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I wanted to pass this on in case you missed it from last week. On October 31, 2009, The Oracle aka Marc passed on a free piece of software [here] in an article that I think is great. What it basically does is it changes the start menu so that you can view all of [...]

Whether you have just bought yourself a new computer system, or have completed a clean install of a new operating system, there is an online application that can make installing free software easy. Called Ninite you just select the software you want and it will be installed for you. On their site the people at [...]

Microsoft has had a rough year when it comes to its line of financial software. In June it stopped producing its MS Money product and now it is discontinuing its MS Office Accounting software as well. Though the product may be in the process of being discontinued, you can still get the Express version, which [...]

There is an unfinished feature built into Windows 7 that allows a laptop to become a hotspot. Microsoft originally was going to include the feature, but during development dropped it from the final version. Now a company is beta testing its software, which is free for the download, that takes advantage of this feature.
On the [...]

As many of you know, I bought my wife a new Toshiba laptop computer last week, that came with Windows 7 Home Premium edition pre-installed. The system also came with a variety of trial ware programs which included, Wild Tanget games, Microsoft Activation Assistant, Microsoft Home and Office, Netzero Installer, Quickbooks Trial, Norton Security, Norton [...]

Last night I received an email from a friend who had just picked up a used computer system which is running Microsoft’s Windows XP. The question was presented to me asking which free firewall I would recommend. I haven’t given much thought about a firewall, but did recall Outpost Firewall. I took a spin around [...]

During my roaming around the Internet this morning I stumbled upon a free version of Nero 9. This version is limited to burning data and copying disk functions. The interface is easy to use and it works with Windows 7 which I installed Nero free on my test box.Both 32 and 64 bit versions are [...]

A friend of mine sent me a link to Speedy Fox and asked me to take a look at it. Speedy Fox claims to optimize your profile data and speed up how fast Firefox opens. I gave Speedy Fox a try and I did notice a minor speed increase when the browser opened. So I [...]

A few weeks ago I received an informational email that PerfectDisk 10 Professional had been certified by Microsoft as compatible with Windows 7. Having the RTM version of Windows 7 Ultimate on my test box, along with Windows XP Mode installed as well, I contacted Raxco, the software company that produces PerfectDisk 10 Professional.  The [...]

Microsoft is offering a free, 90-day trial of its Windows 7 Enterprise Edition for IT Professionals. On its Web site, the software is being offered in both 32 bit and 64 bit editions.
In addition it also states that:
This is trial software designed for IT Professionals interested in experiencing the Windows 7 Enterprise on behalf of [...]

I have tried many products that make all kinds of promises about increasing computer speed. They use the fact that all computers slow down after time and that the system needs to be tuned by their fine product. Most of us have tried these products but the results have been anything but stellar. Yes, there [...]

This morning I went roaming around both the Technet and MSDN sites for a look-see when Windows 7 RTM would be available for subscribers. I thought I would pass on what the official word is. It seems that downloads will be made available on or about August 6, 2009. According to the official word it [...]

Google has announced that their Andorid OS is now available for free for the x86 platform. According to their web site Google states the following:
Welcome to LiveAndroid, a LiveCD for Android running on x86 platforms.
Want to give Google Android a try, but don’t feel like buying a T-Mobile G1? LiveAndroid lets you download a LiveCD [...]

We all have a variety of programs that want to start when Windows boots up. The programs all are trying to grab CPU cycles and normally result in a lot of hard disk thrashing as stuff tries to load. We have some options that can reduce these programs from starting in the first place. But [...]

I have mentioned previously about using online security scanners to check your system periodically. I do this for several reasons. First of all I do not believe that any one product can provide 100% perfect protection all of the time. Second, using more than one program gives me a feeling that my system really, really [...]

Microsoft is making available Hohm, their energy management tool, today July 6, 2009 at 6:00am PDT. The download, when available, is still in beta form and Microsoft is looking for your feedback. The main purpose of Hohm is  to monitor and help the consumer lower their energy costs by providing suggestions on how to make [...]

Last week I had mentioned that the folks at Mozilla were getting ready to release Firefox 3.5 final on today’s date. True to form it did in fact hit the Internet today and I have already downloaded and installed the latest release. Now I could waste your time and mine telling you about how wonderful [...]

Over at the PCLinuxOS site, they have a special edition of their magazine in .pdf format available for download. If you are a PCLinuxOS user you can also get free copies of the magazine as well. I checked out the special edition and there are some articles that may be of interest especially if you [...]

True to its word, Microsoft made available the RC build of Windows 7 today. Downloads were available to MSDN, TechNet & Connect sites. As I write this, I’m downloading what it calls the ‘base package,’ which includes both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 7. Since I have a 64 bit processor on my [...]

This is what the folks over at Mozilla say about their new browser:
Please note: Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It includes many new features as well as improvements to performance, web compatibility, and speed. We recommend that you read the release notes and known [...]