Archive for July, 2007

Outlook Calendar on the Desktp (Discovery)

If you use Microsoft Outlook 2000 SR-1 or higher, Outlook on the Desktop will put the Outlook Calendering System on your desktop. It’s not just a picture of the calendar, it’s the Outlook Calendar so you get all of its functionality. You can edit entries, drag and drop files to it, etc. If you live [...]

Is Your PC a Zombie? (Tip)

PC Advisor has just published an article suggesting ways to check if your PC is infected with “Zombie software” that allows others to control your computer and use it to send out Spam or to attack other computers. Unfortunately, there are no surefire ways to check according to the article, but there are things you [...]

Tunestor — Down Music from Internet to IPod in Just Two Clicks (Discovery)

I don’t have an Ipod, but Tunstor looks like a great program for those who do. It lets you right click on an mp3 file download link on the web, select “Download Directly to iTunes” and Tunestor automates everything: “it automatically downloads the file to its music folder and adds it to the Tunestor playlist [...]

Ashampoo ClipFinder — Find and Download Onlive Video

Ashampoo ClipFinder is a freeware program that lets you search online video portals like Youtube by keywords and view and/or download the videos it finds. Most programs for video downloading are browser addins that allow you to try to save the video playing on a page you are viewing. ClipFinder takes a different approach. It [...]

FairUse4WM Updated!

This thread on the Doom9 Forum is reporting that Fairuse4WM, a program that removes copy protection from purchased Windows Media files so they can be used on devices not approved my Microsoft, has been updated to work with Microsoft DRM up to version 11.0.6000.6324. While Microsoft apparently hates this program and it probably violates the [...]