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F-Secure Health Check 2.0 Beta Ditches ActiveX

F-Secure Health Check is a web application that can perform a health check of a local Microsoft Windows operating system. A health check is basically divided into three areas of interest that are checked and an assessment in the end that lists possible solutions to the problems encountered. Area one will check for installed security [...]

Author: , Friday September 25, 2009
Categories: Security, The Web

Use OpenOffice Impress for flash card learning

If you are currently taking classes, or are in any situation where you need to learn a large amount of facts you may have taken it upon yourself (or are wanting) to create flash cards to help you with the learning process. Usually this requires getting flash cards, writing all of your information on them, [...]

Author: , Thursday September 24, 2009
Categories: Linux, Mac, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic, Windows

Cnet Techtracker Checks For Software Updates

Several so called software updates were developed in the last few years. Many of the popular applications of this kind are backed up by a large download portal on the Internet. Cnet’s Techtracker falls into that category. The software program is available for the Windows operating system and requires a Cnet account before it can [...]

Author: , Thursday September 24, 2009
Categories: Software, Windows

Windows Shortcuts Manager

Shortcuts Man is a shortcuts manager for the Windows operating system by popular software developer Nirsoft. The portable software program will automatically display all shortcuts of the Windows start menu and the computer desktop in its interface. Broken shortcuts are highlighted in pink making it easy to distinguish them from the rest. The shortcuts can [...]

Author: , Thursday September 24, 2009
Categories: Software, Windows

Mouse Extender A Mouse Driven Program Launcher

Most program launchers are started by either clicking on a program icon or pressing a hotkey to show the interface of the program launcher to use it to quickly start applications, open folders, files or start system tools. Mouse Extender offers an interesting alternative which basically changes the way the program launcher is started. Instead [...]

Author: , Thursday September 24, 2009
Categories: Software, Windows

New Firefox 3.7 Design Suggestions Posted

The Mozilla Firefox development team seems to be dead serious to change the look and feel of the popular web browser. The next big installment is up for an interface change. To stay true to their philosophy the development team has posted the second revision of Firefox 3.7 mockup themes on their website inviting Firefox [...]

Author: , Thursday September 24, 2009
Categories: Browsing, Firefox

FeedDemon 3 Released

After what felt like months of beta updates FeedDemon 3 has been released by its developers. The popular RSS feed aggregator brings several new and exciting features to the table that might justify the title of best desktop RSS feed reader for the Windows operating system. FeedDemon has changed a core aspect of the feed [...]

Author: , Thursday September 24, 2009
Categories: Software, Windows

How to create a bootable USB Ubuntu drive

The Ubuntu desktop distribution is full of nifty tricks. One of those tricks is the ability to create a bootable USB Ubuntu drive quickly and easily. Used to be this trick wasn’t so easy. Not only did you have to format the USB drive, you had to manually create the file systems, copy the files, [...]

Author: , Thursday September 24, 2009
Categories: Desktop Manager, Hardware, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Tools, Tutorials Basic

New Firefox Tab Manager Tabberwocky

Tabberwocky is a lightweight Firefox tab manager alternative of the popular Tab Mix Plus add-on. It offers popular options like protecting tabs from being closed, duplicate already open tabs, open new tabs next to the active tab and managing several other important aspects of tabs in Firefox. The Firefox add-on will add several of its [...]

Author: , Wednesday September 23, 2009
Categories: Browsing, Firefox

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