Most security software programs that are available these days provide protection against rootkits as well. There are on the other hand a few security programs that deal solely with rootkits. One of them is Trend Micro’s RootkitBuster which has just been released in a new version which adds the ability to detect rootkits that hook [...]
Linux Games: OpenArena
Are you a fan of Arena (and Arena-like games)? Do you long to play these games on your Linux box? Are you one of those that proclaims that Linux can not and will not have games? If any of these apply then I am happy to show you OpenArena. Yes this game is based on [...]
Music Manager The Godfather
The Godfather is a feature rich music manager that supports extensive tagging, audio format converting, playlist management and renaming options that has a slightly higher learning curve than many other music managers. The learning curve can be fully attributed to the program’s interface with it’s incredible amount of tabs, switches and options. The interface is [...]
Google Translation Service For Websites
Internet users have the choice between several machine translation services that can automatically translate a given text or website in another language. Google Translate is one of the most popular services of this kind. It allows web users to translate text or websites into 51 languages. Google today announced that they have expanded their translation [...]
Automatically Clear The Firefox Search Bar
Firefox users have quite a few ways to perform searches without visiting the website of a search engine first. The most common option is the search bar that is displayed by default in one of the Firefox toolbars. Another option is to enter the search term in the Firefox address bar. The former method is [...]
Pointofix Presentation Software
Not every software program that is used in presentations supports onscreen aids to visualize or highlight key areas. Microsoft PowerPoint and a few others do but what if Firefox, Internet Explorer or a desktop software are used in the presentation? That’s where Pointofix comes into play. The portable software program provides access to onscreen tools [...]
LastPass For Google Chrome Arrives
There are two Firefox extensions that I do not want to live without: NoScript and LastPass. I’d think about switching to another web browser if that web browser would support these two extensions. This option has come a step closer with the announcement that LastPass has developed an extension for the Google Chrome web browser. [...]
Switching Internet Providers
I decided in August that I wanted to switch to another Internet provider despite the horror stories that friends told me when they switched to another Internet provider (T-Online) and phone company (German Telekom). I was perfectly happy with my old Internet provider (Alice DSL in Germany) and the 16/1 Mbit Internet connection and country [...]