The following post illustrates the rather impressive differences between DirectX 9 vs DirectX 10.

Click here to see original article and judge for yourselves…

It’s been a few years since I made the move from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to Firefox, and today I found myself wondering if the time had come for yet another move. I’ve just been testing out Flock, a browser, built with Mozilla Firefox at its core, with a social bent.

It looks and feels almost like FF but it integrates much better with the “new” social websites like Facebook, YouTube, Flickr etc. It also supports bookmarks and RSS feeds much better and provides a nice “My World” welcome page should you so desire (in a similar fashion as Netvibes).

Version 1.0 is around the corner and the latest version 1 RC3 looks very promising.  Download and test Flock for yourself and let me know what you think!

More details and reviews at PC World.

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If you’re a Mac user and you want to access your computers remotely, then this Preview of LogMeIn Free provides a glimpse of what’s in store. Free and easy remote control that “just works” – combined with the standard LogMeIn bullet-proof security (pdf).

LogMeIn enables you to connect to your Mac computers from anywhere in the world; from any other Internet-enabled Mac, Windows PC or hand-held device. The remote control feature in LogMeIn Free means you can view and control your Mac desktop and applications just as if you were sitting at the computer. Just like LogMeIn Free for the PC, Mac users can add an unlimited number of their computers for free.

For more information and to download the Preview visit LogMeIn.com.

Bulk Rename Utility is a utility which allows you to easily rename files and directories, based upon extremely flexible criteria. Add date-stamps, replace numbers, insert strings, convert case, add auto-numbers, process folders and sub folders… plus loads more!

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