I hope this holiday season is a safe, peaceful, and joyous one for all.
Merry Christmas!
Dropbox Updated
Dropbox has posted their 4th 5th update this month.
Version 1.6.9 1.6.10 was released today. Download. Release Notes
Not a member yet? Sign up for Dropbox!
Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. This means that any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, phones and even the Dropbox website.
Dropbox also makes it super easy to share with others, whether you’re a student or professional, parent or grandparent.
*updated 8:46am, 22DEC2012
Expression Web 4 Now Free
Microsoft has decided to ditch it’s Expression brand products and that’s good news for you. [Read more…] about Expression Web 4 Now Free
Time To Run Windows Update
Most Windows users will have a critical security update.
It actually looks like an update to an update
Original XP Pinball Game
The usual Geek news sites today have featured a blog post entitled, “Why was Pinball removed from Windows Vista?”
The post is interesting but that ain’t why I’ve posted this.
Like many others I’ve been using the original XP pinball game in 64-bit Windows since Vista came out without a single issue. [Read more…] about Original XP Pinball Game
VirtualBox 4.2.6 Is Out
VirtualBox 4.2.6 is out and “is a maintenance release”.
Changelog
Download Page
All VirtualBox 4.2.6 downloads
VirtualBox 4.2.6 for Windows hosts
VirtualBox 4.2.6 for Linux
VirtualBox 4.2.6 Extension Pack
VBoxGuestAdditions_4.2.6.iso
HWiNFO 32 and 64 v4.10 Released
HWiNFO 32 and 64 version 4.10 has been released.
This is the best freeware hardware info tool there is.
No install necessary, just download and run the portable version.
HWiNFO32 Changelog
HWiNFO64 Changelog
Download HWiNFO32
Download HWiNFO64
TeamViewer 8 Updated
TeamViewer has released Windows version 8.0.16642 and Mac version 8.0.16638.
Bugfixes for the newly released version 8.
Download & Release Notes
FTP Voyager Now Free
The company that made FTP Voyager got bought out and the new owners are offering up the program for free.
Once priced around $50-$60, FTP Voyager is a professional and feature packed program.
It may be overkill for the casual user, but for free you might want to grab it!
Download & Info
All Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts
As with Windows 7 many sites have posted the Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts like they discovered some secret. The information is available both from Microsoft via the web or directly from Windows 8 built-in search.
One thing I noticed was that printing it out was a mess so I put together a Word document and PDF to make that easier.
To download simply right-click and “Save As” (please link to this post and not directly to the files):
Windows8KeyboardShortcuts.docx
or
Windows8KeyboardShortcuts.pdf