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Is it time to go quad-core?

Quad core, Chris?You have told us over and over that all you need is Google. You don't need a real OS, real apps, or any processing power to speak of. All you need is a browser, preferably Chrome. Why on Earth would you need a quad core...

Tags: Processors, cloud computing, quad-core, laptop computer, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Portlock Leap Frog 5.13.0.2321 (Windows)

Portlock Leap Frog will assist you in creating a bootable Virtual Hard Disk VHD for native Windows deployment with your Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 machine. The VHD can be used as the running operating system on supported hardware without a virtual machine or hypervisor....

Tags: Portlock Leap Frog, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-23

TrueCrypt 6.3a (Windows)

Protect your sensitive data with this free open-source disk encryption software. Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a real disk. Encrypt an entire hard disk partition or a device, such as USB flash drive. Automatically and transparently encrypt in real time. TrueCrypt provides...

Tags: Disk, Microsoft Windows, TrueCrypt Foundation

Software downloads 2009-11-23

WinMount (64-bit) 3.2.1117 (Windows)

WinMount is a useful windows utility. It is an archive tool and also an image tool. It can compress, decompress and browse archieves, mount archives and DVD CD HDD images to a virtual disk. The most powerful function is that mount ZIP RAR to virtual disk or local folder directly...

Tags: 64-bit, Disk, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Disk, WinMount International, Ip storage, Virtualization, Productivity, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-21

Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare download

Somebody will make it available in a more public area, I'm sure.Being that it's open source, somebody's going to make it available in a more public area, I'm sure. I'll wait until then.RE: Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare downloadthat's not the real release... that's a linux based...

Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, VMware Inc., Chrome, operating system, Google Chrome OS, Google Chrome, Chrome OS, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

GIMP dropped from default Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx installation

I use the GIMPThe user interface stinks, but the GIMP is a powerful application. I use it regularly for editing pictures. F-spot on the other hand, I don't like much. I use gThumb for organizing my photos (gThumb was F-spot's predecessor in early Ubuntu versions). gThumb also allows some simple...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, GIMP, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

IceClean 3.3.2 (Mac)

IceClean is a powerful Finder and System optimization tool using ONLY built-in Unix system tasks to help your System stay healthy and to keep it running smoothly. IceClean lets you execute the following tasks: System Maintenance Process & Infos Periodic Routine Scripts Verify Preferences .plist files Repair Permissions Update Prebindings...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Network, MacDentro.com, IceClean, UNIX, Tcp/Ip, Operating Systems, Networking, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Hornil StylePix 1.0.1.1121 (Windows)

Hornil StylePix, or simply StylePix, is a free image editor with a number of advanced features. Stylepix is an acronym for "Style Pictures". This means your pictures with nice style. Hornil StylePix has intuitive user interface. It is designed to control the selected functions easy and conveniently. Even if you...

Tags: Removable Storage, Microsoft Windows, Hornil, Hornil StylePix, StylePix, Flash Memory

Software downloads 2009-11-18

CryptoExpert Lite 7.9.14 (Windows)

CryptoExpert creates encrypted virtual disks and these disks are visible as usual disks with drive letters (for example, G:, H:, Z:, i.e. with any drive letter that is not used by other system devices). The data stored on a CryptoExpert disk is stored in the container file. A container is...

Tags: Disk, Microsoft Windows, InterCrypto, CryptoExpert

Software downloads 2009-11-14

UK Santas getting gadget training before the holidays

Shopping List for regular readersExcellent idea training: then you can select with confidence from ZDNET bloggers' recommended XMAS gifts:1. Ed Bott: Windows Secrets by Paul Thurrott. You might get a signature on that because Ed is on a world tour fixing Vista PC's one at a time. Oh, you wanted...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, RAID, PRODUCTIVITY, Memory, UK Santas, gadget training, Xmas Gift, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Why is Apple meddling with my Windows AutoRun?

Not suprised...Why would Apple try to keep their competitor secure? It would go aggainst their own adds.Oh and I'm not suprised that apple wants to meddle with autorun... I always disable that feature and it will stay disabled... I just hope Apple wont try to stealth enable it... PS: Great...

Tags: Zune HD, Microsoft Windows, Autorun, Apple Inc., CD, Apple iTunes, Auto-run, Microsoft Zune

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

R-Drive Image 4.6 build 4601 (Windows)

R-Drive Image creates disk image files for backup or duplication purposes. Disk image file contains exact, byte-by-byte copy of a hard drive, partition or logical disk and can be created with various compression levels on the fly without stopping Windows OS. These drive image files can then be stored in...

Tags: Disk, Microsoft Windows, R-Drive Image

Software downloads 2009-11-09

Disk2vhd 1.3 (Windows)

Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft's Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines VMs. You can run Disk2vhd on a system that is online. Disk2vhd uses Windows' Volume Snapshot capability, introduced in...

Tags: Disk, Microsoft Corp., Volume, Disk2vhd, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Virtualization

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Xupport 3.6.0 (Mac)

Xupport is a multipurpose system utility for Mac OS X. It provides many features to configure hidden Mac OS X and Unix options, to increase system security and performance, to maintain and backup Mac OS X, and to dig deeper into the world of Unix. Xupport 3 is fully compatible...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Applicorn, Xupport, Xupport 3, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Ability FTP Server 1.20 (Windows)

FTP Server features 128-bit SSL, Remote Admin, security protection options, disk quota limits, bandwidth restrictions, IP restrictions, virtual folders, resume support, real-time activity viewer, and real-time control. The Remote Admin facility is designed for ultimate flexibility and so is accessible via a Web browser. This allows secure control over the...

Tags: FTP Server, Microsoft Windows, Disk Quota, FTP, Code-Crafters, Remote Admin Facility

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Windows 7: An impressive upgrade

Windows 7 review:Windows 7 review: 'New' OS is just Vista with small changesPerformance enhancements"We have already determined that W7 won't make your computer run any faster. And if you are upgrading from XP, it might run slightly slower, just as with Vista. ......But it's not really anything new. We hate...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, impressive upgrade, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Tune Windows 7 for maximum speed and efficiency

This sample chapter from Microsoft Windows 7 Unleashed explains how to monitor Windows 7 system performance and optimize startup, applications, the hard disk, and virtual memory. Title: Windows 7 Unleashed Author: Paul McFedries Chapter 6 "Tuning Windows 7's Performance" ...

Tags: Sams Publishing, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Book chapters 2009-10-20

Memory Management System 14.2 (Windows)

Do I need MMS if I have a computer? If you have a computer running any amount of applications the answer is definitely. There is a misconception out there that usually sounds like this, if I have a lot of free memory then my computer will run faster. Memory Management...

Tags: Memory, Microsoft Windows, Computer, PB Software, Productivity, Flash Memory

Software downloads 2009-10-20

Windows 7 in action: a closer look at Windows XP Mode

Now that's coolSo XP apps can be run directly on the desktop? Now that's cool :).How is this different than Virtual PC?Ed, I have XP running under MS Virtual PC 2007 on my Vista Business x64 machine. How is this different? I know that I had to supply...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows XP Mode, virtualization, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Wonderful Disk 1.4 (Windows)

Wonderful Disk is a handy "on-the-fly" transparent disk encryption application. Using this software, you can create one or more "virtual encrypted disk" on your PC. These disks operate exactly like a normal disk, with the exception that anything written to one of them is transparently, and securely, encrypted AES encryption...

Tags: Disk, Microsoft Windows, Wonderful Disk

Software downloads 2009-10-17