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It seems that Apple decided to sue one of its strong competitors, HTC, for several patent infringements, related to the iPhone’s user interface and hardware. Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, stated:  ”We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We’ve decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, [...]

We finally decided that we should use our design skills to create some quality WordPress themes. With that in mind, we are proud to announce that the first versions of our themes are ready to download. What can we say about our themes, well, they’re stylish, clean, widget ready and customizable. We have added some web 2.0ish touch and the [...]

It seems that Amazon decided to port their e-book reader application to BlackBerry. Even in its Beta stage, Kindle for BlackBerry allows the users to read over 400,000 e-books on their BlackBerry devices. The application uses Amazon’s Whispersync technology that allows full bookmark syncronization across all devices including Apple’s iPad, PC, Kindle, BlackBerry and iPhone. Of course, the application will [...]

I think even Roberta Flack will agree that frozen or runaway processes are a pain in the chip for every computer user. And no, we won’t kill them with “his song”, we will kill them directly with Killing Me Softly. The application practically allows you to schedule an automatic restart or shutdown also killing all the unresponsive processes. This comes [...]

LookInMyPC is a system profiler that gives you accurate informations about your software and hardware installed. Unlike many system informations tools, LookInMyPC also displayes relevant information regarding your active Windows processes, services,  start-up applications, network and traffic details and a few more. Of course, this tools isn’t aimed only at professionals, LookInMyPC can be handled by most computer users. What’s also [...]

There are many software alternatives for cutting mp3 files, some free like Audacity, some a little bit expensive, such as Sound Forge. However, there are some online tools that allow you to cut your mp3 files, free and fast. Want to create a ringtone fast? You wanan trim your favorite song? mp3cut.net will allow you to cut any mp3 file with ease, in a [...]

I’m not a great fan of Windows native System Restore and i’ll probably never be, due to its buggy nature. However, the guys from Comodo managed to create a backup & restore application, similar to System Restore that is actually better and more reliable. Comodo Time Machine is a powerful system rollback utility that creates certain backup points and allows the user [...]

Google introduced a new mobile service named Near Me Now, that helps you find services near your current location. Such services include ATMs, restaurants, hotels or bars. All you have to do is click the Near Me Now button on Google Search and the results will be served immediatelly. There is also an Explore Right Here option that narrows down [...]

Airytec’s Switch Off is a nifty little utility that can restart/shutdown your computer or simply just lock it down. Of course, this isn’t its main advantage, the utility has also a web interface that allows you to connect from anywhere in the world via any computer or phone. The utility has a very intuitive interface and it’s rich with options, [...]

Yes, Windows 7 has a secret game-like Godmode that once enabled, allows the user to access most of its options/settings under one window, nicely arranged and ready to be abused. It won’t do any wonderful magic, but you will find options there that you probably ignored/passed by in your exploration lust. Windows 7 Godmode it’s actually THE collection of tools/settings [...]