Filed under: Utilities, Microsoft, Freeware
SyncToy PowerToy Beta Availalble from Microsoft
The next in a long line of PowerToys for Windows is almost here, and if you're an early adopter you can get your hands on the beta.
SyncToy is a utility for those of us that work on multiple systems, and
need to synchronize files between them. The impetus for this utility
appears to be the growing trend of people having a machine in their
home that is a dedicated media file server, storing photos, videos and
music. For anyone that would like to be able to automatically
synchronize folders between PCs, this utility looks like it might be
worth your time. Given its classification as a "PowerToy",
Microsoft does not officially support it. However, if it lives up to
the quality of the other PowerToys for XP, this will not be a problem.
I must mention that the process that is required now to download software
from Microsoft is so time consuming (with all the Windows Genuine
Advantage garbage) that you may find jumping through the hoops isn't
worth it. 
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
