Howtogeek has put up a nice customization set for free. No actual “Theme” is available, but some nice walls, fonts and icons (for free). Over the years Capcom’s popular Street Fighter games have allowed you to battle for victory with your favorite characters and opponents. Now you can take the battle to a whole new level and turn your desktop into the perfect fighting arena with our Street Fighter Customization set.”  - How to geek   ...

  Mozilla has gotten this one out fast, and slightly ahead of schedule. Only 12 weeks since ff4 debuted. Also, just like ff4, ff5’s rendering of Forums sucks. The final version of Firefox 5 is now available for download on Mozilla's ftp server, just 12 weeks after the last re-up. The latest incarnation brings with it support for CSS animation and a more easily accessible do-not-track setting -- now available at the top of the privacy pane -- but won't see much in the ...

  facebook thrives on the use of features which while potentially “cool” to some, have aspects which are of some concern In my Post about Better Privacy tips , in the comments I alluded to today’s post. I think that this new feature of facebook – which is not “voluntary” is, frankly, creepy. It also opens the portal for real abuse. Engadget reported this feature in April and in the comments was: “Awesome! Now I can take pictures of cute girls at the grocery s...

  MiniBin is a free recycle bin for your Microsoft Windows system tray area. Minibin may come handy when you're hiding the recycle bin from your desktop or if you're using a replacement shell that provides a system tray but no useable recycle bin (like litestep or emerge desktop). But you also might be just like me... wanting to be able to empty the recycle bin without the need to minimize any windows. The app won’t let you drag what you wish to delete to it, but you ...

  If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a bunch of walls collected over time without the original link, and folks invariably ask, “Hey, great wall! Where’s it from?” Especially in threads like “The Desktop Screenshot of The Month”. This often prevents me from citing a source, or worse… disappointing a friend. Now, with Island Dog’s Monthly Screenshot Contest, some folks might be losing out on a year’s subscription to Win...

  Head over to GiveAway of the Day to pick up your copy! Free! You have about 12 hours from the time on this post! To register, open the Readme.txt file and copy the key. Install the software, and run it. You’'ll see the screen. Ignore the 15 day thing. Under Help at the top bar, click the “Register” option and paste the key in and submit it. Done! BoostSpeed 5. has an amazing number of tools and a “Rescue Center” to give you a backup made be...

  Note, I said privacy, not security even though there is some blurring at the border because breaching one can yield compromise of the other. Well, lifehacker put out ten very good steps and very simple ones to preserve privacy. 1. Security questions should be kept as private as passwords. If there’s only a choice between various questions, then give a ‘wrong’ answer only you know. 2. Create strong, easily remembered passwords. Here I differ with them a bit. I...

  Pinta is a new Painting, image manipulation program similar to Paint.net. It has over 35 tools and adjustments to use in image creation and manipulation. It’s organized sort of like Photoshop, so transitioning shouldn’t be hard when it comes time. It’s an excellent and free program. It’s a program designed for those with simple needs or who are just getting started with the fun you can have with images!   Under the hood, it looks like this: ...

  Microsoft will be sending us 16 bulletins covering a wide range of security holes in the Windows operating system. Of the 16 bulletins. nine are rated “critical” because of the risk of remote code execution attack. Adobe rates security issues in the same manner as Microsoft. Two of the critical bulletins will address high-severity vulnerabilities in iE. The following products are also getting patched in this month’s patch batch: Microsoft .NET Framewor...

  OK…. WinMonster2 discovered this and reported it – for any/all WC’ers who wish to make Cursors, Icons and Screensavers: All at a 50% discount with a lifetime license. Along with it you get free access to their icon library to use/mod, publish and/or sell. Site:  http://axialis.com/

  Looks like Sci-fi, right? This is what science and technology can do for us when used with humanity. I read this and could hardly believe it, but it’s true. Hopefully this will allow disabled people to be able to communicate. What about the comatose patient and what his/her thoughts are, or the patient who cannot speak or relay his symptoms? These are the baby steps of a tech revolution which is just starting. Think about the creative and gaming possibilities, and ho...

  This via Sophos and Hankers (ty, Hank): The only Update notification from MS to trust is one coming while surfing with Internet Explorer. This is what showed up for the Sophos people surfing with FireFox: Which is high graphics quality. “The page is nearly an exact replica of the real Microsoft Update page with one major exception... It only comes up when surfing from Firefox on Windows. The real Microsoft Update requires Internet Explorer. The s...

  Just saw this, folks and thought if any of you have an account with CitiBank, you might want to find out if your account data has been compromised. “Citigroup Inc. said computer hackers breached the bank's network and accessed the data of about 200,000 bank card holders in North America, the latest of a string of cyber attacks on high-profile companies. Citi said the names of customers, account numbers and contact information, including email addresses, were viewed in ...

  I use this utility to prevent instability and to speed the boot process. At Giveaway of the Day, for the next 15+ hours it’s yours for free. Read the Readme.txt . You’ll have to enter the serial number to complete the registration. This is one you can update, also. Save the key number, because it’ll ask for it when you wish to update. “Process Lasso is NOT yet another task manager; it is a process optimization and automation utility. One of Process Lasso’s most popula...

  As the title suggests, I’m bringing another file utility for your (free) armamentarium.   Sometimes you have to send large files, or part of a file and don’t wish to use dropbox or another FTP, or wish to manipulate portions of a file, edit them separately and store only parts of them on different devices. This is a great utility for that. It can also merge files or parts of them. “Description: WinMend File Splitter is a free file splitter and ...