Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware, Beta, Windows x64

If you’re looking for a simple, fast, portable file management application to run instead of Windows Explorer, you might want to take Snowbird for a spin.It’s less than half a meg in size and includes some features that aren’t included in

Filed under: Fun, Internet, Text, Blogging, Web services

What child of the early 90’s doesn’t remember Neil Patrick Harris tapping away at his hideous-yet-cool IBM PS/2 at the end of a long day of practicing TV medicine?Those were the days…and now you can relive them while updating your

Filed under: Internet, Photo, Features, Windows, Microsoft, Beta, Search

Now that half of the known computing world has gotten their paws on the Windows 7 beta, it’s high time to start tweaking and modifying Microsoft’s latest OS. One feature begging to be monkeyed with is

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware

If you use a Windows laptop, you’re probably familiar with the battery icon that hangs out in the system tray. It provides a bit of information about your battery status at a glance. But just a bit. It typically shows you if the battery is full, around half… Continue reading

Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Video

Around 7pm CST every weekday, YouTube becomes painful to use where I live. Downloading just can’t keep up with playback and the clips end up limping along until they’re totally cached.I’d rather just cache the whole clip first then watch it - which is precisely what Youtube Buffer

Filed under: OS Updates, Microsoft, Beta

Since its initial leak a few days ago, the torrents for Windows 7 build 7000 have become more numerous - and extremely healthy.Pirate Bay’s now has more than 5,500 seeders and more than twice that number leeching. Mininova’s top two torrents have almost 6,000 seeders and 17,000 leechers. While… Continue reading

Filed under: Fun, Productivity, iPhone

I love apps that make a very specific task as easy as it ought to be. That’s why I love Weightbot, an iPhone/iPod Touch weight tracking app developed by Tapbots. I confess that I used to keep track of my weight in a Numbers document. It wasn’t too much trouble, but… Continue reading

Filed under: OS Updates, Microsoft, Beta

Apparently you won’t even have to wait until January to get your hands on the Windows 7 Beta release as I mentioned in a previous post. That’s right, there’s already been an ISO file leaked to several torrent trackers.The ISO appears to contain the Windows 7 M1 build… Continue reading

Filed under: Utilities, Productivity

Desktop sticky note apps are old news. A basic one is packaged with Mac OS, and stickies will be a standard feature in Windows 7. Stickyscreen offers something different, though: a sticky note for your browser. It’s a simple, minimal way of reminding you of a personal mantra or an important to-do item.Stickyscreen is… Continue reading

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware

FastAero is a Windows XP utility that adds a transparency effect to some program windows. The effect is similar to one of the components of the Aero Glass interface on Windows Vista: You can see through borders of some programs and more easily see what’s going on… Continue reading