The Vista Case Closed

Sep 28, 2007 | 9 Comments

Last night, I posted a Vista Rants video. I asked for feedback… and certainly received it. A lot of it. Thank you for all of your emails, videos, and comments. Let me address some of those now. First and foremost, I do NOT base my opinion on Vista solely on the failed upgrade using the [...]

Foldr Monitr v1.1

Sep 28, 2007 | No Comments

Foldr Monitr is a free tool that runs in the background and watches a selected folder (and optionally subfolders) waiting for you to add photos to it. When photos appear in the folder, Foldr Monitr automatically uploads them to your Flickr account for you. [4.38M] [Win95/98/2k/ME/XP/Vista + a flickr.com account] [FREE] [tags]flickr, photo, photography[/tags]

Fenix E1 LED Flashlight

Sep 28, 2007 | No Comments

Today’s my birthday (None of your business, you young whippersnapper!) and Michele, following our tradition of “useful” gifts and her experience with my well-known love of gadgets that go “blink” in the night, gave me a flashlight. She knew I’d been mourning the ARC AAA “keychain” light I’d given to my daughter a couple of [...]

Prevent Users From Burning CDs Under Vista

Sep 28, 2007 | One Comment

Vista lets you copy data to writable CDs without installing third party software. By default, all users that log onto the computer can copy their data to CD. If multiple users share a single computer, the ability to burn CDs can be limited to administrative users only. Administrators can prevent users from burning CDs by [...]

Circuit City's 3-Day Fall Sale

Sep 28, 2007 | No Comments

Circuit City’s 3-Day Fall Sale starts Thursday, September 27 and ends Saturday, September 29. What sorts of deals are being offered? iPod nanos and DVD players and digital cameras, oh, my! And a bunch of other stuff, too. Have a look! [tags]bargain electronics[/tags]

Thunderlook? Outbird?

Sep 27, 2007 | 4 Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes I have been using Outlook since it came out in 1998. Until recently, I wouldn’t have recommended using Thunderbird, but that has changed. Both are good clients, but it depends on what exactly you’re looking for, and your preferences are. The first email [...]

Right Click Image Converter

Sep 27, 2007 | 2 Comments

Convert between image formats from the Windows shell. Supports JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, WBMP, ICON, TGA, and several other file formats. Also has ability to rotate and resize images. Right click on a file or a group of files in Windows, and select Convert to. As simple as that. You can use the utility to [...]

ZoneAlarm ForceField 1.0.158 beta

Sep 27, 2007 | One Comment

ZoneAlarm ForceField is a security product designed specifically to protect you while you bank, shop, or surf dangerous areas of the Internet online. It does this by creating a virtual “bubble” around your surfing session, protecting your PC from fraudulent Web sites, phishing scams, spyware Web sites, and dangerous downloads. ZoneAlarm ForceField also ensures that [...]

DivShare

Sep 27, 2007 | No Comments

The world of Web hosting isn’t exactly the easiest maze to navigate through, and that’s why there’s still so much confusion out there about all of the options that exist. If you’re not interested in hosting a complete Web site and would rather just host your files for others to download, then I’m sure that [...]

Creating Notes In Outlook 2007

Sep 27, 2007 | 3 Comments

Sticking notes all around your monitor and desk? Clear the clutter and use Outlook’s Notes feature. Using Outlook’s Notes instead of sticky notes protects your information since it’s stored on your computer instead of out in the open for all to see. You can even categorize, print and organize these electronic notes. Open the notes [...]