There is not an option in the Microsoft Windows operating system to display the list of active Windows hotkeys. Windows hotkeys in this regard are all global hotkeys that are registered in the operating system either by the operating system itself or a third party application. This can be problematic if you want to assign [...]
Songbird in Linux
If you remember my last media entry, The best Linux media players, you’ll remember I left out one very important entry – Songbird. At the time I really hadn’t given this relatively new entry to the media players a try. But recent “upgrades” to Rhythmbox and Banshee which left either 1) much to be desired [...]
Computer Keyboard Tweaker
Computer Keyboard Tweaker is a very lightweight computer program to manage keyboard shortcuts. It offers various configuration possibilities and uses roughly one Megabyte while running in the background. It provides access to several features only known from multimedia keyboards. This includes changing the speaker volume, launching executables from the local hard drive, opening the default [...]
Video Collection Software
Keeping track of an extensive video collection can be quite a daunting task especially if the collection consists of more than a few dozens videos and movies. It becomes almost impossible if the figures reach the hundreds or even thousands of videos. That’s were video collection software programs like Movienizer come into play. Movienizer is [...]
Open Office 3.1
Open Office 3.1 final has been released today. The Open Source alternative to Microsoft Office can be downloaded from download portals like Betanews but not directly from the Open Office homepage as it has not been updated yet to reflect the release of the new version. The new version of Open Office is packed with [...]
Download the Windows 7 RC Without Slowdowns
Most tech blogs are reporting that the Windows 7 Release Candidate has been released to the public. It is available on the official Microsoft website where it can be downloaded as a 32-bit or 64-bit edition in five languages. The expected rush has already started and the Microsoft servers are bogging down under the load. [...]
Ubiquity to be built into Firefox
If you’re into browsers, browser tech and mashups, chances are you know what Uniquity is. In a nutshell it’s a mashup service which lets you navigate and manipulate the web in more natural ways. It’s quite hard to describe if you haven’t seen it, think of the awesome bar in Firefox and multiply it by [...]
Windows Run Aliases
Firing up programs by pressing [Windows R] and typing an alias is a very fast way of launching some applications in the Windows operating system. The selection of available aliases, that is something like [cmd] or [regedit] is rather limited and there is no obvious way of adding new aliases to the list. That’s being [...]
Self-publish for free with Lulu
If you think you’ve got what it takes, why not write a book? Oh yeah, it’s takes a load of time, a huge load of marketing effort, and even more money to get enough published to start selling. It’s also risky, since you could be throwing money out the window if people don’t buy your [...]