Installing the Journal Printer

CCleaner, a must have

I have been using CCleaner since it was first released more than 10 years ago and still today I consider it a must have application.

One of the options on it that I use a lot is the Registry cleaner.   Every time that I uninstall any software I run this option and every time I end finding a lot of junk left there by the removal process.

Virtual Router

Virtual Router is a tool very simple to use that allows you to convert your PC or laptop in a virtual Router. When this is useful? Well imagine that you and your WiFi decide to pass the day camping in a place where the only Internet access is via a 3G Modem connected to your laptop. You can share your 3G connection with your wife's Surface RT using this software. Very simple.

mkv player for surface rt

That's it. The first player that plays almost all formats has been released in Microsoft Store: XYPlayer. That's the good news. The bad news is that it does not work, it does not play any of the video files I tested it with.

I'm familiar with the iPad version and I think that this issue will be fixed soon so keep your eyes opened for an update.

WinRT Apps Store in numbers

I have been checking the WinRT Apps Store for the last 5 days and with the numbers collected I prepared some statistics. 5 days is not enough data for a serious study but will give a fair idea of what is the growth in the Application Front.

The average of applications released in 5 days was 291.

This means that in 24 working days we should be seen a total of 6989 applications released. We should be ending this year with 13395 applications and the year 2013 with about 89107 applications.

These numbers are not bad at all but keep in mind that it's better to have 100 applications with good quality than 100000 "farting" applications. In this field since the Surface Release I have seen released good Applications such as eWallet, Bank of America, Nook, Zillow, The Weather Channel, Weather Bug, Urbanspoon, Kayak, Flixter, Angry Birds and many other from well known companies that are popular in Apple's Store and Android.

In my opinion, by the end of year I should see installed in my Surface all my preferred application I was using in my iPad.

By the way, the chart shown in this article was created using Excel 2013 RT without using any keyboard or mouse, just the touch screen. It's simple, but I just spent less than 2 minutes typing the data and creating the chart. I found the experience very pleasant and for those saying that Office RT is far from being a productive tool when it used in a Surface RT, you are all absolutely wrong. After this experience I'm more than convinced that Surface RT is the perfect tool for those that want to own a Tablet and still being productive. For those looking just for a consumption device you have the iPad.

Shazam for WinRT

Shazam is one of the tools that I had it in my iPad, I have it in my Android phone and now I have it in my Surface. For those who do not know this tool, it's a software capable of recognizing any music playing and tell you all the information available about the song including videos available at YouTube and what's more important, where to buy it.

The WinRT version has some very nice animations and design.

Mobile Devices Managment

With the increase in the use of all kind of mobile devices in the enterprise environment managing these devices is becoming a huge problem for IT Managers. An average business has more than 15 executives, imagine all of them wanting to have access to your network and databases real time. How can you handle your security? How do you keep them updated with the latest version of whatever software you are using to access your database? How do you remove from their devices unwanted software?

That's where a software like BoxTone EMM is highly appreciated.

Artrage Studio released

ArtRage is one of the best programs to create art in a Tablet PC. Today I received the press release from Ambient Design with the good news of a new versions of this program being released and I'm really glad to see that the program is progressing and reaching new stages.




ARTRAGE STUDIO AND ARTRAGE STUDIO PRO
RELEASED BY AMBIENT DESIGN
New Digital Painting Products Provide Comprehensive Tools for the Skilled Hobbyist and Professional Artist

Auckland, New Zealand - Ambient Design has released ArtRage Studio and ArtRage Studio Pro. These new products in the ArtRage family contain all the tools found in the entry level ArtRage product plus dozens of added innovations for advanced users. ArtRage Studio Pro was created for artists who require a professional toolset while ArtRage Studio was designed for artists who don’t need the high-end features. Both products include an intuitive, scalable and customizable interface, a "Canvas Puck", which allows for easy navigation on the canvas, customizable keyboard shortcuts, an auto-smoothing inking pen, watercolors, flood fill, selections, a text tool that for live text editing on layers and the bitmap "Sticker Spray" brush. Hobbyist and professional artists, animators, illustrators, scrapbookers and manga and comic creators will appreciate the software’s power and its ability to allow for seamless, artistic expression.

