remain that way for a lifetime. Emotions Altered Before Becoming Long-Term Memory Scientists agree that a long-term memory is formed when individuals learn new information through the process of ... (view more)

Image Sequence Viewer 2.01 Image Sequence Viewer is a free software utility for Windows that makes it easy to quickly view a sequence of images as an animation. The software makes it easy to change the frame rate, create a continuing loop of the ... images, and include in the animation other images stored in subfolders. It's an ideal tool for watching sketch animations or viewing archived webcam images. http://cyber-d.blogspot.ca WinMailer 1.0 WinMailer is a free software tool that allows you to quickly send emails, even with attachments, to anyone by means of your Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, or ... (view more)

McAfee has released a new browser add-on that allows Facebook users to more privately post personal pictures. The app reportedly prevents strangers from viewing these images. Called Social Protection, it's a plug-in that offers two viewing features: ... First, it allows users to blur all their uploaded photos, and allow only the contacts the user selects to see them clearly. Second, the software allows a user to select which images will be blurred. This allows all the other photographs to remain visible to Facebook friends, by default. Images Blurred in Timeline, News Feed Using this new system, ... (view more)