Free partition software

EaseUS Software, a leading provider of easy-to-use storage management, data backup and system disaster recovery solutions, today announces the availability of EaseUS Partition Master 9.0, an all-in-one partition management solution with non-destructive and advanced partition manager features that go beyond the basic functionality offered by Windows' own Disk Management tool. EaseUS Partition Master Home is the first and the only partition manager software available now to merge partitions directly, for FREE.

As a comprehensive hard disk partition management solution, EaseUS Partition Master 9.0 simplifies the job of resizing partitions on both MBR disk and Dynamic disk without data loss. It also offers an easy and direct way to reorganize disk by merging partitions into a bigger one directly.

New EaseUS Partition Master keeps all the features of the previous version as well, such as resize/move partition, clone disk and partition, convert dynamic disk to basic disk, convert FAT to NTFS, create bootable disk, etc.

New features available in EaseUS Partition Master 9.0:

• Merge partitions - merge two adjacent partitions into one without data loss.
• Support dynamic disk - resize dynamic volume, like Simple, Spanned, Stripped, Mirrored and RAID 5 volumes.
• Support command line for easier disk management and run a batch file with no need to run program.
• Repair RAID-5 volume by reconstructing the data of the failed member on another disk.
• Wipe unallocated space.
• Support Windows Home Server.

"EaseUS Partition Master works very fine. I really like the new look and the new useful functions. No program works better than EaseUS Partition Master," said Jim Heidinger, a customer of EaseUS partition software.
Pricing & Availability:
EaseUS Partition Master Home free for home users is available at: http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

Verizon strike

Once again union thugs are trying to force bad economic policy on a company. Gimme a break!!! The current political atmosphere in Washington is giving the unions power that is obscene.

Hold tight Verizon and you will beat the thugs before they can beat you.

Music

I have become an anti-music person. It's probably a result of getting old, but I can't stand what is now called "music". However, I love GOOD music.

I'm watching a PBS show on folk music of the 60-70's and realize how beautiful music cam sound. Judy Collins (my all-time favorite singer, sorry KO) and many of my youthful favorites are SINGING, not grunting and dancing.

My brother David is a world renowned author who has written extensively on many of my heroes and knows them personally. The host of the show I'm watching is John Sebastian, an old neighbor of his.

Long live GOOD music.

Starbucks power outlets

I've heard several reports that Starbucks stores in NYC are covering power outlets with metal plates to prevent laptop users from camping out for many hours for free. I must admit that I agree with the philosophy of having users pay for what they get. Starbucks is a business and if they have people who are abusing their free WiFi policy then they should be able to take steps to correct the situation.

I've used coffee shop and Panera Bread free WiFi many times when I was on the road but I try very hard not to be abusive. If everyone would try to be good neighbors and not take unfair advantage then Starbucks wouldn't have to do anything this drastic.

August 3, 1981

Today is the 30th anniversary of a momentous event. On August 3, 1981 the Air Traffic Controllers union, PATCO, went on strike. Their leadership thought they could bring the nation to a standstill and force the federal government to agree to their terms. They didn't count on the strength of President Reagan and his willingness to fire them all if need be.

The air traffic system kept functioning and union thuggery got put in it's place. I am proud to have played a part in rebuilding the FAA without a totally unnecessary union.

IBM PC

We're approaching the birthday of the original IBM PC and I recently had a chat with one of the bleeding edge users who bought one many, many years ago for a massive amount of money. My brother, the renowned author David Hajdu (Google him if you don't believe me), had one and used it for a couple of years. We were chatting about the pitiful hardware and software (he would do a cut and paste, go to dinner and hope it was finished when he got back) that was the best-there-was at the time.

This afternoon I was driving back to Tennessee from Virginia and I was watching videos of my brother and his wife Karen Oberlin singing on Youtube while traveling on I-40 at 70-ish MPH. My oh my, how times change. Moore's Law is still in affect and I can't wait to see where the next few years take us.

LensPen CellKlear

We have become big fans of LensPen's fabulous products. Here's their latest announcement:

Cameras in mobile devices improve with each generation. Whether kept in a pocket or purse, a quick photo or funny video is always at your fingertips.

And so is something else: fingerprints.

CellKlear^® from LensPen cleans fingerprints and other greasy blemishes from camera lenses on mobile phones and tablets. It’s the smallest LensPen, designed specifically to clean these tiny lenses.

It’s simple to use. Just take the cap off and the flexible chamois tip, and CellKlear is ready to work. That chamois tip, embedded with a carbon compound, is ready to tackle the toughest prints. It’s essentially the same principle that makes the use of newspapers still a popular home remedy for cleaning windows – the same carbon compound is used in printer’s ink. And the cap has a pad of carbon compound to constantly refresh the chamois.

There’s never anything to spray on, nothing to dry out or wear out, nothing to replace, so there’s no expiration date to any LensPen. And you can use it with confidence – whether you are in extreme desert heat or arctic cold – knowing that it can do no damage of any kind to your gear or the environment. LensPens are RoHS compliant and meet even California’s rigid Proposition 65 standards. And they sure can do a lot of good for your lens.

All this and a CellKlear costs less than $9!

For more information on LensPen products, go to www.lenspen.com. To see a demonstration, watch the “LensPen Lens Cleaning System” video at www.youtube.com/lenspennews.