Customers can choose the software that best fits their needs. ArtRage Studio Pro's more advanced features include: Real color blending, sophisticated color adjustment options, PhotoShop® filter support, a customizable Sticker Spray brush and an inking pen with opacity, blending and anti-alias control. 3D programs can also make use of ArtRage Studio Pro's exported channel maps to recreate the color, volume, gloss and reflectivity of paintings in their native renderers. ArtRage Studio and ArtRage Studio Pro support Windows® 7 touch screen capabilities. Watch a video of the Sticker Spray in action here: Sticker Spray Video.

Matt Fox-Wilson, Ambient Design's creative director said, "As we were adding features, we realized that one product with a large set of features wouldn’t suit many of our users so we decided instead to create a second product aimed more at the mid-level artist. ArtRage Studio is perfect for that group of users. It's not a "lite" version, but a version tailored specifically to their needs."

Both products include the intuitive, realistic behavior of the ArtRage toolset, such as sophisticated brushes, numerous stencils, blending of artistic media on the canvas, and easy-to-use, customizable color pallets. Users have many choices of paper varieties and paper grains and paint and drawing mediums such as oils, pencils, crayons, airbrush, chalk and markers. ArtRage provides Photoshop compatible transparent layers that can be used for advanced compositions and allows photos and images to be easily recreated as paintings.

ArtRage Studio Pro beta tester, Hans Deconinck said, "Everyone will love this software. Watercolor painters, oil and acrylic painters and the comic book and manga artists too."

Pricing and Availability:
ArtRage Studio can be purchased for $40.00 (USD) and ArtRage Studio Pro for $80.00 from the ArtRage web site: www.ArtRage.com. ArtRage 2.5 Full Edition is available for $20.00 and will be upgraded in the future. Some users of ArtRage 2.x are eligible for "Switch To Studio" discounts when purchasing one of the new products.

ArtRage supports popular pen tablets from companies such as Wacom® and Adesso® that allow the artist to draw and paint with a pressure sensitive stylus. New camera based touch screens like the HP TouchSmart allow the user to finger paint or use traditional paintbrushes for a unique digital painting simulation experience. Watch a Touch Screen demo video here: Touch Screen/ArtRage Demo.

For a complete list of new features of ArtRage Studio and Studio Pro, please see: New Features.

A PDF comparison chart for all three ArtRage product offerings can be found here: Comparison Chart.

A trial version of ArtRage Studio Pro can be download here: Artrage Studio Pro Demo.

For more information, or to purchase or to view the galleries, forums and tutorials, please visit the ArtRage home page: www.ArtRage.com

System Requirements:
Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7
Mac OSX 10.4 or later with 1GHz processor (Intel/AMD or PPC G4/G5)
1024 x 768 screen size, 512MB Memory, 100MB disk free.
Languages: English, French, German, Dutch interface. English manual.

SliteMyTiles for Android

SliteMyTiles is a new game for Android just released to the Market place. The game is currently a freeware on it's way to become a commercial game and a best seller I would add.



I got a pre release copy from the author a few days ago and I have to confess that once I started play I could not stop. It's simple but very addictive puzzle game.

Encrypt Stick

Flash Drives have replaced totally the old Floppies. They have a lot more capacity and they are very small which is an advantage and at the same time a disadvantage: you can lose them easily. And if that happens, is your data safe? If the answer is No then you may need this product: Encrypt Stick.

