If you are a power user you probably know Windows XP power toy called “Open Command Prompt Here” which adds a context menu item to open a command prompt at the selected folder in the windows explorer.

In Windows Vista and also in Windows 7, you can simply hold the Shift key down while selecting the context menu (right click on a folder) to see this option. If the current working directory is a network location, it will automatically map a drive letter for you.

Apple’s iTunes Plus files are DRM-free, but sharing the files on P2P networks may be an extremely bad idea. A report published by CNet highlights the fact that the account information and email address of the iTunes account holder is hidden inside each and every DRM-free download. I checked, and I found I couldn’t access the information using an ID3 tag editor, but using Notepad I found my email address stored inside the audio file itself.

DivX looks set to continue to be the video format of choice for ‘grey’ content, with the company announcing that version 7 adds support for H.264 video and, more significantly, the Matroska (MKV) container.

Anybody familiar with Blu-ray rips found on BitTorrent sites or other filesharing networks will instantly recognize the MKV file format in combination with the H.264 codec as a popular way to deliver High Definition video on a PC. And now that DivX is throwing its weight behind the Matroska container, MKV support should increasingly find its way on a range of non-PC devices, such as Blu-ray players, HD digital televisions and set-top boxes.

New Zealand police have arrested a safe burglar by using the popular social networking website Facebook to identify and track him down.

Calling it the “first Facebook arrest,” Queenstown police in southern New Zealand posted security-camera footage and pictures showing the man’s face as he tried to break into the safe of a local tavern Monday.

“The offender was identified after a movie and images of him were displayed on Facebook. He was identified from members of the public viewing him on Facebook and also seeing him on TV after the Facebook images were displayed on the news,” the police station said in a statement on its Facebook page.