Brandon Dimmel

It seems no one can get enough of Nintendo's popular Wii video game console, these days. Amidst rumors that the system's price could drop $50 down to $200 within the next month, emergent images from Florida now show police officers caught playing ... Wii on the job -- in the middle of a drug raid, no less! According to reports, the Polk County, Florida cops recently busted up the home of Michael Difalco, an accused drug dealer. While ransacking Difalco's place for illegal substances, the police stumbled upon a Nintendo Wii console equipped with motion-sensitive gameplay. (Source: zdnet.com ) Cops ... (view more)

PC maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) has unveiled a line of new notebook PCs designed with two things in mind: mobility and preparation for Microsoft's upcoming operating system (OS), Windows 7. The latest additions to HP's line of notebooks includes the ... HP ProBook 5310m and the HP Pavilion dm3. Both boast powerful processors, ample memory, and HP says they'll be ready for Windows 7 when it's released on October 22, 2009. HP Blends Notebook with Netbook The HP ProBook 5310m lives up to its name by including dimensions optimized for mobility, making working on the road much easier. Unlike those ... (view more)

Resources Extract ResourcesExtract is a small utility that scans .DLL / .OCX / .EXE files and extracts all GUI (graphical user interface) resources such as bitmaps, icons, cursors, AVI movies, HTML files, and more. You can use ResourcesExtract in ... user interface mode, or alternatively, you can run ResourcesExtract in command-line mode without displaying any user interface. http://www.nirsoft.net Prevent Prevent allows you to inhibit cut, paste, copy, delete, and re-naming of files and folders, and more. This is a helpful program if you share a PC with family members and you don't want them ... (view more)

GImage X GImageX is a graphical user interface for the ImageX tool from the Windows Automated Installation Kit v2.0 (WAIK). ImageX is used to capture and apply WIM images for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 desktop deployments. ... http://www.autoitscript.com Windows Automated Installation Kit The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is a set of tools that support the configuration and deployment of Windows operating systems. By using Windows AIK, you can automate Windows installations, capture Windows images with ImageX, configure and modify images using Deployment Imaging ... (view more)

DriveImage XML DriveImage XML is an easy to use program for backing up partitions and logical drives. The image creation tool uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from drives currently in use. ... Images are stored in XML files, allowing you to process them with third party tools. http://www.runtime.org Partition Find ... (view more)

The torrent of bad press over Facebook's privacy policies has led to the demise of its much-disliked advertising program called "Beacon." The program, which was considered a marketing coup when first unveiled two years ago, has been phased out in ... accordance with the settlement of a year-old class action lawsuit. At the heart of the lawsuit was the contention that Facebook had failed to properly inform its many users of the privacy compromises introduced by Beacon, which used the data collected from member pages to help third-party sites tailor more effective advertising schemes. ... (view more)

A critical flaw in Microsoft's Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 has been addressed by a recent temporary "Fix It" solution. The workaround for the problem in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol version 2 could prevent hackers from remotely ... invading and raiding your operating system's data. Win7 RC Not Spared Vulnerability Plenty of press surrounded the fact that the problem affected early versions of Windows 7, which is due to be released to the public this coming October 22nd. Some analysts wondered aloud if the issue could mar the company's big launch party. To date, there haven't ... (view more)

Zenkey Zenkey is a multi-purpose program launcher and task manager. With Zenkey, you can: launch programs, bring it back into focus, or move to another one, use an Infinite desktop space, spread groups of windows around and move between them ... seamlessly, iconize windows, save the desktop area by replacing windows with 'live' icons showing CPU and memory usage, and much more. http://www.camiweb.com Pegtop Pstart PStart is a simple tray tool to start user defined applications. Pegtop Pstart is designed to run portable applications (like portable Firefox and Thunderbird); you can start anything ... (view more)

Parted Magic The Parted Magic is a Linux-based operating system that employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs such as Partition Image, TestDisk, Truecrypt, Clonezilla, ... G4L, SuperGrubDisk, ddrescue, and more. http://partedmagic.com Driver Backup Driver Backup is a fast, free, and user-friendly tool for software driver backup, restoration and removal with command line options, automatic restoration from CD and path formatting. Driver Backup also includes an interactive command line builder. http://sourceforge.net ... (view more)

Are you a student on a tight budget? If you are, you're probably a bit worried about the prospect of upgrading your Vista notebook or desktop to the new Windows 7 Operating System (OS). No need to worry -- Microsoft is now offering students the new ... OS for just $30. The deal, which starts October 1st, was first reported by British tech analysts yesterday, who found that U.K. students could preorder a copy of Win7 for just 30 British pounds. That's a good deal, but U.S. college students will be excited to hear that they're also eligible for the deal, at just $30 USD, if the can prove their ... (view more)