ENC Security Systems Inc releases Encrypt Stick™ 4.3 – Turns any Flash Drive into a Digital Privacy Manager

Vancouver, B.C. July 19, 2010 – ENC Security Systems Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of Encrypt Stick™ 4.3. Encrypt Stick™ software turns any Flash Drive into a portable Digital Privacy Manager (DPM). The Digital Privacy Manager allows the user to easily protect, secure and manage their sensitive files.

Complimentary license keys are available to the press. Email request to Terry Johnston: press@encryptstick.com.

Everyone has private digital files that need extra security. They’re the ones on your computer or other devices that could cause serious consequences if they fell into the wrong hands: photos, videos, financial records, identity passwords and sensitive documents. Lost or stolen devices, or violated files, put you at considerable risk of embarrassment, identity theft, financial loss and marital problems — even job loss. Why take a chance when you can take a few seconds to permanently secure your digital privacy?

Lock down your files
Encrypt Stick™ is simple to download and easy to use. Important files that need to be secure are stored within encrypted Vaults. An unlimited number of vaults can be created on any type of writeable storage (hard drives, flash drives, network servers etc.). Vaults can’t be seen on a computer unless the USB is inserted and the correct password entered. Experience true digital privacy.

Encrypt Stick™ is available for Windows and Mac operating systems and can be downloaded for just one operating system or both on the same flash drive. Encrypt Stick™ is licensed per flash drive; this means you only pay once to receive both versions on your flash drive!

Encrypt Stick™ is powered by the world’s strongest encryption algorithm. ENC Security’s polymorphic encryption method creates unique encryption algorithms based on the hardware ID of each USB flash drive and guarantees your file security.

New Features for Encrypt Stick™ 4.3
- No installation of software or drivers required.
- Free updates!
- Compresses encrypted files on the fly – Fit more on your flash drive.
- Create unlimited encrypted vaults – Anywhere you like!
- Customizable timeout.
- Edit Encrypted documents.
- File Wipe – Permanently eliminates files.
- Instant lock button.
- Leaves no footprint on host PC.
- Password Manager – Take all your passwords on the go.
- Password Time Out Notification.
- Simple user friendly interface.
- Virtual Encrypted Keyboard – Eliminate Key Logging.
- Works on any standard flash drive
- Works with Windows XP or higher and Mac OSX 10.4+

Standard Features:
- Live search – Find your files quickly.
- 512bit Polymorphic Encryption.
- User friendly key recovery process to enable only YOU to regain access to encrypted files on your computer after you lost your Flash Drive.

To download our free version or to get more details please visit our new website www.encryptstick.com

Complimentary license keys are available to the press. Email request to Terry Johnston: press@encryptstick.com

About Encrypt Stick™
The Encrypt Stick software platform has been in continuous development since 2005 by some of the most brilliant and visionary programmers available in the encryption world.

With the advent of Smart Flash Drives (serial numbered microprocessors) now commercially available to the computer user,ENC has leveraged use of this same encryption technology knowledge in developing intuitive, secure and faster software than currently available.

About Polymorphic Encryption
ENC’s polymorphic encryption method creates unique encryption algorithms based on the hardware ID of each USB flash drive. Encrypt Stick’s Polymorphic encryption engine operates at an encryption speed of 500Mbit/s, which is approximately 10 times the speed of 256 AES!

About ENC Security Systems Inc.
ENC is redefining data security for individuals and organizations. Through its suite of encryption software products designed to protect computer data, internet transmissions, radio frequency identification (RFID) Cyber Space, SCADA and wireless signals ENC will provide simple to use, effective solutions for consumers, businesses, and institutions.

Press inquiries:
Terry Johnston
Media Relations
+1-604-267-3022
Email: press@encryptstick.com

Happy Birthday Diskeeper!

BURBANK, Calif., June 9, 2010 — Diskeeper Corporation, innovators in performance and reliability technologies, today announced that it is commemorating  its 30th year of pioneering breakthrough technologies with more than a dozen industry firsts by offering discounts of up to 30 percent on all Diskeeper Corporation volume licenses.

