Over at Lifehacker , there’s a super piece of software (granted, still in Beta) for video editing for free. Lightworks , according to Adam Dachis (who really knows his stuff) is really worth it, and the folks at at Lightworks have taken it open source so all you have to do is to register there to download and keep it. This is not trialware. Although I can’t promise it, I believe updates will be free also. There’s a Forum there where you can ask question...
Went to CNET.com to see what’s new and (of course) went to “Desktop Enhancement” and found: Congrats Stardock!
Just passing this along. The Mozilla website hasn’t been updated as of now, but my ff4RC updated today…as will yours if you participated in the beta testing program. Still, it’s problematic…. doesn’t show the vids I can see with Opera 11.01 on WC. Neither does ie9. For those interested (from Island Dog) : http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/4.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%204.0.exe Additional source reading: http://www.neowin.n...
Device Doctor is a great (free) way to keep your drivers (even for your ‘unknown devices’ in Device Manager) up to date so your computer will function well and will be secure. Your programs will run better and faster when your drivers are up to date. Device Doctor Download Link: http://www.devicedoctor.com/ And speaking of programs… Keep your programs up to date (and your computer more secure) by taking advantage of this little gem Update...
If you’re forever being asked to “Come over for a visit, and btw, fix my computer, pleeeease!”, or even if only for your own needs, IObit Toolbox is “It”. I recommend it highly! It’s a free, portable collection of software tools that system administrators and (really) just anyone can take along to solve PC problems anytime and anywhere on a flash drive. It can also be installed on your home system. "With more than 20 dedicated tools (26 to be...
Microsoft has brought down Rustock , a notorious botnet responsible for sending billions of spam emails, the company said in a blog post. Microsoft said the botnet had infected millions of computers and was sending out fake Microsoft lottery scams, and offers to sell fake prescription drugs. Here is some detail from Microsoft’s blog: “Today, I’m happy to announce that based on the knowledge gained in that effort, we have successfully taken down a larger,...
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols over at ZDNet summed it up pretty neatly for me and revealed problems and vulnerabilities which I didn’t know about. Quoting just the highlights (see the review for details): Operating system incompatibilities : XP is ignored. Whether it’s a dinosaur or not, it’s one of MS’s OS’s and this, to me at least, just isn’t playing fair. Performance : FF4 betas and Chrome outperform it on the majority of benchmarks. H...
Counting on people’s voyeuristic “Trainwreck” (who doesn’t rubberneck at a road accident?)psychology and the “need to feed” and keep up on what’s going on in Japan, a brand new click-jacking scam has surfaced on facebook. This clickjacking/survey scam lures users in with supposed raw footage of the tsunami that hit Japan after the earthquake. The message contains a link to the page hosting the video purportedly shot by a CNN crew, or discove...
Just a quickie - After the betas and the RC, the finalized ie 9 is now available for download. A nice screenshot tour is available: http://lifehacker.com/#!5638885/internet-explorer-screenshot-tour-the-best-new-features-in-ie9 Download Link: http://www.beautyoftheweb.com/#/download
That pun was intended. [rant start here]. Computers are slowly but surely edging into “human territory”. I’m actually glad we’re starting to feel what the mountain lions and bears have felt for years… getting “squeezed out”, in the name of “progress”. I don’t have to guess who’s coming to club this baby seal: United Health Care, BCBC, CMS, Humana (there’s a laugh), et al are (and have been for years). For those unfamiliar (anyone not know what “Jeopardy is?), Jeopardy...
Not strictly Personal computing, except that some of the items covered are tied to that. This really caught my eye, and I figured (maybe I'm wrong) it could come in really useful at least to some degree for just about everyone. It comes from Lifehacker which I couldn't live without. Well, not as well, anyway. Don't forget to check your papers, though. This doesn't tell you where to buy, after all. It's just a "general guide". It's been “just sitting there”...
Blackhat SEO (Search Engine Optimization) attacks have already surfaced exploiting search engines pointed at “most recent earthquakes in Japan” according to Trend Micro. These criminals pounced very quickly to mock up legitimate appearing sites fueled by people’s honest search for details an video clips of the disaster. “We immediately monitored for any active attacks as soon as news broke out, and true enough we saw web pages inserted with key words relate...
The Windows Club has done us all a HUGE service. You all know that your computer needs updated drivers the same as your apps need to be updated. This keeps your computer working as it should without unexpected crashes. Thanks to their article ( http://tinyurl.com/6xcgfvs ) I learned of this utility and have updated my wireless network and chipset drivers. Back up your existing drivers before installing new ones. Download only from the main site or your computer manufacturer&rsquo...
Just a ‘quickie’, folks. Found two nice FREE image converter on the web. Faststone Image converter. Trustworthy name, and iResizer. This version of Faststone is from 4/28/2010. Features (per Faststone): “Converts and Renames images in batch mode Supports JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF and JPEG2000 Resize, crop, change color depth, apply color effects, add text, watermark and border effects Rename images with sequential number Search and replace text...
Real Mobile Health Care Computing! Needs some “blinds” I think… anyone up for a Medical Theme? Just kidding. This is a great computing development, since it allows a great deal of information to be available as well as real time interaction between consultants and the care giver at the point of care. Everyone profits. How many times I wish I had one of these – even for the simple weekend phone call. With the iPad, and even before its advent, tablets have aided the medical field...