The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool is a free program that was offered through the Microsoft Store until questions were raised over the improper use of open-source code. The code has been altered and the tool is again available.

Who’d have thought someone would be calling back that nagging User Account Control (UAC) feature from Vista. Trend Micro researchers say Win7, without the nag, is less secure than Vista.

Passcovery is offering a 20 percent discount on both home and corporate licenses on Atomic Password Recovery. Atomic Password Recovery runs on Microsoft Windows operating systems from Windows 95 through Windows 7.

Cogniview is offering to pay beta testers for feedback on its new PDF to Excel converter program.

Big Bang’s Universal Imaging Utility (UIU) version 4.5 is now available for Windows 7.

Relatively few servers get hacked from the outside. Many get hacked from the inside, by people who may not see what they’re doing as "hacking". This article lists some of the things you can do to secure your Windows servers. Site requires free registration.

DataViz, Inc. announced it will be providing Documents To Go Viewer Edition for the Nokia N900 and Maemo 5 software to let users view Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files and attachments.

Wired has opened nominations, and posted the rules, for its 12th annual Vaporware Awards. Both hardware and software are eligible for this dubious honor.

With a nod to the classic "Twelve Days of Christmas", Randall Kennedy offers his lament on twelve day’s of pre-Christmas PC support (or lack thereof).

Microsoft and NetApp have agreed to a three-year alliance covering virtualized server environments and technology integration giving them a boost against VMware and EMC storage.