Remember last year? Zonealarm ran a promotion in November where users could grab a valid one year license for Zonealarm Pro Firewall. Seems that the promotion was a success as the devs are readying their website for this year’s promotion. The rules are simple. You need to visit the Zonealarm website – to be precise [...]
More Multitouch Headed Your Way
Forget buttons. Forget primitive touch strips that wouldn’t register your input half the time. Forget it all. Multitouch is the new way to roll, if the multitude of new products is any indication. It is soon to invade every piece of gadget we own, make no mistake about that. One of the more popular form [...]
P2P-like downloads with Multiget
As a old-school Linux user I am quick to use the command line before any other tool. One of those tools I use almost daily is wget. Wget is a command-line only tool that downloads files from remote locations easily and quickly. Wget is a great tool to have in your toolbox, but for many [...]
WinShake Adds Aero Peek And Share To Windows Vista and XP
Aero Shake and Aero Peek are two new features in the Windows 7 operating system. Aero Shake allows a user to shake a window a few times to minimize all other windows that are currently visible on the computer desktop. Aero Peek on the other hand makes it possible to either peek to the Windows [...]
Twitter Account Suspended? Be Careful What You Post
You might have already read about it in the news elsewhere: The Twitter account of security researcher Mikko H. Hyppönen of F-Secure got suspended without warning two days ago. Mikko tried to contact Twitter support and tried everything in his power to understand why his Twitter account was suspended in first place. He received a [...]
Expect A Massive Patch Day Tomorrow
Tomorrow is a day that could force many system administrators into overtime as both Microsoft and Adobe plan to release security patches for several of their products. Microsoft alone plans to release 13 security patches and updates for various Microsoft operating system, Microsoft Office and other Microsoft products. The patch day is also the first [...]
Automatically Shutdown Computer After Firefox Downloads Finish
Auto Shutdown is an add-on for the Firefox 3 web browser that adds the option to automatically shutdown the computer after downloads finish. It is generally not advised to use the Firefox download manager to download large files as it does not play well with download problems like interrupted downloads. Third party download managers like [...]
Bing Maps 3D
Bing Maps, which was formerly known as Virtual Earth, is Microsoft’s answer to Google Maps. The maps service is directly available on the Bing homepage and offers a 2D mode by default. This mode can be used to zoom in and out of locations in the world or get directions from one place to another. [...]
Microsoft Photo Story
Microsoft Photo Story is a free software program by Microsoft for the Windows operating system that can be used to turn digital camera photos and pictures into small videos. It is possible to make use of various photo effects, add voice recordings to narrate a story or add explanation to photos or to add background [...]