Company Highlights:

• With more than 38 million licenses sold Diskeeper Corporation supports customers worldwide including more than 90 percent of Fortune 500 enterprises, and nearly 70 percent of the Forbes Global 1000, as well as thousands of enterprises, government agencies, independent software vendors (ISVs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

• CIOs, IT Managers and System Administrators around the world rely on Diskeeper ^® performance software to increase computing speeds, reduce system freezes and crashes, improve backup times, lower resource usage, protect data and shorten boot times.

• Every day, Diskeeper Corporation solutions prevent more than 12.5 billion fragments from thrashing hard drives, providing unparalleled performance and reliability for laptops, desktops and servers.

• Diskeeper Corporation’s industry first Undelete^® real time data protection solution saves organizations tremendous amounts of time and money by guarding against intentional and unintentional data loss, protecting all deleted files and allowing instant file recovery with just a few mouse clicks.

Industry Firsts:

• 1986: Diskeeper performance software released as the first online automatic defragmenter, which quickly became the best-selling third-party product for OpenVMS operating systems.
• 1995: Diskeeper is the first defragmenter solution certified for Microsoft Windows, starting a long-running verification process that maintains code reliability.
• 1995: Diskeeper Corporation partners with Microsoft and co-created APIs that were released with NT 4.0 in 1996.
• 1998 Network Undelete 1.0 unveiled as the first complete real-time file protection technology for Windows servers.
• 2003: Diskeeper 8.0 is introduced as a breakthrough approach to help optimize terabyte-sized drives with Terabyte Volume Engine^™ technology.
• 2005: I-FAAST^® intelligent file access acceleration sequencing technology introduced that accelerates access to most used files.
• 2006: InvisiTasking^® technology revolutionizes background processing with zero overhead.
• 2008: Diskeeper releases HyperFast^® solid state drive optimizer for PCs.
• 2009: Diskeeper Corporation introduces V-locity^™ virtual platform disk optimizer.
• 2009: Diskeeper Corporation releases IntelliWriteÔ technology, the first fragmentation prevention technology.
• 2010: The release of HyperBoot^™ boot-time optimization software, which accelerates full computer start up and boots a PC directly into Windows.

Supporting Quotes:

• “The reliability of our hardware is crucial to getting the most from our budget dollars,” said Doug Lawson, system administrator, Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District. “Diskeeper is essential to getting maximum life from our hardware. Not only do the machines run faster and more efficiently, but they also run cooler. I absolutely see energy savings as a result.”

• “After installing Diskeeper my defrag rate went from 98 percent to almost zero and freed up almost 32GBs on our busiest server,” said Benjamin Herrin, database administrator at Spectrum Labs. “I have used Diskeeper for years for both personal computing and at work with the server version. It’s done an outstanding job cleaning up disks and I would call it nothing short of absolutely marvelous.”

• “We have been using Diskeeper Server for over 10 years and our server reliability is outstanding with virtually 100 percent uptime year to year and noticeable performance improvement on our servers,” said Joe McEachern, manager of technology operations, Gordon Brothers Group. “I have been continually impressed with Diskeeper all these years and the effectiveness and ease of use has continued to grow with each new release. It is truly a set it and forget it product”

• “We are delighted to celebrate our  30^th year of providing innovative solutions to address the real problems that impact our customers,” said Manny Salinas, CMO, Diskeeper Corporation. “Diskeeper Corporation is dedicated to the development of solutions that make computer systems faster, more reliable, longer-lived and energy efficient, with zero overhead.  In celebration of this, we are pleased to offer unprecedented savings of up to 30 percent.”

