Guess it’s official!  Congrats (yet again), Stardock! Rick Broida who writes “ The Cheapskate ” news blog for c|net just published his opinion that “ Fences ” is the “ Best. Program. Ever. ” and, “You’ll wonder why Microsoft didn’t build it into Windows.” Read more here:  http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-20093275-58/five-freeware-gems-for-windows/?tag=nl.e404  

  In cruising the net, I came across some way out and cool mice for your viewing pleasure! In lieu of linking each one, I put them all together in one image (special single image for our frustrated pilot, Jafo). The link to all is below. At that page, the mice are individually linked. Hope you enjoy!     Source:   http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/unusual-computer-mice-you-probably-havent-seen-before/

I’m assuming you remember the Tom Cruise movie “Minority Report” in which a computer spits out a ball with a crime alert before the crime happens? That computer was hooked up to three people who hallucinated the crime or read the future… whatever.   Turns out Santa Cruz, CA Police have a computer on which a program does just that, without the three clairvoyants   Nothing magical. The computer is updated daily, and “predicts” the crime...

  While there are ways to delete various Libraries or files from Libraries, I think this is a very valuable tool to organize and access directories and files, I think many just with to hide them and this is the perfect tool to do it, and restore things if and when they change their minds. Windows 7 Navigation Pane Customizer is a freeware from door2windows that allows you to show, hide and rename items in the Windows Explorer navigation pane. 1. Run the tool as administrator...

When I started with Windows 7 I saw the Libraries and thought, “I’m not gonna mess with that!”. Actually, they are really a great feature. After starting these articles, I’ve created a library for them and their images. Libraries are a new Windows feature in 7. Windows 7 comes with libraries for documents, music, pictures, and videos. But you can personalize these, or create your own, with just a few clicks. In this long overdue (yes, a library pun) article I&rsq...

Hours after news broke that Hewlett-Packard was considering a spin-off of its PC business, the company also said that it will discontinue support for webOS devices, including the TouchPad tablet. The move also affects webOS-based smartphones. Just last month, HP said it planned to take webOS "global" by naming Steven DeWitt, the head of HP's PC business in the Americas, to lead the WebOS business. Jon Rubinstein, the man who led webOS, was also shifted to senior vice president for product i...

So this time, “Don’t knock my tea kettle” (you can look here for the meaning: It’s accurate) with “They bought the results.”: They didn’t.   OK…. First, what is socially engineered malware? Socially engineered malware is disguised and/or hidden within another software package so that when a user is enticed to download and install the software, the malware is installed as well. Socially engineered malware attacks pose one of the largest risks to individuals and or...

  Neowin announced this morning that Mozilla will be releasing Firefox 6.0 later today. It was only in July that 5.0 was released. Numerous betas and ‘nightlies’ have been available since then. What’s new? The latest version of Firefox Beta has the following changes: The address bar now highlights the domain of the website you're visiting Streamlined the look of the site identity block Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a...

  What do Pepsico, Intel, Microsoft, Google (eBay), Paypal, Frito-Lay, various media companies (ESPN, CBS and A&E), The California Olive Ranch and HP have in common? Don’t rack your brain for an answer – let them. LOL. You’ll never guess, anyway. It’s too far ‘out there’. These companies do a ‘unique brand’ of market research. It’s called neuromarketing . Q - Where does modern neuromarketing exist? A - At the very ...

  This one really caught my eye. It seems that one of the original designers of the PC thinks the answer is “Yes.” The engineer who thinks so is none less that IBM’s Middle East and Africa’s CTO, Mark Dean. He was one of the magic twelve who designed IBM’s PC thirty years ago. “PCs are being replaced at the center of computing not by another type of device — though there’s plenty of excitement about smartphones and tablets — but by new ideas about the role that...

  For productivity and efficiency, “Snap” is a great feature: If you wish to use ‘side by side’ equally sized applications. However, what if you want to see what’s beneath, or wish one “above” the other? That’s where PowerResizer becomes useful.  You can make the windows you’re dragging ‘transparent’ while dragging, too. Even better, you control the size of each app and can rotate them all from the systray in whi...

I like makeuseof.com a good deal. They’re honest and come up with lots of good stuff: Especially their “Guides”.   Today, there’s a new “Guide”: “Operation Cleanup: Malware Removal Guide”. To gain access to their fifty guides (in pdf format) all you have to do is join… it’s free and you get a newsletter, which is informative, and falls way short of what I’d call spam.     Anyway, we talk...

  Calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. “It has a cornucopia of features divided into the following main categories: Library Management E-book conversion Syncing to e-book reader devices Downloading news from the web and converting it into e-book form Comprehensive e-book viewer Content server for online access to your book collection...

Well, they’re still at it… “The group known as Anonymous said Saturday it has hacked into some 70 law enforcement websites across the southern and central United States in retaliation for arrests of its sympathizers in the U.S. and Britain. The hacking group also claimed to have stolen 10 gigabytes of data, including emails, credit card details, and other information from local law enforcement bodies. "We are releasing a massive amount of confidential information that...

  Microsoft's August Patch Tuesday will be relatively moderate, though it does address 22 flaws. According to Microsoft, 13 of the patches addressed in August Patch Tuesday will address 22 flaws in a number of different programs, including Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Visio and Visual Studio. The most important updates are to Windows,  Internet Explorer and Windows Server 2008. Again, care should be exercised with the .NET update (Bulletin 10). No advance notice about ...