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Archive for March, 2008

Free File: Active@ ISO Burner

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March, 2008 (, , , , )
Posted in Software Picks (1 Comment)

A free tool for Windows that is dedicated to burning ISO images. A great app for those who don’t do a lot of disc autoring.

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Updated: Audiobook Recommendations

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March, 2008 (, , )
Posted in General

I’ve finally gotten to updating the ‘Audiobook Recommendations’ section and added several books I’ve read by now, along with shiny new ratings. Check out my ‘Audiobook Recommendations‘ page for the following reviews and ratings:

‘Duma Key’ by Stephen King First Impression Rating: Narration Rating:
‘A home at the end of the world’ by Michael Cunningham Rating: [...]

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To crack 17-character AES password: 100 years and 1 billion dollars

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March, 2008 (, , , , )
Posted in Security

In my previous ‘Free File’ article, I briefly reviewed the open-source compression-utility 7-Zip. Like most other archiving tools, 7-Zip is also capable of encrypting your files. To do this, it utilizes industry standard AES-256 encryption (a.k.a. Rijn Dael) and recommends a password strength of 10 characters or more. The Help-function in 7-Zip has a nice illustration [...]

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First look: Windows 95 !

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March, 2008 (, , , )
Posted in Featured, Windows Vista

Windows 95, codenamed Chicago, has finally been released! It is the most exciting and promising release of the Windows Operating System ever. Along with it, Microsoft introduces 32-bit computing for the first time and with it, is planning to replace MS-DOS and Windows 3.1(1). At last, anyone with or without prior computing skills can easily [...]

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Free File: 7-Zip

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March, 2008 (, , )
Posted in Software Picks (1 Comment)

7-Zip is an open-source, multi-platform compression/decompression tool that introduces it’s own high-performing compression format, called 7z, alongside the industry standard ZIP and others.

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