When you open up Nautilus you will see plenty of files and folders. Most of those files are double-click-able icons when, when double clicked, will open with the associated application. Take for instance image files: When you double click on an image icon, by default, the application “Eye of GNOME” will open that file. The [...]
F-Secure Exploit Shield Protects Against 0-Day Web Browser Exploits
One of the major security threats that computer users face in the last years are web browser exploits. These exploits use 0-day vulnerabilities to infect web browsers that have not been patched to protect against the vulnerability. It does not always have to be the user’s fault if a web browser has not been patched [...]
Sync Google Chrome Bookmarks With Xmarks
The Google Chrome developers have only recently begun to offer bookmark syncing between different installations of the Google Chrome web browser. This option to sync the bookmarks uses Google Docs to store the bookmarks and requires therefor a Google account. The main limitation is however that it only syncs between Google browser installations. That’s a [...]
Download Wikipedia With Okawix To Access The Data Locally
Wikipedia is a popular online encyclopedia that is used by most users to get a quick overview on a certain topic. Wikipedia and its sister websites like Wikimedia or Wikiquotes can not only be accessed from desktop computers and web browsers but also from smartphones and other electronic devices. All have in common that an [...]
Get some serious transparency in GNOME and Compiz
As I have said repeated, I like eye candy. One of the aspects of eye candy I like more than any other is transparency. With the right Linux desktop there is almost no limit on how you can configure the look and feel of your desktop. And that means you can have as transparent a [...]
Block Spyware Websites With Inoculate
Many spyware infections happen on specifically prepared websites. These websites might exploit web browser vulnerabilities or offer software and files for download that infect a computer system once they are executed on it. Web users have several protection mechanisms that they can use to protect their computer system from these spyware infections. Modern antivirus software [...]
Optimize Firefox Databases With Vacuum Places
The Mozilla Firefox development team switched to SQlite databases for data storage in Firefox 3. One problem that arose because of this switch was an increasing Firefox profile folder size as there was no build in way to optimize the SQlite databases regularly. We reviewed a solution to this problem a while ago (read: optimize [...]
Gmail Tasks Can Now Be Emailed
Gmail Tasks has been moved from the labs section of Gmail to the main account a while ago. It offers basic task list management in the Gmail interface. Gmail users can for instance create multiple task lists, add notes and due dates or print them for offline use. Some Gmail users however requested a way [...]
Wallperizer Is A Desktop Wallpaper Changer With A Twist
Wallperizer is a portable and Open Source desktop wallpaper changer that can automatically change wallpapers based on the user’s settings. Multiple folders that contain wallpaper images can be defined during setup. The program will automatically pick wallpapers from all folders and set them as the desktop wallpaper. The interval can be changed to display a [...]