Article by George Norman

On 13 Feb 2009

All right, you know the drill: put down all your works stuff and relax by reading this week’s software news and by playing a simple, yet catchy Flash game. This week I have a game that will blow your mind – well not actually, but will have you grinding your teeth as you approach the final 50th level. In Boombot 2, Return of the Boom King, the goal remains the same as in Boombot 1: get the Telletubbies-looking character from point A (which is anywhere on the screen) to point B (the Stargate-looking portal) by blowing stuff up; as the levels rack up you will see that the puzzle game becomes harder and harder.

Why did I choose this game? Pure, male logic that seeing and blowing things up is fun; no other more complicated reason. With the explanation out of the way, let’s move on to this week’s software news, and the new presentation format I am trying out – which is to say that I am going to simply present this week’s software news in several categories as opposed to putting links in an narrative passage.


Microsoft News
Performance Test: Vista SP1 vs. Vista SP2
Microsoft February 09 Patch Tuesday: Four Security Holes
Windows 7 Price List Detailed, Build 7022 Available on Torrent Sites
Netbooks and 512MB of RAM Systems To Run All Windows 7 Versions
Windows 7 Tricks: Speed Up Taskbar Items Preview
Windows Live Hotmail Gets Cooler with Update
Windows Vista Tweaks: Remove Unused Drivers
Vista Customization: Ultimate Windows Tweaker 1.1 Update
Windows 7 Build 7032 Leaks Online, More Details on Build 7022
Throttle Lock and CapSure: Capture and Unlock Windows Mobile Screens in Style

Apple News
iSpeak and Audiometry: Let the iPhone Translate for You, Test Your Hearing
iPhone Fun: Marvel Comics, Cartoons, Wanted Posters, Draw with Sound
The First Apple Security and Java Update of 2009

Linux News
Linux Mint 6 x64 Final Released, Eve Online Shows Linux No Love

Google News
iPhone and Windows Mobile Take to the Could with Google Sync
New in Gmail: Merge Duplicate Contacts, Sign with Your Location
Google to Tackle Energy Cost Scare, Other Terrifying Things
Do Not Keep Me Out, I Love iGoogle
Gmail Changes that Keep Google Busy: Contacts, PGP Signature, Offline Attachments
YouTube Offers Free and Paid Video Downloads

Yahoo News
Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 Evolves into Beta 4
Yahoo Messenger 9 Feature Returns, YM for Mac 3.0 Beta 4 Spawns Harsh Comments
Yahoo! Messenger Gets New LAUNCHcast Features

Mozilla News
Replace Ads with Art in Mozilla Firefox
Customize Your Firefox: Remove Resize Windows, Hide the Menubar
Fennec Pre-Alpha for Windows Mobile, a Milestone Release by Mozilla

Security News
Romanian Hackers Expose Kaspersky USA Site Open to SQL Injection
Adobe Photoshop Not for Counterfeiting Money
Unu Strikes Again, Hacks BitDefender
Security Unconscious: Protect Confidential Data, Defend Against Spyware
SQL Injection Attack on F-Secure, Site of Germany Ministry of Interior Successfully Hacked
Microsoft Puts a Hit on Conficker Author, Offers $250,000 Reward

Other Software News
Opera Aims High, Wants to Take Fastest Browser Title
Answering Machine Service for Your IM Account
DVDSmith Movie Backup and ADrive: Safely and Seamlessly Store Movies
Stimator and Dataopedia: How Much is that Site Worth?
Free Video to Audio Converter and Free Audio Editor
Identify Unknown Hardware, Keep it Monitored Afterwards

You can play Boombot 2 here.
If you get stuck, a video tutorial is available here.

Here is a BONUS for the people that follow these series, the ones that noticed that last week we failed to provide an Office Time Waster and consequently got rather upset about it. Monster Evolution (play here) is a game where the purpose is to obliterate as many people as it takes for you to grow into a bigger, meaner monster.



Tags: Featured Office Time Waster, Boombot 2, Monster Evolution

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