Free and simple desktop utility that silences the start up chime and will resume previous sound level after logging in.

Off Base

· "Anonymous OS" Taken Offline Due to Security Concerns
· Symantec-Sponsored Ponemon Report Finds Negligent Employees Top Cause of Data Breaches
· Western Digital My Passport is first with 2TB portable drive
· Microsoft gives photo-matching tech to cops to fight child pornography
· Topless supermodel photos used to spread Mac malware
· Apple, CBS, Fox, Sony, Warner Bros. and 15 others hacked?

Way Off Base

· I want my four-year-old to have my baby
· Man Accused Of Beating Wife With 6-Pack
· Naked homeowner grapples with shirtless armed robber in Surprise
· Furious paFurious parents withdraw children from Italian nursery after it's revealed teacher posed for glamour calendar
· Drug-resistant 'white plague' lurks among rich and poor
· All aboard for Mars, just $500,000 a ticket
· Ringing cell phone leads patrolman to burglar at officer's own home, police report

This update addresses an issue that may prevent certain Apple software from installing. This update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X 10.6.8.

News

· Notes of interest from Apple's dividend & stock buyback conference call
· AT&T Announces Record Launch Day Sales For New iPad
· Apple: 3 million iPads in 4 days
· Apple Announces Plans to Initiate Dividend and Share Repurchase Program

Reviews

· Review: Apple iPad (2012)

Off Base

· Single-core A5 CPU in new 1080p Apple TV doubles RAM to 512MB
· OS X 10.8 Beta 2 Forces Third-Party Apps To Ask For Permission When Accessing Contacts

Way Off Base

· Cop Caught Having Sex in Squad Car
· I lived in a 7ft hole for 22 years
· The Los Angeles bunker from which Hitler planned to run Nazi empire after the war
· Pipe bomb found at a Wichita Falls residence during a garage sale

Noise Machine is a white noise and soundscape generator.

News

· Walmart will start selling new iPad at midnight

Reviews

· The third-generation iPad @ Macworld
· Apple TV (3rd gen., early 2012) @ Macworld

Off Base

· Anonymous operating system prompts security warnings (Update)
· 18 firms sued for using privacy-invading mobile apps
· Report: 51% of web site traffic is 'non-human' and mostly malicious
· iPad 3 4G Teardown @ iFixit
· The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)

Way Off Base

· Clerk saw mother's name on stolen bank card, police say
· Idaho lawmakers finally declare telegraph obsolete
· Missouri mother attacks son's alleged heroin supplier with a bat
· Angel Raich, Cancer Patient, Kicked Out Of Hospital For Using Medical Marijuana
· The Dusty Armadillo Homemade Bikini Contest
· Sexually Rejected Flies Turn to Booze
· Urology practice offers pizza with vasectomy
· ‘I Drink Almost All of the Urine That Comes Out of My Body’