Windows Mobile: Slide 2 Unlock 2 (S2U2)

A couple weeks ago I finally got a bit frustrated with my Windows Mobile phone. Carrying it around in my pockets and laptop bags was causing it to take “liberties” way too often. You see, I’d get a text message or some other alert which would “wake up” the phone. While awake, it would get

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Free Nero 9

Looking for an option for CD burning software? While I personally tend to prefer ImgBurn for such purposes (and many more) I’m happy to see Nero’s latest addition. More options are always welcome.

What’s better than free? Free forever! Nero offers you the chance to enjoy Nero’s world-renowned
data disc burning and copying features for an

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In Which I Finally Discover Clonezilla and GParted

One of the older home laptops finally died yesterday. Not totally unexpected, she’d been ailing for a while but she finally had to be put down.

* moment of silence, please *

The hard drive in that laptop was a 7200 RPM drive so I decided that it would be a nice upgrade on this Dell D600

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Comodo Internet Security

I recently mentioned that I was trying out the free Comodo Internet Security suite. I’m about done with the initial evaluation so I reckon I should share some initial impressions.

The free version touts firewall protection, antivirus and proactive security. It seems to do a pretty solid job at keeping an eye on what’s going

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Today Only: Free CrossOver

Just in case you hadn’t seen this yet…

Get CodeWeavers‘ CrossOver (both Pro and Games versions) free today (October 28, 2008) only. This is software that allows you to run Windows apps on Linux and Macs. Yep, it is based on wine, but manages to take things to another level for compatibility and ease.

I’ve used their

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