Brown Thoughts

After featuring free Photoshop plugins, it’s time to look at another Photoshop essential, brushes. It’s easy enough to find free brushes to download, but the time it takes to browse every search result can waste a lot of time. Those of you looking for more brushes for your forum signatures or custom artwork are […]

Looking for free CD and DVD burning software that packs a lot of features? Take a look at this. CDBurnerXP Pro 4 is a free application that will let you burn CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray, and HD-DVDs. Aside from being able to burn audio discs, this free authoring tool even lets you burn and create ISO […]

Yahoo has revamped its search platform to include new features in a bid to compete with Google. The new search technology was built on Yahoo’s Panama advertising search platform that supposedly provides greater relevancy, increased search speed, and integrated social tools like images from Flickr.

Another added feature, is the Search Assist, which triggers when a […]

If you’re considering moving your photos to a different image host or service, but don’t want to go through the long process of downloading each photo, and uploading them to the new host, I’ve got good news.
Migratr is a free application that will let you move your photos from one service to another quickly and […]

Joost has launched version 1.0 and is now free to everyone who wants in. Users who have been part of the beta will notice that the new version isn’t all that different from the last build. What’s new though, are loads of new content that are comprised of 15,000 shows over 250 channels.
Among the enhancements […]

For those of you who can’t get enough of widgets, I’ve got good news. Widgipedia is a huge catalog of widgets for operating systems, desktop applications, mobile phones, and web sites. Widget junkies will appreciate seeing the most downloaded widgets on the main page. A tag cloud is also present for those who’re used to […]

Carnegie Mellon University has developed an anti-phishing quiz to increase awareness for phishing sites. The online game called Anti-Phishing Phil, is a flash based test that focuses on teaching users how to spot fraudulent sites by looking at the site’s URL.
The game gives tips by dissecting site URLs and showing where it’s actually pointing at. […]

Sunday means that I get to take a break from writing, and hand over the reins to you. This day belongs to the community. You decide what you want to talk about. For those of you who’ve been visiting but have never left a comment, we’d love to get to know you. Come on in […]