Digging into the incredibly useful NirSoft freeware utilities, today we take a look at SmartSniff Packet Sniffer. SmartSniff is a network monitoring utility that allows you to capture TCP/IP packets that pass through your network adapter, and view the captured data as sequence of conversations between clients and servers. You can view the TCP/IP conversations [...]
Apple, Oracle, Microsoft Top The List Of Most Vulnerable Software Vendors On Windows
July 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
A recent report published by the security experts at Secunia finds that Apple, Oracle and Microsoft are 1, 2 and 3, respectively, in known software vulnerabilities across all their non-OS products. If you don’t want to read the full article, The Windows Club has a good write-up about it where they make a good point: [...]
Study Links Long Periods Of Sitting To Heart Disease
July 17, 2010 by 1 Comment
It is common knowledge that inactivity is bad for your health. However a new study shows that there may be more this than just the inactivity factor. An article on the New York Times points out: In a study published in May in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, they reported that, [...]
Play A Complete Ultima 6 Remake
July 16, 2010 by 1 Comment
One of the longest running and successful RPG games is the Ultima series which spanned both consoles and computer platforms. If you are a fan of these very difficult games, then you might be interested in the The Ultima 6 Project: The Ultima 6 Project [is] a remake of Origin Systems’ classic game Ultima VI: [...]
How Soon Should You Install Windows Updates?
July 15, 2010 by 4 Comments
Once a month on “Patch Tuesday“, Microsoft releases patches and updates for their operating systems. However, due to potential problems introduced by updating system files, there are many different opinions on when you should actually install these updates. Ask 5 people and you might get 5 different answers. The benefit to installing the updates is [...]
Everything You Need To Build Web Sites Using Windows
July 14, 2010 by 1 Comment
The title of this post is taken from the tag line of Microsoft’s free WebMatrix offering: It includes IIS Developer Express (a development Web server), ASP.NET (a Web framework), and SQL Server Compact (an embedded database). It streamlines Web site development and makes it easy to start Web sites from popular open-source apps. The skills [...]
The Best Blogs Of 2010 According To Time
July 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Time Magazine has been around for over 85 years and is still alive and kicking today. While not as prestigious as their signature “Person of the Year” title, they also publish their opinions on the best blogs of the year. In the Best Blogs of 2010, several sites you may have heard of may the [...]
Easily Convert (Almost) Any Video Format To Another Format
July 11, 2010 by 3 Comments
If you ever have the need to convert a video file from one format (for example an MOV) to another format (for example an AVI), then a tool for the job is the free utility: iWisoft Free Video Converter. iWisoft Free Video Converter can fast convert videos between all popular formats like AVI, MPEG, WMV, [...]
Got World Cup Fever? Give This Game A Try
July 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
If you are wrapped up in the World Cup and are currently motivated to play some soccer (digitally at least), then give the open source game Slam Soccer 2006 a whirl. Slam Soccer take a comedic approach to to the game with it’s “weebles” with feet style graphics. Regardless, the screenshots are impressive and the [...]
Do You Use Beta Releases As Your Primary Browser?
July 7, 2010 by 1 Comment
You may have seen the news circling around the tech world that Firefox 4 Beta 1 is now available for download. While I certainly understand and appreciate the need for a beta process, it got me thinking… do a lot of people use beta releases of browsers as their primary browser? As a general rule [...]
Online Notes/To Do List Manager For The Minimalist
July 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
If you like to keep track of notes and to do lists on your computer, you have no shortage of applications and online services to choose from. However, if you find that these tools are suffering from “feature bloat” then a service you should take a look at is Paprika. Keep track of all your [...]
Advanced Battery Reporting Utility For Macs
July 5, 2010 by 1 Comment
Mac users looking to get some insight into their battery power outside of the typical X% charge left should take a look at the freeware utility coconutBattery. coconutBattery isn’t just a tool which shows you only the current charge of your battery – it also shows you the current maximum capacity of it in relation [...]
Like Super Mario Brothers (Classic)? Give This A Try
July 3, 2010 by 1 Comment
Some of my favorite console games are the Super Mario series (I didn’t care much for 2 though) which graced the NES and Super NES. So fans of the landmark game might want to take a look at the open source Secret Maryo Chronicles which shares a very (very very) similar style of play. Just [...]
The Fastest ISP’s In The US
July 2, 2010 by 5 Comments
Whenever you see a commercial for an ISP who make claims on how fast their Internet service is, what they are telling you are the maximum theoretical speeds which you will virtually never reach (if you notice in the small print on commercial says your actual speed will vary). But if you want to see [...]
Open Source Virtual Desktop Manager For Windows
July 1, 2010 by 1 Comment
Linux, for a long time, has natively supported virtual desktops in their window managers but this feature is not standard within the Windows GUI. No problem though as there are plenty of freely available tools to add this functionality. One such tool is the open source VirtuaWin. In addition to the typical features you would [...]
