Any ordinary USB memory device can do a lot more than you probably thought it could. It can carry programs, encryption and even a full installation of Windows XP! Here is our tenlist for the coolest things you can do with a USB thumb drive:

Take your programs with you
We all know how frustrating it is when we take your files to another computer just to discover that the software required to read the files is not installed.
Here’s the simplest solution – take your programs with you – on your …

Have a damaged CD or DVD that your computer can’t read? – Recover Disk can help you out. It doesn’t matter if the disk is scratched, microwaved or just incorrectly written.
To be honest, I didn’t try the microwave experiment and I recommend you don’t as well. To relieve your curiosity and save you from a harmful dose of radiation, the picture on the right shows you what a CD looks like after a bit of “cooking”.
This experiment is really bad for both the microwave oven and the CD, so I …

After the Blaze Media Pro review I wrote on tuesday, Mystik Media has asked me to review another of their products, Audio Commander. So here’s my review for Windows XP tips & tricks:
Audio Commander is a great command-line audio converter program for Windows XP. It allows you to convert from- and to a wide selection of formats, including CD, WAV, WMA, OGG, AAC, AC3, AIFF, FLAC.
The command line conversion feature is the main thing that makes Ausio Converter different from the rest. This also allows it to be inserted into …

Blaze Media Pro is another multimedia application for Windows XP that let’s you play, edit and convert both audio and video.
It has a clean, simple-to-use interface and is pretty straightforward yet powerful. The award-winning software will certainly help you convert and burn video and audio better that Windows Media Player.

We all know how annoying it is when we search Google for something and the result we are looking for leads to a password protected forum or site. You have to register to view content, but who likes doing that?

Fortunately there is a solution to our problem. All we have to do is make the website believe that you are Googlebot. It’s surprisingly easy and here’s how to do it.

flip!t is a very fun script that converts any text into certain ASCII characters that make any text appear upside down. Why not customize your boring email and forum signatures and write your name, written uʍop-ǝpısdn?