Tweak-SSD: SSD optimization freeware
Back when the World was young (1984) – and, me too for that matter – I bought my first Hard Drive. A mega sized 10 MB HD (yep, 10 MB – not 10 GB) with a seek time of 198 ms. I paid $800 ($1,780 […]
Geek Facts for July 30th – PowerPoint and Coco 3
In 1987, Microsoft acquired Forethought, the developer of PowerPoint, for $14 million. Earlier that year, PowerPoint 1.0 was released for the Apple Macintosh. It ran in black and white, generating text-and-graphics pages for overhead transparencies. In 1990, the first Windows versions were produced. Learn more
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User Comments: Should they be anonymous or not?
I often get thoroughly disgusted when perusing through user comments submitted in response to items posted on certain sites. YouTube commentary, for example, is a veritable cesspit of vulgarity, obscenities, racism and flaming. I have to admit, it often makes me wonder what the world
Geek Fact for July 29th
In 2005, astronomers announced their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris. Eris was discovered by the team of Mike Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz on January 5, 2005, from images taken on October 21, 2003. A dwarf planet is a celestial body in direct
Geek Fact for July 28th
In 1981, IBM announced its first desktop computer, the System/23 Datamaster, just one month before the IBM PC. A full-function data processing installation, with a single computer workstation and an 80 character-per-second printer, cost $9,830. At the time, that was IBM’s lowest-priced small business system.
DCT Giveaway: Birthday Edition – Win an iPod Touch
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VideoFlick: Time limited giveaway for everyone
BlazeVideo is running a special Olympics 2012 giveaway for its video/photo software VideoFlick. VideoFlick would normally sell for $29.95 but is currently available free for everyone. At the time of writing this there is a little over one week until the offer expires. View &
ActivePresenter: Top notch screen recorder/capture
A few weeks ago I reviewed a number of free programs specifically designed to record screen activity for demos, guides, etc… Screen Recorder Freeware: which is the best choice?… none of which really came up to the mark and some of which were just downright
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Geek Fact for July 27th
In 1993, Microsoft released the Windows NT 3.1 operating system. Windows NT 3.1 was the first version of Windows NT. Unlike Windows 3.1, Windows NT 3.1 was a 32-bit operating system written from the ground up. Learn more at http://toastytech.com/guis/nt31.html. In 1988, Radio Shack announced
DCT Giveaway: Ashampoo Music Studio 4
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Geek Fact for July 26th
In 1989, Robert Tappan Morris became the first person to be indicted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Morris was prosecuted for creating and releasing the Morris worm, generally considered to be the first Internet worm. Learn more at http://timelines.com/1989/7/26/first-indictment-under-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act.
Windows 8 + Right Click Extender
I’ve been running Windows 8, almost exclusively, since the first (beta) release in September of last year. Despite my initial impressions (not favorable), I’ve made a 180 degree turn – I’m really into Win 8. Despite the clunky Metro GUI, which I’ve managed to deal
Geek Fact for July 25th
In 1984, Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space. Her spacewalk lasted 3 hours and 35 minutes. Of the sixty Soviet/Russian space walkers, she is the only woman. Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Savitskaya.
Create multiple desktops with this tiny free program
Desktops is a tiny, free, and portable program from Windows Sysinternals which allows users to easily and quickly create up to four separate desktops: Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one, browse the web on
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