Windows
Voice Mail Compressor v2.10
Voice Mail Compressor is an easy to use application that lets you record and send voice mail messages using your default email program (Outlook, Outlook Express, etc.). It creates compressed .wav files using DSP True Speech, GSM 6.10 or LAME codecs, and can achieve file sizes of about 30kb (using a 30 second message as [...]
Gibbity
Back in the day, I used to be a fairly big gamer. Of course, in your early teen years, you’re especially drawn to anything that is on a TV and has a controller. I wasn’t even really that good at playing the games – I just knew a lot about them. I’m a self-proclaimed information [...]
So You're Into Digital Photos, Eh?
Digital imaging has turned out to be a mixed blessing for the art of photography. On one hand, it has created a huge group of people who snap away with abandon, but little else, and then inflict the results on innocent acquaintances in a new form of spam that you can’t really be honest about, [...]
Installing Internet Authentication Service (Windows Server 2003)
Internet Authentication Services (IAS) is a solution for centralizing remote access authentication and accounting. Internet Authentication Service can be installed using the Add or Remove Programs applet found within the Control Panel. You can install the software using the steps that are listed below: Click Start, point to Control Panel, and select Add or Remove [...]
Remote Access Account Lockout
Remote access account lockout can be used by a network administrator to configure how many failed logon attempts are permitted before a remote access user’s account is locked out. This feature is particularly useful if you are using a remote access VPN to provide users with remote access to the network. It reduces the chances [...]
Crafting Goes High-Tech In "Creative Computer Crafts"
Arts and crafts just got a whole lot more exciting. With the release of Creative Computer Crafts: 50 Fun and Useful Projects You Can Make with Any Inkjet Printer, would-be Martha Stewarts can apply simple technology to all sorts of projects and achieve impressive results. This eye-catching, four-color book shows, step-by-easy-step, how to use a [...]
Google Search UI Enhancement Quick Tweak
Google’s got some beta UI changes kicking around in the background, and you can check them out yourself if you like. Here’s how: 1. Go to http://www.google.com 2. Copy and enter this line into your address bar: javascript:document.cookie=”PREF=ID=fb7740f107311e46:TM=1142683332:LM=1142683332:S=fNSw6ljXTzvL3dWu;path=/;domain=.google.com” 3. Do a Google search and see the difference. Of course, if and when Google implements thes [...]
The Passing of a Grandmother
You’ll have to allow me a personal tangent today. On the evening of my brother’s wedding, my family learned that Nanny (our name for grandma) had suffered a third stroke, with the second one just days before, and the first one striking her several years ago with crippling effects. For years, she had to relearn [...]
Force Delete
Sometimes you have files that you just want to get rid of. The problem is that your computer thinks you are still using them or you still need them. The solution? Download Force Delete. Here is what the developer of Force Delete has to say. This program’s purpose is to remove files or force deletion [...]
JustStepsAway
Sometimes you just need to get away from everything that represents normality in your life and take a vacation. You can only take the same old thing for so long before you begin to let your mind drift to that favorite vacation spot that you wish you could stay at forever. Unfortunately, most of us [...]
