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Open source FeelHome provides simple, cross-platform remote access to your files

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Open Source

Want to make sure you can access the files on your home (or work) computer from wherever you are — on any computer or web-enabled device? FeelHome is a hassle-free way to get the job done.

The open source server app is available for Linux, Mac, and Windows (Windows [...]

Add volume and battery meters (and more!) to your Windows 7 superbar

Filed under: Utilities, Windows

We’ve covered a few Windows 7 friendly status indicators before — like these two for monitoring your CPU and memory utilization. Another developer decided to have a go at his own version, and the results are pretty slick.

Five meters are available: power, volume, disk, CPU, and memory. The meters are very [...]

Microsoft set to destroy Apple in every games market

Filed under: Developer, Games

Did you know that the Xbox 360 is just a PC in a box? Sure, the inputs are different and you generally attach it to a TV — but still, internally, it’s PC hardware. You can even use the controllers with your PC if you like! The Xbox doesn’t run Windows though; [...]

Microsoft to release cross-platform games on Windows, Windows Phone 7, and Xbox

Filed under: Games, Windows, Windows Mobile, Microsoft

Holy synchronicity, Batman! Microsoft is preparing to offer games that can be played across Windows, WIndows Phone AND Xbox. That’s right: one game, three systems. It doesn’t matter that the input method for each platform is different; you’ll be able to play these games by keyboard, controller, or accelerometer. [...]

Portable Opera@USB updates, brings 10.50’s speed to your flash drive

Filed under: Windows, Browsers

Now that the final version has been released and the public is happily playing with the new features and increased speed of Opera 10.50, it’s time to update that portable version on your USB flash drive.

Fortunately, Opera@USB has just released an update. Both a standalone portable version of Opera 10.50 and an [...]

Reigning Pwn2Own champion: "The main thing is not to install Flash!"

Filed under: Security, News

With the Pwn2Own hacking contest coming up at Vancouver’s CanSecWest security conference later this month, Italian computer security blog OneITSecurity took some time to interview Charlie Miller. Miller, in case you’re not familiar, is a security expert who has won Pwn2Own two years running by hacking Apple’s Safari browser with incredible speed. [...]

Windows Mobile 6.x users won’t get Windows Phone 7 upgrade

Filed under: OS Updates, Windows Mobile, Microsoft

Bad news for owners of the latest Windows Mobile 6.x devices: your phone doesn’t meet the hardware specifications for an update to Windows Phone 7. Microsoft says that even the brand new HTC HD2 doesn’t meet its tight requirements for the much-talked-about new mobile OS, according to APCMag.

Even though [...]

Classic strategy game M.U.L.E. comes back to life as Planet M.U.L.E.

Filed under: Fun, Games, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Freeware, Beta

One of my favorite video games from my childhood was a strategy game for my Commodore 64 called M.U.L.E. In fact, when I wrote about an online C64 emulator two years ago, I ended with the question “Does anybody remember M.U.L.E.?” Evidently, they do, and they loved [...]

Opera pumps out 4th 10.50 RC build as browser ballot screen goes live

Filed under: Windows, Browsers

While the count was at three release candidates in two days when I started checking my RSS feeds this morning, it’s now up to four. Yes, Opera has dropped the beta tag and is feverishly working toward a final version of Opera 10.50 for Windows. Their site is literally buzzing with activity, [...]

Vispa does quick but advanced tweaking of Windows 7 and Vista

Filed under: Utilities, Windows

Ages ago, a friend of mine introduced me to xpy – a handy tweaking app for more advanced (and possibly reckless) users of Windows XP. Its developer later crafted a Vista-compatible version called Vispa and has been updating it ever since.

Recent builds have added Windows 7 compatibility, and Vispa remains an awesome [...]