Yes, some geeks are Windows users, and yes, some geeks do design type work, and yes, some geeks love getting things for free.
No, this is not a freepowertools.com promo (hmmm, I wonder…), it is a powertool for your Windows computer that I’m sure will come in handy. Not only does the Virtual Magnifying Glass magnify, [...]

More evidence is mounting that the XBox 360 will be backward compatible. The Inquirer reports that an online survey being taken by XBox Live users helps to confirm this.

Today, Nokia announced the N91. This cellphone sports a 4GB storage capacity, capable of storing up to 3000 songs. It also has a 2 Megapixel camera.
There is no mention of what format the music files will need to be in to play. It does appear that it will sport a wifi connection as well as [...]

I am going to be doing some speaking in the next few months about Blogging, RSS, and how they can be used effectively in Marketing and Public Relations. One occasion is going to be at a local user group, the other is going to be an annual conference for a regional PR group.
So, I thought [...]

Writing secure PHP is also known as “Never, ever, ever, under any circumstances trust your users.” Luckily, in his two part (so far) series on securing PHP, Dave Child of ILoveJackDaniels.com elaborates much more on this point.

PHP is a very easy language to learn, and many people without any sort of background in programming [...]

BetaNews is reporting that AOL has released a beta of its next chat client, which is intended to be a replacement for AIM.
As the first major overhaul to AIM since its inception, Triton introduces an entirely new, simplified user interface that adopts contemporary elements such as tabbed message windows to switch between different modes of [...]

Those good people at Amazon have let the cat slip out the bag and posted the newest G5 up for our viewing pleasure. Specs include:

Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5 Processors
512 MB of DDR SDRAM
250 GB hard drive
16x Dual Layer Superdrive
Mac OS X 10.4

No preorder button up, but I think I will at least wait till [...]

Here are a good many screenshots from the latest developer release of Longhorn.
Looks a lot like XP to me. I can’t say that I am crazy about the IE interface in some of the images, but it may be either unfinished or skinned by the person using the system.
With as much as they have had [...]

Here is an extension for Firefox from the same guy that wrote the Gmail FileSystem that allows you to send and receive encrypted e-mail just like Mail and Thunderbird.
Gmail S/MIME provides Firefox users with S/MIME support for Gmail. S/MIME support is integrated directly into Google’s Gmail web interface. Reading and sending of encrypted [...]

Microsoft if giving out copies of it’s new 64-bit XP operating system to anyone who purchased an x64 computer in the past 2 years.
In order to be eligible to receive Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, your computer must have been ordered between March 31, 2003 and July 31, 2005 with Microsoft Windows® XP Pro (32 [...]

The launch date has finally been revealed for European consumers, but unfortunately I think it has only made things worse. Many consumers that were eagerly waiting for the new hot device will be shocked to learn that the launch date has been pushed to 5 months (and a few days) from now.
If you want to [...]

So the site seems a little shady, but you have to cough up an email address to see the new Batman trailer. Or maybe you just want to read the NY Times online (and we all know they are blameless in the spamming department), but, of course, there’s a registration required. For some [...]

I have no need for it and never want to go back to Microsoft server programming, but there is bound to be some folks who dig programming in the Microsoft world. Besides, Visual Studio is arguably the best IDE available. Yes, you heard what I said.
Easy to fill out. Easy to receive.

If you haven’t noticed already, FG has been redesigned again this month. Thanks to Forty Media for doing the honors. As usual there will be tweaks going on over the next couple of days, but I felt that this was such a huge improvement over the previous version that I had to get it up [...]

Original TSS cast members Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, Robert Heron and Leo Laporte are podcasting now, and the first edition is live.
I think they are recording using Skype and calling in on their cellphones. They plan to have other TSS members “sit in” from time to time, so it should be fun to watch this [...]

Ever had to re-format your computer and reinstall XP, only to find out you don’t have the activation code anymore?
Enter RockXP
RockXP allows you to retrieve your XP product key that you used when you installed Windows XP, as well as keys for other Microsoft products. This can come very handy if you need to reinstall [...]