The second release candidate of the upcoming Firefox 3.6 is currently distributed to servers worldwide to be prepared for the update process when the new release is officially announced at the Mozilla website and through the web browser’s automatic updating function. Firefox 3.6 RC2 is already available for all supported operating systems and languages on [...]
Volume Control During Startup [Windows]
Did you ever experience a situation where you turned on your computer or laptop in a public place only to be greeted with a loud welcome sound that irritated not only you but also the people around you? The volume control software Auto Mute provides an automated solution that is superior to having to remember [...]
Giganews VyprVPN Review [VPN]
A virtual private network serves various purposes. It usually encrypts the traffic between the user and the vpn server increasing the privacy of the user, security of the system and integrity of the data. Many companies use vpn connections to transfer important data to employees or customers. But virtual private networks have other advantages. The [...]
Get your beat on with the Hydrogen drum machine
All too often the musically inclined seem to feel a bit left out of the Linux, open source community. At least that was the way for a long time. And then came along a few new tools and a few recording-specific distributions (such as 64 Studio and Linux Multimedia Studio) and the open source music [...]
Simple yet powerful task management with Todoist
Over the past years I’ve been using task managers on and off, but one I always come back to is Todoist. While there are certainly more powerful options out there (Remember The Milk), Todoist, to me, is the perfect balance between power and simplicity. If you take a look, you can’t argue that it has [...]
Remote Shutdown Software Airytec Switch Off [Windows]
If you ever encountered a situation where you had to leave the PC that was still running a program that could not be terminated then Airytec Switch Off might offer a different solution than keeping the PC on until your return. The program can initiate local and remote shutdowns and other actions. It comes as [...]
Microsoft Confirms Internet Explorer Vulnerability [Security]
Microsoft has confirmed a vulnerability in several Internet Explorer versions which has supposedly been used in the Chinese attack against Google and other companies. The vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 but the attacks seem to have been only targeting Internet Explorer 6 systems according to information posted [...]
Adobe Reader 9.3 Lite Released [PDF]
Adobe has recently updated Adobe Reader to version 9.3. The update was necessary because of a security vulnerability that affected Adobe Reader 9.2 and previous versions of the pdf reader. It usually takes a few days before third party developers turn the Adobe Reader 9.3 version released by Adobe into a so called Adobe Reader [...]
Become A Gmail Power User [Email]
Gmail is without doubt a popular email service which can largely be attributed to the fact that it is run by Google and that it offers lots of additional features and options to tweak the interface and speed up the workflow. Google has released a Gmail Ninja guide to further that popularity. The guide is [...]