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Like covering your tracks online? Then you'll be happy to hear that Microsoft has recently announced a host of new privacy tools for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) capable of better protecting users' privacy during and after their surfing. It's a major ... step for Microsoft, which has in the past been criticized for failing to improve IE's privacy settings. With a dominant market share over primary competitor Firefox (from Mozilla), it seemed the impetus for change simply wasn't there. Now that Firefox presents a greater challenge to Microsoft's browser dominance than ever before, the Redmond-based ... (view more)

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 guarantee or warranty. You are encouraged to ... review the Shell Extension Software Policy for more details. Windows Multipoint SDK The Windows MultiPoint SDK helps developers create programs that allow a single computer to have multiple mice connected. http://research.microsoft.com Essential Bluetooth Hacking Tools If you are planning to gain a deeper understanding of Bluetooth security, you ... (view more)

In a market where software developers are always looking for the cutting edge, a recent survey revealed that newer is not always better. It turns out that developers prefer writing programs for older Windows operating systems, such as XP, to the ... newer Vista. (Source: zdnet.com ) U.S. research group Evans Data Corp recently released the results of a poll of 380 North American software developers. The study asked which integrated development environment (IDE) they preferred, as well as which operating system they wrote programs for. In the first section, respondents were asked to evaluate IDEs ... (view more)

Wiki On A Stick Personal wiki that lives in one self-modifying XHTML file containing software, interface and data. Very useful for creating small websites and maintaining notes or to-do lists; completely javascript-programmable, supports images and ... files embedding. http://sourceforge.net/projects/stickwiki Ps Tools The Windows NT and Windows 2000 Resource Kits come with a number of command-line tools that help you administer your Windows NT/2K systems. This is a collection of similar tools, including some not included in the Resource Kits. What sets these tools apart is that they all allow ... (view more)

File Menu Tools Customize the context menu of the Windows Explorer. Add a large number of built-in utilities in order to do operations over files and folders. Add customized commands which let you run external applications, copy/move to a specific ... folder or delete specific file types. http://www.lopesoft.com/en/fmtools/info.html Wintail Sometimes you need to look at a very large text file, like the 1GB log files on some systems. This program reads the last megabytes of the file without creating a 1 GB swap file. http://www.elentaris.co.uk/software/index.html (view more)

Tor Anonymity Online Tor is a software project that helps users defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security. ... http://www.torproject.org/ Shell Tools Shell Tools is a collection of free Windows shell extensions and utilities. This package contains updated versions of our old shell extensions FontLoader, FileNote, RegisterEx, CopyURL and more. http://www.moonsoftware.com/ (view more)

Network management is easy. No really, it is. Or at least, it is when you use a new software package from PacketTrap called pt360 Tool Suite Free/Pro (pt360). You see, the folks over at PacketTrap.com realize that running a network can be a painful, ... complex affair that often involves utilizing dozens of tools to diagnose a network problem -- and few ever use a graphical user interface (GUI). In other words, diagnosing a network problem relies on reading long-winded, boring, ugly, jargon-filled text. That's where PacketTrap's pt360 is different. pt360 works just like a dashboard on a car: or ... (view more)

Packet Trap Network Management Tools Many network management tools on the market are expensive, non-intuitive, or poorly supported. PacketTrap free network management tools are forever FREE, up to date with an elegant user interface, and are fully ... supported. To make your life easier, PacketTrap free network management tools are also consolidated into the free pt360 Tool Suite in an effort to eliminate some of the burden that you, as a Network Engineer or System Admin, face every day. http://www.packettrap.com/product/pt360/pingscan.html Vista4experts Vista4Experts is a treat for computer ... (view more)

Millions of people use free online software programs that deliver news, email and a host of other services on a daily basis. While these programs make information and communication easier than ever before, they are still limited in their use to only ... when the individual is online. (Source: techmeme.com ) That's all about to change! In an effort to test the limitations of the Internet once again, Google is attempting to make many free online applications, like their popular G-mail and spreadsheet programs, available offline for users who experience trouble connecting to the Internet. (Source: ... (view more)

Mb-Ruler MB-Ruler helps you to measure distances and angles on the screen. The ruler is almost transparent, so you can have it on the screen, while you are working with the applications below. Additionally it has a screen loupe function, a RGB value ... window and you can place temporary points, lines, rectangles, ellipses, polylines, texts and bitmaps as markers on the screen. For software developers MB-Ruler has a remote interface to modify its position and angle and receive its data. http://www.markus-bader.de/MB-Ruler/ Sea Tools SeaTools for Windows is a comprehensive, easy-to-use diagnostic ... (view more)