Freeware

Virtual Router: Turn your Win7 into a wifi hotspot
Won't be using this but there was another post about a similar function... (see "connectify"). Anyway, this is in beta, it is from MS' Codeplex and the license is Ms-PL which OSI regards as F/OSS. Check closer to the bottom of the page for more information on the author, Chris Pietschmann. Virtual Router t... 7 Mar 2010 16:14

lossless jpg image rotate batch freeware
I have a directory of landscape images that I want to convert to portrait images by rotating left 90 degrees so I can display them on an electronic picture frame. I downloaded a program that claims to do it, but only the crop function has the ability to crop all. I still have to select rotate for each file. Al... 9 Mar 2010 15:45

but. . .
"Susan Bugher" <sebugher(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:7vgodkFqfnU1(a)mid.individual.net... <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7379561/Idle-chit-chat-can-make-you-unhappy.html> "Idle chit chat can make you unhappy, a study has found." "Having a profound conversation can boost happiness... 8 Mar 2010 05:18

Winamp alternative
Paul Blarmy <foxesfan(a)trashmail.net> wrote in news:MPG.25fce9c521405e17989a1b(a)news.virginmedia.com: I've used and loved Winamp for years, but after my most recent HD re- install it is refusing to play ball. It isn't remembering settings on the Jump to File plugin and there are a few other niggles cr... 9 Mar 2010 11:08

KeeFox [more on]
In <news:Xns9D334932AAE05bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)69.16.185.250>, Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote: I've installed KeePass, Fx and KeeFox and tested it. I can say it ain't there yet. Great review! Thanks for all the hard work you put in. ... 6 Mar 2010 19:34

PCLinuxOS 2010 Beta 1 now available
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/pclinuxos/live-cd/english/preview/ http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/pclinuxos/live-cd/english/preview/ Official announcement is imminent. It's a Beta, folks. Use at your own risk. Report bugs back to the Developers. -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lo... 8 Mar 2010 17:31

Firefox 3.6 missing Tools>>Options>>Content >>Java (where didit go?)
On 06/03/2010 14:30, LM wrote: I was trying out the recommended wifi stumbler (http://tools.meraki.com/stumbler) but it needs Java which I've had installed for years on Windows XP SP3. However, in Firefox 3.6, Tools>>Options>>Content>>Java is MISSING! There's Tools>>Options>>Content>>JavaScript but... 7 Mar 2010 07:24

Firefox 3.6 missing Tools>>Options>>Content >>Java (where did it go?)
I was trying out the recommended wifi stumbler (http://tools.meraki.com/stumbler) but it needs Java which I've had installed for years on Windows XP SP3. However, in Firefox 3.6, Tools>>Options>>Content>>Java is MISSING! There's Tools>>Options>>Content>>JavaScript but no line item for Java (I'm sure it used to... 6 Mar 2010 10:43

Source code for LastPass? Anyone?
"The most widely used security protocols, standards, and tools, such as SSH, AES, and openVPN have all at one point or another become Open-source software, under the popular security industry ideology derived from Kerckhoffs' principle of proving the strength of software through public exposure....LastPass has ... 8 Mar 2010 10:46

'Gang of Six' browsers petition EU
Bear Bottoms wrote: "At issue is that Microsoft's EU Browser Choice screen -- which will be rolled out to an estimated 192 million computers over the next 90 days -- provides little indication that more than the 5 top browsers (Safari, Opera, Chrome, Firefox and IE) are available via the tool." ... 31 Mar 2010 12:04