Utility

It may not be a true hard drive, but these virtual babies might just save your bacon in a crunch!

No matter how much network security is implemented, sometimes you’ll see those pesky USB thumbdrives slip through the cracks. There is a defense against this sort of intrusion and it is provided by DeviceWall 3.1.

Even though NVIDIA has often been better in the driver arena than ATI, I have been hearing mixed comments about this latest ForceWare driver.

Intel may have their hands full. But it is AMD that is looking ahead. Take their work with SimNow, the Pacifica simulator for instance. It may not seem all that important, but give it a little time and I feel that its value will become self evident.

Have no problem with (possibly) violating the Gmail terms of service? Me either! Take a few minutes out of your day and try out this neat deal called Xmail Hard drive. Totally cross platform and is something that I plan on playing with later this weekend.

Getting reliable CPU performance is not just for the PC! Nope, Mac users can use this utility to get the best performance they can out of their equipment as well. Check it out:

Having your Hard drive give out on you really sucks. Best defense is to know what is going on with it before hand. One utility that might be of some help in this area is called HDDlife. Designed to check your drive on a occasion, you rest easy knowing that any potential problems will make […]

Now you can have the ability to treat your CD burner like it was a USB thumbdrive! Do all of your data transfers right from the comfort of Windows Explorer. Simple to use, I will say that it is certainly not going to be a replacement for an external hard drive.

So what good is all of that fancy hardware if you do not have the proper tools to really take your PC to the limits? Enter Tenomichi’s 3D Edit. A software utility that will finally allow you to take full advantage of what you graphics card has to offer.

So you have an AMD processor, but you are needing specific information about it? Not a problem, just take a gander at Central Brain Identifier. Designed to provide you with just about every detail you could possibly ever want to have, and then some.

This is the perfect Freeware program for those needing to know their system specs, but do not have any use for all of the extra info that comes with using a more advanced program like AIDA32.
Besides that people, it is free. What more could you possibly want, right?

For the most part, it is nice to know where your hardware configuration stands. VSO-Inspector, allows its user to see what firmware is being used, what devices are doing what and a whole lot more.
Another cool feature is the ability to scan your existing hardware configuration for errors.

A throttle for your modem, huh? Sounds a little suspicious to me personally. The software claims to work well with a cable, DSL and analog modems. What I found interesting was that people are claiming that it works.
Sounds cool to me, however I am still a little wary at this point. If you have time […]

Let’s face it. More often than not the the software that comes with your CDRW drive is just not ‘jiving’ with your style of doing things. Whatever the reason might be, you might be looking for change.
One such option might be to give Sateira CD&DVD Burner a whirl. Easy to use, comes with a whole […]

Not having access you a CD-ROM getting on your nerves? You might give VirtualDrive CD/DVD Emulator a shot to see if this helps meet with your fancy. Perfect for running software that requires the use of a CD or even a video game needing the same.
Not going to do a lot for you if you […]

Today’s hard drives have something built into them called S.M.A.R.T. Designed to keep an eye on your hard drives overall health, when it starts to alert you something is wrong, you would be wise to listen.
Still, it would be nice to have a little more information than just what is being provided by some random, […]

With data retrieval being so readily available these days, making sure that your old media’s data has been properly erased is really important. One option to make this happen is to use something like MediaWiper.
Easier that manually trying to type your own 1’s and 0’s, it might be a data elimination program that fits your […]

Most of the time, I am a little wary when it comes to memory analyzers. For the most part they seem to work really well or not at all, with the latter being the more common of the two. I have never really settled on one that really did it for me.
Well it looks like […]

Take control once again! With GFI LANguard Portable Storage Control, you will be able to properly enforce policies that you or company has set forth to make sure that there are some basic standards that are being enforced.
By using a utility like GFI LANguard Portable Storage Control, you will be able to maintain that all […]

Having the best hardware is nothing if you do not have a viable backup scheme in place. One solution might be to use something like AlmerBackup to keep things from being lost forever.
While it does not have the fancy logo or UI of some of its competitors, it is an alternative that might just provide […]