Brandon Dimmel

According to stereotypes, Aunt Jemima (maple syrup), Bauer (hockey equipment) and Ski-Doo (snowmobiles) ought to round out the top three brands in Canada. But that's not the case. A new poll by Ipsos found that Microsoft and Google actually top the ... list. Ipsos, a global market research company that investigates advertising, marketing, and media content trends, regularly polls consumers to learn more about markets, from technology to tattoos. In fact, the company recently found 22 per cent of Canadians and 21 per cent of Americans have "tats". Facebook, YouTube Join Microsoft, Google ... (view more)

GooReader 4.0 GooReader is a desktop application that allows you to read Google Books both online and offline. You can also add Bookmarks, create a local Library and save books to PDF files. GooReader works with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows ... 7. http://www.gooreader.com Cyber-D's Tetris 4.02 Cyber-D's Tetris is the standard game with some nice visual effects, striking sounds, and a list of previous high scores. The sound effects can be disabled, so you can play at work, in school, or other places you probably shouldn't. Keyboard controls are simple and can even be customized. The ... (view more)

Those of us who attended college know just how expensive course textbooks can be. So it's good news that students may be able to purchase much cheaper, digital editions of these required texts for their iPad tablet computers. Apple recently unveiled ... iBooks 2, software it says could revolutionize the U.S. (and perhaps global) education market. Apple has been working closely with major textbook producers, including Pearson PLC, McGraw-Hill, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in search of a viable, digital alternative to those very expensive physical texts. Together, these three firms own roughly 90 ... (view more)

Important Mail Alert for Microsoft Outlook 1.0.4 This program is like a personal e-mailman that makes an alert each time a long-awaited message arrives in your Outlook. This little add-in will serve as your assistant for tracking urgent email that ... you don't want to miss. http://www.ablebits.com Rizonesoft Pixel Repair 0.6.5.652 With this tool, you can detect stuck pixels in a display and attempt to repair them and conveniently. Results are good, but repair may not work on the first try. The program also has the ability to detect dead pixels, though you'll need to consult your hardware ... (view more)

Edraw Mind Map 6.3 Edraw Mind Map is vector-based software with templates which make it easy to create mind maps, brain-storming diagrams, project timelines, life planners, and sketch maps. Through Edraw mind mapping software, you can visualize your ... thinking, quickly arranging and organizing your thoughts, whether you're doing your thinking alone or with a group. http://www.edrawsoftware.com TheSage 4.0.1784 TheSage is a free software application that, through a multi-tool interface, integrates a complete dictionary and a multifaceted thesaurus of the English language into a single, unique " ... (view more)

A new report reveals that only a tiny portion of all people with a tablet computer right now are using one that runs the Windows 7 operating system (OS). According to statistics from research firm Strategy Analytics, Microsoft's operating system ... provides the software basis for just 1.5 per cent of tablets sold during the fourth quarter of 2011. The report reveals that 27 million tablet computers sold in the fourth quarter of 2011, a big increase from the fourth quarter a year ago. "Global tablet shipments reached an all-time high of 26.8 million units in Q4 2011, surging 150 percent from 10.7 ... (view more)

Microsoft is making big tweaks to its long-running Flight Simulator game, including the elimination of all charges for playing it. The game is also renamed without the word 'Simulator.' It's now referred to as "Microsoft Flight" and is rumored to be ... released in the Spring of 2012. Microsoft's Flight Simulator titles have been among the most popular PC games since the first of the series was released back in 1982. (Source: simflight.com ) Since then, the games have always placed major emphasis on simulating real-world flight, a capability that separated Flight Simulator from most ... (view more)

Drive Manager 4.18 Drive Manager is a program that is designed to help users easily identify drives in Windows. Beyond simply listing each volume label, it also displays vendor information so that multiple CD / DVD drives and removable drives can be ... more easily differentiated, by such details as vendor and product ID. http://www.alexnolan.net Cyber-D's DriveHide 1.02 Cyber-D's DriveHide makes it easy to hide drives from the Windows Explorer window in Windows Vista and Windows 7. This would be useful if you have a 6-in-1 card reader. For example: you might have 6 extra drive letters in your ... (view more)

SZ Port Scan 1.28 With SZ Port Scan you can retrieve information for all of the active devices on your network. This allows you to discover, for example, your computer's IP address and the available services for each of your network devices. You can ... even run a test to check your Internet connection's actual speed, which may not be as fast as you are paying for. http://thesz.diecru.eu Print My Fonts 1.0 To find out what fonts are stored on your computer, and to find the right one for any task at hand, try PrintMyFonts by Stefan Trost Media. With this tool, you can list all of your installed ... (view more)

If you've been shopping recently for a high-definition television (HDTV), you may have come across a relatively new brand name: Vizio. This year, Vizio plans to enter the computer market, with a family of slim, lightweight PCs first displayed at the ... Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Vizio, founded just nine years ago in Irvine, California, builds most of its televisions in Taiwan, contracting with a local manufacturer there: AmTran Technology. The company's HDTVs -- known for their highly competitive pricing -- have sold well enough that the company has been looking to expand its ... (view more)