Although the first Google Android phone was a success (albeit moderate) it was eclipsed by more prominent players in the industry such as Apple, Blackberry (Storm) and most recently Palm with their Pre. But despite that Android has garnered much support from many companies and that support keeps growing daily. It is with this success [...]
Email Client Thunderbird 2.0.22
A new version of the popular email client Thunderbird has been released just a moment ago. Users can already download the new version from the official Thunderbird website or by using the built in update checker in the email client. The release notes have not been updated yet but the release itself is classified as [...]
The different ways to execute a Linux application
I remember, way back, when I first started using Linux either was either in full-on command line only Linux or I was using Fvwm95. Executing commands in command line meant I had to know the name of the command. And when I was in the Fvwm95 desktop, if there wasn’t a menu entry for an [...]
Dud Is A Program That Does Nothing
It feels rather strange reviewing a software program that does absolutely nothing. If you start Dud it will immediately terminate its process using 60 Kilobytes of computer memory in the short meantime. The question that is probably in your mind right now is about the usefulness of a program like Dud. Why would someone want [...]
Set File Associations Without Writing To The Windows Registry
File associations are written to the Windows Registry by default. This usually happens during the installation of the operating system and computer software programs. Installing Microsoft Word will make it the default word processor on the computer system with file types like docx or doc opened by it by default. The same is true for [...]
Take a blind test and change your searching habits
I use Google out of habit and because I have always thought it is the best search engine. I’ve never objectively tried to compare major search engines and as a result I haven’t changed. Blind Search allows you to compare the results of Google, Bing and Yahoo. You search for a term in it, and [...]
Google Docs Backup Software
It is essential to have a solid backup strategy in place with cloud storage space becoming more popular. While many users run backup software on their local computer system to backup important data only a few take care that uploaded data is also regularly backed up. The reason for this is that many users believe [...]
What Is A Browser
When I worked in tech support I really had to be careful about words. Things like web browsers, the operating system’s name or even keys on the keyboard might feel natural to experienced computer users but they did confuse the hell out of the average user. Many did not know what the web browser was, [...]
Linux Games: Torus Trooper
I am a child of the 80s (born in 1967), so I remember well the likes of Tempest, Zaxon, Galaga, Zap, Centipede, and many more games that stole my quarters over the years. These games helped to define my generation as the first to stare, glassy-eyed at a screen in hopes of having their name [...]