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About Diskeeper Corporation—Innovators in Performance and Reliability Technologies®: CIOs, IT Managers and System Administrators of Global Fortune 1000 and Forbes 500 enterprises rely on Diskeeper performance software to provide unparalleled performance and reliability to their business laptops, desktops and servers. Diskeeper 2010 is the only product to prevent fragmentation before it happens. Diskeeper Corporation further provides real-time data protection and real-time data recovery™ with Undelete data recovery software (www.undelete.com). InvisiTasking technology enables any process to run completely invisibly in the background, fully tapping the power of otherwise unused idle resources (www.invisitasking.com).

© 2010 Diskeeper Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Diskeeper, Undelete, InvisiTasking, IntelliWrite,

V-locity, I-FAAST, HyperBoot, Terabyte Volume Engine, real-time data protection and real-time data recovery and Innovators in Performance and Reliability Technologies are trademarks owned by Diskeeper Corporation. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

AppCon2010

AppCon 2010 is a Conference and Expo about and  for Mobile Application Developers. A good opportunity to know what's going on in this field and if you are a developer then let others know about you and your applications.

Press Release.

APPCON™ 2010: World’s Only Mobile App-Centric Conference and Expo Set for August 24-26 in Las Vegas

Independent and Enterprise Mobile Application Developers Come Together to Learn, Network and Strut Their Stuff at Industry’s First Vendor-Neutral Event

Las Vegas—Mobile App developers from around the world will hit the Las Vegas strip this summer to learn, network and strut their stuff when APPCON™ 2010, the world’s only App-centric event for independent and enterprise mobile App developers, kicks off Tuesday, August 24 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas.

Bringing together best-in-breed mobile industry leaders, APPCON™ is the primary forum where developers, device and accessory manufacturers and carriers share ideas and influence the future of the mobile App industry. APPCON™ is all about mobile Apps, all the time, and is the only vendor-neutral forum for mobile developers on all platforms. The event runs three days, August 24-26, and is produced jointly by ConvExx and Taptopia, Inc.

“The mobile App industry is on fire right now, but most developer’s forums are restricted to a specific platform,” said Jeff Pressman, COO of ConvExx, a full-service show and event production company based in Las Vegas. “APPCON™ is the first event to open the doors for all platforms. It’s ideal for corporate executives and enterprise developers who are exploring the development of mobile Apps for their company or brand.”

Exclusive Expo Exhibit Time and Indie Alley

APPCON™ showcases the most eclectic collection of developers and world-class manufacturers and carriers during the Expo. The Expo features a full 8 hours of uninterrupted exhibit time that allows demonstrators to show off their Apps, tools and platform innovations without having to compete with concurrent sessions.

“One of the most frustrating parts of any expo or conference is having to decide between attending a workshop you don’t want to miss or working the Expo floor,” Pressman said. “We’ve eliminated that by creating exclusive expo exhibit time to allow exhibitors and attendees to meet and connect without missing a thing.”

The APPCON™ Expo will also feature an exclusive Indie Alley, a prominent and dedicated showcase for small, independent App developers to show off their cutting-edge creations to some of the biggest names in mobile Apps, platforms and brand marketing.

App-Centered Learning Tracks

APPCON™ features more than 40 educational sessions covering the most relevant issues in the industry. A developer-focused track hones in on practical and technical development aspects of creating mobile Apps. A corporate IT track provides insight and expertise on how to manage mobile devices and Applications in the enterprise IT environment. The business track is aimed at App entrepreneurs and startups and covers topics on funding, intellectual property, promotion and other business-driven issues related to the App industry.

A pre-conference Hello World session is designed to help attendees get up to speed quickly on App technology before the technical sessions begin in earnest. Part training, part hands-on coding exercise, the Hello World session provides a crash course to get attendees armed and ready for the rest of the event.

“Hello World is perfect for experienced developers new to mobile App coding or for a developer experienced in one App platform looking to take a deep dive at the conference on another platform,” said Bryan Scott, CEO of Taptopia, a global provider of mobile technology solutions for event organizers, convention centers and their related vendors.

