Refurbish your old worn Commodore 64, your old favorite keyboard, your old matrix printer or whatever old geeky stuff you have lying in your basement because it has turned yellow and ugly.. If you ever had one of the older white keyboards, an old printer or an old C64 lying around you may have noticed that the color turned grown/yellowish in time.  No matter how much you rubbed with cleaning agents the color remained, some said it was caused by smoking (but if you as I am a non smoker it seemed unlikely) others claimed sunlight. No matter what the problem was, someone now claim to have found the solution to it.  A gel “Retrobright” that can make your old device look like new once again. http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ You can make the gel yourself from household items; 1 pint (500ml) Hydrogen Peroxide, 10 to 15% strength (40 vol) (available from hairdressers’ supplies, e.g. the ‘Sally Beauty’ franchise in the UK) 2 heaped tablespoonfuls of Xanthan Gum (available from health food shops or online) 1 level teaspoonful of Glycerine (available from pharmacies) 1/4 teaspoonful of “Oxy” laundry booster

Well the name of this software could lead to some confusion, SpyMe?  Now why would I want to Spy myself, there is enough of a hassle with Spyware as it is..

Well this is different, this software is actually ‘your spy’ against other software.  Let’s say you are installing a new piece of software, but actually really would like to know what exactly this software does – what files it installs – what registry changes it does, etc etc etc.  Well this software will, much like the utilities used for making software packages .msi etc, create a before and after snapshot and you can thus see exactly what was done.  As I read it it also offers real time viewing of all activities..

It all sounds nice, and as its FREEWARE you’ll not be ruined 😉

I still would advocate for “Sandbox-IE” as it also offers an undo function, but still – should you just want to keep a short leach on some software installed on your pc this just might be what you are looking for.

http://www.lcibrossolutions.com/spyme_tools.htm

fdmlogoIf you use the excellent “Free downloadmanager” (FDM) you should make sure you have the latest version and patches installed, a serious security bug was discovered on feb 2nd 2009 by Secunia.com