Modern operating systems come with all kinds of visual effects like rounded window corners or alpha effects that look nice but are a problem to users who want to take screenshots. Most free screenshot programs do not support the removal of these visual effects which means that the screenshots look unprofessional. Most webmasters who take [...]
First Online Service To Download Vevo Videos Goes Live
If you are a Youtube regular you must have noticed the transition of many music videos that are now shown with a Vevo header that contains a more or less direct request to visit the Vevo website. Vevo is a cooperation between Youtube and several major record labels. The terms of the deal are not [...]
How to choose a Linux distribution flow chart
The new year is here and you have made a resolution to give Linux a try. A noble resolution and one that will be met, initially, with much confusion. Why? Linux isn’t like Windows where your choice is limited to a single release with different features (depending upon how much you want to spend) or [...]
Which Web Browser Will You Be Using In 2010?
The web browser market has become a lot more interesting and challenging in the last year. Windows users now have the choice between four (five if you count the mediocre Safari as well) primary web browsers that they can use: Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Internet Explorer. Firefox and Internet Explorer have been dominating the [...]
Clear History And Other Traces With Wipe
Wipe is a free software program for the Windows operating system that scans the computer system for traces that have been generated by automatic usage with the option to delete all or selected temporary files from the operating system. The program is in this regard similar to the popular application CCleaner which provides that functionality [...]
Manipulate And Resize Images
Photos that are created with digital cameras these days usually have a size of at least a Megabyte but often more than that. This is one explanation why photo hosting websites have become that popular as it is easier to upload the photos once to a photo hosting website instead of sending the photos to [...]
Google Chrome Photo Slide Show Extension
Interested users who monitor new add-on and extension additions for the Mozilla Firefox web browser and the Google Chrome browser will notice that the latter’s grow faster in absolute terms ever since the introduction of the Google Chrome extension repository at the Google website. This can party be explained with the “catching up” that is [...]
Lock A Computer With A Bluetooth Device
Locking the operating system is surely not the most secure way of making sure that no unauthorized users access the computer system. But it is still better than leaving the computer system unlocked. The option to lock the computer automatically after a time of inactivity makes this a very handy solution. Users who want to [...]
Organize and listen to your music with Aqualung
I’ve used a lot of music players over the years. Pretty much they all take the same tact on organizing your music – you have a library and you have playlists. Pretty cut and dry. But today I came across a music player, Aqualung, that went about things a bit differently. And not only does [...]