Fast Pitch and Hackathon Mix Business with Pleasure

Half social event, half App showcase, the APPCON™ Fast Pitch marries business with pleasure, featuring cocktails, dinner and as many six-minute App demos as possible in one evening.

“Fast Pitch is a great opportunity for App developers to show off their latest creations in a casual networking atmosphere,” Pressman said. “We plan to feature only the most innovative, influential and game-changing Apps, so developers need to apply now for their chance to take center stage.”

APPCON™ will be partnering with one of the world’s most innovative robotics companies to produce Hackathon, an ongoing contest that pits developer teams against one another in a battle for App supremacy. Participants will be able to get their hands on the latest robotic gear and have a chance to win prizes for their coding prowess.

Attending or exhibiting at APPCON™ is inexpensive, with all-inclusive packages covering booth space, setup and conference registration fees for one set price. Rooms at the Paris Hotel start at just $69 a night, and rooms at the connecting Bally’s Resort start at just $49.

For more information about APPCON™ 2010, visit www.appconlv.com or follow us on twitter @appconlv http://twitter.com/appconlv.

About ConvExx:

ConvExx, an independent show management company is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV and has produced shows all over the US and around the world. ConvExx produces tradeshows and conferences, as well as consumer events, including the Trade Show 200 Top 10 show – The SEMA Show, and the Las Vegas BikeFest®. For more information about ConvExx and all its services, please visit www.ConvExx.com or call 702-450-7662, ext. 102.

About Taptopia, Inc.:

Taptopia, a provider of mobile technology solutions, is headquartered in Dallas, TX and provides its solutions to event organizers, convention centers, and their related vendors. The company's solutions encompass leading and proven software and hardware technologies for today's most popular mobile platforms. Taptopia's team is comprised of serial entrepreneurs and technology evangelists who have been innovating and building mobile technology solutions for consumers and enterprise markets for at least a decade. For more information about Taptopia and all of its services, please visit www.Taptopia.com or call 972-479-8822. Taptopia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Metiscan, Inc. (MTIZ.PK).

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MEDIA CONTACT:

Belinda Banks
SS | PR
609 750 9110

belinda@sspr.com

PDF Annotator 3 is Here!

PDF Annotator is the kind of tool that should be installed in all Tablet PCs. If you have not tested, do it, and you will know why I'm saying this.  

So, what's new?

• Tabbed Interface for Simultaneous Work on Multiple Documents
• Create PDF documents from any 3rd Party Application with Print to PDF Annotator Virtual PDF Printer
• New Line, Arrow, Rectangle/Square and Ellipse/Circle Tools
• Extract Text, Crop Pages and Add Margins Tools, New Zoom Tool
• New Toolbar Concept with all Editing Tools within Document Area
• Large Icons and Touch Support
• Rotate and Flip Annotations
• and more...!

This is just a summary of the major news. Read more about the new features and see them illustrated on our What's New website.

Diskeeper Partners With ASUS to Reduce Boot Times

I just received this press release that's touching a point of interest for many of us: the boot time.

 

DIskeeper TO PROVIDE HyperBoot

Boot-Time Optimization Technology

Company Partners With ASUS to Reduce Boot Times

 

Burbank, CA—March 18, 2010—Diskeeper Corporation closed a second worldwide distribution agreement with ASUS, global OEM, pioneer and leader in the netbook category. Diskeeper will provide its newest HyperBoot™ boot-time optimization technology on ASUS’s forthcoming Windows^® 7 notebook models.

 

“Diskeeper is rapidly becoming a technology player in the OEM market,” notes Mr. Gary Quan, Chief Technology Officer. “The deal with ASUS marks yet another OEM who will provide HyperBoot technology to give their users the fastest boot-up speeds available.”

 

HyperBoot puts an end to slow boot up times—permanently. In fact, on most machines this technology automatically provides decreased boot times from 20 to 48 percent depending on  processor, memory and configuration. Installed at the manufacturing stage, it begins “learning” a computer’s boot pattern from the first time the computer is started up and optimizes it thereafter for peak performance. Click on the below YouTube clip to see a live lab test of HyperBoot in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ft8dbyMVWw.

