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March 5th, 2007

SuperGenPass another secure password generator

From Google Operating System comes another password generator:
Yesterday I suggested some ideas to keep your passwords secure. In the comments, Thunder Rabbit pointed to a very simple solution to generate secure passwords, without having to remember them. SuperGenPass is a bookmarklet (a bookmark consisting mostly of JavaScript code) that uses a master password as a […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

February 27th, 2007

HP provides templates and resources to help Small Biz

Although I’m more thana little pissed a HP at the moment for their lack of Vista support for older, but Vista-capable laptops, it is nice of them to provide resources for Small Biz:
One of the main attractions of the site is the Business Templates area (not surprising for a printer company), which offers about 700 […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

February 27th, 2007

Even if you don’t have Vista, you have to check out these wallpapers

It might seem a little superfluous to go looking for wallpapers for your machine, but really, if you’re staring at the thing all day you should have something nice to look at.  I change my wallpapers pretty often.  Movies, nice pictures, geek babes, whatever I’m in the mood for (I had Trinty from the Matrix […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

February 26th, 2007

Advanced WindowsCare Professional for Free Today Only

As you know I’ve been battling with fixing a machine for Lorraine’s bosses since Friday.  Sunday I thought it was licked and well I was wrong.  Still getting Blue Screen of Death, still unstable (rebooting and shutting down randomly).  I was getting really worried.  If I couldn’t keep the machine stable, then I couldn’t even […]

By Tris Hussey -- 2 comments

February 21st, 2007

Find new Vista drivers on RadarSync

Upgraded to Vista and just a wee frustrated finding drivers?  Yeah, I’m with you.  I spent something like an hour looking for drivers for my built-in card reader.  RadarSync is trying to help out:
Don’t waste your time searching dozens of vendor websites every month for the driver updates you need.Just bookmark this page and come […]

By Tris Hussey -- 1 comment

February 20th, 2007

Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007, and it’s still free

Last year Microsoft released Virtual PC 2004 as a free download.  At the time I didn’t see much point.  Today Microsoft announced it’s successor Virtual PC 2007 and, yes, it’s still free.  Yeah you might be wondering about Microsoft’s motives in all this.  So was Wired and this is what they had to say:
For the […]

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February 20th, 2007

Mindsystems ThemeReader–An exciting new add-on for MindManager

 I got an e-mail from Tom Hodgers today.  Remember him?  Yeah he was one of our contest winners.  It sounds like Tom has been getting into MindMager and told me about a really cool new MM add-on called ThemeReader.  Here is how Mindsystems describes it:
Mindsystems ThemeReader™ is the latest edition to the MindManager® family of […]

By Tris Hussey -- 1 comment

February 16th, 2007

Cozi, family software that has office applications too

I saw Cozi on Download squad this week:
Through Cozi users can access their family calendar, schedules, and notes information that are stored in the family’s personal system, even when they are on the go. Reminders can be sent out and accessed by any PC or mobile phone you choose. This sounds like the ultimate family […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

February 16th, 2007

Download needed to save as PDF or XPS in Office 2007

One of the anticipated features and Microsoft office 2007 is the ability to natively export files as PDF or XPS.  I was looking for this feature today when I needed to send off an invoice but couldn’t find it.  Luckily a quick search in help gave me the answer right away, I needed to download […]

By Tris Hussey -- 1 comment

January 4th, 2007

Really want to speed up your browsing? Switch to Maxthon.

Maxthon is one of those browsers built using the IE engine, but it’s different.  It had tabbed browsing long before IE (even with Yahoo’s toolbar).  Oh, it’s Chris Pirillo’s fav too.   I tried it a while ago, but I ditched for Firefox after a while, well Scoble did an interview with the guys behind Maxthon […]

By Tris Hussey -- 2 comments