There are a number of web site you can go through to download videos from sites like YouTube to your one system, like KeepVid — but you have to wonder if such sites are tracking what you do. Clicking on the All-In-One Video Bookmarklet while on YouTube, Google Video, Metacafe, Myspace, Break.com, Putfile, Dailymotion, Sevenload, [...]
Paint.NET started life as undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft intended to merely produce a free modern replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with Windows. The feature set has expanded. While it isn’t ready to replace Photoshop, it has become a simple but powerful tool for photo and image editing.
Paint.NET 3.0 [...]
There are a number of well-known programs for ripping music from your CD collection to your computer. Recently, I was asked to recommend a program that was easy to use for beginners, but that could work with a variety of MP3 encoders. This was hard as they ALL seem easy to me, but after looking [...]
Microsoft announced yesterday that support for the consumer versions of Windows XP (Home and Media Center Edition) will not end in April 2009 as previously announced. Instead, XP Home and XP MCE will then enter the same five Extended Support period that has always been promised for XP Professional. During the extended support period, free [...]
Over a year ago, I reviewed Stickies 5.2b. Stickies 6.0a has finally been released. The new version a major update with several screens full of new features, changes and bug fixes listed on the Stickies web site. There are far too many new features to list here, but these four stand out in my eyes:
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