The best software I have found for burning images is called InfraRecorder its a piece of open source software which is made for burning disks, it not only handles ISO's but it also allows you to create audio and data CD's. It even has DVD burning features.. Overall its a great piece of software and as all open source software goes its free.

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I dont think I'm ever working there again :/ 3 13hour shifts took it right out of me but there were also some jokes and I got to see the killers :)

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I have just upgraded to a dual core notebook (Acer Travelmate 5720) and just found a couple of useful FireFox add-ons;

Auto Copy - I have already found the usefulness of this add-on when I was on my desktop it saves a lot of hassle and often miss hit keys causing something wrong to happen.. but its even more useful when using a notebook because it means you do not have to move you fingers across the whole keyboard and mouse-pad like your playing finger twister. This is pretty useful to everyone and anyone so I suggest you check it out.
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Foxmarks - This was a new one I found today when wondering if there was an alternative to copying over all my bookmarks in FireFox, it will also have lasting usefulness as I may add a bookmark which I want to use on both my notebook and desktop. Basically you create an account and log in on both machines (or more I would have imagined) and it automatically syncs the bookmarks for you.
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I will sort out a review of my notebook sometime in the next week once I have had a bit of use out of it as there are none and someone might find it useful at some point.

All Peers is an add-on for FireFox which allows you to share files with friends, it also has an IM feature. However what makes it better than sending files by e-mail or MSN and other instant messengers is that there are no file size limits and it allows files to pause when you or the other contact go offline meaning they can resume when you are both online at the same time again.

Link = https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3234

More info = http://www.allpeers.com/

The main problem using this DNS is that it is based in USA so when I use google it automaticly uses google.com so I often have to change the search to .co.uk so it searches products in the UK.. I did however see a slightly faster load of some sites but not enough to have to keep changing to UK if I am looking for somthing..

OpenDNS is a free DNS service which add security and speed to your Internet, it does this by allowing many people to use the service and allowing more people to add malicious websites to a block list reducing the risk of getting spyware or viruses while browsing the web. It also has a large cache system which caches the domain names so they load faster. The system has a typo corrector for example typing in www.google.cm would automatically be changed to www.google.com.

and Fastcache "FastCache is a caching DNS server that runs on your local machine and handles any DNS request that your computer makes, from Internet Explorer to your favorite FTP client. Once a query is made, FastCache will override the normal timeout for the item with one that you specify, so instead of saving a query for a couple of seconds, it can save it for a couple of days." This will also cause sites to load slightly faster, especially if you visit them often.