MonitorES, or Monitor Energy Saver, is a little Google Code project that is so simple in its functionality it's hard to believe it's been overlooked for so long. If you're in a corporate or public environment with your computer, you probably lock your computer every time you get up and walk away from it. It might even automatically lock after being idle for so many minutes. If … [Read more...]
Spring Cleaning with CCleaner and ATF Cleaner
Spring is here and so is spring cleaning. Here are two small utilities that can help you clean up temporary files, unused registry entries, and unwanted applications. CCleaner is a multi-use tool. After a quick and small install, you're ready to go. CCleaner is a tool for cleaning up all those files that you don't really care about like the temporary internet files, cookies, … [Read more...]
Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1 Vulnerable to Javascript Again!
Adobe, after recently patching Adobe Reader and Acrobat to 9.1, has announced that this version too is vulnerable to javascript induced buffer overflows. You can see their announcement here: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-02.html A patch is set to be deployed May 12th. I stand by my original assessment. You're best off just disabling javascript in … [Read more...]
Windows 7 RC Available
The Windows 7 RC is now publicly available. Go check it out and get a preview of the next Windows operating system. 32-bit and 64-bit options are available again in multiple languages. It seems the roll-out of this 3.05 GB iso and product keys is going a little smoother than the Windows 7 beta. It looks like Microsoft has outsourced much of that work to Akamai Technologies. A … [Read more...]
FreeMeter: a low-impact system monitor
My latest article over at Freewaregenius goes through the finer points of FreeMeter, a system resource monitor. FreeMeter keeps it lean so it doesn't negatively impact your performance as you're watching your resource usage. It also has a pretty nice interface which can efficiently convey information to you with a quick glance regarding memory usage, CPU usage, hard drive … [Read more...]