USB storage devices and other devices that are connected via USB to a PC have grown in popularity over the last years. Large USB storage devices, card readers, cell phones that connect via USB or digital cameras usually use USB to establish the connection and exchange data with the computer system. The Windows operating system [...]
Opera 10.50 Pre-Alpha Beats Firefox, Closes Gap To Google Chrome Speedwise
The Opera developer’s told us recently that they would release a pre-alpha of Opera 10.50 on December 22 and that this release would all be about speed. No one but the inner circle of developers knew what they meant at that time but speculations centered around Opera’s new JavaScript engine Carakan. Opera 10.50 pre-alpha was [...]
Adding music to your iPhone
Now that we how to set up your Linux system to sync music to your iPhone (see my article “Syncing your iPhone (or iTouch) with Linux“), I thought it would be a good call to show you the step-by-step process of adding that music. This tutorial will start from ripping a CD all the way [...]
Open Office 3.2 RC1 Brings Speed Improvements And New Features
The release of Open Office 3.2 RC1 offers speed improvements, a handful of other features and lots of bug fixes that might make it worth for some users to switch to this version before the final version of Open Office 3.2 is released. The Open Office developers have created a features page for the first [...]
Free CD Burning Software
If you ask tech savvy users for CD burning software recommendations they usually propose Nero Burning Rom as the commercial software to pick but chance is that they will list five to ten free CD burning software programs. Not all of the free alternatives to Nero provide all the features that Nero comes with but [...]
Display Detailed Flash Cookies Information With Flash Cookies View
Regular readers might have already come to the conclusion that this review is about a Nirsoft application; And they are right. Flash Cookies View is another quality Nirsoft application that can be used to display detailed information about the stored flash cookies on the computer system the software is executed on. Take a look at [...]
Google And Privacy
Privacy is a big issue on the Internet these days and companies like Google have to put a lot of effort into convincing or reassuring Internet users that they do care about the individual user’s privacy. A recent post at Google’s Privacy blog explains Google’s approach to privacy in the form a presentation that lists [...]
Christmas Giveaway FastPictureViewer Professional
FastPictureViewer is a lightweight image viewer for the Windows operating system. The program has been initially designed for professionals who need to review, label and rate large amounts of digital photos on a regular basis but has since then evolved to become a popular photo viewer for users who work with lots of photos regularly. [...]
Google DNS Helper
The news about Google’s new public DNS service seems to have ebbed down a bit after the initial announcement which can probably be attributed to the fact that reviews of the service where not all favorable. The two biggest points of criticism were privacy and speed. Some users do not want to use Google DNS [...]