 

HyperBoot is currently available to ODM/OEMs globally. For further information, please contact Mr. Modesto Rodriguez, VP Business Development, at 818.771.1600 ext. 1734 or visit http://www.diskeeper.com/hyperboot/.

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About Diskeeper Corporation—Innovators in Performance and Reliability Technologies®: CIOs, IT Managers and System Administrators of Global Fortune 1000 and Forbes 500 enterprises rely on Diskeeper software to provide unparalleled performance and reliability to their business laptops, desktops and servers. Diskeeper 2010 is the only product to prevent fragmentation before it happens. Diskeeper Corporation further provides real-time data protection and real-time data recovery™ with Undelete® data recovery software (www.undelete.com). InvisiTasking® technology enables any process to run completely invisibly in the background, fully tapping the power of otherwise unused idle resources (www.invisitasking.com).

 

© 2010 Diskeeper Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Diskeeper, Undelete, InvisiTasking, HyperBoot, real-time data protection and real-time data recovery and Innovators in Performance and Reliability Technologies are trademarks owned by Diskeeper Corporation. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool

Creating a USB Bootable Memory Stick was not an easy task until now. With W7 USB/DVD Download Tool you can copy your W7 ISO into a USB Memory and makes it Bootable.

When you purchase Windows 7 from Microsoft Store, you have the option to download an ISO file or compressed files. The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. To create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive, download the ISO file and then run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool. Once this is done, you can install Windows 7 directly from the USB flash drive or DVD.

Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool

GoodSync2Go

GoodSync2Go is the kind of tool that save you a lot of time when you have it installed in your USB Memory Stick or external HDD. With a few clicks like I'm demonstrating in the next video you can set up the backup of any of the folders from your PC to any external storage device.

YouTube
- GoodSync2Go (en)

GoodSync

When you own more than one mobile device synchronization and backups become a huge concern. GoodSync from Roboform could be a must have in these cases. It's a tool easy too use and very friendly and now includes synchronization with folders located in the web and even Windows Mobile Devices. In the following video I'll show how quick I prepared a task to keep a folder located in a memory stick with a folder in my TabletPC synchronized.

HyperBoot "Instant On" Boot Time Technology

HyperBoot is a Tecnology designed by Diskeeper  currently being released only to OEMs. According to Colleen Toumayan, VP Public Relations of Diskeeper:

We’re obviously known as the preeminent 3^rd party defragmenter for Windows. But we also have a booming OEM area that licenses performance technologies. One such technology is HyperBoot ™ which markedly speeds up boot times. Some tests were recently done on two laptops side by side (video’d) and saw a 118% performance increase and 54% DECREASE in boot time (also means a faster boot down). 

YouTube
- HyperBoot "Instant On" Boot Time Technology (Live Lab Test)

PhotoSketch simply unbelievable

GottaBeMobile found about this project of a Chinese University that I consider something out this world. If this software is released it will become the salvation of people like me that does not know a thing about Photoshop.

PhotoSketch: Internet Image Montage from tao chen on Vimeo.

Paint .NET using DirectWrite

If you don’t have the money to buy Adobe Photo Shop then you will be happy to know that Paint .NET is free and an excellent tool capable of replacing Photo Shop in most of the tasks. Today I read at Windows Experience Blog that the latest version of this tool started to use DirectWrite, the latest update in the DirectX family.

DirectWrite is one of the new additions to the DirectX family of APIs in Windows 7. DirectWrite enables better readability, adds support for a large variety of languages and scripts, and in conjunction with Direct2D provides superior rendering performance for Windows applications. Applications can also use DirectWrite with GDI and carry forward existing investments in the Win32 code base. You can read more about DirectWrite here.