If you find yourself using a lot of

Google services

like

Gmail, Google Translate

or even

Google searchGoogle Toolbar

. Google Toolbar makes it easy for you to access certain Google tools and even more if you're logged into your

Google account

.

Inevitably, porn will make the jump to 3D. Leading the charge is Rebel Base Studios and Clips4Sale.com, proprietors of downloadable clips from amateurs all over the world. Kate chats with Jack Kona, Director, Rebel Base Studios about amateur downloadable adult content and the jump from two to three dimensions with 3D porn.

If you're sitting at your desk but you'd rather be at the game... or watching the game... or really, anywhere but your desk,

mini SportsTicker

is the perfect Yahoo! Widget for your sports itch. Get updates across different sports and leagues, up to the minute scores, recent results, see when your favorite team plays next and more with this handy desktop sports ticker widget. Handy for keeping up with the sports nut water cooler talk if nothing else.

In this episode, we show you

how to use the Wii Store

so that you can

purchase games for your Wii

. You can also

purchase new channels

and more! We'll also walk you through the process of

downloading new games

,

adding Wii points

to your account, and changing

Wii Store settings

.

If you're going to be

using your torrent application

and

downloading torrents

frequently, you'll want to know some of the lingo that's commonly used. Words like seed, peer, tracker and leech are words that you've undoubtedly heard before, but in the world of torrents they may be used in a different context. In this episode, we will go over some of the more

common torrent terms

and tell you what they mean and how they apply to you.

In our last segment, we downloaded Ubuntu to demonstrate

how to use uTorrent

. Of course, some of you may not find Ubuntu that exciting. For those of you who want to download other files, this episode will show you where to

search for torrents

. A word of warning however: most of these sites will have links to illegal downloads. It's up to you to use your discretion and make sure that you aren't breaking copyright laws. Now, with that said, here are a few examples of

where to find torrents

.

Now that you have your

torrent client application

installed, you're probably eager to try it out. If you've been following along, you should be pretty well ready to go. In this episode, we'll show you

how to download torrents

using Ubuntu as an example. Follow along and you'll be comfortable with the interface in no time.

Before you can actually

download files using torrents

, you'll need a

torrent client application

. This allows you to connect with other users (peers) and download files from them. In this episode, we'll show you how to

download and install uTorrent

so that you can begin downloading torrents.

Torrents are a quick and effective way of transferring files from peer to peer. That means that users transfer files between one another. In this episode, we'll give you an overview of

what torrents are

and how to get started

using torrents

yourself with uTorrent.

Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow? Cheryl finds a new way to procrastinate while still feeling a sense of accomplishment. BrainsBreaker (don't let the name turn you off) is a digital take on the classic jigsaw puzzle. You can create your own custom puzzle from an image on your computer in the full version or use one of the pre-loaded puzzles in the trial version.

If you want to get started using OpenOffice.org the first thing you'll need to do is download and install it. Since OpenOffice.org is a completely

free software package

, it's only a couple of clicks away. In this episode we'll walk you through the

installation process

so that you can

get started using OpenOffice.org

.

If you want a quick and easy way to contact people outside your city, state or country, you can't get much better than Skype. Here, we'll show you where to get it and

how to install

it!

Cheryl Poirier, AKA Miss Download, reveals her unhealthy love affair with sticky notes. On her mirror, on her front door, on the fridge and even on her computer screen. Sacrilege! She discovers the cold turkey cure for her sticky note jones in Evernote. A

free online service

that helps her keep everything organized... including jotted notes.

April 15th approaches and with it, the long queues at the post office, the frantic rush to find all those receipts, pay stubs, canceled checks, etc. Cheryl Poirier discovers TaxAct

tax preparation software

to help ease the pain. You can complete and then

e-file taxes online

to avoid the aforementioned queues and

do your taxes without (too much) stress

.

Concerned that she's feeling the early signs of a repetitive strain injury (RSI), Miss Download goes looking for a solution. She finds e-Speaking 2,

free voice control and transcription software

that transcribes her words and even lets her take control of the computer with her voice.

Kiwi Application Monitor keeps the kiddies in check when they're on the computer. Find out if they're telling the truth when they say they've only been online for five minutes. Moreover though, you can delve into some of the more advanced features of this app to set memory usage limitations on certain programs, kill a program that's eating all your CPU cycles and more. Heck, you can even kick the kids off of MSN Messenger after they've been online for half an hour, block Internet access and much more. They'll thank you for it... just not right away.

