Windows/Linux: Sleeping your computer is a useful way to save energy, but free utility SonarPM takes power management an awesome step further: It puts your computer to sleep automatically when you walk away from your desk—using sonar. Almost any computer with speakers and a microphone can take advantage of this software, so most laptops are good to go. It works by emitting an inaudible frequency from your speakers, and...

OK, OK, I know there are many free anti-virus software available out there. We have Microsoft Security Essentials and AVG as 2 fine examples of great free anti virus software Some of you may want to pay for anti virus software because you believe that you will be better protected, and that’s fine. That’s a personal decision. However, it’s not necessarily the case at all, I used AVG free and AVG pro, never got a virus...

Want to join the polyglot set but don’t have the time for foreign language immersion, world travel, or academic courses? One Minute Languages offers basic instructions in a dozen languages for English speakers including German, Russian and Japanese that will help get you started. The short lessons are released weekly as a podcast you can subscribe to via iTunes, or you can just visit the site to play back archived tips in...

This story is was over on Lifehacker and I brought here for you to read over. Some really useful software for Facebook fans. Windows only: Fishbowl, the Facebook client demoed at Microsoft’s introduction to Silverlight 4, is now available for download—and it adds quite a few new desktop features to the Facebook experience, including badges, a mini news feed, and more. At first glance, Fishbowl looks a lot like a...

Last week in my review of the week post, I mentioned that I would start a Website Of The Week Slot.. Well it has just been named as Wednesdays Website Of The Week. And its acronym is WWotW. Clever huh? OK, not really.. But it is  easy to remember. Its probably more to do with today being Wednesday. This is the slot where, once a week, I will tell you about a site that is really helpful or interesting. A site that I follow daily. And one...