Brandon Dimmel

According to a new report, it's expected that Windows 8 will ship with a number of new, low-cost notebook computers. Looking ahead, analysts expect a price battle between ARM and Intel that may result in a favorable market for consumers. "After more ... than 30 years of domination by a single micro-architecture -- Intel Corp.'s X86 -- the PC microprocessor... market finally is set for some real competition," said Matt Wilkins, an analyst for IHS-iSuppli. Wilkins contends that a growing rivalry between Intel and ARM will drive down the cost of laptops around the time Microsoft releases Windows 8. ... (view more)

Inbox2 0.5.0.1b Inbox 2 is a quick and easy way to access your email, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media messaging services. By integrating all of these diverse services into a single platform, it's simple to remember all your log-in and ... password information and manage communications with different groups of people. http://www.inbox2.com FreeFileSync 3.19 FreeFileSync is an Open-Source folder comparison and synchronization tool. It is optimized for high performance and usability without a restricted or overloaded user interfaces. FreeFileSync is one of the best tools available in the ... (view more)

CoolReader 3.0.48-3 Beta CoolReader is fast and small cross-platform XML / CSS-based eBook reader for desktops and handheld devices. Supported formats include FB2, TXT, RTF, DOC, TCR, HTML, EPUB, CHM, and PDB. Platforms include Windows, Linux, and ... Android. http://sourceforge.net Miranda IM 0.9.25 Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. It's very light on system resources and extremely fast. Miranda IM requires no installation and can be made to fit on a single floppy disk or USB drive. http://www.miranda-im.org This freeware software program is brought to you by ... (view more)

While one of its main competitors attempts to calm investors about rapidly declining sales, Apple has posted some of its most impressive numbers to date. According to reports, Apple's net income was more than $7.3 billion in the third quarter, an ... increase of 125 per cent over last year. Many tech blogs have been closely following BlackBerry maker Research in Motion's steady decline over the past year. The company recently made a valiant effort to convince investors that all was well, but not everyone is convinced the Waterloo, Ontario-based company is out of the woods. Some of the most direct ... (view more)

It appears Amazon.com Inc. will introduce its own tablet computer this October. It's a move that will add a new dimension to Amazon's ongoing rivalry with Apple, as the two continue to compete for digital app consumers. It's expected that Amazon's ... tablet will feature a nine-inch screen and will run Google's Android operating system (OS), already a popular option on smartphones. In addition, it appears most of the manufacturing process will be outsourced to a still unknown Asian company. A Cheaper Alternative to an iPad An anonymous source indicated that the device will not have a camera, a ... (view more)

Ubiquitous Player 2.96 Ubiquitous Player is very useful All-In-One multimedia player, web browser, image viewer, text editor, file manager, and much more. It's completely portable and doesn't need installation, meaning that it can be used from your ... USB flash drive. http:/ubiquitous-player.blogspot.com WebVideoCap 1.40 While watching a video in a web site, you may sometimes want to save the video into your local drive, and then play it offline later. This utility allows you to capture .flv (Flash Video) files and RTSP / MMS video streams while the web browser download and play them inside a ... (view more)

According to one industry analyst, digital purchases from Apple's App Store should increase 61 per cent this year. It's also expected that the average iOS device owner will purchase and download 83 apps in 2011. The predictions come to us from Piper ... Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who provided them in a letter to investors earlier this week. (Source: time.com ) "We believe this trend points to the increasing importance of an app store with a broad selection of tested apps to drive device sales," Munster noted. "Smartphone users are showing an increasing appetite to use apps to add features to ... (view more)

A new report suggests that Sony is getting ready to start manufacturing the PlayStation 4 (PS4), and that the new console could be ready for store shelves sometime next year -- perhaps just in time for holiday season, 2012. According to reports, the ... Japanese company is planning to have its Taiwan-based manufacturing partners start building its PlayStation 4 console later this year. It's also suggested that the new console will take full advantage of "body movement-based control," something very similar to Microsoft's very popular Kinect peripheral for the Xbox 360. (Source: tgdaily.com ) ... (view more)

OutlookAttachView 1.71 OutlookAttachView scans all messages stored in your Outlook, and displays the list of all attached files that it finds. You can easily select one or more attachments and save all of them into the desired folder, as well as you ... can delete unwanted large attachments that take too much disk space in your mailbox. http://www.nirsoft.net OutlookStatView 1.31 OutlookStatView scans your Outlook mailbox, and display a general statistics about the users that you communicate via emails. The number of outgoing messages that you sent to the user (separated by to/cc/bcc), the number ... (view more)

After being banned by the newly-formed Google+ social networking platform, hacking group Anonymous have apparently established their own social media hub. The group rose to infamy last year with in support of the controversial whistle-blower website ... WikiLeaks. (Source: google.com) Rejected Hackers Start AnonPlus It's reported that developers from Anonymous attempted to build a profile on Google+, the search giant's new social networking platform. Their profile was later suspended, which then lead the group to build their own, similar service, called AnonPlus. (Source: pcworld.com ) At the ... (view more)