CuteFTP Home makes it easy to

transfer files from your computer to your FTP site

and vice versa. You can drag and drop files and the transfers will begin immediately. You can download and upload files to your default directories and navigate both your computer's file system and your FTP directory with ease.

The folks who worked on the early computers were pretty straightforward about naming things. They didn't go medical and give things Latin names. For the most part, the names for most computer technology is really simple. FTP? Nothing more complex than "file transfer protocol".

Downloading

. It's fun, it's educational, and it's how you get to try lots of cool software. You can

download programs

, you can download documents, you can download pictures... you can even

download TV shows and movies

. At times you may do so many downloads you wish you had a way to manage them. Well, here are three free download managers that you can try.

Having already gotten her great North American novel started thanks to yWriter, Cheryl Poirier figures it's time to think about cashing in with a screenplay. Enter Final Draft, a

powerful script writing program

that makes it easy to

write a screenplay

and keep all the characters, storylines and plot twists straight.
Now if she can just get a studio to option the thing she'll be in good shape.

Budgets aren't fun and they aren't sexy. They are, however, completely necessary. Cheryl Porier, AKA Miss Download, takes a look at BankTree Personal Finance and loves how easy, intuitive and relatively painless it can be to track money coming in and money going out.

Windows watchers are buzzing about Windows 7 and now the "release candidate" is available for download. There's no rush to download it because it will be available until July, 2009. RC1 expires June 1, 2010 and it's important to remember that you won't be able to install the released version over top of the release candidate; you'll have to start fresh when the finished version is released. Check the tutorial to find out how to get Windows 7 RC1.

Only nine months ago Apple opened the App Store for selling applications for the iPhone. In that short period of time over 1 billion applications have been downloaded. It's an impressive feat.

How do you get massive video files to fit on your portable video player? Easy: DivX! Cheryl Poirier looks at the easiest way to watch videos on your computer, on your portable player or on your TV. Thanks to the ubiquity of DivX video compression technology, chances are you'll run across a DivX format video before too long, if you haven't already. In fact, Cheryl loves DivX Player so much, she wrote a song about it.

Have a video file that won't play on your computer? Or do you want to convert a video file or DVD into a format that will play on your iPod, iPhone, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360 and so on? It's easy to do with Handbrake!

Before the Apple App Store, installing an app on your mobile phone was an exercise in geekdom. Now, until BlackBerry catches up and releases its answer to the App Store for BlackBerry users, we still have to install applications the old-fashioned way. However, it's easier than it may seem and there's a whole world of great applications out there for your Storm, Curve or any BlackBerry smartphone.

What do you do when you want to know what the weather is like but you don't want to venture outside to find out? You look it up on your PC, of course! WeatherEye PC is a great desktop weather watcher that Miss Download came across in her online travels and just had to share.

At CES 2009 in Las Vegas, Microsoft used Steve Ballmer's keynote address to announce the public beta of Windows 7. That means that anyone can download the free, not yet finished code for Windows 7, install it and try out Microsoft's latest operating system. Follow this step-by-step tutorial on how to
download the beta and burn it to disc.

Files you download or that are sent to you often have strange names that don't seem to mean anything. Using Windows Explorer, it's easy to rename a file or folder so that you know what it is with just a quick glance at the file name.

Download CuteFTP Home has everything you need to transfer data over

file transfer protocol

. If you have your own web site or are thinking about

creating your own web site

, you'll need an FTP client like CuteFTP Home in order to move your web pages from your computer and onto your web host. Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan runs through the basics of CuteFTP Home and highlights some of the cool advanced features of this full featured FTP client.

Host: Cheryl Poirier

Cheryl Poirier gives the scoop on the best software you didn't even know you needed. Miss Download is always on the lookout for fresh, powerful, fun and useful software that's worth the download. Speed up your computer, watch TV on your PC, get tips for ergonomic computer use and much more.

Your one-stop shop for everything relating to software on butterscotch and Tucows. Tips and tricks to working with your favorite programs, Video Cow Reviews, slick software trailers that highlight the latest and greatest and software recommendations that help you do more with the technology you already own.

Most of you who have spent any amount of time on the Internet have heard of torrents. Many of you may have the misconception that torrents are illegal. While this is sometimes true, torrents are actually a legal method of

transferring data

from one computer to another. In this series we'll show you

how to use torrents

and we'll go over

where to get torrents

and some of the related terminology.