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March 3, 2011 by DrJBHL
  Head over to Microsoft’s Personalization Gallery and pick up the “Irish Theme” (great Celtic .wav’s in it). and while you’re there… St. Patty’s Day is coming, so get your “Shamrocks” as well !   Don’t forget though, we have some great St. Patty’s Day Themes here at WinCustomize, too! Last year, Philly0381 put together a Theme Manager Suite, “Leprechaun Majik”   from member...
March 1, 2011 by DrJBHL
    Stockholm, Sweden, Hannover, Germany—March 1, 2011—Tobii Technology today unveiled the world’s first laptop with integrated eye control. The prototype laptop has been developed in collaboration with computer manufacturer Lenovo and will be shown publicly for the first time at CeBIT in Hannover, March 1-5.     This is a true boon for accident victims, and people afflicted by various neurological problems such as MS, strokes, ALS by giving...
February 27, 2011 by DrJBHL
  The Israeli 'Technion' and The College of Judea and Samaria have developed a new nanobot that will be able to navigate inside the human body with external, wireless guidance! In the last few years scientists have been making efforts to minimize robots so they will aid medical procedures: Robots are already involved in spinal surgeries today, and this new nanobot will hopefully be involved in new highly accurate medical procedures allowing minimal tissue damage. The n...
February 25, 2011 by DrJBHL
  Hankers sent a nice utility 30 day free availability notification to me (thanks!). You can get it here: http://www.jpgtopdfconverter.com/giveaway.html Back in 2009, Po’ Smedley wrote a great post about “ A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words ”. As it turns out, a picture from your digital camera reveals a good deal of data: Where and when photographed, etc. Not always info you wish to share, at any rate. At giveawayoftheday , a good metadata stripper is b...
February 22, 2011 by DrJBHL
    tables reproduced from gfi software talk tech     This list of the top vulnerable Applications and Operating Systems in 2010 is really surprising! While the findings for the operating systems may be on expected lines Windows being the biggest target, the one’s for the applications really floored me. Browsers appear to be the favored targets when looking at applications. Chrome followed by Safari were the most vulnerable apps....
February 20, 2011 by DrJBHL
  By special request from a really great artist, person and friend. He’s a “Jack” of all trades, and a Master of at least one.  It’s not Skinhit, although the description fits him too. And no: I’m not going to name him/her/it. OK. No one can ever place enough emphasis on this topic. Period. Anyone who has experienced an irreparable crash and didn’t have a backup knows this: It’s a “Do this or weep” thing. Fact: Every hard...
February 19, 2011 by DrJBHL
  I noticed several people had posted on problems they were having getting Dreams to play on their Desktops, so I went hunting and found a utility (I love Utilities!) that might just help in finding which CoDecs they have and which they need to run the Dreams on their systems. The fact that it does a lot more only added to it’s usefulness. VideoInspector Version 2.2.7.125 might just be the tool you need to get the reason why those gorgeous Dreams aren’t doing what they s...
February 18, 2011 by DrJBHL
  I wouldn’t pass this one up! Aiseesoft Total Media Converter is an all-in-one media converter for multimedia users to do just about everything you could want. It’ll convert video/audio files, rip DVD to any other video/audio formats like MPEG, AVI, MOV, FLV, SWF, MP3, AAC and any others for Apple iPod, iPhone, iPad and any other devices you can name. Usually it costs $39.00, but for the next 8 hours you can get it free on giveawayoftheday.com Just read the &...
February 18, 2011 by DrJBHL
  Easeus Data Recovery Wizard is a program for Windows that supports multiple modes of data recovery. Usually, I would post a download link, but ghacks is requesting not to hotlink to it, so you’ll have to navigate to http://www.ghacks.net/2011/02/18/easeus-data-recovery-wizard-review-giveaway/ Where an excellent and complete review as well as the download link can be found. From ghacks: “Core Features Recover deleted or lost files Dis...
February 17, 2011 by DrJBHL
  A new zero-day security flaw has been found in Windows that could allow a hacker remote access to a PC. Microsoft is currently investigating it. The programming code for the security flaw has been posted publically and is related to a Windows system file called "mrxsmb.sys". The file is related to Windows Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, used for network communications. You have to wonder why the programming code was published publicly. In short, the affected file is assoc...
February 17, 2011 by DrJBHL
      WASHINGTON | Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:29pm EST (Reuters) Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Representative Fred Upton, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Representative Greg Walden sponsored the resolution to repeal the rules follows a lawsuit filed in January by Verizon Communications that argues the FCC overstepped its authority. This effort is probably doomed to failure because it would need to pass both ...
February 16, 2011 by DrJBHL
  Liquid Click Delight is simple application for your desktop that simulates touching the LCD display screen when you click on the desktop or on an application. When the program is run, it places an icon into your systray so you can close it or change its properties. These properties are very intuitive and apply immediately after change. You should configure it immediately after installation to prevent jerkiness. Any change will accomplish this. Liquid Click Delight uses very...
February 16, 2011 by DrJBHL
    Well, I missed Winstar4’s becoming the #1 Sniper, but I didn’t miss this: BoXXi is now the All Time #4 Skinner! Bryan is a truly great guy. He helps one and all generously and quietly. No fanfare, just great advice from a great skinner and Community member who never toots his own horn. So, I’m tooting it for him, and hope everyone joins in for a great guy: BoXXi  
February 15, 2011 by DrJBHL
      I like learning about the programs I use because I like the feeling of being able to use them fully. So, I discovered a series of tremendous “Guides” on makeuseof.com . There are guides to everything from making your own gaming pc to making professional documents in Word, Photoshop (yep, he’s back talking about that), and how to use Dropbox, and an authoritative guide to Windows 7 as well as your pc inside and out. All you have to do ...
February 13, 2011 by DrJBHL
  Lifehacker is a great website. I love it for it’s DIY’s and articles. Adam Dachis has published a tutorial series on Photoshop there which is worthy of attention. Adobe Photoshop is an incredibly powerful software program for image creation and processing. It’s my favorite hobby since learning of it here on WinCustomize. For the longest time I was afraid to touch it or use it… that is until a dear friend, mrs. starkers (my favorite pyrate girl)...