Hate how much programs like Quicktime, Real Player, Adobe Reader, Symantec Anti-virus and others (known as crapware) bloat your windows environment? So do I. Luckily, my friends at Lifehacker have come up with a list of Superior Alternatives to Crappy Windows Software. Songbird in particular I think is a nice addtion, though admittedly its in pre- ( Read more... )

Hopefully you don't have to do this often, but when you do, this software will save you a TON of time. Courtesy of Lifehacker (my favorite geek site) and courtesy of How-to-Geek, DriverMax will export all of your drivers to a folder or zip file so that you can archive your drivers easily before re-installing windows. And best of all, its free. ( ( Read more... )

There is something oddly satisfying about running Windows XP inside of a Linux host. Especially when it runs faster.