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 ...
This free gem can restore files accidentally deleted from your Computer, Recycle Bin, digital camera, flash drive. from undelete360.com Undelete 360 is one of the best programs to use for restoring accidentally or unintentionally deleted files from your computer (from personal experience), regardless of storage medium and what’s better? It’s free. Built on a very fast and efficient algorithm, the program will browse, search, and recover files that have been ...
On my computer Happy Saturday! It’s my pleasure to introduce to those of you who haven’t met, “ File Repair ”. We’ve all had souring experiences with file corruption due to unexpected power failure, network interruption, virus infection, network sharing and application errors. This utility fixes them all. It will fix the following types of errors: ‘file is not in a recognizable format’, ‘unable to read file’, &lsquo...
Security disasters continue at Sony: They finally got Play Station Network back up and running after a series of hacks severely compromised it, only to have another Hacker group (LulzSec) compromise their SonyPictures servers and steal 1,000,000 customer accounts. It turns out that these accounts weren’t even encrypted! What are the qualifications for getting a job in their IT Security Dep’t.? Knowing how to boil water without burning it? You can see the hackers’ stateme...
If I don’t succeed in getting the YouTube Vid into this, the vid and article appear on Lifehacker’s homepage . It poses a very interesting question… what’s going to happen to skinning with the advent of Windows 8 on PC’s? You see, There isn’t a Start Menu and taskbar, nor traditional windows. There’s a Start Page, and basically a Smart Phone interface with tiles and the weather tile appears to be a widget. So what do you think?...
The good Lantec has sent in an excellent tip he noticed for WC’ers. Google Gmail Labs announced: “Today we’re excited to graduate three more features from the experimental testing ground of Gmail Labs. Superstars, Nested Labels, and Advanced IMAP Controls are now first-class citizens in the Gmail world, thanks largely to your feedback. We’re also retiring the Google Search box lab which was redundant with the “Search the Web” button that’s already in Gmail.” –...
Caught this fresh out of Oslo…. Opera’s newest entry in the browser game is “ Opera Now ”. Looks the same, so what’s new? Password sync, a revamped speed dial that: “Now, in Opera Swordfish, those screens can actually show dynamic widgets, so, as Opera notes, those screens can show a snapshot from a weather-forecasting page - or, if it's programmed appropriately, that screen can show you a personalized weather report. Opera also improved Opera Link, the serv...
A sting operation has revealed a possible way to really hurt the networks, factories and biggies of pirated software and spam. Purchases were made, and the money was tracked: “One bank alone was used to settle more than 60 percent of all transactions, and the top three banks—Azerigazbank in Azerbaijan, St Kitts & Nevis Anguilla National Bank in St Kitts &Nevis, and Danish-owned DnB Nord in Latvia—together accounted for more than 95 percent of all money paid to spam v...