Software development company Auslogics has released a free portable task manager replacement for the Windows operating system. Reason enough to take a closer look at the software program. We reviewed our share of Windows task manager replacements in the past; From DTaskManager over Windows System Explorer to the Free Extended Task Manager and the Anvir [...]
Email Client Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 Update
The Mozilla Thunderbird development team has released an important update for the Mozilla Thunderbird email client. The upgrade which will increase the version of the email client to 2.0.0.23 includes one critical security fix that was reported by security researcher Dan Kaminsky. The compromise of SSL-protected communication vulnerability allows attackers to obtain certificates that would [...]
Explore And Burn Integrates DVD Burning In Windows Explorer
Most DVD burning software programs come with their own program interface and basic Windows Explorer integration to burn disk images right from Windows Explorer. Explore And Burn takes the Windows Explorer integration to the next level as it uses Windows Explorer as its file browsing tool. DVDs and CDs can therefor be burned by selecting [...]
Take screenshots with Shutter
Previously I wrote about taking screenshots in Linux with various applications (see “Taking screenshots in Linux“). In that article I left out one of the most powerful tools for taking screenshots – Shutter. Shutter is the new name for the project that was once called GScrot. GScrot is the GUI version of the handy Scrot [...]
Compare Current And Upcoming Google Search Results
Google is currently giving webmasters and other interested users a sneak peek of their upcoming search algorithm. Interested users can open a sandboxed search engine that is using the new Google search algorithm to test it. Google is mainly offering this new search engine to webmasters to test website rankings but it can also be [...]
Set Different Screen Resolutions For Every User
One of the biggest flaws of the Windows operating system becomes apparent in multi-user systems. Neither Windows XP nor Windows Vista offer individual screen resolutions for their user accounts. This means that a change to the screen resolution has global impact in the operating system. Each user account will experience the same display screen resolution. [...]
Youtube Insight: Find Out Who Is Embedding Your Youtube Videos
Youtube Insight is a function of Youtube that displays video statistics to video uploaders on the Youtube website. It is practically a basic traffic analyzer that is displaying views, demographics and community responses to the uploaded videos. It is furthermore possible to access in depth stats of individual videos by clicking on one of the [...]
Diagnose Your Mp3 Collection With MP3 Diag
The motivation to create MP3 Diag was born out of frustration with existing solutions to diagnose and tag a mp3 collection properly. The developer did a thorough analysis of many existing mp3 taggers and came to the conclusion that many used non-standard ways of storing data. These errors were still tolerated by most mp3 players [...]
Semsix Music Player Finds And Plays Music Albums Online
There are quite a few ways to listen to music online. Users can listen to Internet Radio, specialized websites like Last.fm, video portals or music search engines to do so. Semsix adds another possibility to the possibilities. The service offers music searches for artists, albums or individual song titles in its interface. The first difference [...]